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New Faces Seeking Help

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Tuesday, 31 March 2009 10:31

QUOTE: “We’re going through money a lot faster in terms of helping people with utility bills and shut-offs, and we’re seeing people we have never seen before seek help. I spend more time on counseling now. The difference I see between now and other hard times is that it’s more pervasive, and there’s a sense of no end in sight.” —Larry Klinker, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in New Middletown, Ohio. For many of the 27 years Klinker has been its pastor, Zion has served as a distribution site for the Salvation Army. This year, however, the renowned national ministry had to cut back its giving to Zion by 30 percent. [usatoday.com, 3/29/09]