During the colder months of the year, the United Methodist Church of Greater Detroit screens and takes in homeless people in downtown Detroit. Each night, the people are bussed to outlying churches or parishes who feed and house the homeless for a week at a time at each location and are often referred to as rotating shelters. Saint Kenneth parish assists in this effort by buying, preparing, cooking and serving one meal (during the week's stay) at each of two near by Methodist churches.
These meals are prepared and served in similar fashion to the soup kitchen meals. In addition to the meals, Saint Kenneth runs a post meal bingo and provides all the prizes consisting primarily of much needed sweat shirts, dob kits, gloves, hats, socks and other personal items. The bingo is conducted in a light hearted manner designed to have as many winners as possible and is enjoyed by all and hopefully relieves some of the stress of their personal situations.