First annual CL Community Dinner spreads Christmas cheer
CENTRAL LAKE – For some time, Pastor Gary Bekkering of Central Lake's First Congregational Church has mulled ideas over about how to do more for the local community.
"We help people through the food pantry, and offer other services through the church and Ursula House, but we want to do more," he said Sunday afternoon. "We want to make a difference for the people of this area."
A free meal for the community had always been at the top of his list, Bekkering said.
A conversation with Central Lake businessman Chris Corbett, owner of the Blue Pelican Inn and several other local businesses, soon gave him the answer he was looking for.
"He (Corbett) said that we'd have a dinner at the Blue Pelican," Bekkering said with a smile. "What a great idea that was."
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