Community Meals

 

Free Community Meals

Sometimes community starts with something simple:

Good food.
Familiar faces.
Recipes people have made for years.
A chance to sit down together for a while.

Once a month, neighbors gather at Etowah Presbyterian Church to share a free meal in a relaxed, welcoming environment.

These meals are supported through community grant funding and the generosity of Etowah Presbyterian Church, but they’re also shaped by neighbors—people who cook, bring favorite recipes, help serve, stay to talk, or simply show up.

The goal is simple:

Helping neighbors connect.

Everyone is welcome.

When

Fourth Saturdays at 12:00 noon

Where

Etowah Presbyterian Church
41 Presbyterian Place
Etowah, NC 28729

2026 Meal Dates

February 28
March 28
April 25
May 23
June 27
July 25
August 22
September 26
October 24

If you’d like to come eat, visit, help out, or just see what it’s about, we’d be glad to have you.

— Karen Ponder
Program Director, ConnectEtowahNC
(Karen at the parsonage)



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