About Us

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MannaKehila is created and run by three members of a Christian, Veteran family based in Western Pennsylvania.

Tim

Tim grew up in a D.C. metro area Orthodox Christian community with a rich Greek food tradition before joining in the U.S. Army, in which he served for 9 years followed by 5 years’ defense contractor work. While in the Army, Tim met Charity and they were married in a little stone church in a quaint village in the rolling countryside of England. He currently works two jobs to support the family while building MannaKehila.

Charity

Charity was born and raised in Western Pennsylvania surrounded by the Christian faith and attending various denominational churches, then set off to see the world during her 7 years in the Army, putting her on a fateful collision course with Tim. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Organizational Leadership, volunteers extensively in community veterans’ organizations, two local churches, and a faith-based choral society.

Grace

Grace is Tim and Charity’s third child, born in England, who has an admirable passion for spreading the love of Christ. She is very active in church prayer and Bible study groups and has a love of singing that led her to the same faith-based choral society Charity later joined. Grace has volunteered in community-oriented church programs and a special needs dance group.

Our Purpose – MannaKehila!

MannaKehila sprung out of a family idea. Originally intended as an app that could be shared by immediate and extended family to share recipes, the thought rapidly became – this could help churches!

Food and community have always been woven into Christian life and our idea of a shared “living cookbook” community app fits perfectly, updating and yet moving beyond the old, traditional church cookbook. Could we make it more than that?

At the same time, we saw an opportunity for MannaKehila to give something tangible back. Rather than charging churches to use the platform, we designed it so that participating churches and communities receive recurring financial support as their members use MannaKehila. We imagined the potential of what good the app could bring, through its ripple effect out into the world.

For us, those two ideas belong together: building community and helping support the community being built.

That is also where the name comes from. Manna recalls God’s provision, while Kehila means community or congregation. Together, they express what we hope MannaKehila can become — a small way of helping nourish Christian communities, both around the table and beyond it.

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