The Seeds of what became Community Care Fellowship were planted at McKendree United Methodist Church under the leadership of Rock Hardaway and Ken Powers early in the 1980s

Community Care Fellowship opened in 1984 as a program unit of United Methodist Urban Ministries under the guidance of Jerry Hilton, Executive Director. Ken and Carol Powers were its first staff members....thus it became quickly know as Ken and Carol's Place. Now twenty-four years later it is still known on the street that way.

In the mid-eighties the redevelopment of Lower Broadway and the Riverfront began to put pressure on the homeless to leave downtown. The migration east across the Shelby St. Bridge was beginning. The building lease on the property at 114 Fourth Ave., which was was two doors north of the present day Schemerhorn Concert Hall, was due to expire in 1987. A search for a new home began.

The search for a location near downtown found no buildings available. A donor offered a dollar for dollar match grant to begin the fund raising effort to build our own building. Fund raising began but no property was available. Nancy Webb Kelly UMC, under the leadership of Shug McBay, Pastor and lay leaders Bill and Jeanette Underwood offered a lot on their property for building. The plans for the new building were completed by Chris McGill Associates at an estimated cost  of $250,000.00. The fund raising stalled at $30,000.00 short of the goal. Tom Ritter a friend of the ministry made an interest free loan for the remainder of the cost and the building began.  It was completed and opened in the Spring of 1989.

The first ten years in the new building saw a number of changes in the way services were provided to the homeless population and to the neighborhood. One thing that remained a constant was trying to serve the hunger needs of the area. By 1999 it was apparent that the small original kitchen could not provide for the increase in number of people being fed. The Cal Turner Family Foundation provided a generous gift of $100,000.00 which was used to renovate the kitchen area and install a commercial kitchen. Not long after the kitchen renovation a careful look at the future needs of the ministry of CCF and Nancy Webb Kelly UMC was undertaken . The result was a decision to enter into a capital campaign under the leadership of Don Williams that would raise funds to add space to both buildings and renovate most of the area. The result is a building that will enable more services for the foreseeable future.