We have partnered with First Baptist Church in Willimantic (667 Main St, Willimantic, CT) to serve meals to people with great needs. We meet from 3:00 – 6:30 pm to feed folks every First Sunday and Third Wednesday. We bring people a meal, a Gospel message, and our love for them on behalf of the Lord Jesus. Interested in bringing a testimony of what the Lord is doing in your life to encourage those who attend the meals? Contact missions.cceastford@gmail.com.
From the Missions Committee
The Community Suppers program was established in 2003 by the First Baptist Church on Main Street in Willimantic, as part of that church’s mission to reach into the local community with “kindness and compassion by the unconditional love of Jesus Christ”. Community Suppers is committed to providing fellowship and a hot meal on Sundays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays and a bagged supper on Thursdays. These meals are served free of charge to the homeless and marginalized from the streets of Willimantic, on any given night, 60-90 guests walk in the door. The effort of providing these meals is shared by 11 churches, including CCE. Led by Guy and Janie Grube, our Willimantic Meal Ministry Team prepares and serves meals on the 1st Sunday and 3rd Wednesday each month. Guy and Janie have been involved with this ministry for 20 years and have met the challenge of shopping for and making a “home-cooked meal”, gathering a team to prepare, serve and clean up, greeting and building relationships with the guests who come to eat and, at each meal, providing testimonies of how the Lord can enter and change lives. Many others in our congregation have been a part of this ministry team over the years.
Guy and Janie will be retiring from CCE’s Willimantic Meal Ministry in February of 2026. We thank them for their heart for this ministry and for all the years they have served. It is the hope and prayer of the Missions Committee that another heart in our congregation will be stirred by the Spirit to lead this ministry and live the words of Jesus in Matthew 25:35 “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in.” Anyone who would like to hear more about this ministry can speak with a member of the Missions Committee (Cindy Brown, Eileen Geriak, Karen Jenkins, Deb Sheehan).