Church Supper Table

August 20, 2019

Beloved:

Just when it seems that writer’s block has gotten the best of me, along comes a congregant to save the day.  Thanks, Donetta, for the delightful article about life together around the church supper table.  You can check it out here.

         We break bread together plenty and yet never too often.  Making these meals happen is one of the ways we feed each other, body and soul, and how we draw new friends more deeply into our life together.

       When I am a very old woman and I’ve forgotten every Bible verse I ever knew and every sermon I ever preached, I pray I remember feeding generations of babies, kids, and teenagers in this church basement.  I pray I remember the bushels of corn we’ve husked and pies we’ve made together in this tiny kitchen.  I pray to remember the cooking disasters that made us laugh and the triumphs that made us sigh with pleasure.  I pray to remember the mouse invasion of 2018 that nearly unhinged Heidi and me but has left us laughing hysterically about it since.  I pray to remember the hundreds and hundreds of Chinese dumplings we’ve rolled and pinched and boiled together on countless Global Women Tuesday afternoons.

         Surely I’ve consumed at least a million church food calories and I don’t regret a single one of them.  That said, the time for making memories around the table isn’t close to over.  We’ve another Wednesday Night Supper next week, August 28th, and this time we’re adding on a wedding shower for Heidi and Chris.  No ordinary presents requested, just some cash to pin to the money tree.  We’ll have a wedding cake and good wishes to share along with a summer meal.  Jodi has a list of folks willing to feed a student or two after church on September Sundays.  E-mail her or text her to add your name there.  The blessings will be at the table, no matter where the table is.

~ peace & prayers, 
pastor annette

Article:  https://babylonbee.com/news/crock-pot-introduces-new-430-gallon-model-baptist