The parking attendants arrive as early as 6 a.m. to begin letting in cars at Salem United Methodist Church, and before 9 a.m., a sheriff’s deputy is directing drivers along McDonald Street.
It’s hard to imagine that this is necessary for a church with an average Sunday morning attendance of 89. But two Saturdays a month, this village of 400 gets more than its share of traffic from the Share the Bounty Food Pantry.