St Joseph UMC Food Ministry

St Joseph UMC Food Ministry UMC women get together to cook meals to be frozen and available as needed, for our congregation.

05/14/2026

Ladies, just wondering if we would have an elderly or group of people who would like a couple of meals delivered once a month, unless we get really ambitious, and want to do more? 😆 Instead of freezing them and waiting for them to be used. Let’s get together sometime, in June to have a quick chat. ♥️ The other thing could be for community outreach? Thoughts?

At 6:00 am, the bids were chirping away, I woke up, looked out the window and noticed a couple of trees that looked like...
05/02/2026

At 6:00 am, the bids were chirping away, I woke up, looked out the window and noticed a couple of trees that looked like it was Fall! It was the sunrise shining on them. Happy Saturday morning!

We made this meal last year, for a start of what to bring! I have modified it. I think I have everyone!We have set our n...
04/11/2024

We made this meal last year, for a start of what to bring! I have modified it. I think I have everyone!

We have set our next cooking session for Wednesday, April 17th at 4 pm.

Ingredient List for Baked Spaghetti, Peas and Carrots, and Garlic Knots with Dessert TBD (Betty’s choice)

Veda - 1 box spaghetti noodles
Nada - 2 lb lean ground beef

Diana - 1 small onion, diced
Diana - 2 jars pasta sauce sauce
Nada - 1/2 tsp garlic powder
Nada - 1 cup sour cream
Nada - 1 egg
Shirley - 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Nada - 2 tbsp milk
Mary Lou - 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease a 9×13 baking dish set aside.
Bring a pot of well-salted water to a boil. Cook noodles, stirring occasionally until cooked through and firm to the bite, about 12 minutes. Drain. Place noodles into bottom of prepared pan.

Meanwhile, in a large skillet over MEDIUM heat, cook and stir ground beef and onion until browned and onions are soft. Drain off any excess grease. Stir in marinara sauce and garlic powder, salt and pepper.
In a bowl, combine the sour cream, egg and Parmesan cheese. Spread over the top of the spaghetti noodles. Sprinkle on 2 cups of mozzarella cheese.

Top with meat sauce and remaining cheese. Cover with foil. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for an additional 15 minutes, until cheese is melted and bubbly.

Peas and Carrots

Shauna - 2 - Large bags frozen peas and carrots
Shauna - 1 small onion
Candy - 4 slices of bacon
Candy - 2 Tablespoons brown sugar

Carol - Garlic Knots for 10

Betty - Dessert for 10 - make at home, we can cut and package. Betty has volunteered to make dessert or cookies.

Tonight we made 10 freezer meals, mini meatloafs, cheesey potatoes, green beans with bacon and oatmeal raisin cookies fo...
01/18/2024

Tonight we made 10 freezer meals, mini meatloafs, cheesey potatoes, green beans with bacon and oatmeal raisin cookies for dessert.

While the food was cooking we worked on making plarn for our sleeping mats project.

01/06/2024

For 1/17 @ 4pm cooking we need:

Sandy- 2 1bs. Ground beef for mini meatloaves, Nada will bring fillers and toppings for meatloaves.

Diana - 1 large bag of shredded hashbrowns
Diana - 2 cups sour cream
Carol - 1 small can cream of chicken soup
Mary Lou - 1 cup finely chopped onions
Mary Lou - 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
Candy - 1 stick melted butter
- Nada will bring seasonings
Candy - 2 large bags French cut green beans
Mary Lou - 1/2 cup finely chopped onions
Carol - 6 slices bacon
Mary Lou - 2 9x12 glass baking dishes

We are planning to make our next meals, soon! Meatloaves, cheesy potatoes, green beans, and oatmeal cookies for dessert....
01/05/2024

We are planning to make our next meals, soon! Meatloaves, cheesy potatoes, green beans, and oatmeal cookies for dessert.
These meals will be in the basement freezer, labeled. We just making 10 meals. We want to make sure they are fresh, but also want to make sure that a meal is available if needed. These can be used for any congregation member. For example, if you wanted to stop by and visit one of our parishioners, please take a meal with you!

Thank you to the Lubinski family for their generous donation to our food ministry! ❤️
10/07/2023

Thank you to the Lubinski family for their generous donation to our food ministry! ❤️

06/16/2023

Current team as of 6/16/23:
Veda Elder Cooling
Nada Cagle
Lyna Buzzard
Sandy Bayles
Carol VanBuskirk Firkins
Shauna Hausle
Mary Lou Dunker
Candy Widick
Betty Lewis
Diana Hamilton
Susan Vinson
Martha Newton

We had a great time, plenty of help with food that was dropped off, plenty cooks, chiefs and cleanup crew! Thank you to ...
06/15/2023

We had a great time, plenty of help with food that was dropped off, plenty cooks, chiefs and cleanup crew! Thank you to all, and a special thanks to Betty who made extra brownies for us to share while we made plans for our next meal!

Tomorrow at 4 pm the Food Ministry team will get together to make a ham and potato casserole, corn and brownies for dess...
06/13/2023

Tomorrow at 4 pm the Food Ministry team will get together to make a ham and potato casserole, corn and brownies for dessert.

If you know one of our parishioners that needs a meal or two, please take them to them and spend a little time to visit. You will make their day!

I you take the last one or notice there are just a couple left, please let me know.

Address

205 N Third Street
Saint Joseph, IL
61873

Telephone

+12176217427

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