1.0Global Ministrieshttps://umcmission.orgYvonne Njorogehttps://umcmission.org/author/ynjorogeumcmission-org/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="4ebmz85yrz"><a href="https://umcmission.org/story/feeding-the-5000-weekly-in-new-york/">Feeding the 5,000 (weekly) in New York</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://umcmission.org/story/feeding-the-5000-weekly-in-new-york/embed/#?secret=4ebmz85yrz" width="600" height="338" title="“Feeding the 5,000 (weekly) in New York” — Global Ministries" data-secret="4ebmz85yrz" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://umcmission.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2020-Year-of-NYC-food-lines.jpg1180590As jobs disappeared and revenue dried up because of the pandemic, finding enough food to feed families became a real concern in many New York City communities. Here’s how New York United Methodists leveraged money from the Human Relations Day offering, conference support and an amazing web of connections to quickly open their churches as food pantries for those in need.