This Lent, different organizations of our parish will be providing a Lenten meal on Fridays before Stations of the Cross.  As agreed at the January social, the Over 50 Group will be hosting the first Friday in Lent, February 24th.  Beth Ryland and Shirley Luebbert are co-chairmen for our group but we need help from everyone else.  Also, since Fr. Weldon is scheduling a mini-mission to begin that evening, parish participation could be larger than attendance when we had these “before the Stations” meals a few years ago.  Our estimate and preparation will be to feed eighty people.

We will serve a simple and economical Lenten meal - meatless soup, salad and bread – no dessert, and only water to drink.  
•    We will serve two choices of soup.  The soups we have selected are Potato Minestrone and Macaroni & Cheese Soup - and we will need four 5-quart crock pots of each.  The recipe will be provided to the eight who sign up to bring soup.
•    We will need ten lasagna size foil pans of salad consisting of lettuce, cucumbers and cherry or grape tomatoes.
•    We will need twelve loaves of French bread – we ask four people to sign up to bring 3 loaves each.  Please do not slice the bread in advance.
•    The parish will provide table service and salad dressings, and peanut butter & jelly sandwiches for children.

Please be sure your portion of the meal is brought to Stewardship Hall not later than 5:30 pm so everything is accounted for and can be set up and ready to serve by 6:00 pm.  When you bring your food, check your name off the list.  Let Beth know if you bring your food earlier in the day so salad can be refrigerated and crock pots plugged in to keep soup warm.

Lent is only four weeks away and we need to know that we have a firm game plan, so please make your commitment to this project as soon as possible.  When I hear from you I will add your name to the list and send you a confirmation.
(sluebbert@cox.net or 744-3533).

This meal for the parish will be our 2012 Lenten project.  We will not take on a fund raising project for The Lord’s Diner this year.  The money collected by voluntary donations at the Lenten meals will go to Center of Hope.

Thank you in advance for helping The Over 50 Group pull this off, and set an example for younger organizations in the parish.

Last update : 01/31/2012

February 12th – Valentine Social

Pat Frazier, Willa Decastro and Shirley Schwab will be our hostesses on Sunday, February12th at 6:30 in Stewardship Hall.  Bring finger food snacks to nibble on while we socialize and roll the dice to play an old favorite – FARKEL.  The rules are simple and it’s a fun time, so don’t stay away just because you’ve never played before.  Coffee and tea will be provided – bring other beverages of your choice.  RSVP to Pat Frazier (744-3380) by Wednesday, February 8th so they know how many people to expect.

Since we do not meet socially during Lent, this will be the last program until April.  As a group we will be hosting a Lenten meal for the parish before Stations of the Cross on Friday, February 24th.  More details will be forthcoming as plans are finalized.  Also, during March we will continue the tradition of raising funds for a specific project for The Lord’s Diner.  More on that later.

Recap of January – Soup Supper

Well, the weather outside was not cold or frightful but the homemade soups were still extremely delightful.  We had eleven flavors to sample (Broccoli Cheese, Beef Burgundy, Spicy Meatball, Chili, Chicken Barley, Ham & Bean, Potato Leek, Sausage Potato, Seafood Chowder, Mexican Chicken Corn Chowder and Borscht) but I did not hear anyone claiming bragging rights for running the buffet.  Appetizers and desserts complemented the evening’s culinary experience.  We welcomed new member Sharon Ganyon and guests Ken Witzel and Rob Barten.  Shirley Fowler, Pat Frazier and John McCabe were seated in the lucky chairs that earned them a door prize.  Fr. Jim sang for his supper (read: spoke to the group), reminding us of the fundamental principle of our faith – to love others as Jesus loves us.  Thanks to the Dirks and Grays for providing a pleasurable evening for the fifty-two attendees.

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2012

March – Pre-Stations of the Cross Lenten Meal – Ryland & Luebbert Lent – Fund raising project for The Lord’s Diner – Luebbert April – Landoll & McCabe May – Fuhr & Garofalo June – Ackerman & O’Reilly July – open August – Ice Cream Social – Doug & Pat Johnson September – Fall River Cookout – Puetz and Fowler October – Oktober Fest – Burge & Moeckl November – Fowler Fish Fry – Fowler & Lara December - open

Last update : 01/18/2012