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Who We Are

The Lancaster Community Meal Program is a loose network of churches and organizations that provides three free meals every day.

The meals are available, without registration or requirements, to anyone who shows up. Come to any of the providers for a tasty meal and good conversation!

All meals are still being served during the pandemic, but most are now take-away meals instead of sit-down meals.

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Find Meals – Regular Schedule

Last updated Apr 2024

Breakfast

Desayuno

Monday – Friday

8:30 – 9:45 am

Anchor Lancaster (First UMC)
29 E Walnut St

dine-in only

Saturday

9:00 – 10:00 am

First Reformed
40 E Orange St

bagged meal includes food for breakfast and lunch, option to dine-in for breakfast

Sunday

7:45 – 8:45 am

Holy Trinity Lutheran
31 S Duke St

dine-in breakfast with a bagged lunch

Lunch

Almuerzo

Monday – Friday

11:30 am – 1:00 pm

St. Anne’s Catholic
929 N Duke St

to-go bagged lunch

Monday – Saturday

12:00 – 1:00 pm

SACA
545 Pershing Ave

dine-in only

Tuesday & Thursday

11:00 am – 12:00 noon

Crispus Attucks Center
407 Howard Ave

Saturday

12:30 – 1:30 pm

Catholic Worker House
41 W Vine St.

to-go lunch

Sunday

No lunch at City Gate

Supper

Cena

Monday – Friday

4:00 – 5:00 pm

SACA
545 Pershing Ave

dine-in only

Monday

5:00 – 6:00 pm

East Chestnut St Mennonite
432 E Chestnut St

dine-in or to-go

Tuesday

5:00 – 6:00 pm

First Reformed
40 E Orange St

Wednesday

5:15 – 6:00 pm

Grace Lutheran
517 N. Queen St

dine-in only

Wednesday

5:00 – 6:15 pm

Ebenezer Baptist
701 N Lime St

Thursday

5:15 – 6:30 pm

Redeemer Lutheran
500 Pearl St

dine-in only

Friday

5:00 – 6:00 pm

St Mary’s Catholic
119 S Prince St

Saturday

5:00 – 6:00 pm

Parish Resource Center @ Grace Lutheran
517 N. Queen St

to-go only

Sunday

5:00 – 6:00 pm

Parish Resource Center @ Grace Lutheran
517 N. Queen St

to-go only

Recent Changes to the Schedule

  • As of 3/15/24, SACA is serving dine-in only.
  • As of 5/6/22, Arch St Center is no longer serving community meals.
  • As of 3/24/22, Sunday lunch is no longer served at City Gate. A bagged lunch will be included with Sunday breakfast at Holy Trinity Lutheran.
  • As of 3/3/22, Thursday supper at Redeemer Lutheran will be sit-down meals only.
  • As of 2/1/22, Tuesday supper will move to First Reformed UCC at 40 E. Orange St (from Shaarai Shomayim Synagogue).
  • As of 12/1/21, Saturday supper will move to Grace Lutheran Church (from Lancaster Moravian Church).
  • As of 7/1/21, Saturday supper will move to Lancaster Moravian Church (from Unitarian Universalist Church of Lancaster).
  • As of 6/7/21, Arch St. Center will only serve lunch on Mondays and Fridays.
  • As of 5/10/21, Arch St. Center will only serve lunch on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
  • As of 5/10/21, Saturday breakfast will move from St. John’s, and now be served at First Reformed UCC (40 E Orange St).