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Church provides comforts of home for holidays
Jessica Garcia
Issue date: 11/13/03 Section: News
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Students unable to return home for Mom's Thanksgiving dinner will be able to enjoy a little home-cooking and hospitality at a Thanksgiving dinner hosted by the Second Baptist Church.
The church, 1107 N. Main, will be the site of a dinner the church started in hopes of providing fellowship for students far from home, Jessica Scott, church secretary, said.
Scott said the church realized there was a need to host a dinner for college students after speaking with a girl who had visited the church. She mentioned she would not be able to return home for Thanksgiving, so the church went from there.
Scott said only a handful of students, 10 or 11, showed up for last year's dinner.
"I think we didn't start telling people about it soon enough," Scott said. "So we ended up roaming the halls looking for people."
This year the church is more prepared, Scott said. The congregation hung posters around campus and plans to stuff the dorm mailboxes.
"We wanted to get some younger students involved in our church services," Scott said.
Even so, the dinner will not signify a commitment to the church and is open to people of all faiths and cultures, Scott said.
"I know a lot of people, when they think Baptist, think African-American," Scott said. "But we're multicultural at our church."
Scott said the church invites everyone to attend the dinner, which starts at noon, Nov. 27. A ride will be waiting at 11:30 a.m. in the parking lot north of the dorms for students to utilize.
"It's a chance for students to enjoy fellowship and home-cooking," Scott said.
For more information, contact Second Baptist Church at 276.2805.
The church, 1107 N. Main, will be the site of a dinner the church started in hopes of providing fellowship for students far from home, Jessica Scott, church secretary, said.
Scott said the church realized there was a need to host a dinner for college students after speaking with a girl who had visited the church. She mentioned she would not be able to return home for Thanksgiving, so the church went from there.
Scott said only a handful of students, 10 or 11, showed up for last year's dinner.
"I think we didn't start telling people about it soon enough," Scott said. "So we ended up roaming the halls looking for people."
This year the church is more prepared, Scott said. The congregation hung posters around campus and plans to stuff the dorm mailboxes.
"We wanted to get some younger students involved in our church services," Scott said.
Even so, the dinner will not signify a commitment to the church and is open to people of all faiths and cultures, Scott said.
"I know a lot of people, when they think Baptist, think African-American," Scott said. "But we're multicultural at our church."
Scott said the church invites everyone to attend the dinner, which starts at noon, Nov. 27. A ride will be waiting at 11:30 a.m. in the parking lot north of the dorms for students to utilize.
"It's a chance for students to enjoy fellowship and home-cooking," Scott said.
For more information, contact Second Baptist Church at 276.2805.