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March 09, 2008
dreams vs. reality
So, this is the 2nd time in the last couple months, that the week prior to one of our fellowship meals at church, I have a nightmare about how crazy it all goes down.
I'm in charge of the meal. I plan the themes, I get people to sign up committing to what food they'll bring. And I call or email most everyone, reminding them of what they said they will bring. If I don't have enough people signed up, I then try and "wrangle" a few others to bring something as well, and then I plan and make something that will be a good fill-in to the rest of the stuff. Usually a main and large dish. If all else fails, we also take up donations, and we then with any of that money, get some appetizers or other things that make the meal go further.
Generally speaking, we have some 40-50 people eating on a fellowship meal. So it's a big deal to me to make sure people leave there well fed. It is aptly named a meal, after all.
So, this week, I had a nightmare about the meal. Our theme was St. Patrick's inspired, so the meal was either Irish, Irish-inspired or green. And I guess people felt overwhelmed about green foods, so we had a lot of people signing up for salads, but we had no one for main dishes.
So, in my nightmare, I was late getting down to the church's kitchen, where we usually prep the food for serving. Apparently I had been in a meeting which lasted too long, and by the time I got down there, people were all attacking the food, before we had even prayed. We had a large group of visitors, and they just wanted to do things their way--no one was listening. The place we were serving out of was a large tent, similar to those gazebos people set up in their backyard, but surrounded by white cloth-like material, with a real high ceiling. I kept trying to tell people my plan, but no one wanted to listen. I looked at the food, and we only had 2 or 3 small meat things, and we had like 10 salads. And I just felt like the feeding of the five thousand miracle would have to take place right then, if people would have their fill. I woke up still in the midst of people not listening, and basic madness.
Today was the fellowship meal, and I'm happy to say that we did not have madness. The only thing close to my dream was that there was a large group there. But there was plenty of good food. It was a hit! Everyone was well fed. There were left-overs of the food and desserts. There wasn't too little meat. I got there in order to prepare for everything ahead of time, and everything went well. We had about 50 people, and even though the food there represented only about 11 people/families, it went a long way. I'm ever so thankful for the people who made the food, cause they made the meal a real success, and they made me look good.
So, thank you: Lisa T., Rita L., Susan, Elaine, Liz, Bobby, Joy, Carmen, Stacey, Haynes. May God's blessing be upon you!
Posted by glassgirl at March 9, 2008 03:55 PM
Responses
Oooh, you come up with such good themes and ideas. Did anyone make Irish Potatoes (the dessert)? For the past few years I make them and Enoch takes them into his work. It's mostly all sugar, but we love 'em.
Posted by: Michelle at March 9, 2008 06:29 PM
Awesome! And that Shepherd's Pie was great! I'm surprised how full everyone got and still had leftovers. You really stressed yourself out over that one. :)
Posted by: Fab at March 10, 2008 09:47 PM