MILTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - The effects of the ongoing government shutdown are making life harder for many. One church said they felt the impacts from the start.

Will Basham, founding pastor at New Heights Church in Milton, said families are seeking help to put food on the table and worrying about a future without government assistance.

“We have several members not getting a paycheck right now, having to still go into work and some of them are off work,” Basham said. “With that impact, we saw that immediately.”

He went on to say, “They’re not lazy people, like they’re hard-working people that are committed to doing what they need to do. But they really, really rely on that assistance because of some circumstances in their life that aren’t their fault, and they’re facing pretty dire circumsta

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