Tuscaloosa Church To Open New Food Pantry Concept On Oct. 3

TUSCALOOSA, AL — Grace Presbyterian Church has announced its new client choice market-style food pantry, Table of Grace, held a soft launch earlier this month and will be officially open on Oct. 3.

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As part of the effort, Table of Grace will present its food offerings in a market-style fashion, which will allow clients to choose from the available inventory, ultimately offering more dignity and respect for the client.

Organizers says choices will vary month to month depending on the food available at the West Alabama Food Bank and from donated items.

The goal of Table of Grace is to serve as an expansion and reinvention of the former Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry.

Table of Grace is located at the corner of Hargrove Road and Prince Avenue, and includes increased freezer, refrigeration, and storage space.

As Patch reported earlier this year, the previous incarnation of the food pantry served 250-300 households monthly — approximately 600-800 people.

in 2022, the pantry gave away over 85,000 pounds of food.

The ministry has been feeding those in need for two decades, going back to the founding of the Deacon’s Food Pantry in 2002 at the former University Presbyterian Church.

University Presbyterian eventually merged with Covenant Presbyterian Church in 2016 to form Grace Presbyterian, resulting in the feeding ministry becoming the Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry — going on to become one of the most important ministries for the newly formed congregation.

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