If you would like to be part of this outreach, please contact the church office.
Since 1983, St. John's has maintained a Sunday Soup Kitchen — now called the Red Door Café. Utilizing a large well-equipped kitchen and dining room upstairs in our parish house, various committees from the parish and other congregations and organizations throughout the city and the Mahoning Valley provide a well-balanced noon meal every week for approximately 60-120 needy people from the neighboring vicinity. Funding comes from a number of local sources, grants, parishioners, and the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio.
Working for this charity is a one-Sunday-at-a-time commitment. That day's meal is produced by a crew of eight to ten volunteers who cook, pass out to and collect tickets from the day's diners, serve and clean up. The meal can be the prescribed menu with food provided by St. John's or it can be brought in as a donation. Those cooking the meal begin working in the kitchen around 10 a.m. (unless they are bringing in prepared food); the food is served from noon to 1 p.m. (winter hours) or 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (summer hours); and clean-up is completed by 2 p.m.