Beverly Hills pastor’s idea — reaching LA’s poorest in a unique way
Father Ed Benioff says he’s a bit of an “activist,” so he became pretty restless when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and people were experiencing extreme food insecurity. He felt compelled to act. Somehow. Any way he could.
“I wasn’t going to sit around and read books and go on retreat,” he said. “I said we’ve got to do something.”
For Benioff, pastor at Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills, that “something” at first meant organizing volunteers to make and distribute sandwiches to the needy once a day. Then a few times a week. Eventually, they expanded to make 600 sandwiches a day, seven days a week.