It will be “all hands on deck” to prepare Radius Church’s Thanksgiving meal donations for those in need throughout St. Pete. “Last year we donated 500 meals, and this year we plan to do 750,” Pastor Blake Clark reports. Food donations of stuffing mix, macaroni and cheese, canned corn, green beans, cranberry sauce, and sweet potatoes or yams can be dropped off at numerous locations throughout St. Pete. Destinations include Great Explorations Children’s Museum, Black Crow Coffee Co., (where you will receive a free coffee when you donate), 9 Round Fitness, MarineMax, Machine Shop Barber, Little Greek Fresh Grill and Green Bench Brewing Co. Monetary donations are also greatly appreciated to purchase turkeys and pies and can be mailed directly to the church at 165 13th St. N, St. Petersburg, FL 33705 or made online at RadChurch.com under “Next Steps, Giving.” From 6 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 20, the Sunday night before Thanksgiving, volunteers pack up all the dinners that are delivered the next day. Packers and drivers are more than welcome to attend.
“This year has been particularly tough on many people,“ Clark reports. “With rising rent and utility costs, those who have been living just above the bubble are now finding the bubble has burst.”
Helping those in Need Throughout the Year
“We’re not a Sunday, one-and-done, kind of church,” Clark says. “We are out in the community every day helping the less fortunate.” Another project is a PB & Jelly Deli food truck; for every sandwich sold, one meal is donated. Each Sunday before gathering, the church offers a free breakfast to those in need. Twice a year, the church partners with 25 other nonprofits to offer an “Open Arms” event with showers, haircuts, and food for the homeless, plus resources for housing and veterans services.
Expanding the Current Space
Last year, the church completed an upstairs remodeling project that offers meeting space for the community. “We now have beautiful rooms for our Sunday School classes for kids, and we would love to partner with nonprofit community groups to come in and use the space whenever it is available,” Clark says. If you are looking for a nondenominational church that models “the visible, tangible, love of Jesus,” Clark hopes you will join them for a church gathering on Sundays or for any of their volunteer projects to serve the needs in our community.
For more information, please visit RadChurch.com, call (727) 265-1035 or follow on Facebook or on Twitter @RadiusChurchFL. The PB & Jelly Deli food truck can be booked for private events.
