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The Overnighters: Life at Church

The clip begins with a graphic reading, “Many new arrivals have nowhere to sleep.” It ends with the pastor admitting that the congregation never really planned to house the overnighters and saying, “That’s probably one of the chief criticisms I have to bear.”

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