GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) - Fall is here, winter is coming and for those on the streets, warmth is nowhere to be found. Fortunately, nine local churches are holding a warm center the one time of the week when homeless people would otherwise be left alone outside in the cold. “Everybody is our neighbor. It doesn’t matter where they've been, it doesn't matter who they are,” Jerry Bader, Samaritan’s Heart Mission Church pastor, said. “Our mission is to love people the minute they walk in that door.” St. John's Ministries is the overnight warming shelter where residents can stay from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. the following morning. During the day, those in need frequent the library or public transportation, except for Sundays, when those services are closed. "A major deficiency [in warming centers] was detected. Now, nine churches are taking turns being here on Sunday afternoon, providing love, compassion, a warm place," Bader says, as his Samaritan’s Heart Mission Church prepares to host dozens starting the first week of November. “When you walk in that door, you’re loved. So we’re opening the door to allow people to come in and be loved, be recognized, be respected, be treated with dignity. It could be 40, it could be 50, it could be more, it’s certainly going to be dozens of people.”  Samaritan’s Heart Mission Church recovery coordinator Cathi Oreto is the driving force that convinced Bader to pursue this effort. “Pastor Jerry and I were talking last year, and I thought ‘what if we did that this year, and we bring them here, could we do that here?’” she said. “I have been unhoused, I have been on the streets, and it’s a very forgotten place to be. They don’t often have dignity, I know I didn’t, and if I can help restore some of that and give them back their personhood that they never should have lost in the first place just because they lost shelter, that’s part of my recovery.” For local pastors and church leaders, it is a relief seeing so many denominations come together as one for a cause. “When you think about churches, they’re almost always arguing about people about who’s doing it right and who’s doing it wrong, and that’s the one thing I love about churches is loving our neighbors," Remnant Church pastor Scott Eastman said. “Everything is easier when there’s a team, and things tend to take hold better when you’ve got support from a wide group of people," Bill Popp, St. Joseph Parish council chairperson, said. "I think that’s really encouraging to see that’s where their hearts are at.” “This is an opportunity for us to interface with people in our community that often go unseen," James Kocian, CRE8 Church pastor, said. Entertainment, books, Bible study and board games are all on the menu at Samaritan's Heart. “We‘re excited to just provide some basic activities, there’s a lot of people at our church that are really into board games, so we’re excited to bring some, new to them, board games and get them to experience that," Kathryn Kroll, Green Bay Community Church leadership development specialist, said. The churches are always looking for more to get involved, and need at least six volunteers to operate each Sunday. Hours will usually be from at least 12:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. from the first Sunday of November to the last Sunday in April.