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And Hank Schiffbauer, 75, is a retiree who found a way to be use- ful. “I thank God that I can still walk around and do things like this,” he said on a day he brought produce and meat donated by a grocery store. Schiffbauer teams up on weekly food runs with Sean Blake, a for- merly homeless man who now plays drums in First’s band, which is led by Weber’s wife, Simone. The less fortunate on Weber’s team are struggling to get back on their feet. Anyone who labors at Table Grace for two weeks gets help finding employment in other restaurants. That includes Marvin Thomas, a disabled homeless man who came to Weber for assistance.


“Help me, Lord, because I need a job,” said Thomas, who washes dishes and offers samples of food to passers-by on the street outside Table Grace. “I want God to test my heart.” Teena Harrod, a recovering alco- holic who was also homeless, got a job as a hotel caterer after first proving herself at Table Grace. The 47-year- old mother of four had lost everything because of her drinking.


“Matt helped me with my self- esteem,” she said. He also helped her write a resume and cover letter that led to a job and eventually an apartment. “I’m not just feeding people with


food,” Weber said. “I’m feeding them in other ways too.” Weber, 32, received his chef’s training at the Natural Gourmet Insti- tute for Health and Culinary Arts in New York City. In 2005, the Webers returned to Nebraska, where he is a chef with Nebraska Lutheran Outdoor Ministries and his wife is First’s direc- tor of music. Weber got the idea for Table Grace when he heard about a similar restau- rant in Denver while studying at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. He named his cafe for Grace Hansen, 95, a member of First who donated


$30,000 for start-up costs.


“He used my name!” Hansen said. “I thought it was nice.” Table Grace Ministries (www. tablegraceministries.com) regis- tered as a nonprofit in 2008, and other


Lutherans were soon inspired to join Weber in nourishing both hungry bodies and souls. Table Grace Cafe opened in April 2011. “This is God’s handiwork in so many ways,” deFreese said. 


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