AUGUSTA, Ga. - As anyone who's ever been down on their luck can tell you, it's always nice to have someone to help lift you back up—that's what one church is doing for hundreds of homeless.

On a crummy, rainy Saturday, under a busy bridge in Augusta, hundreds came together for a worship service. Many walked miles to reach the Calhoun Expressway bridge at 15th Street.

Bridge Ministry is a church for the homeless in Augusta that also feeds and clothes them. It’s put on entirely by volunteers every other Saturday. Worship service is lead by Pastor Roger Gardner.

"A lot of homeless depend on these people coming out here Saturdays,” says homeless church attendee, Bobby Parrot. “If it weren't for them, a lot of the people would do without a lot of things. To them, it's all about helping people who need it."

The ministry started out with just 50 people two years ago, but has ballooned to more than 250.

"They come for the fellowship because they consider this their church, where they may not be accepted in the walls of a regular church," says Pastor Gardner. "So many people look down on the homeless, but we lift them up every time we come here."

The service is so well enjoyed by the poor who attend that they scrape together what little they have to make sure it keeps going. Many say the service means more than just a warm meal, clothes and someone to listen; it's another chance at getting their lives right.

“I don't have a full-time job yet, but if I keep praying among them with me, I believe I'll get one, because I've got hope now,” says homeless church attendee, Cornell Rhodes. “I'm a long way from home, but I've got hope and now this is my home."

With continued support from the community, the Bridge Ministry will remain a source of hope for years to come.

The Bridge Ministry is a branch of the New Hope Worship Center in Grovetown. They say they can always use more donations and volunteers to help provide for their growing number of homeless worshipers.