Thirty-nine years ago, Helen Martien, with the support of the Rev. Philip Roulette and some other parishioners at St. John’s, made some sandwiches and began taking them to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church to help start up a twice-weekly soup kitchen in the Pigtown neighborhood. The ministry grew to include an overnight shelter, a summer camp for children, a nursing clinic, and eventually a new home on Ward Street, adjacent to the community health clinic. The  programs expanded to include social services, recovery groups, housing efforts, school and after-school programs, computer classes, a marketplace to shop for clothes, and a Christmas store. Summer camp continues every year at St. John’s. We collect clothes and food. We continue to cook for the daily meal program. We support their choir program, Voices Rise, with our Music Director, Ben Buchanan. Before the coronavirus, there were over 30 programs. During the pandemic, Paul's Place continued to provide Grab-N-Go lunches, case management, emergency food boxes, mail services, nurses’ clinics, and the marketplace. Melanie Heacock is the liaison from St. John’s.