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In this season of giving, correspondent Kim Lawton reports on the nondenominational Christian nonprofit called Mercy Chefs. During natural disasters and national emergencies, Mercy Chefs deploys mobile kitchens and teams of volunteer professional chefs to cook restaurant-quality meals for victims and first responders. The group says it tries to spread hope through good food and \u201cthe best meal you are able to make.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cHurting people don\u2019t need to hear the gospel,\u201d says Chef Gary LeBlanc. \u201cThey need to see the gospel.\u201d More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":33786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","topics-faith-and-spirituality","topics-humanitarian","faith-christian"],"yoast_head":"\nMercy Chefs | December 16, 2016 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/12\/16\/mercy-chefs\/33738\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" 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