Community Gatherings & Kingdom Hospitality
Fresh Start is more than a bakery. It's a place where shared bread, welcoming tables, and genuine hospitality create space for connection, belonging, and transformation.
Bread & Belonging Experiences
We invite you into experiences where hospitality reveals Gospel love and shared meals build authentic community.
Shared Table Gatherings
Regular community meals where neighbors become friends, conversations deepen, and belonging grows. These simple gatherings echo the early Church practice of breaking bread together.
Bread for Neighbors
Fresh-baked artisan bread shared with neighbors, shut-ins, and those in need—a tangible expression of love and care that opens doors to relationship.
Kingdom Baking Workshops
Hands-on baking experiences where participants learn artisan techniques while exploring how bread-making can become a practice of hospitality and stewardship.
Breaking Bread Together
For those spiritually mature and connected, simple communion practices that honor the Lord's table and deepen fellowship among believers.
Tables as Sacred Space
Throughout Scripture, tables are places of encounter. Jesus ate with sinners and saints alike. The early Church gathered around meals. The Lord's Supper remains central to Christian worship.
At Fresh Start, we believe that hospitality—genuine welcome expressed through bread, coffee, and shared space—is a Kingdom practice. When we gather at tables, we create room for stories to be shared, burdens to be lifted, and the presence of Christ to be known.
"They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people." — Acts 2:46-47
Hospitality & the Table
From the earliest days of the Church, faith was lived around tables. Believers gathered in homes to share meals, pray, and break bread together—forming community through presence, generosity, and shared life.
"They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer."
— Acts 2:42
At Fresh Start, hospitality is not a program or requirement. It is a way of life—offered freely, practiced gently, and grounded in Scripture. Some choose to express hospitality through shared meals or simple bread-making as a way of creating belonging and slowing the pace of life.
Bread has long represented provision, care, and daily dependence on God. In the hands of Jesus, bread was blessed, broken, and shared—becoming a sign of love multiplied.
"Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, broke them, and gave them."
— Matthew 14:19
Hospitality, at its heart, is about presence. Around tables, trust forms. Through shared life, hearts open. Growth unfolds naturally.
For some, hospitality expressed at home grows into a calling to share bread more widely—through community tables, skill-building, and dignified work.
Hospitality Resource
The HeartFire Hospitality Handbook offers a simple, Scripture-grounded guide to bread-making, shared tables, and the ministry of presence.
Connecting Tables to Transformation
Some who gather at Fresh Start tables discover a desire for deeper spiritual community. For them, we offer connection to HeartFire Circles—relational gatherings where shared Scripture, prayer, and hospitality create space for faith formation and discipleship.
The practice of Breaking Bread Together extends what begins at Fresh Start into intentional spaces of spiritual growth. These circles are invitational, not mandatory—a natural next step for those seeking deeper connection with God and others.
Hospitality & Discipleship
As we grow, Fresh Start hopes to steward community tables, mentorship through shared meals, and hospitality experiences that echo the early Church—and invite all toward belonging in Christ.
Community Tables
Regular gatherings open to all, where food and fellowship create space for connection
Mentorship Meals
One-on-one discipleship over coffee and bread, where wisdom is shared and lives are shaped
Bread-Sharing Outreach
Taking hospitality beyond our walls to neighbors, shelters, and those in need
These are Kingdom expressions, not commercial requirements—pursued as God opens doors and resources allow.
Ways to Participate
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Whether you're seeking employment support, community connection, or a place to explore faith—there's room at our table for you.
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