Opportunity to serve – Providing food for conference – Sept. 25th

Hi everyone,

A friend of mine that is part of Mujeres de Virtud, a women’s ministry in Chirilagua (and national wide) is hosting a conference for Latina Christian women, Sept. 25th in Fairfax, VA (I think, I’ll have to confirm the location).

In the morning they will have speakers on the following topics:  Immigration Reform and what the law in AZ means for our ladies here in VA, Domestic Abuse, Financial planning, Physical and Spiritual Health, along with maybe one or two more.  They are brining in experts from the community on these topics.

They’ve organized the conference because of felt-needs from different congregations and ministries in the area. The group is looking for someone to donate a lasagna and salad lunch, as they’re organizing this event on a volunteer basis and don’t have a budget for anything. They’re expecting around 100 women and will need the following:

- plates, cups, napkins, plasticware
- enough lasagna for 100
- ingredients for salad
- a few iced tea and lemonade mixes

Please let me know if you can donate all or part of this lunch or would like to help in any way. It would be a wonderful way to reach out to our immigrant friends and neighbors and show them our fellow Christian love.

Thanks!
Sarah

sarahedale (at) gmail.com

PS-To learn more about Chirilagua, visit www.casachirilagua.org

Sunday Dinner?

Ok, since I’m gonna be responsible for coming up with a more concrete plan for Sunday dinners together at Holy Grounds, there are a few things I need to know:

1) Food restrictions? Preferences? I know we have some vegetarians, and I’m going to try and keep things healthy and as fresh as possible, but are there other things you’d like to see? Things you positively can’t eat? Food allergies? Feel free to send me any favorite foods, and I’ll see what I can do to hook you up.

2) How often do we want to do this? Once a month? Every other week? When Lisa has her act together? Once we figure out what we want to do, I’ll post here on Thursdays with anticipated menu, then I’ll be looking for RSVPs so I can get a rough estimate. I want to ensure we have plenty of food without being wasteful.

3) We’re looking at keeping costs low – just a few dollars a person, but asking for a suggested donation of $5 to help cover meal costs and have some left over to fund some sort of food mission. Does this seem reasonable?

4) Should I plan to do special event-ish dinners on occasion? Like for given holidays and such? If so, should we anticipate a higher ($10) cost per person? There would be copious notice and announcements.

5) I am gonna need help with getting groceries and making preparations. I would like to eventually move to a system where we have one person doing meal planning (with input, of course) but a team of people that rotate cooking duties. This will help ease the pressure on any one person and will make it a lot easier to have dinner every single week.

Please either email me your thoughts, post a comment, or grab me on Sunday.

Thanks,
Lisa

Reminder: Justice to Others Service Day

Hi everyone!

Just wanted to remind you all that Sunday is the day of Service at Carpenter’s Shelter in Alexandria. The shelter is located at the intersection of First St and Henry St. Please arrive between 6:00-6:15 AM to start preparing the breakfast. Matt has waffles to use for cooking. Here are the needs remaining:

Oatmeal/Grits
Syrup
Fruit Syrups (which I can make with Jelly and Sugar)
Whipped Cream
Bacon
Eggs

If you would like to help, please email Matt, Jon, or Erin directly since comments do not automatically generate a notification.

Erin: eaw12185@gmail.com
Matt:me@mattpritchard.com
Jon: jonborden04@msn.com

Thanks everyone!