Amen to Action - Mission Project

How many servings of apple cinnamon oatmeal can members of Bower Hill pack in about 2 hours?  At least 2200!  Seventeen members of the Bower Hill Packers were part of the 2026 Amen-To-Action food packing program at Saints John & Paul Church in Wexford on November 7th. After a reading of the Feeding of the 5000, Bishop Zubik led us in prayer to begin.  We split into two teams, with each member having a job: holding bags under a funnel, scooping sugar or dried apples or cinnamon or rolled oats, weighing and adjusting the amount of oats to achieve between 7 and 7.2 ounces, sealing the bags, putting stickers on the bags, and putting them into boxes of 54 bags in each box.  Each bag contained 4 servings.  We did at least 10 boxes.  We lost count.  There were many other teams there, some families, some churches, some sports teams, some school related teams, so there were many boxes filled for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank by the end of the morning.