From Pittsburgh-In a Brookline kitchen that is a tight fit for two and packed with six, 900 meals are made to roll on Christmas Day.
The Church of the Advent has a congregation of just 20 to 30 worshipers, but their big hearts are contagious. They have been feeding the lonely and the needy on Christmas since at least 1951, as near as anyone can figure. The church also offers free meals on Wednesdays throughout the year.
About a decade ago, when Jacqueline Hohmann arrived, the church stepped up its Christmas game, and others followed. Today there really is such a thing as too many cooks in a kitchen — but only because the tight squeeze won’t allow for more.
When the parish administrator from Bethel Park began as a volunteer, there were a few delivered meals, a few pickups and a few people who came to eat in the dining hall alongside the kitchen. Ms. Hohmann took over the free holiday meals in 2008, and that year she began advertising in Brookline Boulevard storefronts and wherever else her flyers were welcome.
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https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2018/12/25/Tiny-Brookline-Episcopal-church-feeds-hundreds-Christmas-Pittsburgh/stories/201812250079
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