Kimball Churches Hosting Lenten Luncheons March 13 To April 10

The Kimball Ministerial Association is pleased to announce the Lenten luncheons for 2019 starting on March 13.

The lunches started in 1992 and have been held during the Lenten season ever since.

Everyone in the community is invited to participate and support the Kimball Ministerial Association and the Food Pantry. The Kimball Ministerial Association is a voluntary organization of Christian Congregations who work together to assist and care for the people of our community facing various unmet material needs.

These lunches are provided by the various churches of the ministerial association every Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. for five weeks during Lent. Following the lunch, there is a short meditation presented by the hosting church’s pastor.

The lunches are all at the Presbyterian Church of Kimball, 600 W. 7th St.

The purpose of these lunches is to provide a time of faith, fellowship and food in the Kimball community during the Lenten season and to raise money for the Kimball Ministerial Association.

The free will donations received are used for community assistance (Good Samaritan’s project) purposes throughout the year for local and transient persons in financial need. This assistance is for urgent or emergency needs of persons who may not qualify for other assistance programs.

The KMA asks everyone to bring one nonperishable item for the Food Pantry to every luncheon attended.

The group works with other community services and the Salvation Army. The association also sponsors the Food Pantry in Kimball. The pantry provides several hundreds of dollars of service each year.

So participating in the weekly Lenten Lunches is not only a personal benefit – food, fellowship and faith inspiration – but also supports a very important service to the community.

The schedule for this year and the hosting churches, starting the week after Ash Wednesday, is as follows:

• Mar. 13 -- Presbyterian/ New Hope AG Churches.

• Mar. 20 -- Calvary and Trinity United Methodist Churches

• Mar. 27 -- St. John’s Lutheran Church.

• April 3 -- St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.

• April 10 -- First English Lutheran Church/St. Hilda’s Episcopal Churches.