ELAINE / SAM / JUSTIN / ANDY / TYLER / HAYLEY / DON / MITCH / HAMPTON / TWIG / WAYNE / ELLYN / WADE / T.J. / MARK / BRIANNA / JOHANNA / ALEXIS / CREEEEEECH! / ALEXANDRA / BRIEN / CHARLES / MRS. BONGIORNIO / SHELBY / BLAKE / STEVE / LONDON / SHAUN / did not let a little rain keep them from being God's hands and feet .
What did we have tonight?
Better question- What didn't we have?
God put so much food in our hands this week, we were able to be incredibly generous.
We had our meal and we were able to give people a bag lunch for the next day that was crammed with stuff
MENU
CHEESEBURGERS POTATO CHIPS DESSERT SWEET TEA/WATER
BAG LUNCH
Turkey, Ham, or Roast Beef sandwich
Slice of Pizza
Hot Dog
Bag of Chips
Bag of Cookies
There was a large retreat at Ft. Caswell this weekend we took the youth group. One of the thing I helped with was cooking Hot dogs and Hamburgers for supper for the 1100 people that were there. We had quite a few left over and they gave them to me to use on Tuesday Night. We also brought back the unused chips and cookies. So Tonight we had approx. 250 hamburger patties ready to go for supper. We put out the usuals - ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, but we also had onions, tomatoes, TEXAS PETE, pickles, banana peppers, and red peppers.
Brett Queen donated 40 Panera Bread sandwiches from a catered event, which we used in the to go bags, along with several pizzas.
John Liverman also brought a pan of roast pork from his Rotary Club luncheon that we used.
The rain had us eating inside, which means we started a little earlier than usual. the rain also kept the numbers down, but not by very much.
People have asked about clothing and blankets the past 3 weeks. We have not collected any this year so far. I usually wait until after October to put out a call for items. Might need to start earlier ths year.
The new truck is doing okay. I miss the old one, though. If you've read past blogs, you've noticed I'm not the biggest fan of change when it comes to physical things. Once something gets broke in and works for me, my inclination is to hold on to it forever.
We made take-out boxes for the second stop because of the chance of rain. Bad call. We were fine. Should've done it the regular way. We hardly ever get rained on at the Mercy House. Even the guys in line commented that the rain always seems to stop before we get there.
Twig made it back after being gone for a few weeks. He went to Alska and then came back for his son's Graduation Exercise from Army Boot camp in Oklahoma. His son's name is Justin but I hung "Sprig" on him a couple of years ago and it stuck.
We're all very proud of him.
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Tuesday 9/21
ELAINE / CHAMBERLAIN / JOHANNA / WAYNE / BLAKE / STEVE / ANNA / BRIEN / DON / VICK / ANDY / TYLER / DAVID / EMILY /
MS. BONGIORNIO / HER MOM SHELBY / CHUCK / CHARLES put the smackdown on some Grilled cheese and tomato soup tonight.
GRILLED CHEESE
TOMATO SOUP
HOME FRIES
DESSERT
SWEET TEA/WATER
Tonight was a really good night with a lot of cool things happening, but right from the start we got tough news. We found out that T.J. Alexander, who comes every week, was in the hospital at that moment having an emergency appendectomy. We took a moment to pray for him and his family. We got word later that night that he came through fine and everything was going to be all right.
We made 180 grilled cheese sandwiches tonight.
Not an easy feat, considering every slice of bread has to be buttered, each one has to be flipped and watched and the griddle maxes out at at about 12 at a time. I put Andy on griddle duty and he worked it like a champ. The folks buttering and assembling were great, too.
When Danielle Bongiornio's mom came in tonight with her mom, they became the first 4 generation family represented on Tuesday nights. I wished I'd had a plaque ready or something. That's kinda cool.
It goes: Shelby(grandmom) Ms. Bongiornio, Danielle and her sisters Jessica and Mac, and Jessica's daughter Ellie.
Guess how many sandwiches we had leftover? ZERO!
The last person in line got the last sandwich. (we were giving out two the first time through so they wouldn't have to wait for seconds on them.) That's pretty much God at work, because we had prepared all the regular bread and at the last minute we went back and did another 2 loaves of wheat bread and because of that, we nailed it. Of course that meant there were none left for Tyler and Blake to eat but we had some tomato soup left and that was good enough.
The new truck did okay. It's a 2003 Ford. It sits lower than the other one. Just saying.....
I continue to be amazed at the number of people showing up at the first stop. We used to get started with maybe 10-15 there. Now there's at least 30 people there every week when we say grace.
