{"id":209841,"date":"2019-07-03T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/209841\/local-church-feeds-the-community\/"},"modified":"2019-07-03T15:44:16","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T13:44:16","slug":"local-church-feeds-the-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/07\/03\/local-church-feeds-the-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Warm food, spiritual words feed the community"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a warm beacon of hope glowing in the suburb of Elsburg where people can fill their empty stomachs and feel a bit better about life.<\/p>\n

The Elsburg Lede in Christus Kerk in Botha Street is feeding the community, and their souls, on a daily basis.<\/p>

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Pastor Johan Barwise, the head pastor of the church, told the GCN the church has been feeding people every day since May.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not a well-off community and people need some extra help,\u201d he said.<\/p>

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\u201cSometimes we feed between 18 and 200 people a day from Monday to Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n

The soup kitchen is run by Rina Nel and Madeleine de Beer and about 10 other volunteers, but any member of the church is welcome to come along and assist them.<\/p>\n