A fellowship hall is a large room in a church building

Church Building

The Church Building is located at the corner of Main and Market Streets in downtown Poughkeepsie, New York, United States, just across Market Street from the Dutchess County Court House, and north of the Bardavon Theater...

 where certain activities in the church building are done, such as certain dinner

Dinner

Dinner is usually the name of the main meal of the day. Depending upon culture, dinner may be the second, third or fourth meal of the day. Originally, though, it referred to the first meal of the day, eaten around noon, and is still occasionally used for a noontime meal, if it is a large or main...

s, breakfast

Breakfast

Breakfast is the first meal taken after rising from a night's sleep, most often eaten in the early morning before undertaking the day's work...

s, meetings, workshops, etc. It gets its name from the fact that the people there at the church building are giving fellowship

Communion (Christian)

The term communion is derived from Latin communio . The corresponding term in Greek is κοινωνία, which is often translated as "fellowship". In Christianity, the basic meaning of the term communion is an especially close relationship of Christians, as individuals or as a Church, with God and with...

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Many fellowship halls are multi-purpose rooms and contain recreation facilities such as a basketball court or indoor soccer field.

These facilities are also used for wedding receptions, other family functions for church members and certain community events.