Community & Faith: food help and faith gatherings in the upriver towns this week
By Upriver Staff
ENFIELD - Here is where to find food help and faith gatherings in the upriver towns this week, drawn from organizations' own pages checked Oct. 16. Times and places can change, so confirm with each organization before you go.
COMMUNITY
ENFIELD: The Enfield Food Shelf, 786 Enfield St., runs its pantry Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to noon and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., according to its website. People outside Enfield are directed to call 2-1-1. (https://www.enfieldfoodshelf.org/general-6)
EAST WINDSOR: The town's assistance page lists the Five Corner Cupboard pantry at 124 Scantic Road on Tuesdays, 9 to 11:45 a.m. and 1 to 5:30 p.m., with doors opening at 8:30. Pauline's Stock Pot Kitchen at Wesley United Methodist Church, 55 N. Main St., serves lunch Wednesdays from 12:30 to 2 p.m. and takeout meals Fridays from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Mobile Foodshare stops every other Friday from 1 to 1:30 p.m. at St. Catherine Church, 6 Windsorville Road, Broad Brook; the town links Foodshare's schedule for exact dates. (https://www.eastwindsor-ct.gov/1314/Food-Fuel-Clothes-Assistance)
WINDSOR LOCKS: The FoodShelf is open Thursdays from 2 to 6 p.m.; the town says proof of residency and income are required. Its posted list of most-needed items includes canned tuna and chicken, cereal, peanut butter, pasta and toiletries. (https://windsorlocksct.org/social-services/food-pantry-needs/)
SOMERS: Champ's Place, the food pantry at Somers Congregational Church, distributes food Mondays from 10 a.m. to noon and 6 to 7 p.m., according to the church's ministries page. (https://thesomerschurch.org/ministries/)
SUFFIELD: Nothing new today.
FAITH
ENFIELD: St. Jeanne Jugan Parish, the Catholic parish of Holy Family, St. Martha, St. Bernard and St. Patrick churches, lists two scripture-sharing groups on the coming weekend's Mass readings: Monday, Oct. 19, at 6:30 p.m. in Room 1 at Holy Family Church, and Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 9:30 a.m. in St. Bernard Church's religious education room. The parish's Prayer Shawl Ministry, which knits and crochets shawls and offers to teach newcomers, meets Monday, Oct. 19, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Goulet Hall at St. Martha Church. A Spanish-language charismatic prayer group meets Thursday, Oct. 22, at 6:30 p.m. in Classroom 2 at St. Martha, according to the parish's Oct. 18 bulletin. (https://cdn.diocesanweb.org/beacon/sjjenfield/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/20261018B.pdf)
SUFFIELD, SOMERS, EAST WINDSOR, WINDSOR LOCKS: Nothing new today.
Sources: Enfield Food Shelf (https://www.enfieldfoodshelf.org/general-6); Town of East Windsor (https://www.eastwindsor-ct.gov/1314/Food-Fuel-Clothes-Assistance); Town of Windsor Locks (https://windsorlocksct.org/social-services/food-pantry-needs/); Somers Congregational Church (https://thesomerschurch.org/ministries/); St. Jeanne Jugan Parish bulletin, Oct. 18, 2026 (https://cdn.diocesanweb.org/beacon/sjjenfield/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/20261018B.pdf)