Diners share a Thanksgiving meal and conversation with Lazarus House at the Salvation Army in St. Charles on Nov. 24. (Photo by Jack McCarthy / Chronicle Media)

St. Charles’ Lazarus House invited all comers to a Thanksgiving meal with turkey and all the trimmings last Thursday, drawing a full house of diners to the local Salvation Army facility on South Seventh Avenue for food, fellowship and entertainment from vocalist Jacque Miller.

Lazarus House also plans a Christmas Day Brunch at the St. Charles Free Methodist Church, 214 Walnut St.

A server completes a Thanksgiving turkey dinner with a helping of gravy at Lazarus House in St. Charles on Nov. 24. (Chronicle Photo by Jack McCarthy)

Volunteers with Lazarus House oversee the prepared holiday food in a kitchen at the Salvation Army center on South Seventh Avenue in St. Charles.
(Photo by Jack McCarthy / Chronicle Media)

Homemade place settings decorated every seat. (Photos by Jack McCarthy / Chronicle Media)

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