A Closer Look at MannaKehila
Take a peek at what you can do!
Your Recipes, All in One Place
That favorite recipe from Grandma's handwritten card? The chicken casserole from your church cookbook? That amazing dish you found online?
Bring them all together in MannaKehila!
Use your phone's camera to import recipes from cards, cookbooks, or printed pages. Found something delicious online? Just enter the recipe's web address to bring it into your collection.
Of course, you can always enter recipes yourself, too.
Your own personal cookbook, right at your fingertips. Keep recipes private for your own use, or share them with your church community. It's entirely up to you!
Share a Recipe. Discover a New Favorite.
Wondering what to make for dinner? Take a look at what others in your community have been cooking!
Browse recipes shared by fellow members, or use the search and sorting tools to find something that catches your eye.
Find something you love? Give it a like, add it to your favorites for easy access later, or leave a comment to share your experience.
And when you have a recipe worth passing along, you can add it to your community's collection for others to discover and enjoy.
A Taste of Something New, Every Month
Here's where things get even more interesting!
Every participating church can select one recipe each month to feature across MannaKehila, giving members a chance to discover dishes from communities beyond their own.
As more churches join, the possibilities grow. You might discover a regional specialty from Louisiana, a traditional Filipino dish, or a beloved family recipe from a congregation halfway across the country.
For churches with distinctive cultural and culinary traditions, it's also an opportunity to share a little of their heritage with the wider MannaKehila community.
And for everyone else? A growing collection of new flavors and cooking traditions to explore, with fresh featured recipes to discover each month.
From Finding a Recipe to Making Dinner
Found something you'd like to try? MannaKehila helps you take it from inspiration to the dinner table.
Find it.
Search and sort through recipes to decide what's cooking tonight.
Shop for it.
Create a shopping list with the ingredients you need, ready to take along to the grocery store.
Cook it!
Follow the recipe using MannaKehila's cooking mode, designed to make instructions easy to follow while you're busy in the kitchen. Your screen stays awake, so you don't have to keep unlocking your phone with flour-covered fingers!
From planning your meals to preparing them, your recipes are right there when you need them.
One App, Multiple Communities
Have family attending another church? Still feel connected to a congregation you attended years ago?
With MannaKehila, you can participate in more than one church community, all from the same app.
Explore the recipes shared within each community you belong to, stay connected through the dishes people contribute, and enjoy the featured recipes shared by participating churches across MannaKehila.
One app, with plenty of opportunities to discover something new!
And We're Still Cooking Up New Ideas!
We have more ideas simmering for the future!
Imagine organizing a church potluck where everyone can sign up to bring a dish, or coordinating meals for families facing illness, loss, or other difficult circumstances.
Those are just a couple of the possibilities we're exploring as we look for new ways MannaKehila can serve churches and their members.
Who knows what else we'll cook up together?
