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The Peoples Church meals program, 2
Li'l Fishes, serves lunch several times a week for 80-120 people who live in nearby shelters and the local
community.
Want
to help?
Claim
a day to help - we are expanding the program to serve folks more days of
the week in our new lunch room on 3 1/2 West - half a flight up from the
third floor. We need you and your little gang of people to serve food
and clean up after lunch - 1 to 2 hours once a week, or once a month. We
really need you!
If you have special
talents you'd like to put to use, such as
legal work, fundraising or business acumen, you might like to assist the 2 Li'l Fishes
steering committee. Contact Isaac or talk with Rev. Jean.
Summer
Outreach
 The
annual Labor Day Picnic was started by the late Billy Hand Robinson to
honor the hard work homeless men, women and children put in to stay alive for
the year. Living on the streets and in shelters is not easy. Billy, a Peoples
Church member who himself had experienced homelessness, understood the
tremendous energy and effort it took to find meals, shelter, a restroom, or a
place to relax in relative privacy.
In 2006, four hundred guests attended the
picnic (even in the sporadic rain showers) and enjoyed a first-rate barbecue
complete with ribs, chicken, hot dogs, hamburgers, salad, fruit, bread,
chips, and cookies. This annual event is a special time for Peoples Church
members and is part of our ministry to celebrate the worth and dignity of
all people.
Winter Outreach
Each year, Peoples
Church hosts a festive dinner for the homeless and
low-income folks in our neighborhood. The serving tables are
weighed down with turkey, ham, dressing, gravy, mixed vegetables, rolls, cranberry sauce,
and cake. We decorate Anderson Hall and fill each table with holiday treats. Temple Sholom
provides volunteers for helping Isaac Barrantine cook and serve
Camp Gilead
Peoples
Church
also supports
Camp
Gilead
, a ministry in the
Philippines
that educates children who never before had a chance to go to
school. Some of these students are now entering college.
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