Vick Griffin came and shot some video footage to use at the multi-church "Imagine Hope" conference that's being held at FBC this fall. He also helped cook and serve.
Don took pictures tonight also. I'll try to get them on soon.
MS. BONGIORNIO / HER MOM SHELBY / CHUCK / CHARLES put the smackdown on some Grilled cheese and tomato soup tonight.
GRILLED CHEESE
TOMATO SOUP
HOME FRIES
DESSERT
SWEET TEA/WATER
Tonight was a really good night with a lot of cool things happening, but right from the start we got tough news. We found out that T.J. Alexander, who comes every week, was in the hospital at that moment having an emergency appendectomy. We took a moment to pray for him and his family. We got word later that night that he came through fine and everything was going to be all right.
We made 180 grilled cheese sandwiches tonight.
Not an easy feat, considering every slice of bread has to be buttered, each one has to be flipped and watched and the griddle maxes out at at about 12 at a time. I put Andy on griddle duty and he worked it like a champ. The folks buttering and assembling were great, too.
When Danielle Bongiornio's mom came in tonight with her mom, they became the first 4 generation family represented on Tuesday nights. I wished I'd had a plaque ready or something. That's kinda cool.
It goes: Shelby(grandmom) Ms. Bongiornio, Danielle and her sisters Jessica and Mac, and Jessica's daughter Ellie.
Guess how many sandwiches we had leftover? ZERO!
The last person in line got the last sandwich. (we were giving out two the first time through so they wouldn't have to wait for seconds on them.) That's pretty much God at work, because we had prepared all the regular bread and at the last minute we went back and did another 2 loaves of wheat bread and because of that, we nailed it. Of course that meant there were none left for Tyler and Blake to eat but we had some tomato soup left and that was good enough.
The new truck did okay. It's a 2003 Ford. It sits lower than the other one. Just saying.....
I continue to be amazed at the number of people showing up at the first stop. We used to get started with maybe 10-15 there. Now there's at least 30 people there every week when we say grace.
Vick Griffin came and shot some video footage to use at the multi-church "Imagine Hope" conference that's being held at FBC this fall. He also helped cook and serve.
Don took pictures tonight also. I'll try to get them on soon.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Couple of things about tonight......
It's looking like grilled cheese and tomato soup tonight! YUM. YUM. YUM.
We've got a new truck! Actually the church got a new truck but we use it every week and look at it as part of the family, so.....we've got a new truck!
It was put in the shop because the right front brake was feeling and sounding bad. They looked at it and said it would be $1800 to fix because they found a bunch of other brake and wheel related problems. The choice of the property management committee was fix and keep it long term or get something else. "Get something else" won. They traded it in and we got a 2003.
I'm kinda sad, though. I liked that truck. That truck had been with us since we started.
In honor of the service the truck gave us all these years, I'm going to tell a story about the truck.....plus it's a funny story and needs to be told every so often.
A couple of months into this ministry, back when it was still pretty much just me, Skyler, Jonathan, Mason, Drew and Colby, we loaded up the truck at The Activity Center and got ready to take our stuff downtown. The tailgate on the truck was a little hinky and you had to slam it good to make sure it was shut. We had two 8 ft. portable tables (the brown ones that took 2 people to carry), and 4 rectangular coolers with ice, drinks(this was back when we served canned drinks every week), and our food in the back. I was driving the truck and everyone else was in Jonathan's explorer.
As I pulled off out of the parking lot, I heard a large thump. I looked and saw someone had left a cooler on top of another and it had slid off. It wasn't the first time.
When we finished that night we loaded up to come back and one of the guys shut the tailgate. I said Did you slam it? They said Yeah.
I was in front of them at the stoplight at Dawson and 17th. When I pulled off I heard another thump. I thought Who keeps stacking coolers on top of each other?
I drove on to the A.C. and pulled around to back to unload. I got out and started to reach in the back to grab a cooler and....nothing. There wasn't a single thing in the back of the truck! NOTHING!
Aw crap.
So I jump in the truck and head back the way I came. When I get to the intersection of Independence and College, I see Jonathan's Explorer coming towards me, loaded down with everything I had lost.
They were still laughing and howling when they got out of his car.
Here's what happened:
When I took off at the light, one of the coolers slid and hit the tailgate, knocking it open (the thump I heard). The bed of the truck had a plastic liner which was fairly slick and when the tailgate went down, the tables now had nothing to keep them from sliding out, did exactly that. And tthe tables took all four coolers with them, right there in the middle of the intersection, in front of Jonathan and the other guys.
