The smell of turkey, gravy and all the fixings wafted from the front doors of Union Gospel Mission Saturday afternoon, where a line was quickly forming behind Ted Chartrand.

“I come here almost every day,” he said. “They treat us really good and the food is good.”

Chartrand was among the third wave of people to be served Thanksgiving dinner and a sermon at the mission on Princess Street, which has been hosting the annual meal for 20 years.

The 70-year-old pensioner comes every other day for soup and other hot food the church serves daily, but Saturday’s meal was a real treat, he said.

Inside, a team of cooks and volunteers worked to set plates of food, pie and juice at the tables in the cafeteria, while about 100 people were in the chapel listening to a sermon.

By day’s end, the missi

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