They can have anywhere up to 30 or 35 people dropping in every Wednesday.
"The numbers coming through the door have really increased ... We have tried to make it a cafe atmosphere for
them. They are queuing out the door waiting to get in before we are even open.''
While many are looking for a hot drink and food, it's the company they lap up, Anna says.
"Our morning tea and fellowship time is often very popular. It's common to have up to 30 people sitting around
chatting and spending time together. It's really nice ... a lot don't have anywhere else to go,'' she says.
They feel relaxed too, Anna says.
"It's a place where they can be themselves ... Several of them live in Kuirau Park. They come religiously every week for a good feed and cuppa. They love to chat.''
Food is provided for the morning tea by local bakeries and coffee shops including Robert Harris and Bakers Delight as well as people from the church who bake regularly for them, she says.
"Others make soup ... it's always an absolutely beautiful morning tea for them _ cafe style food.''
About five or six regular volunteers serve and talk to the people who walk in.
They also offer a rack of free donated clothing for people to help themselves to.
Both the foodbank and the open coffee morning are funded by the church through a King St property which has been bequeathed to the church by a parishioner in his will, which is now rented out.
The church also has a garden at the property where vegetables are grown for the foodbank.
Other items are donated by church members and groups from the community.
"One man donates two or three sacks of potatoes.''
However, while people can turn up every week to the free community morning tea, food parcels are limited depending on the circumstances of those seeking support, Anna says.
Parcels are limited to two or three every three months.
"We don't want to create a reliance ... it's all dependent on their circumstances.''
One former homeless woman from Rotorua, who didn't want to be named, says she has now moved into her own flat with the support of volunteers from the morning tea group after years on the street.
She says without their support she'd still be heavily drinking and alone on the streets.
"They are God's people doing God's work. I feel like I belong now _ I'm not living rough anymore.''
Many families are finding it hard to make ends meet, Anna says.
"We are hearing the same story from everyone. The benefit is x and the bills are y and the result is there isn't a lot left to budget on. They are only being left with $10 or $20 to buy food with. We'd love to help them all but something has to change for them because we can't be that stop-gap for ever.''
If you have food to donate to the foodbank or morning tea please call the church on (07) 348 2954.