While Sundays are the Lord’s Day at Water’s Edge Faith Community in Ocean Beach, every Monday for years, “Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry” has operated out of the church on Sunset Cliffs Blvd, feeding an increasing number of needy people.
While Sundays are the Lord's Day at Water's Edge Faith Community in Ocean Beach, every Monday for years, "Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry" has operated out of the church on Sunset Cliffs Blvd, feeding an increasing number of needy people.But now the pantry could soon need some help finding a place to distribute food. Water's Edge is shutting the doors to its sanctuary at the end of this year.
"They've let us stay there rent-free. There have been times when we've had five or six pallets dropped off randomly without us knowing, and we've asked them if we could store food in their offices, and they've let us. And so that really showed their open heart."Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters. First United Methodist Church in Mission Valley is the parent church for Water's Edge. They plan to absorb the congregation into their Mission Valley location, then sell the Ocean Beach property and duplex they own next door to an affordable housing developer.
"We're going to see if we can't leave a legacy in that spot of what Christ calls us to do, serve others and to put roofs over the heads of people who need it," explained First United Methodist Church Lead Pastor, Trudy Robinson During a meeting last month, a church task force noted several issues that led to the suggestion to sell.
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