During a dinner with several church members at Boston Market, a Crimson reporter was treated as an old friend. Despite having met the reporter only briefly the Sunday before, two MIT graduate students at the dinner called the reporter by his first name and offered to drive him to Logan airport to pick up a visiting family member.
The students barely discussed religion over dinner, asking the reporter only what he thought of the BCC and what his religious background was. Conversation centered on their research at MIT.
The church members weave a tight social web with the church at the center, as the church holds religious and social events for its members at least three times a week.
The MIT graduate students said they planned to spend the evening following the dinner with Hrnicek.
Yet the BCC also wants to reach other students within the Boston community, minister Larson said in his speech.
"Every person in the church is involved in some project to help the poor," Larson said. "That's the heart of Christianity, to really get involved and help.