So now there's 4 coolers and 2 tables strowed across the intersection. A car comes through and slams into one of the coolers, knocking the top off the hinges. The guys pull over and start trying to get things out of the intersection. The ice cooler has upended and spilled out and Mason slips in it and goes feet up flat on his back in the middle of the road! They're laughing at that, laughing at the situation in general, trying not to get run over, wondering why I don't know everything fell out of the truck, trying to get it all loaded....just a big chaotic adventure.
The tables survived. The coolers were okay, except for the one that got hit, but we still used it. Mason had a nice bruise but was fine. I got the tailgate fixed and a reminder of the need to check everything myself before we pull out.
R.I.P. 1993 Ford truck
We've got a new truck! Actually the church got a new truck but we use it every week and look at it as part of the family, so.....we've got a new truck!
It was put in the shop because the right front brake was feeling and sounding bad. They looked at it and said it would be $1800 to fix because they found a bunch of other brake and wheel related problems. The choice of the property management committee was fix and keep it long term or get something else. "Get something else" won. They traded it in and we got a 2003.
I'm kinda sad, though. I liked that truck. That truck had been with us since we started.
In honor of the service the truck gave us all these years, I'm going to tell a story about the truck.....plus it's a funny story and needs to be told every so often.
A couple of months into this ministry, back when it was still pretty much just me, Skyler, Jonathan, Mason, Drew and Colby, we loaded up the truck at The Activity Center and got ready to take our stuff downtown. The tailgate on the truck was a little hinky and you had to slam it good to make sure it was shut. We had two 8 ft. portable tables (the brown ones that took 2 people to carry), and 4 rectangular coolers with ice, drinks(this was back when we served canned drinks every week), and our food in the back. I was driving the truck and everyone else was in Jonathan's explorer.
As I pulled off out of the parking lot, I heard a large thump. I looked and saw someone had left a cooler on top of another and it had slid off. It wasn't the first time.
When we finished that night we loaded up to come back and one of the guys shut the tailgate. I said Did you slam it? They said Yeah.
I was in front of them at the stoplight at Dawson and 17th. When I pulled off I heard another thump. I thought Who keeps stacking coolers on top of each other?
I drove on to the A.C. and pulled around to back to unload. I got out and started to reach in the back to grab a cooler and....nothing. There wasn't a single thing in the back of the truck! NOTHING!
Aw crap.
So I jump in the truck and head back the way I came. When I get to the intersection of Independence and College, I see Jonathan's Explorer coming towards me, loaded down with everything I had lost.
They were still laughing and howling when they got out of his car.
Here's what happened:
When I took off at the light, one of the coolers slid and hit the tailgate, knocking it open (the thump I heard). The bed of the truck had a plastic liner which was fairly slick and when the tailgate went down, the tables now had nothing to keep them from sliding out, did exactly that. And tthe tables took all four coolers with them, right there in the middle of the intersection, in front of Jonathan and the other guys.
So now there's 4 coolers and 2 tables strowed across the intersection. A car comes through and slams into one of the coolers, knocking the top off the hinges. The guys pull over and start trying to get things out of the intersection. The ice cooler has upended and spilled out and Mason slips in it and goes feet up flat on his back in the middle of the road! They're laughing at that, laughing at the situation in general, trying not to get run over, wondering why I don't know everything fell out of the truck, trying to get it all loaded....just a big chaotic adventure.
The tables survived. The coolers were okay, except for the one that got hit, but we still used it. Mason had a nice bruise but was fine. I got the tailgate fixed and a reminder of the need to check everything myself before we pull out.
R.I.P. 1993 Ford truck
Tuesday Sept 14
ELAINE / EMILY /CECELIA / JOHANNA / KAYLA / CAITLYN / KILLER / BRYANNA / LAUREN / LINDSAY / TYLER / MARK / T.J. / WADE / ALYSSA / ELLYN / MORGZILLA / DAVID / DON / STEVE / BLAKE / J. BOGGS / CHUCK /
MENU
HOT DOGS
GREEN BEANS
MASHED POTATOES with GRAVY
DESSERT
SWEET TEA / WATER
The #of people that we feed at the first stop jumped up over the summer and continues to stay there. There has been at least 30 people waiting in line when we say grace for several weeks now. Then another 15 or 20 walk up. That's huge for the first stop.
It has made us more aware of portion size and forces us to keep an eye on how much we have to make sure that we've got enough for the 2nd stop.
The menu components might seem a little odd at first glance, but it worked for us. It made for full plates, we had it on hand and we could involve lots of people in the prep and the serving.
