A crew showed up at a Shelton Avenue church not to chant prayers or hear a sermon — but to help a community stay fed and protected during a particularly tough stretch of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

The occasion was a combination Covid 19 vaccine pop-up clinic as well as a food giveaway held Saturday at Breakthrough Church, just over the New Haven line in southern Hamden.

The goal of the Saturday event at the church was ​“one-stop shopping,” in the words of Robin Moody-Davis, marketing and outreach coordinator at Cornell Scott-Hill.

Hill Health organized the mobile vaccination clinic at the church in partnership with the Community Alliance for Research and Engagement (CARE) and Breakthrough Church.

Amid a pandemic surge fueled by the Omicron variant, ​“shoppers” had a full range of choices: Moderna. Pfizer. Johnson & Johnson. Boosters, pediatric shots, and flu shots were also available.