(24 Jan 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bryan, Ohio – 17 December 2024
1. Wide of the back entrance of Dad’s Place Church
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bryan, Ohio – 16 December 2024
2. Various of Pastor Chris Avell praying over group before a Bible study
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Avell, Pastor, Dad’s Place Church:
“It’s like literally what the Bible teaches, right? Jesus in Matthew 25.”
4. Close-up of sign inside church
5. Wide of people sitting inside church
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Avell, Pastor, Dad’s Place Church:
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“When I was hungry, you fed me and I was thirsty, you gave me something to drink. When I was a stranger, you invited me in.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bryan, Ohio – 17 December 2024
7. Wide of back entrance of the church with the Williams County Courthouse in the background
8. Various of back entrance of church
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Bryan, Ohio – 22 January 2025
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Avell, Pastor, Dad’s Place Church:
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"Sincerely, my concern, there’s a higher court one day I’ll answer to and my thoughts and prayers and concerns are there. So Judge North does his job and he does his job. And so I got to keep doing mine."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bryan, Ohio – 16 December 2024
10. Close-up of people sitting inside church
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Bryan, Ohio – 17 December 2024
11. Various outside the front of Dad’s Place Church
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Bryan, Ohio – 17 December 2024
12. Wide of Bryan Fire Department
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Bryan, Ohio – 16 December 2024
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Douglas Pool, City of Bryan Fire Chief:
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“If we don’t do anything who’s going to get blamed? The city of Bryan will, the fire department will be at fault for not trying to enforce the code.”
13. Medium of Chief Pool getting out of vehicle
14. Tight of Bryan Fire Department logo
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15. SOUNDBITE (English) Douglas Pool, City of Bryan Fire Chief:
“As far as the church, they’re compliant, they’re good 24 hours a day. There’s no problems with that. It’s that sleeping in the facility creates that residential use, and that is the real problem that we’re still left with.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bryan, Ohio – 17 December 2024
16. Pan of the front of the church
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Bryan, Ohio – 16 December 2024
17. Tight of sign in church
18. Various of people inside church
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeremy Dys, Attorney for Chris Avell:
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“Dad’s Place has done everything they can to make this a safe environment for people seeking shelter here. The city has never been satisfied with the effort the dads place has, has put forward, and they’ve only moved the goalposts further down the field every time they’ve come in for an inspection.”
20. Various of inside church
21. Close-up of Christi Davis, Leader at Dad’s Place Church
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Christi Davis, 24/7 Leader at Dad’s Place Church:
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“I’ve been here off and on for a year and a half.”
23. Mid of Davis speaking
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Christi Davis, 24/7 Leader at Dad’s Place Church:
“The people that are here, they’re so welcoming.”
25. Mid of Davis sitting at table
26. SOUNDBITE (English) Christi Davis, 24/7 Leader at Dad’s Place Church:
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"I don’t want to be in the streets. I love this place.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bryan, Ohio – 17 December 2024
27. Close-up of front of church
STORYLINE:
SINCE MARCH 2023, PASTOR CHRIS AVELL HAS KEPT THE DOORS OF DAD’S PLACE CHURCH OPEN 24/7 FOR ANYONE IN NEED.
SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Avell, Pastor, Dad’s Place Church:
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