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Encompass Ministries provides food and training to help the people of our community get back on their feet.

Changing Generations

 You can help the hurting in our community find hope and get back on their feet.  

What is Encompass Ministries?

The mission of Encompass Ministries is to help individuals and families re-establish stability and self-reliance by offering a variety of programs including immediate food assistance, employment strategies, and life skills through hands-on support and ongoing training in order to have a community where everyone has the tools to achieve stability and no one goes to bed hungry.

Need Help?

Through our proven process we have helped many feed their families, break cycles of poverty, and find meaningful employment.

Help Others

We are a group of people who are passionate about giving hope to our community.  You can help by giving financially, donating food or volunteering your time. 

The Encompass Blog

New Refrigerated Box Truck Campaign

    Need Your Help Now for a New Refrigerated Box Truck, Please GIVE Today! While we still have a truck that we use several times a week for large food donations and outreaches, it is very old and not as reliable as we need. (Neither the gas gauge nor the...

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Encompass Is…

Meet Lisa, a young mom… now a young single mom of two small children. After a heartbreaking and bitter divorce from the kids' father, Lisa needed to make a big change.  Being too close to her now-ex was toxic for her and dangerous for the children. So, onto Woodstock,...

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Our 2020 Annual Impact…

$1,111,875

Worth of Food Given

16,442

People Fed

1,300

Households

7,000

Training Hours

489,788

Meals

Top Current Pantry Needs

Canned Pasta
Baked Beans
Rice Sides
Canned White Potatoes
Canned Greens (Not Green Beans)
Kids’ Pudding Cups
Granola Bars
Kids’ Drinks
Canned Fruit
Mayonnaise
Mustard
Jelly
Pancake Syrup
Gallon Sized Ziplock Bags
Laundry Detergent

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