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Soup Run and Foodstore – Norwich Vineyard

Norwich Vineyard church runs two food projects - a weekly Soup Run for Big Issue sellers in Norwich city centre and a monthly Foodstore project, collecting food donations from church members and creating two-day boxes for local families.

 
Norfolk feeds 5000logo243Peter Elwick, who organizes the Soup Run, said: “We walk a route through the city centre seeing the Big Issue vendors. We also look out for rough sleepers and offer them hot drinks and sandwiches.

“It is an opportunity to have a chat with somebody and just see how they are doing. It is really good to develop a relationship with them. Part of the motivation for me is the scripture in Matthew 25 where Jesus is saying very clearly, ‘if you are not doing this for these people then you are not doing it for me’. I want to try to be a bit of Jesus really as we go around.”
 

Factfile


Project: Soup Run
Who: Norwich Vineyard
What: Free sandwiches, a drink and a chat
Where: Norwich city centre
How many: 10 people x three weeks each month
Contact: Peter Elwick at peterelwick@gmail.com or on 07908 761492


 
The Foodstore project collects food donations from church members one Sunday each month, boxes it up to feed a family for two days and distributes them via agencies such as Surestart, a doctor’s surgery, the church, social services and children’s services.
 
Organiser Austin Perkins said: “It gives us an opportunity to show the community that we are there and that we care.”
 

Factfile


Project: Foodstore
Who: Norwich Vineyard
What: Free boxes of non-perishable food
Where: East Norwich
How many: Each month 10 families receive a box of food to feed them for two days
 
Contact: Austin Perkins at stnperkins@gmail.com or on 07984 873815
 
www.norwichvineyard.org.uk
 


Published: 13/05/2017


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