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His Daily Bread

Community Ministries

Pictured Ablove: Gale Penny, Shirley Allen, Dottie Tyndall, Judy Dean, Jeneal Wade, By Morgan Brown
Sherry Denning, Tom Fite, Sam Lumoindong

If His Daily Bread Community Ministries could be sim- They had to make sure that there was enough communi-
plified and described in one sentence it would be this: ‘His ty interest to get the program off the ground, so the three
Daily Bread Community Ministries provides hot meals women spread the word by taking out ads in the local
once a week to those who need them’, but one sentence newspapers and ads on the radio, too. Penny said the ad’s
would never be enough to describe just how much hard message was simple enough, something along the lines of
work and how many helping hands are involved in making ‘We want to start feeding our community, if you’re interest-
the entire process possible. One of the Ministry’s organiz- ed, come Saturday morning’ and they were overwhelmed
ers Gale Penny said she wanted to stress the fact that “this by the response. Penny said the fellowship hall at Coats
is a community effort,” that it could not be done without the United Methodist Church (where she, Allen, and Tyndall
support of the local churches and other groups involved. were members at the time) was “packed full, standing room
only, it was full of people wanting to do this.” She said this
The Ministry began approximately eight years ago. Penny was how they knew that the community shared their view
said she had been volunteering in Raleigh once a month, that a program like this was needed.
involved in a group that would bring and serve food to
homeless people there. She said she loved helping to feed Penny said the original goal of His Daily Bread Communi-
people and talk with them, making a connection. She, ty Ministries was to “not only provide a meal” but to pro-
along with Shirley Allen and Dottie Tyndall, decided they vide GED education and computer classes, set up a clothes
wanted to start a similar program in their own area. closet, and to be able to provide groceries for families who

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