Community members enjoy food and conversation last Friday at Centenary United Methodist Church’s lunch program at the former Aurora nightclub at 4th and Grace streets in Downtown. Below, Dr. Matt Bates, right, pastor of Centenary United Methodist Church, and Al Richardson, the church’s facilities manager, help spearhead the longtime weekly feeding program.
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Answer to church feeding program’s prayers was down the street
When leaders at Centenary United Methodist Church in Downtown were searching for a temporary site for their Friday feeding program for the homeless and working poor, little did they know the answer to their prayers was only a few yards away.