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Events - "Free Meals"

Brimfield Faith UMC
1235 Tallmadge Rd., Kent, OH 44240 – (330) 673-7597
God Provides Free Meal on the last Saturday of each month all year long (including if the last Saturday is Christmas Day) from 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Dine-in or pick-up is available.

Chapel of the Cross UMC
14951 Orrville St., North Lawrence, OH 44666 – (330) 832-6885
Free hot lunch on Tuesdays from 10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Clearview UMC
1733 Massillon Rd., Akron, OH 44312 – (330) 733-1693
Free meal served on the last Tuesday of every month, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Family of Faith UMC
800 E. Market St., Akron, OH 44305 – (330) 376-2141
Free Lunch the last two Wednesday of each month, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Heart 4 the City UMC
954 Eastland Ave., Akron, OH – (330) 784-1350
Community lunch on the third Saturday of each month from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Lake Brady UMC
1995 Lake Brady Rd., Kent, OH 44240 – (330) 673-0145
Free meal called God Provides, the third Wednesday of every month from 5:30-7:00 p.m.

Lakeview UMC
211 Third St. NW., Barberton, OH 44203 – (330) 753-6661
A free community meal every Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. (doors open at 5:00 p.m.)

Macedonia UMC
1280 E. Aurora Rd., Macedonia, OH 44056 – (330) 467-3169
Free community meal (dinner out) every Thursday from 4:45 - 6:30 p.m.

Open M
941 Princeton St., Akron, OH 44311 – (330) 434-0110 – Website
OPEN M is an acronym that stands for Opportunity for People Everywhere in Need Ministry. They are a comprehensive, faith-based ministry that helps people throughout the greater Akron area meet the spiritual and physical challenges of living with scarce resources. Hot lunch is served during the last two weeks of each month from 11:30 am. - 1 p.m. (except July, November and December). Some of our United Methodist Churches volunteer by preparing and serving these meals.

In the Summertime, OPEN M provides a mid-day meal for up to 300 individuals each day. Many of these individuals are children who are missing the daily breakfasts and lunches supplied by the public schools during the school year.

Redeemer North Hill UMC
265 E. Cuyahoga Falls Ave., Akron, OH 44310 – (330) 923-1191
Hot meal and a free clothing closet each Friday at 11:00 a.m. for worship and 11:30 a.m. for the meal. We offer Holy Communion following the meal at 12:45 p.m.

Rittman UMC
211 N. Metzger Ave., Rittman, OH 44270 – (330) 925-4015
Meal postponed until at least September. Please call before coming.
A sit-down dinner is served the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Ravenna UMC
263 S. Prospect St., Ravenna, OH 44266 – (330) 297-7196
Free Lunch on Saturdays from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Worship experience called, “Welcome to the Table” is offered at the beginning of every meal.

Shreve UMC
430 N. Main St., Shreve, OH 44676 – (330) 567-2051
SERVE Meal that is served on the third Wednesday of the month at 5:30 p.m.

Wooster UMC
243 N. Market St., Wooster, OH 44691 – (330) 262-5641
Free hot meal on Thursdays, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.