Outreach Ministries

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Food Pantry

For more than 25 years, St. Paul’s By-the-Sea and our food pantry volunteers have been dedicated to alleviating food insecurity and providing assistance to individuals and families in need. Located in the heart of downtown Ocean City, our food pantry is proud to serve as Ocean City’s main food pantry. We are committed to ensuring that no one in our community goes hungry. We are equally committed to providing free pantry items without any qualifications or requirements. Year-round, our food pantry serves the local underserved community, and in the summer serves many seasonal workers in Ocean City.

The Food Pantry is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from 10 am – 12 pm. Entrance is on 3rd Street.

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Community Kitchen

What began 27 years ago as a brown-bagged lunch made by volunteers has evolved into hearty hot meals served out of our community kitchen 5 days a week. We are committed to ensuring that no one in our community goes hungry. We are equally committed to providing free meals without any qualifications or requirements. Just like the food pantry, we provide year-round hot meals to the local underserved community and in the summers our numbers more than double with the influx of seasonal workers to Ocean City.

The community kitchen is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from 10 am – 12 pm, and on Sundays from 1 pm – 2 pm. Entrance is on 3rd Street.

Community Dinners

We host Community Dinners on the 3rd Wednesday of each month, offering food and fellowship to the entire community. All are welcome and there are no qualifications or requirements to receive free food. If we have an abundance of meat in our freezers, we also give it away during our Community Dinners. In 2026, these are the dates of our Community Dinners: January 21, February 18, March 18, April 15, May 20, June 17, July 15, August 19, September 16, October 21, November 18, December 16.

Our most popular Community Dinner is on Christmas Day.