Community Soup Bowl

10/16/2026

Soup Bowl Storytime... We are blessed often but some days seem especially thoughtful. This week Bobbie's Bakery, Inc dropped off some of their baked goods. IT WAS THE BEST CAKE!! We had an emergency cake need Tuesday and broke open a box and shared a slice of her Hummingbird Cake. It was a time portal of deliciousness. Every fond memory cake has the ability to release, filled our mouths. If a small bite has the ability to make a person forget their problems, a whole cake of hers may bring world peace. Please stop by Bobbie's Bakery downtown. They have cake slices available and more. We love our small businesses and how they chose to bring a bit of happiness to our table. Thank you Bobbie!

10/13/2026

Birthday in the house. Surprise birthday wings and pizza for family lunch.

10/09/2026

This week we tried something new. Shé, who keeps our kitchen running, blessed us by cooking her AMAZING fried catfish! Do you want to guess how many pounds of fish she fried? If you guessed 120lbs, you would be correct. Then to top it off, she made some cheesy grits for our Soup Bowl family meal.

10/07/2026

This is Dee. He didn’t want his picture taken at first. He is the man behind the scenes making sure there is plenty of food for our tables. Some days we serve over 550 plates and we never run out. He is always good for a laugh and doesn’t take things too seriously…except cooking. He takes his food seriously, especially when he fries us up some treats when the kitchen is closed.
Also, Dee’s shirt is our new mascot. Smiles for Everyone!!

10/01/2026

Believe or not, it is October (someone let the weather know). We want to thank all the people that came by to volunteer or drop off food donations. We ended the month serving over 500 plates a day. We don't always grab a pic of our volunteers but we do want to thank the groups like Weeping Mary Baptist Church, Tuscaloosa Fire Rescue EMS Prevention, and the University of Alabama's own Greg Bryne for helping us serve food. Roll Tide! And to our regular volunteers and staff, Thank You!!

09/25/2026

We are so grateful for our volunteers!!

Serving our community is at the heart of who we are. ❤️

FUMCT members recently had the joy of serving lunch at the Community Soup Bowl, a ministry our church has been proud to support since its beginning. We’re grateful for every opportunity to serve alongside our mission partners and care for our neighbors in Tuscaloosa!

09/25/2026

Sometimes we make bread pudding with bread Publix donates. We hear there is a bread pudding trail in Tuscaloosa. We think we should be added.

09/18/2026

Every Friday we are able to provide an extra to-go plate to our guests thanks to the generous food donations from all of the Chick-fil-A restaurants in Tuscaloosa. From waffles to mac n cheese, they have us covered.