first sunday in lent

I know that we aren't doing anything on Sundays, because technically Sundays are not included in the 40 days of Lent (see intro to culinary care here). But I do want to post two things each Sunday.

First, I want to post some pictures. It may just be a slideshow from the past week's entries, or something completely different. This week's entry is the latter.

Our group of young adults from the church surprised our friends Amy and Ryan on Friday night for a going away party. Ryan has a new job in Lexington, SC, and this is their last weekend in town.

Ryan and Amy

They thought that they were just meeting Suzy and me for dinner at Liberty Tap Room, home of the Freedom Burger: a bacon cheeseburger with a fried egg (which is, of course, how freedom would taste if it were translated into a sandwich). But instead of just Suzy and me, Amy and Ryan got this crowd:

A motley crew, but we love each other

 We ate dinner, talked, enjoyed each other's company, said some goodbyes, and polished off most of a sheet cake that could serve 50 normal people, or 20 of us.

We'll miss you, Ryan and Amy! (But I'll see you in a couple of weeks when I'm in Columbia!)


Second, each Sunday I'd like to share the calendar of ideas that Suzy and I are using to do "culinary care." Here's what we've got so far (and this could change):



If you are interested in joining us in any of these ventures, just let me know. We'd love to have more people involved. And even if you can't join us to participate directly, maybe you can do something similar in your own life that would invite others to "taste and see that the Lord is good" (Ps 34:8).

Culinary Care

“taste and see that the Lord is good” Psalm 34:8

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			22	23	24	25
			Give couple a buy-one-get-one-free card to the Peddler for a date night	Baby food/formula to Eastside Crisis Center	Lunch for Phil	Hand out bottled water on the Swamp Rabbit Trail
26	27	28	29	1	2	3
	Make a meal for a couple who just had a baby	Bake a cake for senior adult group at the church	Bake cookies for new neighbor	Volunteer at Project Host soup kitchen	Make dinner for homebound church member	Provide refreshments for community-wide seminar at church
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Bake a cake for custodians and assistants at work	Put out a bird feeder	Donate baby food/formula to Safe Harbor (for victims of domestic violence)	Donate food to Catholic Charities	Volunteer for Meals on Wheels, delivering food	Take college students out to dinner
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
	Pay it forward at fast food drive-thru	Leave dollars in vending machines	Donate canned goods to North Greenville Food Crisis Ministry	Hand out gift cards to fast food restaurant	Provide fertilizer for Travelers Rest High School organic garden	Hand out bagged lunches at Falls Park

I'll leave you with this image of our den: