Pastor Appreciation: The Rock feeds thousands | Local News

On Friday, Oct. 23, scores of cars lined Highway 15 South off Lower Myrick Road, all the way up to the interstate. It was something that area had never quite seen before.

Enter The Rock Church and its pastor Jerry Rowley Jr. As explained by him, the church that morning was handing out exactly 1,248 food boxes for the third time that month, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Farmers to Families Food Box program. Rowley learned about the program in September; and trucks loaded with the boxes came in every Friday morning of October. Congregation members and friends faced a massive demand Oct. 23 and had to turn away cars after running out of supplies at noon.

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