Columbus, Ohio: A good reason to go to church

In Columbus, Ohio, there is a small church near Ohio State University that serves free breakfast to drunken revelers every Friday from midnight to 4 a.m. It’s a beautiful concept: get inebriated people off the street for a bit before they pass out and get them some starchy food to absorb the booze.

And at the Summit United Methodist Church they don’t bother trying to preach to you or ask for money, they simply offer up endless plates of pancakes, sausage and eggs. There’s nothing quite like hearing drunk people scream vulgarities from within a house of god while shoveling their faces with food.

In a town like Evanston, which I’m told has the highest per-capita rate of churches in the country, why hasn’t a church stepped up to fill our drunken stomachs? If any of our good pastors want to take up the challenge, contact Summit United through summitumc.org