"The Kindness Kitchen Gods People Touching Lives and Hearts During the Pandemic
b'By Richard Hunt\\n9,000 professionally planned church-cooked meals (so far!) have blessed townspeople, schools, and frontline workers in the Olathe, Kansas area. Realizing Journey Bible Church possessed a commercial grade kitchen, professional Chef Greg Reynolds teamed with church staff to launch what would become "The Kindness Kitchen.\\u201d To date, thousands of healthy free meals have been provided to single moms, those in need, and frontline workers, but also those who just needed some encouragement. In one case, they were able to bless a single mom and her 12 children! \\n\\nThere\\u2019s a constant stream of reliable volunteers to keep the food blessing rolling. \\u201cEven people who are maybe a little more skeptical towards religion, towards a church, when they see the light shining, they want to get in on it. We have people daily, calling us or just showing up to serve, and they say \\u2018I saw something about this\\u2019 or \\u2018My neighbor got a meal from you. I just want to see what\\u2019s going on here\\u2019 - and you know what, they\\u2019re doing dishes before long (chuckle),\\u201d shares Pastor Brandon Champagne.'