Photos: Rescue Mission spreads Easter cheer to needy

Published: Friday, April 6 2012 5:23 p.m. MDT

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Taylor Lexes, 8, gets her face painted during an Easter celebration at the Rescue Mission in Salt Lake City on Friday, April 6, 2012.

Kristin Murphy, Deseret News

Summary

The Rescue Mission of Salt Lake held an Easter celebration and meal for the homeless

SALT LAKE CITY — The Rescue Mission of Salt Lake held its annual "two days early" Easter banquet for the homeless community in Pioneer Park on Friday.

The banquet will featured more than 1,000 delicious Costa Vida enchiladas in addition to an Easter egg hunt for homeless and low-income kids.

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TheJournalist

Bluffdale, UT

"Two Days Early" Easter celebration... This is called "Good Friday" and it holds an equal if not more significant importance to most Christian and Catholics. This is the day that we recognize the greatest sacrifice known to mankind, More..

10:52 p.m. April 8, 2012
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Twin Lights

Louisville, KY

TheJournalist,

First, I find it odd that you would say "Christian and Catholics". Are Catholics not Christian? Do you mean Protestants and Catholics?

Second, in my tenure outside of the LDS faith, Good Friday was an More..

7:19 a.m. April 9, 2012
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