On Wednesday night, One City Church held its first ever “Serve Night” at Some Other Place. Author: James Grant (12NewsNow), KBMT (12NewsNow) Published: 10:27 PM CDT July 21, 2021 Updated: 10:27 PM CDT July 21, 2021
BEAUMONT, Texas Local ministries are reaching out to help a growing group of people who are staying on the streets of Beaumont.
Many Southeast Texans have driven past the growing group of people who are staying under the overpass at I-10 and College Street. One Beaumont church is stepping up and confronting a crisis head-on.
On Wednesday night, One City Church held its first ever “Serve Night” at Some Other Place. They said it s a time for good food and fellowship.
Chris Kilcullen and Mark Sunderhuse founded the nonprofit food truck Kitchen One for One to create a connection point to pass on sustenance both as food and as goodwill. The three-year-old endeavor recently started a new program called Taco Nights as a way for people to enjoy meals while helping give food to those in need. “We wanted to go out and love people,” Kilcullen says. “We wanted to do it in a way that was non-threatening, meeting people right where they are no pretension, no requirements.”
Taco Nights work like this: Kitchen One for One volunteers set up the taco truck to sell meals to those who can afford to pay, and then Kilcullen and Sunderhuse use those funds to provide tacos to community members struggling with food insecurity. The new program is an adaptation of their old food truck model that caters specifically to the safety and social distancing realities of COVID-19 while also responding to increased demand. Their first Taco Night in Denver is Thursday,