Serving Our Community

The true sign of a vibrant faith community isn’t just its Sunday morning services, but how invested it is in serving its neighbors.

St. John’s-Grace provides financial and donation support to The Genesis Center, associated with St. Simon's Episcopal Church in the South Buffalo neighborhood. The Genesis Center is a soup kitchen and food pantry serving free, home-cooked hot meals four days a week and providing groceries and household essentials to neighbors in need. No judgment, just help. The Soup Kitchen is open to the public with no requirements and no residency restrictions. Dine in or take a meal to go. The Food Pantry provides fresh produce, meats, frozen items, and groceries for eligible neighbors in the 14210 zip code (South Buffalo). The Genesis Center also offers a Kids’ Clothing Closet (gently used clothing, sizes 0–8) plus baby care items, diapers, toiletries, and other household essentials.

We are a member congregation of VOICE-Buffalo, a faith-based community organizing group which trains people to develop long-lasting, sustaining relationships that connect people to each other. Their collaborative actions make our community safer, more equitable, and prosperous. They train churches and community organizations to spread a culture of accountability. When regular people lead, and demand better neighborhoods, better schools, more responsiveness from our government, then our community is reborn through civic engagement.

St. John’s-Grace provides meeting space for a number of Twelve Step programs.