PROVIDING LUNCHES AND DINNERS
Hope Ministries offers well-balanced, healthy meals served on-site so that we can fellowship and Meet/Greet our Neighbors. Meals served as carry-outs and as home deliveries to accommodate those who are unable to come in person
Tuesday Lunch 11am to Noon
Doors open at 10:30pm for coffee and fellowship
Thursday Dinner 4:15pm to 5:15pm
Doors open at 2:30pm for coffee and fellowship
SUPPORT FOR BASIC NEEDS SUCH AS GROCERIES, PERSONAL ADVOCACY, RESOURCE EDUCATION
Hope Ministries counsels and uplifts our beneficiaries who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless by providing advocacy and resource assistance that solves our Neighbors' needs.
Foodbank 2nd Thursday of Month
10am to Noon
Note schedule change
August is the 1st Thursday of month
BIBLE STUDY
Hope Ministries Volunteers provide Christ-centered Bible studies to all who wish to attend before our Dinners are served. We want all our Neighbors to know the joy, peace and hope that come with a relationship with Jesus Christ. We don't require attendance at Bible Study but we encourage and support all who wish to attend!
Thursday 3:30pm to 4:15pm
Doors open at 2:30 for coffee and fellowship
FELLOWSHIP AND LISTENING
The Staff for Hope Ministries enjoy having Fellowship with our Neighbors. We are good listeners and pray for all who come and with those seek prayer. As we focus on them, we also offer Information and Referral to other Services.
A MESSAGE FROM CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
JERRY KUHN
Welcome to Hope Ministries of McKeesport! We are delighted to serve you.
Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Romans 12:12
I am rejoicing in hope as we enter a new season of service through Hope Ministries of McKeesport. I've worked for 40-years in operations and project management. I am so blessed to have the opportunity to serve the Lord in this new role as Chief Operating Officer of Hope Ministries of McKeesport. I love serving people and am very active in my church, Holy Trinity Lutheran, with leadership roles in Church Council, Finance and Executive Committees. I continue to grow in my faith by leading a weekly Bible study and a bi-monthly men’s group as well.
I am also a founding member and participant of the Kairos Prison Ministry at SCI Fayette, sharing the transforming love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ with incarcerated men. My wife Julie and I have been happily married for 35 years with 2 sons.
I am grateful that I can live out the gospel through my love and service to the McKeesport community. Hope Ministries of McKeesport believes strongly in community, in loving service, and in meeting the needs of our Neighbors. We believe that we are a loving, compassionate presence and help to our Neighbors in McKeesport. We thank all our partners who have made this ministry possible. Together, we can love our Neighbors!
Please plan to visit us soon!
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing,
so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. Romans 15: 13
Sincerely yours,
Jerry Kuhn
Chief Operating Officer
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
From Left to Right: Julie Kuhn, Jerry Kuhn, Judy Confer, Darlene Colvin, Judy Kunes, George Weaver, Marty Kelly
Marty Kelly – President of Board
Marty and his wife Cathy have been loyal members of First Free church for over 28 years. During that time, Marty has served as a board trustee several times, led Bible studies, and taught Sunday school classes. He continues to serve at The Pittsburgh Dream Center of McKeesport (formerly Sonshine Community Ministries), St. James Fellowship, and Hope Ministries of McKeesport (formerly 9th Street Community Kitchen). Aside from his acts of service, Marty started his own general contracting /remodeling business 35 years ago, which he continues with today. One of his favorite things to do is spend time with his children and grandchildren.
Darlene Colvin – Board Secretary
Darlene has been married to Eric for 51 years. They have 4 sons and 1 granddaughter. Darlene is a retired hospice nurse and has been involved in starting The 9th St Community Kitchen and helping transition to Hope Ministries of McKeesport. She is very involved with The Society of St Vincent de Paul, St Agnes conference in North Huntingdon, where she takes calls from neighbors in need and assists in distributing food through the Westmoreland Co Food Bank. The best part of serving God while helping relieve food insecurity is the relationships that have formed with those she helps and those she works with.
Julie Kuhn – Board Treasurer
Julie and her husband Jerry have been married for 35 years and have 2 sons. Julie sees herself as a “lifelong servant”. She has been blessed to have had the opportunity to dedicate her life to helping make a difference across her sons’ schools through PTA and academic organizations, youth athletics with teams’ management leadership roles, her church of over 25 years with Church Council and Committee Chair roles and other non-profit feeding ministries in McKeesport for over 15 years. Her spiritual gifts of leadership, administration and service are the assets she brings to the Hope Ministries of McKeesport team.
Christy Bognar – Board Member
Judy Confer – Board Member
Judy has volunteered with 9th Street Community Kitchen and now Hope Ministries of McKeesport for 6 years. She is active with The Society of St Vincent de Paul, helping to feed, clothe, house and advocate for disadvantage individuals in Westmoreland county. Judy worked in her professional life for the Westmoreland County Agency on Aging, further helping those in need. She is married with 2 children and 3 grandchildren.
Judy Kunes – Board Member
Judy was born and raised in McKeesport. She has been married for 43 years to David and has 3 grown children and 6 grandsons. She has been serving in McKeesport for the past 24 years, starting at Sonshine Community Ministries then at the 9th Street Community Kitchen and now Hope Ministries of McKeesport. She worked at Jefferson Hospital for 26 years as a CT scan technician. Judy attends and is active in Saint Agnes church in North Huntington. Her desire for Hope Ministries is to make those who come in the door feel welcome and seen.
George Weaver – Board Member
George is a retired math teacher and coach with 36 years in the Norwin School District. He is a member of Calvary Church in Irwin. A musician for many years in both pop & gospel bands. He has been blessed with his wife Marianne and has 3 children and 4 wonderful grandchildren. Matthew 25 has always been one of his Bible favorites and has tried to live it with spiritual readiness, faithful stewardship and compassion. And this is why he loves being a part of first the 9th Street Community Kitchen and now Hope Ministries of McKeesport.