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GLIDE CHURCH ANNOUNCES EASTER OBSERVANCES

WHAT:              Hundreds of churchgoers and thousands of guests will gather at Glide Memorial United Methodist Church for its annual Easter Sunday Celebrations, Sunday, April 8.  Each year, Glide hosts a special Easter Celebratory Service and serves all up an Easter dinner of their famous fried chicken to more than 4,000 underserved and homeless people and families. 

WHEN:              Sunday, April 8, 2007

  Celebrations

6:00am to 7am:             Sunrise Celebration in Glide Sanctuary

9:00am:                        Easter Celebration in Glide Sanctuary

11:00am:                      Easter Celebrations in Glide Sanctuary

Meals (Served free to Glide’s poor and homeless clients)

7:00am to 8:30am:        Full Breakfast

9:00am to 2:00pm:        Fried Chicken Dinner

WHERE:            Glide Memorial United Methodist Church

For more info, please call (415) 674-6000 or visit www.glide.org.

About Glide

Located at Ellis and Taylor in the Tenderloin, one of San Francisco's harshest urban environments, Glide Church is an oasis that has served the poor and disenfranchised for over 30 years. Glide serves over one million free meals a year.  Glide also provides dozens of other programs and services, including AIDS testing, health care, women's programs, crisis intervention, literacy and computer training, jobs training and placement, and educational programs for children, youth and family.