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I received a welcome invitation to be the guest of a friend at the comedy festival this weekend. Looking forward to it. Laughs with a friend. Should be fun.
 
Good to hear your pup is home again Bette - hopefully will continue to recover uneventfully. Sending a scritch behind the ear (for the pup, not you, unless of course you'd like one too :rolleyes: ).
 
Hoping you have great comics at the festival pinga! Our local one was last weekend - friend went to the opening gala & 4 out of 5 comics were good; the remaining one was pretty offensive and just plain crude, as well as a bit exploitative of the audience in the front row. Watch out if you're sitting up front!!
 
Casseroles - did it go as planned? No. Was it a success? It felt so - but I will have to leave it with the outreach committee to decide.

We had seven clients signed up, three more who woould come if they could. And four volunteers from the church.

Only three clients showed up. Did the others forget?

So we started making casseroles.
1/2 lb ground meat
1/2 onion
2 cups chopped cabbage
1/4 cup raw rice
can tomato soup
water, salt, pepper

Simple enough. Lots of laughter, fun. Found out one of our clients had been a chef before developing health problems that interfer with working (epilepse and diabetes). Let him take over the leadership.

An hour later we had a dozen casseroles in the oven. Cleaned up kitchen - spic and span - good enough to pleease the UCW who were coming in to cater to a big funeral later that day.

So our three clients took home casseroles. Several volunteers and the minister did too - they will be making a donation. The rest were frozen and will be added to our 'pantry' items next week for clients to take home.

(I realized that I had over-bought. The actual price of ingredients is closer to $60 than $90. I have four pounds of meat, two cabbage, 3 lbs. onions, and a half bag of rice left over. So $60 divided by 12 is $5.00 per casserole, about the price of a Big Mac, but a casserole will feed four, or provide four meals, tastes better, and is healthy.)

Everybody involved said that we should do it again. We'll have to look at how to get more clients to sign up and perhaps call them the day before or even early that morning.

It was a big job - today I will rest. Maybe work on my message for Sunday.
 
sounds like a great success! The word will spread and those who later take home a casserole might come next time
 
Pinga - this was a first effort to provide further service to the people who receive help from our outreach program. The main purpose was to provide leadership, space and ingredients for people who might not have the facilities and/or knowledge and/or incentive to cook nourishing meals where they live. Each client got to prepare and cook a casserole to take home - and a recipe so that they could make it themselves next month or whenever. Volunteers were to work with and assist the clients - a planned ratio of about one volunteer to two clients. The volunteers were also encouraged to make a casserole for themselves or to give away (and hopefully make a donation). We also looked for a benefit of working side by side, getting to know one another.
If as I hope the Outreach Committee decides to try again, I will suggest promoting it among those who come on Wednesdays looking for a hot meal and a grocery voucher - having a sign-up sheet (I think 8 to 10 clients would be our maximum) - and having a volunteer call them with a reminder the night before.
Pinga - I'd love to have you come and cook with us.
We had fun!
 
Seeler staggers into the room and collapses on the nearest chair. She glances at the cold fireplace but doesn't move.

Please somebody cover me with an afghan, pass me a box of tissues, and make me a hot drink.
 
Oh, poor Seeler. Been a bad winter for nasty head colds and 'flus it seems.

*Bette bustles around, setting a nice fire crackling, then preparing all manner of hot teas, coffees, toddies, to suit all needs. She makes sure that seeler is set up in a quiet corner, afghan-covered, kleenexes at hand, and a steaming cup of jasmine green tea, flavoured with local wildflower honey and freshly-squeezed organic lemon juice.*

Lucy the hound's orthopaedic hardware was removed from her leg last week, so I've been able to bring home my newly rescued Bassett hound, Buster, whom my son has been fostering for the last month. Things are a little exciting at times while everyone sorts themselves out. Poor Buster is trying very hard to make himself the perfect Beta male, but Lucy's nose is out of joint, and she's snapping for the sake of snapping at times.
 
I just got a message on Facebook that our daughter is on her way over with hot soup. Daughters are wonderful!

I was scheduled to lead worship this morning. Sweated over my message - the Spirit didn't seem to be speaking until yesterday. By then I knew I was sick (Seelerman has been down and out since last Thursday and is finally feeling almost good enough to get dressed). I thought somehow I could beat it with positive thinking. Then last evening it got worse and worse.
I phoned my contact person this morning and croaked "I'm Sick". She was very understanding. They will have a hymn sing, minute for mission, scripture reading, prayers and community building. She also offered to phone and let the second point in the charge know.
This is the first time in over twenty years of Pulpit Supply that I haven't made it - a few times when I pushed myself, and warned people to keep their distance - but the first time when I actually didn't feel I could get dressed, drive down river and do two services.

I've been up for 1/2 hour now - had a cup of tea - and thanks for your attention Bette. It's back to bed.
 
Difficult decision to make, but a good one Seeler. Lovely to receive soup - it's definitely a cure-all in my world! My m-i-l used to send gallons of freshly made beautiful broth to us if ever the kids were not in tip-top shape :-)
 
Thank you Bette for your ministrations ... to our two legged & four legged companions on the journey. I hope sunshine is streaming in your windows today as it is mine.
 
Seeler said:
I just got a message on Facebook that our daughter is on her way over with hot soup. Daughters are wonderful!

I was scheduled to lead worship this morning. Sweated over my message - the Spirit didn't seem to be speaking until yesterday. By then I knew I was sick (Seelerman has been down and out since last Thursday and is finally feeling almost good enough to get dressed). I thought somehow I could beat it with positive thinking. Then last evening it got worse and worse.
I phoned my contact person this morning and croaked "I'm Sick". She was very understanding. They will have a hymn sing, minute for mission, scripture reading, prayers and community building. She also offered to phone and let the second point in the charge know.
This is the first time in over twenty years of Pulpit Supply that I haven't made it - a few times when I pushed myself, and warned people to keep their distance - but the first time when I actually didn't feel I could get dressed, drive down river and do two services.

I've been up for 1/2 hour now - had a cup of tea - and thanks for your attention Bette. It's back to bed.
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I hope you're feeling somewhat better after some rest. Get over that virus soon!
 
Be well Seeler. I was going to pop in with home made chicken/vegetable soup, but your daughter beat me to it! I think I'll sit and enjoy some jasmine green tea with honey (no lemon thank you).
 
Seeler does tend to get up earlier than most of us. I have prepped the fire, filled the kettle, put some healthy fruit on a plate in the fridge.
It looks like others have kept the room clean and done the dishes from the soup that was brought over.

Seeler this cold/flu is a pain. Hoping tomorrow is a better day for both you & seelerguy
 
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