Food truck ministry creates sacred space outside church
In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, Abundant Harvest ministry near Houston has increased its efforts to feed people and foster community.
St. Isidore Episcopal Church doesn’t have walls, but it does have wheels.
The church brings food and faith to several small communities of worshipers north of Houston, Texas. Some meet at a Taco Bell or Panera Bread, others at a Laundromat. Central to the mission is the Abundant Harvest food truck.
“People need to be nourished body, mind, and soul,” said Sean Steele, the priest who started St. Isidore Episcopal in 2015 as a church plant through Trinity Episcopal Church in The Woodlands, Texas. It now supports eight faith communities totaling about 80 people, as well as its Abundant Harvest ministries. “There’s something to do with how we eat and who we eat with that says something about how we relate to God.”
