Lunchtime at St. Marks

On Sunday afternoon we hosted the Interfaith luncheon at St. Mark's. The crew was from Central Baptist. Mark Salomon and Roger Mainville cooked up a hamburger noodle casserole. Roger's wife, Doreen and Ellie Eccleston were working in the kitchen with them. Melanie Schueurmann and I were in the hall with help from her uncle Donald.

We had a good crowd. I said the prayer at 2:00 p.m. and then we served up the lunch. There were a lot of young people there. One couple even brought a baby. After lunch a number of the people there helped clean up and put things away. That's been one of the things we have changed since we began serving several years ago. We used to try and do everything for the people. Our missional church training suggested that we change that and begin partnering with the people we serve. This allows them to be a part of what we are doing as they begin to serve each other as well.




We had about 53 people for lunch and there was plenty of food so we gave out seconds. It was a great day and so many of the folks came back to thank us for everything.

Cal