Local needy get weekly hot meals, companionship By Marty Cheek The clock ticks toward six at the United Methodist Church, the white clapboard house of worship in downtown Morgan Hill. The side door opens and from the dark and cold of the Wednesday evening...
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Local needy get weekly hot meals, companionship By Marty Cheek The clock ticks toward six at the United Methodist Church, the white clapboard house of worship in downtown Morgan Hill. The side door opens and from the dark and cold of the Wednesday evening streams a continuous trickle of guests — men, women and children — coming into the warmth of the meeting hall. They come as welcomed guests for a weekly hot meal and socializing. As a man plays a lively version of “The Tennessee Waltz” on the upright piano in the meeting hall lined with tables and chairs, a few of the guests get up and dance. Others nibble bowls of popcorn appetizers. In the kitchen, a team of volunteers prepare the chicken enchilada casserole, bread rolls, cauliflower and fruit salad. A teenage boy pours lemonade and passes Styrofoam cups to eager hands. The church’s Sharing the Bounty program started three years ago when a man named Brad Grembam was looking for a way to give back to the Morgan Hill community that ha
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