Ministries

Bread of Life Food Pantry

At the Bread of Life Food Pantry, clients choose food items according to the needs and size of their households.

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The Bread of Life Food Pantry is a ministry of six churches in East Providence:

  • Bethany Church of the Nazarene
  • Church of the Epiphany
  • Haven United Methodist Church
  • Newman Congregational Church
  • Evangelical Covenant Church of Riverside
  • St. Margaret Church

For more information, visit the pantry’s website here.


Loaves and Fishes Rhode Island

A shared catering truck is stocked and manned by volunteers from the participating churches, providing food and other necessities at various homeless facilities throughout the state.

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Loaves & Fishes Rhode Island (LFRI, formerly Mobile Loaves and Fishes-RI) is a ministry to the poor and homeless that began in Austin, Texas, in 1998, when a handful of parishioners from a church ventured into the community to serve meals out of their minivans to those in need.  The ministry grew to include multiple churches in 5 different states.  

For more information, visit their Facebook page here.