How Weekend Cookouts Are Bringing Together St. Louis Communities

The ‘Grill to Glory’ program returns this year, hoping again to bring churches and neighborhood residents together.

According to James Clark, with the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis (St. Louis, MO), more than 300 churches will be participating. Churches register for the program and get a grill to have a Saturday cookout.

On Thursday (May 16th), the program held a kickoff rally event, handing out the grills and having a kickoff cookout. “This is a game changer,” Clark explained. “Food is love,” he said.

The Saturday cookouts are meant to help rebuild church communities. The Urban League reports that more than 90% of churches that have participated said they saw an increase in Sunday service attendance.

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