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Katy Park Baptist hosting car care clinic
Comments 0 | Recommend 0How about a little prayer with your car care check?
While it’s not obligatory, that’s just what Jon Church, pastor of the Katy Park Baptist, will offer widows and single mothers during that church’s first car care clinic set for Saturday.
“We just want to meet needs,” Church said. “One of the needs we know is out there is not everybody out there understands cars.”
Church and others at the church are offering a free car care check from 8 a.m. to noon. The group will vacuum interiors, check air pressure in tires, fill fluids, check for signs of a pending malfunction and offer advice for repairs.
“They need to get another opinion from another person, but we will tell them this is our suggestion to as best we can to help them out,” Church said.
The event is open to the public.
“People have other needs, spiritually; we want to meet other needs as well,” said Church, who will be on hand to pray with people who want that. “If not, we are happy to meet a physical need, and that’s it.”
Church said he would like to serve the owners of 60 to 70 cars over the four hours.
“It will be interesting to see how many people show up and how many we can see,” he said.
Matt Clark, an automotive technician with Bill Greer Motors, has led a similar car care clinic at New Hope Baptist Church for two years. Last year, about a dozen cars showed up, and more than 30 showed up earlier this spring.
New Hope’s Iron Men conducted the car clinic.
Clark, a New Hope member, said the reason he wanted to lead the car care event is “by the time I see (cars at his shop), they are usually in such bad shape, and a lot of time, people don’t know to look for stuff.”
Clark and the Iron Men checked fluids and air pressure in the tires, and gave estimates for valve cover gaskets, timing belts, and other major repairs.
The turnout included both men and women.
“We even had some vintage cars show up,” Clark said. “I was just thrilled we got to serve so many people. We will continue to do it yearly and we may decide to do one in the fall.”
