NEW HAVEN, CT (WFSB) - A New Haven pastor is working to ensure teenagers have a happy holiday, focusing on an age group often overlooked during Christmas gift drives. Pastor Brenda Adkins of His ...

Pastor Brenda Adkins grew up in poverty as the oldest of 10 children and remembers quietly crying in her room on Christmas mornings because there was nothing for her under the tree. Her mother ...

Pastor Brenda Adkins refuses to stand aside while families struggle to afford feed babies: She has decided to collect formula throughout the summer to start a Formula Pantry. Brenda and Bishop John ...

NEW HAVEN, CT (WFSB) — For many families in New Haven, a hot Thanksgiving meal shared with loved ones has become a cherished tradition, thanks to the efforts of Pastor Brenda Adkins and her husband, ...

The kids are barely back at school, but Thanksgiving is heavy on the mind of leaders in a Connecticut church who hold a pre-Thanksgiving “Day of Joy” feast and giveaway event for New Haven and ...

A pandemic, supply shortages, inflation: times are tough, money has been tight and new parents are feeling the pinch. “The mothers and the young fathers are in crisis right now, said Pastor Brenda ...

NEW HAVEN — The sit-down meal portion of the “Day of Joy” Thanksgiving event will return this year after last year’s remote grocery giveaway necessitated by the pandemic. No one is happier than pastor ...

NEW HAVEN — Pastor Brenda Adkins, her husband, John, and their army of volunteers expect to serve dinner for 1,000 this Thanksgiving — and have every family leave with a bag of groceries and ...