The construction of the pantry began in the spring of 2014 as an Eagle Scout project by Russell House. Russell and his crew spent many weeks cleaning out, painting, creating and installing mobile shelving and electricity to the lower area of the church that will house the food and supplies.

As one of the many ongoing outreach projects of the Church, a team of volunteers originally led by Sue Freeman learned about mandated food handling criteria, sorting, labeling, and stocking the shelves with nutritious food, grocery products, cleaning supplies, and toiletries that are distributed to families in need of such provisions at no cost to them.

In addition to continuing food donations from the congregation, the pantry received a food grant from Second Harvest Food Bank in Allentown that serves Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, Pike, and Wayne counties, and, under the new leadership of Cynthia Nortey, the Garden of Giving, that supplies high quality vegetables and eggs to Monroe County food banks during the growing season.

Making a difference in our community is one of our core values at Christ Church.  As Christian disciples, we believe we have been called to make a difference in the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves. The Christ Church food pantry is just one of the ways in which we are endeavoring to answer that call.