Most of my regular adults were not there last night. I missed Wayne, Twig, Brien, Anna, Teresa, Teresa, and Mitch. But Don ( an irregular adult if there ever was one) showed up and we managed. It was tougher without them. Plus the truck's in the shop, so everything about transporting was a little different. And both long tables and a short table decided to just fall apart in different ways. It's funny how everything can be thrown off in big ways when a few little things change.
We'll make it though.
MENU
HOT DOGS
GREEN BEANS
MASHED POTATOES with GRAVY
DESSERT
SWEET TEA / WATER
The #of people that we feed at the first stop jumped up over the summer and continues to stay there. There has been at least 30 people waiting in line when we say grace for several weeks now. Then another 15 or 20 walk up. That's huge for the first stop.
It has made us more aware of portion size and forces us to keep an eye on how much we have to make sure that we've got enough for the 2nd stop.
The menu components might seem a little odd at first glance, but it worked for us. It made for full plates, we had it on hand and we could involve lots of people in the prep and the serving.
Most of my regular adults were not there last night. I missed Wayne, Twig, Brien, Anna, Teresa, Teresa, and Mitch. But Don ( an irregular adult if there ever was one) showed up and we managed. It was tougher without them. Plus the truck's in the shop, so everything about transporting was a little different. And both long tables and a short table decided to just fall apart in different ways. It's funny how everything can be thrown off in big ways when a few little things change.
We'll make it though.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Tuesday 7, 2010
5 onions, 5 lbs of dry kidney beans, 10 lbs of kielbasa, 15 lbs of chicken breasts, 15 lbs of rice, some Old Bay, a little Gumbo File and a big pot of water. That's what we used to make our CHICKEN BOG Tuesday night.
We wound up with close to 14 gallons of it and were scraping the bottom of the cooler at the end of the night.
We served it with a couple of slices of light bread and had TEXAS PETE and cheese if you wanted it.
Now, as much as i love cheese, I don't want it on something like Chicken Bog, but nearly the folks coming through the line did.
Menu
CHICKEN BOG/LIGHT BREAD/DESSERT/SWEET TEA/WATER and Little Debbie Blackberry pies to hand out as they left.
PEYSON / MERRITT / ELLYN / T.J. / MARK / TYLER / ANDY / ANNA / BLAKE / STEVE / WAYNE / BRIEN / JESSICA / ELLIE / MAC / MRS. BONGIORNIO / CRUMP / ALYSSA / ELAINE / TREY / ASHLEY / KILLER / LAUREN / LINDSEY put thoughts into actions and words into service this week.
Danielle Bongiornio was one of our regulars who went off to college this year. She's a freshman playing basketball at Lenoir-Rhyne. The week before she left for school, she brought her two sisters (one older, one younger) with her so they could see what she's been doing on Tuesday nights for the past couple of years. That was a really neat thing. But the really cool thing is ....they've been coming ever since!
This past week they brought their Mom! It was like having 3 Danielle's with us. I hope they keep coming.
We wound up with close to 14 gallons of it and were scraping the bottom of the cooler at the end of the night.
We served it with a couple of slices of light bread and had TEXAS PETE and cheese if you wanted it.
Now, as much as i love cheese, I don't want it on something like Chicken Bog, but nearly the folks coming through the line did.
Menu
CHICKEN BOG/LIGHT BREAD/DESSERT/SWEET TEA/WATER and Little Debbie Blackberry pies to hand out as they left.
PEYSON / MERRITT / ELLYN / T.J. / MARK / TYLER / ANDY / ANNA / BLAKE / STEVE / WAYNE / BRIEN / JESSICA / ELLIE / MAC / MRS. BONGIORNIO / CRUMP / ALYSSA / ELAINE / TREY / ASHLEY / KILLER / LAUREN / LINDSEY put thoughts into actions and words into service this week.
Danielle Bongiornio was one of our regulars who went off to college this year. She's a freshman playing basketball at Lenoir-Rhyne. The week before she left for school, she brought her two sisters (one older, one younger) with her so they could see what she's been doing on Tuesday nights for the past couple of years. That was a really neat thing. But the really cool thing is ....they've been coming ever since!
This past week they brought their Mom! It was like having 3 Danielle's with us. I hope they keep coming.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
The plan for tonight....
...is CHICKEN BOG.
Never made it.
Chicken and Pastry - done it.
Chicken and rice- done it.
Chicken Bog?
I'll let you know how it goes.
Maybe J. BOGGS knows how to make it.
Never made it.
Chicken and Pastry - done it.
Chicken and rice- done it.
Chicken Bog?
I'll let you know how it goes.
Maybe J. BOGGS knows how to make it.
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