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Blessing Box

How You Can Help

St. Paul’s Blessing Box is open to the public 24/7 for both those who need food and those who are able to share food.

Shopping suggestions:

  • Food:
    • proteins,
    • fruits and vegetables,
    • grains and carbs,
    • soups and broth,
    • shelf stable milk and beverages
  • Non food items:

*All pantry items must be shelf-stable, sealed, within the use/sell by date range, able to withstand high temperatures, and fit in the blessing box.

We thank you for being a blessing, and we pray you continue to find God’s blessings.

Facts on Hunger in Our Area

NC is the 10th hungriest state in the country. According to the Food Bank of Central and Eastern NC nearly 12% (23,460) of people in Johnston County are food insecure. With 16% (8,350) of those affected being children under 18.

According to an estimate by researchers at Northwestern University food insecurity more than doubled as a result of the economic crisis brought on by the covid-19 pandemic affecting as many as 23% of households.

History

During the summer of 2021, Outreach asked the Brotherhood to help build a Blessing Box. Almost immediately they had it built at no expense to the Outreach committee. Since that time the Blessing Box has been maintained and regularly stocked thanks to generous donations from St. Paul’s Parishioners, Office Volunteers, The Brotherhood of St. Andrew’s, The Epsicopal Church Women, and the Outreach Committee.

Our Blessing Box has also received donations from outside organizations such as the Carolina Oak Subdivision, The Beekeepers Association of Johnston County, and Mitchell Temporary Agency, as well as many other neighbors and community members.

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Worship with Us

  • 8 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II
  • 11 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II with Organ and Choral Music
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church
218 S. Second Street
Smithfield, NC 27577-4532
919-934-2675

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Worship with Us

  • 8 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II
  • 11 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II with Organ and Choral Music

Watch our 11 a.m.live-streamed here or on Zoom


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St. Paul's Smithfield
218 S. Second Street
Smithfield, NC 27577-4532

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919-934-2675

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Our lives are a journey that involve our whole selves, body, mind, and spirit. No matter where you are on your own path we invite you to find refreshment and community here at St. Paul’s. We know each individual's walk is unique, made at varying paces, on different schedules, with assorted luggage, and often requiring some form of assistance. It is our hope that we at St. Paul’s can walk with you, and our prayer that you will join us on the journey together.

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We following Jesus into loving, liberating and life-giving relationship with God, with each other and with the earth as the Episcopal branch of the Jesus Movement. We seek every day to love God with our whole heart, mind and soul, and to love our neighbors as ourselves (Matthew 22:36-40).

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