The line was long, but the wait was worth it for the large crowd who showed up Saturday morning, Aug. 17, at Harvest Christian Center on Long Street for the church’s annual backpack giveaway to students.
Pastor Mark Woody, who arrived in Sweet Home at the end of February and for whom this was the first such event, said an estimated 1,000 people “came through our door.”
“It went amazingly well,” Woody said. Church members…