Pizza Church
A weekly outreach serving children and youth through transportation, meals, and structured engagement.
Wednesday Evenings - beginning at 6:30pm
Need a ride? Call 513-893-2800 before 5:00 PM on Wednesdays to be added to the Pizza Church bus route.
Overview
Pizza Church is a weekly outreach serving elementary and youth-aged students in Hamilton, Ohio. Each week, children are picked up by bus, brought to the Dream Center, and welcomed into a structured environment where they are provided with a meal and consistent support.
The program creates space for connection, positive engagement, and ongoing relational care within a setting designed to be both safe and supportive.
How It Works
• Transportation is provided for children and youth who need access to attend
• Participants are welcomed into a structured, supervised environment
• Meals are served during each gathering
• Age-appropriate engagement and teaching are provided
• Volunteers and staff support each program with clear roles and oversight
Who It Serves
Pizza Church serves children and youth within the Hamilton community, including those who benefit from consistent engagement, structured environments, and access to supportive relationships.
Why It Matters
For many children and youth, access to consistent, structured environments plays an important role in stability and development. Providing transportation, meals, and ongoing relational support helps remove barriers to participation and creates space for connection, growth, and positive engagement each week.
Program Impact
Serving children and youth each week through structured outreach
Providing transportation and meals to support access and participation
Creating environments that support connection, stability, and ongoing engagement
Reaching hundreds of children
through consistent weekly participation.
Pizza Church?
The name didn’t come from a strategy.
It came from a child.
Wendell’s soon-to-be granddaughter, Mila, was new to the weekly outreach. At the time, she was still learning the rhythm of church and trying to understand the difference between Sunday and Wednesday.
As her mom, Jessica, shared it: To be quite honest, pizza was the only way she could tell the difference.
When she was told, “We have church tomorrow,” Mila would ask,
“Is it pizza church or normal church?”
To her, pizza meant something different.
It meant fun.
It meant people.
It meant something she wanted to be part of.
If there wasn’t going to be pizza, she wasn’t nearly as excited.
And from that point on, it had a new name — PIZZA CHURCH!
Support PIZZA CHURCH
Pizza Church is made possible through the support of volunteers and community partners who help sustain weekly outreach efforts.
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