Cindy Clark of Post Falls, left, and Amanda Labertew of Liberty Lake share a smile over the sparkling ciders Thursday during True North Church's free community Christmas meal.
December 26, 2025
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December 26, 2025 1:09 a.m.
Friends, community members gather for annual Christmas meal
Friends, community members gather for annual Christmas meal
In faithful hearts, strangers don't really exist. "They're not completely strangers," Sven Black said Thursday. "They're all my brothers and sisters in Christ. That's the most important thing in life to me, is other people and not material possessions." Black and his girlfriend Zelda Loera live in downtown Coeur d'Alene but decided to travel to Hayden to enjoy the free community Christmas meal offered by True North Church.