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Forks pastor helps serve through food bank

The Forks Community Food Bank held a grand reopening and open house of its new marketplace where clients can come and “shop” for food, rather than drive by to pick up a box.

Glenn King of Forks Elks presents $1,500 to Pat Soderlind, executive eirector of Forks Food Bank, Sena Engeseth, operations manager, left, and Warren Johnson, board president, right.              Photo by Christi Baron

Warren Johnson, who is president of the food bank board and pastor of Forks First Congregational, said the food bank secured a $50,000 grant from United Way renovate new larger space to serve people in need in the community.

His involvement with the food bank is just one of the ways he is present in the community to share “the peace of Christ.”

The Forks Food Bank relies on donations from individuals grants, businesses, churches, Lions Club, Food Lifeline, Salmon Coalition and Northwest Harvest.

It is open from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and noon to 6 p.m., Thursdays.

Warren is also a chaplain providing palliative care and grief support at hospitals to comfort people in a time of need. He is involved with the food bank, which serves about 20,000 clients in the area in 2024, fighting hunger.

“In our ministry we touch lives of everyone in the community. I’m everywhere. That’s where the God’s kingdom is,” Warren said. “Folks don’t just come to church. We take the church to our community, taking the peace of Christ where we go.”

Warren said Forks is a generous community. Recently the community raised $218,000 for scholarships for local high school graduates to go to college or trade school.

“There are many established families willing support causes like the food bank and scholarships,” he said. “Kids come back to work here because the town supported their education.

For information, call 360-374-9382 or email wrjfork@hotmail.com.

 

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