{"id":38571,"date":"2024-12-05T15:34:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T21:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/?p=38571"},"modified":"2024-12-05T15:34:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T21:34:01","slug":"alton-first-baptist-church-is-open-again-as-a-warming-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/lifestyle\/personal\/alton-first-baptist-church-is-open-again-as-a-warming-station-20241205","title":{"rendered":"Alton First Baptist Church Is Open Again As A Warming Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Alton, Mo. \u2013 <\/strong>Alton First Baptist is open again as an emergency warming station. This is open to all who need it. Although this is in Alton, anyone from the county is encouraged to come out of the cold and spend the night here.<\/p>\n<h3>Where Is This?<\/h3>\n<p>Currently, the emergency warming station is located at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/churches\/alton-first-baptist-church\">First Baptist Church<\/a> in Alton, Missouri. This is the only overnight warming station in Oregon County. Its address is 14791 Missouri 19 in Alton, Missouri. This is on the south side of town, in front of Tucker Creek Park.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9168\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9168\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9168 size-image-640px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/D713741-640x333.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/D713741-640x333.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/D713741-230x120.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/D713741-710x368.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/D713741-300x156.jpg 300w\" alt=\"Alton First Baptist Church\" width=\"625\" height=\"325\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alton First Baptist Church<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>What Happens?<\/h3>\n<p>If you are in need, simply show up at the church. They will house people overnight in the warmth of the church. Additionally, they will offer hot soup and maybe bread. There is no credit check. They are here to help.<\/p>\n<h3>Contact Information<\/h3>\n<p>For additional questions or to make a donation, please contact Paula at 417-372-0142 or Kevin at 417-255-3074.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alton First Baptist is open again as an emergency warming station. Although this is in Alton, anyone from the county is encouraged to come out of the cold and spend the night here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[276],"tags":[220,201,264,205],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38571"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38571"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38574,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38571\/revisions\/38574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}