FILLING BOWLS, BLESSING SOULS. Proverbs 19:17The New Mount Rose Bowl Turns Faith into Food, Hope into Help, and Our Mission into Meals—with Over $500,000 in Food Distributed.

FILLING BOWLS, BLESSING SOULS. Proverbs 19:17. The New Mount Rose Bowl Turns Faith into Food, Hope into Help, and Our Mission into Meals—with Over $500,000 in Food Distributed and a Bold New Blueprint for Uplifting Fort Worth’s Understimulated Inner-City Economy. By Pastor Kyev Tatum | https://youtu.be/k0YNHiFZ3xg?si=mK3jXL1f458GTPPF

FORT WORTH, TEXAS — In the shadow of downtown Fort Worth lies ZIP code 76104—a community not crippled by failure, but starved of stimulus and sustained investment. Here, where life expectancy ranks the lowest in Texas, the streets echo not only with hardship, but with hope. And now, from pulpit to parking lot, a faith-fueled revolution is taking root—one food box, one faithful step at a time.

Welcome to the New Mount Rose Community Food Bowl.

It’s not just a food drive.

It’s a movement.

A model.

A ministry of mutual aid and economic imagination.

More than 150,000 pounds of food, valued at over $500,000, have been distributed through this community-first collaboration led by New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church, the Ministers Justice Coalition of Texas, the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Department Labor Detail, Secured Moving Company, and the logistical powerhouse known as Midwest Food Bank.

But this is more than meals.

It’s momentum—turning faith into food, hope into help, and mission into meals for a community ready to rise.

FROM LIMITED STIMULUS TO LASTING SOLUTIONS: FAITH IN ACTION

Where top-down strategies have fallen short, bottom-up faith is bearing fruit. The New Mount Rose Bowl is becoming a working blueprint for rebuilding underserved communities—from within, by those who know the need, led by those who love the people.

Here’s how the Bowl is building more than a food line—it’s building a future:

1. Faith-Based Food Hubs as Engines of Economic Renewal

Churches are no longer just places of worship—they’re becoming trusted logistics hubs. With storage, distribution, and entrepreneurial activity happening on-site, these sacred spaces are redefining their role in the community economy—restoring dignity and sparking neighborhood pride.

2. Farming the Future on Sacred Soil

Through the Farm Fort Worth initiative, vacant land is being transformed into purpose-filled plots. These youth-led farms and community gardens provide fresh produce, green jobs, and vital lessons in agriculture, sustainability, and self-determination.

3. The New Mount Rose Food Bowl 4-H Youth Leadership Club

This isn’t just about volunteering—it’s about vocational vision. Young people are gaining hands-on experience in supply chain systems, warehouse logistics, and food delivery coordination. Every box lifted builds character—and career readiness.

4. The Inner-City Exchange Farmers Market

Each month, church parking lots transform into neighborhood marketplaces. From fresh produce to homemade goods, residents engage in a grassroots economy that keeps dollars local, boosts small business spirit, and reignites community pride.

5. Healing Through Nutrition: Food as Medicine

In partnership with local healthcare professionals, food giveaways also offer health screenings, chronic disease education, and nutrition counseling. It’s not just about feeding bodies—it’s about lengthening lives.

THE PARTNERS BEHIND THE POWER

Midwest Food Bank provides the logistical lifeblood of this ministry. With more than $34 million in monthly global food aid and over 30,000 volunteers, they make sure every truck rolls out full and every family receives with dignity.

Secured Moving Company, a Fort Worth-based business, does more than move food —they move the mission. Their trucks and team represent a commitment to food-driven logistics and faith-based service.

A SACRED CALL TO ACTION

In a ZIP code too long denied the resources it deserves, the New Mount Rose Community Food Bowl is leading by example—showing what happens when local faith leaders, civic allies, business owners and everyday people become co-creators of a better future.

This is not a charity model.

It’s a community model.

It’s not a program of pity.

It’s a promise of purpose.

This is what happens when the church becomes a catalyst, the pastor a planner, and the gospel a guide for economic renewal.

TO GOD BE THE GLORY.

Let the bowls be filled.

Let the spirits be lifted.

Let ZIP code 76104 and beyond, rise and shine.

Proverbs 19:17 — “Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord…”

Let the church say, AMEN.