The men begin lining up in the courtyard of Madison's Grace Episcopal Church on the Capitol Square at 7:25 p.m., just five minutes before the doors to the homeless shelter are to open.
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Preston Patterson, center, director of the homeless shelter for men at Grace Episcopal Church in Madison, instructs nightly visitors on the intake process at the facility.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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John Vater, 57, right, and Andrew Dailey, 19, prepare to settle in for the night at the homeless shelter for men at Grace Episcopal Church in Madison. It was Vater's first night at the shelter after walking to Madison from the Wisconsin Dells area.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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