concordia2014thanksgivingJamestown (CSi)  The community dinner provided by Concordia Lutheran Church in Jamestown on Thanksgiving Day served a total of 648 meals, with 326 delivered and 322 meals served in house.

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Jamestown (CSi) The 25th annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner at Concordia Lutheran Church in Jamestown is again scheduled for Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 2015 from 11-a.m. to 1-p.m.

The morning church service is at 10-a.m.

On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSI Cable 2, Pastor Tom Eckstine said over 600 people were served, or received a home delivered meal, a full-course dinner of turkey, potatoes, gravy and all the trimmings last year.

He added that drivers are still welcome to volunteer. To do that, or anyone wishing a home delivered meal, or ride to the church, for the meal or the 10-a.m. Service, may call 701-252-2819

He pointed out that the University of Jamestown helps to prepare the 24 turkeys, donating the kitchen space, with volunteers cooking the turkeys.

Other food items are donated. It takes a lot of volunteers to cook, serve and deliver all those meals.

The meal consists of turkey, stuffing mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, and dessert.

The dinner was the dream of the late Fritz Buegel, who ran the Pantry Café at the time, and the dinner started out small and has grown to what it is today. People attend for a variety of reasons: homelessness, loneliness, physically disabled and just don’t want to cook.