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This month's newsletter features our friend Sandy Couglin. Sandy is also known as the "Reluctant Entertainer." We love her perspective on helping friends in need; she knows exactly what friends do! |
Hospitality
Some nights you'll find me in the kitchen doubling up a dish. This is because I'm either freezing one for my family, or I'm getting ready to take a meal to a family in need.
Hospitality covers the whole range of life experiences and emotions.
For me, some of these life experiences and feelings have come in challenging times, like when I had my children (who are now teens), when my husband and I lost three parents within a five year period, and when I had several surgeries. Friends rallied together and gave me one of the most thoughtful gifts: They brought my family a meal. They fed our bodies and nourished our souls with their generous love for us. Taking a meal to others in need happens often in churches, but it's not just church people who we should look out for. Our world is full of need. Read More |
Some Favorites
Here are just a few of our favorite WhatFriendsDo tips for taking food to a friend:
- Take food in recyclable containers you do not need back, or label your dishes.
- Offer to return dishes to all the friends who supplied meals.
- Remember dietary restrictions/likes/dislikes/allergies
- Take the WHOLE meal ... salad, vegetables, fruit, bread, dessert ... not just the main course. Add something for an afternoon or evening snack.
- Lots of people will bring meals, so instead of a dinner, consider giving your friend a snack basket - junk food as well as the nutritious stuff.
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