We are a community of diners, volunteers, staff and supporters of a pay-as-you-can food truck that makes God’s love edible on the streets of Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Mission
Shobi’s Table is a common table where all are fed in body and soul.
Vision
Shobi’s Table celebrates a world where all have opportunity for good food and loving community.
Values
Community – Christ-centered, we need one another
Pay-as-you-can – whatever you bring is enough
Dignity – we see and respect you as fully human and God’s Beloved
From-Scratch Food – we are co-creators with God, using the palate of creation
Environmental Stewardship – the Earth and the Table are interconnected as God’s gift
We are Church – we are Church everyday serving and being served together
Kitchen Philosophy
Shobi’s Table cooks delicious, nutritious, from-scratch meals as a catalyst for love and hospitality to all we encounter. We seek to honor and steward the bodies we feed and the earth from which the food comes by using as much ethically and sustainably sourced foods as our budget allows. We are a teaching kitchen that welcomes in a community of all skill levels by creating a kind, affirming, forgiving and empowering atmosphere. We strive for excellence in our cooking and in our relationships, building each on a foundation of beginner’s mind, creativity and wonder. We will anticipate and seek learning opportunities and holy hilarity to strengthen us each day. We eagerly accept tasks of community cooking, being led by the Trinitarian nature of our God – Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer.
One World Everybody Eats
Shobi’s Table is a part of the One World Everybody Eats national network of pay what you can cafes. Check out their work and other cafes here: https://www.oneworldeverybodyeats.org/
Saint Paul Area Synod
Shobi’s Table is a proud Synodically Authorized Outreach Ministry (SAOM) of the Saint Paul Area Synod (SPAS) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). If you’d like to know what any of that churchy lingo means, reach out to us to learn more! 🙂
The Community – You!
Shobi’s Table is known by the community that is growing around the pay-as-you-can café – customers who come every week, new customers, kitchen volunteers, staff, and everyone who supports this ministry with generous prayer and gifts of time, talent and treasure. We want this community to reflect the diversity of the communities where we serve together and the ELCA churches throughout the St Paul Area Synod that come to claim their membership in Shobi’s Table. Just like every community – we start as strangers and continue on as friends, bonded together by the love of Jesus made manifest in every meal.