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SOUTHEASTERN CHURCH OF CHRIST

Angel Food grocery relief available locally

Angel Food Ministries - a non-profit, non-denominational organization dedicated to providing grocery relief and financial support to communities throughout the United States - is now available at the Southeastern Church of Christ, 6500 Southeastern Avenue.

Who qualifies? Everyone. There are no applications or qualifications to order. Angel Food's groceries are sold in a quantity that can fit in a medium-sized box at $30 per unit. Each month's menu is different from the previous month and consists of both fresh and frozen items with an average retail value of approximately $55.

Generally, one unit of food assists in feeding a family of four for about one week or a single senior citizen for almost a month. The food is all the same high quality one would purchase at a grocery store. There are no second-hand items, no damaged or out-dated goods, no dented cans without labels, no day-old breads and no produce that is almost too ripe.

Also offered are specialty boxes such as steak, chicken, and pork. There is no limit to the number of units or bonus food an individual can purchase. Angel Food Ministries also participates in the U.S. Food Stamp Program.

For more information or to obtain an order form, call the church office at 352-9296.

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Neighborhood christian legal clinic opens site at local church

The Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic (NCLC) recently announced the opening of the clinic’s twelfth legal intake site on December 6, 2007 at Southeastern Church of Christ, 6500 Southeastern Avenue in Indianapolis.

“We are excited that Southeastern Church of Christ has agreed to open its doors to expand the pro-bono legal services offered by NCLC staff and volunteers” NCLC Executive Director Abigail Lawlis Kuzma said. “This new site will provide an easily accessible location for those in eastern and southeastern Marion County as well as surrounding counties. None of our other intake sites are convenient to this region.”

NCLC, has offices in the Citizen-King Park neighborhood on Indianapolis’ Near North side as well as the Englewood neighborhood on the city’s near eastside, as well as intake sites throughout the greater Indianapolis area. NCLC is a 501(c)(3) organization that provides pro-bono legal services to low income clients through the use of volunteer and staff attorneys. The first step in receiving legal services from the clinic is for a client to attend an intake session, where they have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with a lawyer. The Southeastern site will be staffed completely by volunteers from the church and from several of Indianapolis’ major law firms including: Clark, Quinn, Moses, Scott & Grahn, LLP; Baker & Daniels, LLP; Hoover Hull LLP; Sommer Barnard, PC; Fillenwarth, Dennerline, Groth & Towe; and Bose McKinney & Evans, LLP.

“We believe hosting an intake site for NCLC will provide a valuable service to our low-income neighbors in need,” said Dale Robinson, executive minister at Southeastern said. “Through our food pantry, divorce care and other on-going community outreach programs, we are in touch with hundreds of families each year who have otherwise unmet needs. We look at a partnership with NCLC as a logical step in our church’s attempt to be a caring and compassionate member of our community.”

The Southeastern intake site will run the first and third Thursday of each month and will run from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Clients are served on a first-come, first-served basis. The legal clinic serves low-income residents whose income is at or below 125% of the federal poverty rate.

For more information about NCLC please visit their website at: www.nclegalclinic.org. You can learn more about Southeastern Church of Christ at www.southeastern.org.

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