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Robert Monteva dances Saturday afternoon to music being played by a DJ in the gazebo in Kennedy Park in Lewiston. According the LifeCross Christian Church pastor Estevao Da Silva, the community outreach event Salt and Light was to “bring hope to our community in the name of Jesus.” Church members provided free haircuts, prepared a barbecue, handed out clothes, danced to a DJ playing music and played games while engaging with local residents and the homeless, according to Da Silva. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Rodney Collins, left, gets a free haircut and shave Saturday afternoon from LifeCross Christian Church member Deka Sebastian at Kennedy Park in Lewiston. According to pastor Estevao Da Silva, the community outreach event Salt and Light was to “bring hope to our community in the name of Jesus.” Church members also prepared a barbecue, handed out clothes, danced to a DJ playing music and played games while engaging with local residents and the homeless, according to Da Silva. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
LifeCross Christian Church pastor Estevao Da Silva, left, stands with members of his Lewiston church and a member of the community Saturday in Kennedy Park in Lewiston. Da Silva said the community outreach event Salt and Light was to “bring hope to our community in the name of Jesus.” Church members provided free haircuts, prepared a barbecue, handed out clothes, danced to a DJ playing music and played games while engaging with local residents and the homeless, according to Da Silva. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A lifelong resident of Lewiston, Russ stumbled into photography as a college student working toward a career in psychology. His great-grandfather Louis B. Costello was the publisher of the Lewiston Daily...