The Cessnock Christian Christmas Day Luncheon will not go ahead in 2020 after an alternative venue could not be sought.
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As reported in the Advertiser two weeks ago, the event was looking most likely to be cancelled unless the committee could find a venue that could fit 120 guests and 40 volunteers, with enough space for social distancing, by December 4.
The event - which provides free Christmas lunch to Cessnock's homeless, disadvantaged and isolated people - has been held at the Wesley Hall for several years.
The committee put the call out to find a new venue, but nothing suitable had emerged by last Friday - the deadline they set in order to secure meals, donations and volunteers.
"We will all have to pray we will be fine for 2021," committee member Helen Dyball said.