Monday, February 25, 2019

In the News ... "Methodist church merger puts future of 'soup' kitchen on front burner"

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By Loretta Fulton, Reporter
Abilene Reporter-News

ABILENE, TEXAS - The pieces of chicken, turning a perfect shade of golden brown and smelling like heaven, floated in the bubbling pots of cooking oil, but the cook wasn’t happy.
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“I started at 7:30,” he said. “I should have started at 6:30. People are having to wait for their food, and I don’t like that.”
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The cook was Iziar Lankford, who at 74 retired at the end of December after a lengthy career as a pastor in the United Methodist Church. But he didn’t retire as the cook —make that the chef — for the noon soup kitchen that he started and cooks for each Tuesday at Southwest Drive Community United Methodist Church ...

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