Outreach was the message Debbie Burpo delivered to Kingfisher Rotarians last Tuesday as their guest speaker.

The senior pastor at Frontline Ministries laid out a number of different outreach programs in which her church heads up or takes part.

That includes HIS House Thrift Store, which is about a year old.

It provides clothing, household items and furniture at reduced prices and clothing is also provided free to those in extreme need, she said.

Burpo said the thrift store, open Thursdays and Fridays, has grown to the point that the church is renovating the first floor former dentist office across the street to house the store.

There’s also The Table, which is a food bank and soup kitchen.

Burpo said the church serves about 60 youth on Wednesday nights and the food bank about 100 families.

“There’s a great need for that here,” she said. “Sometimes we live in a tunnel, but we do have those issues in Kingfisher.”

The money raised at HIS House helps fund the food bank, Burpo added.

Frontline also works with Church Under the Bridge, which serves the homeless in Oklahoma City, several times a year.

Frontline also operates Journey Center, now 10 years old, which is a 12-step sober living program.

The church recently had a zoning request denied - due to lack of a second - by the Kingfisher City Commission which would have paved the way for permits to use two residential homes for that ministry.

“We were disappointed in the outcome, but we are continuing in that process and looking at a property outside of the city,” she said.

“We are not discouraged in any way. We’re moving forward with what we think God wants us to do.”

Burpo also discussed construction of the Family Life Center, which would include a commercial kitchen, full-size gymnasium, classrooms and computer labs for students and adults alike.

Those are just some of the features of the $2 million facility to be constructed just north of the main church building.

“Our goal is for that building to be a feeder into this community, especially for the children,” she said.

After Burpo spoke, the Rotary Club voted to donate $500 toward the purchase of property for the Journey Center.