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Manna Food

The homeless ministry started out as a mission project for the Mount Gillion Baptist Church youth department in December of 1992 where Deacon Melvin Hodge and Brother David Sims served as supervisors. We would provide a holiday dinner along with gifts and toys to the Zelma George homeless shelter and as time passed we expanded our efforts to two more women and children shelters.

Over 20 years later, we are still serving

About Manna

Melvin Hodge, in the kitchen of the Lakeside homeless shelter, says a smile is the best reward he gets for the dinners he prepares. Praise the Lord and pass the fried chicken. It works for Melvin Hodge, co-founder of Manna Food from Heaven Ministries, who cooks this specialty for a down-home dinner every second and fourth Saturday for residents of the Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry's men's shelter at 2100 Lakeside Avenue.