PRESS PHOTO BY JIM MARSH

Parishioners from Jerusalem Western Salisbury Church and community neighbors gather Aug. 24 for a free picnic after an outdoor service held earlier in the day. "With the popularity of our annual festival earlier in the summer," Rev. Samantha Drennan, associate pastor for the Lutheran and UCC union church, said, "we started this end-of-summer free picnic last year, to feed people, following the example of Jesus."