With faith and an overwhelming desire to meet the needs of the hungry and homeless in Hillsborough's East End and South Shore communities, representatives from I Am Hope Cafe, a project of Greater Brandon Ecumenical Ministries (GBEM), met with representatives from Resurrection Catholic Church, Daystar Faith Center, and Metropolitan Ministries to discuss the opening of another I Am Hope Cafe, this time in Gibsonton, at the Daystar Faith Center. The meeting was held Dec. 3, 2009 at Resurrection in Riverview.

Pictured, from left, Vince Ferraro (GBEM), Dan Heald (GBEM / Concerned Action In Christ), Connie Farrington (I Am Hope Cafe), Kathy Myers (Metropolitan Ministries), Valerie Templeman (The Crossing Church), Gwen Low (The Crossing Church), Sue Sutko (Daystar Faith Center), Pat Furlano (Daystar Faith Center), Margaret Shaw (Presbyterian Church of Bloomingdale), Elvia R. Ortiz (Resurrection Church), Tina Ver Pault (Resurrection Catholic), and Victor M. Ortiz (Resurrection Catholic). Seated is Monsignor Antonio Diez of Resurrection Catholic Church. Also in attendance at the meeting, but not pictured, were Carisa Biesecker of the Osprey Observer and Rob Atchley of Riverview United Methodist Church, a member of the River Of Life Cluster of United Methodist churches.

The Greater Brandon Ecumenical Ministries includes Bay Life Church, Concerned Action In Christ, the Emergency Care Help Organization (ECHO), First Presbyterian Church of Bloomingdale, First Baptist Church of Brandon, First Baptist Church of Mango, and the River of Life Cluster of United Methodist Churches, whose members are: First United Methodist of Brandon, St. Andrews United Methodist of Brandon, Seffner First United Methodist, South Shore United Methodist (in Apollo Beach), Riverview United Methodist, Limona Village Chapel, and Primera Iglesia Metodista Unida De Brandon.

With faith and an overwhelming desire to meet the needs of the hungry and homeless in Hillsborough's East End and South Shore communities, representatives from I Am Hope Cafe, a project of Greater Brandon Ecumenical Ministries (GBEM), met with representatives from Resurrection Catholic Church, Daystar Faith Center, and Metropolitan Ministries to discuss the opening of another I Am Hope Cafe, this time in Gibsonton, at the Daystar Faith Center. The meeting was held Dec. 3, 2009 at Resurrection in Riverview.

Pictured, from left, Vince Ferraro (GBEM), Dan Heald (GBEM / Concerned Action In Christ), Connie Farrington (I Am Hope Cafe), Kathy Myers (Metropolitan Ministries), Valerie Templeman (The Crossing Church), Gwen Low (The Crossing Church), Sue Sutko (Daystar Faith Center), Pat Furlano (Daystar Faith Center), Margaret Shaw (Presbyterian Church of Bloomingdale), Elvia R. Ortiz (Resurrection Church), Tina Ver Pault (Resurrection Catholic), and Victor M. Ortiz (Resurrection Catholic). Seated is Monsignor Antonio Diez of Resurrection Catholic Church. Also in attendance at the meeting, but not pictured, were Carisa Biesecker of the Osprey Observer and Rob Atchley of Riverview United Methodist Church, a member of the River Of Life Cluster of United Methodist churches.

The Greater Brandon Ecumenical Ministries includes Bay Life Church, Concerned Action In Christ, the Emergency Care Help Organization (ECHO), First Presbyterian Church of Bloomingdale, First Baptist Church of Brandon, First Baptist Church of Mango, and the River of Life Cluster of United Methodist Churches, whose members are: First United Methodist of Brandon, St. Andrews United Methodist of Brandon, Seffner First United Methodist, South Shore United Methodist (in Apollo Beach), Riverview United Methodist, Limona Village Chapel, and Primera Iglesia Metodista Unida De Brandon.