Community Fellowship (ComFe)
On Saturdays at our Outreach Center, except the last Saturday of each month, we deliver meals, hygiene supplies, shoes and clothing, bus tickets, birth certificate and ID help, resources and referrals and the kind of unhurried welcome that’s hard to find anywhere else.
ComFe is the front door to nearly everything we do.
Before a shower can restore dignity, trust must be established. Before a bus pass can help someone reach their destination, a conversation must uncover where they hope to go. Before a birth certificate can be obtained, a volunteer must sit beside a guest and walk through the process together.
Every program inExcelsis offers depends on the relationships formed around a shared table on Saturday mornings. ComFe is where those relationships begin: week after week, conversation after conversation. We build trust built by employing radical hospitality.
a Saturday morning that feels like a living room
From 8:30 a.m. until Noon every Saturday, except the last Saturday of each month, our Outreach Center transforms into the kind of unhurried and welcoming space our unhoused neighbors rarely experience.
hot meals at shared tables
We serve both breakfast and lunch.
our Boutique
A curated, dignified clothing and essentials boutique where guests “shop” for what they need, free of charge, with the help of trained team members. It is Open during the first and third Saturdays of each month.
bus passes and practical help
Metro bus passes for the rides that connect our guests to work, training, treatment and family are provided.
help with the paperwork that opens doors
In our Resource Room, trained team members help guests obtain birth certificates, IDs, Social Security cards and certificates of being an unhoused person. Referrals to other helping organizations are offered. These include resources related to housing, jobs, training, healthcare and treatment.
conversation and prayer
Volunteers and guests share conversations around tables. For those who wish, reflections on God’s word are offered during Bible Exploration. This is always optional.
Showers
Dignity on Wheels, our mobile shower unit, serves guests on Saturdays at ComFe.
The ComFe schedule is predictable enough that returning guests know what to expect. And it is unhurried enough so that it creates a respite of peace, acceptance and relaxation.
8:30 a.m.
The Door Opens
9:00 a.m.
Coffee, Juice, bagels and cream cheese, toast, muffins and breakfast sweets are served. Interested guests sign up for shopping, showers and bus passes.
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9:05 a.m.
The Boutique is open for shopping on the first and third Saturdays of each month.
9:30 a.m.
Showers begin.
10:00 a.m.
Bible Exploration
10:30 a.m.
Registration for bus passes, showers and Boutique shopping ends
Visiting groups serve alongside our regular volunteers.
Throughout the year, churches, schools, corporate teams, community organizations and faith communities join us for a Saturday at ComFe. Most of these groups provide lunch. Please join us.
December 12 2026
O’Fallon Church of Christ
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December 19 2026
Merci Chefs
We’d like to see your group added to this list.
TAKE PART
three ways to be part of a Saturday
Volunteer, give, or bring your group. Pick the one that fits.
Saturday volunteer roles
Saturday volunteer roles include meal provision and meal serving, kitchen support, being the host of the day, serving in our Boutique, assisting with bus pass distribution and Resource Room assistance. We place volunteers in lanes that fit their gifts and our needs.
fund a Saturday
A single Saturday meal feeding every guest and every volunteer costs inExcelsis an average of $375 when the meal is not provided by a visiting group. Additionally, our expenses include bus passes, hygiene supplies, Resource Room materials, Christian materials, gas and maintenance for our vehicles and all the stuff that goes along with serving a meal. Monthly donors are the reason we can promise a guest we’ll still show up next week.
bring your group to ComFe
Bring your church, school, corporate team, or community organization to serve alongside us on a Saturday morning. Whether you’re providing lunch for 85 to 100 guests or fulfilling another role, every visit fosters the work.
feed our guests – feed our budget
Lunch is served every Saturday, no matter what. When an organization or generous individual sponsors the meal, every dollar we would have spent on food and drink becomes a dollar for IDs, birth certificates and other documents that open doors, bus tickets, hygiene items, gas and maintenance for our vehicles and materials for our Resource Room and Bible Exploration. The total cost of a Saturday runs around $500.
churches, universities and schools, corporations and community organizations
ComFe is sustained by those who serve alongside us. Whether sending volunteer teams, providing meals, hosting clothing drives or funding us, these are the groups that are supporting our ministry.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS
If you want to join this list fill out the following form or or contact us at serve@inexcelsislove.org to start the conversation.
the days that anchor our years
Three times a year, a Saturday at ComFe expands into something bigger — an event where the community ComFe has built can show up in fullness, and where we welcome larger numbers of visiting partners and supporters.
Fourth of July BBQ
7th annual in 2026
A cookout-style celebration is taken to neighboring organizations such as the Peter & Paul Community Services campus. It’s a meal, a flag and an Independence Day that feels like a family reunion.
Thanksgiving Banquet
Our annual gathering of gratitude is a full Thanksgiving meal served around tables hosting guests, neighbors, volunteers, supporting organizations and friends of our work. All are welcomed as one community, one family.
Joy To The Lou
Christmas gift giving at ComFe
A Christmas gift-giving event is incorporated into our Christmas celebration at our Outreach Center. Unhoused neighbors and their families are invited. In 2025 we delivered more than 200 gifts guided by a $40 per gift limit.
Welcome Home
a bridge ministry
When a neighbor moves from the street into stable housing, Welcome Home walks alongside them through the first weeks of resettlement. Our crew is the relational continuity that follows ComFe friendship into a guest’s new home.