GROVETOWN, Ga. (WJBF) – Each year at Thanksgiving for the past several years, Promise Church in Grovetown brings trainees from Fort Gordon to their campus in Grovetown at 3432 Gordon HWY to be the special guests at their church for a Thanksgiving meal that attempts to make the first-year trainees feel at home while away from home.
According to Promise Church Pastor Jeremy Mills, the trainees are in their first year and, because of their training, have to stay on the installation during the holiday.
WJBF Photojournalist Avery Van Dusen was there Saturday, November 22nd, as they rolled out the red carpet, literally, and hosted the trainees for an evening meant, from outdoor fire pits to a homecooked meal, to evoke the sights, scents, and tastes of home…