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The story of "stone soup" exists all over the world. In my favorite variation, a hungry traveler appears in a village with nothing but an empty cooking pot, a spoon, and his appetite. When the suspicious villagers will not show him any hospitality, he sets up his cooking pot in the village square and begins to boil water with a simple stone in it. As the curious townsfolk pass by and ask him what he is doing, he stirs the pot and tells them that he is making stone soup. Further, he explains that at the end of the day when the soup is ready, everyone will be welcome to come and share it with him. Eventually, one person ventures that the soup might taste better with a few onions. Soon the villagers are each bringing a couple of carrots, a potato, a little salt, whatever they have on hand to add to the stone soup. At the end of the day, the whole town shares a delicious pot of soup (minus the stone, of course), and they have also learned a valuable lesson about the joys of shari
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November 4, 2024 newsletter

  Good morning, and happy stoopid-clock-changing-this-is-so-dumb week! Ok, I've gotten it out of my system (mostly), and we can pick up this morning where we left off last week, with our trip at the end of October to see the updates and expansion of the Boston Area Gleaners at Stonefield Farm in Acton. The Gleaners is such a success story in this area, not only managing to ensure that a gorgeous family farm in Acton will be preserved forever, but also rescuing a gazillion tons of produce across the region that would otherwise go into a landfill. All summer and fall, we are able to share amazing bags of produce with our pantry guests, thanks to the efforts of the Gleaners and our friend Jess who works there, and also thanks to our friends Alison and Rich who go there each week to pick up our produce for us. But wait, there's more! Alison and Rich are two of those tireless people who serve this community every single week by doing this pick up, but they also make sure

Friday Social + Potluck, Friday Support Group, + Saturday Food Pantry

  Stone Soup Kitchen opens at 4 pm on Friday evenings, located at Living Water Fellowship in Devenscrest, Ayer. It is open to ANYone who wants a good hot meal and some company...no need to bring anything but yourself unless you want to! From 4 to 5, we are open for those who want to get together and socialize, do puzzles, or play games in the dining room. The potluck dinner is available from 5 to 5:30 followed by dessert and our support group. The open support group meeting with Teri T runs from 5:30 to 6, if you'd like to stay for it after dinner. This week, the potluck will feature spaghetti alfredo casserole, various sides, dessert, juice, and some extra snacks to take home for the weekend. Our food pantry is open every Saturday morning from 10 to noon, same location. If you need food, or KNOW someone who needs food...please come pick some up. Email any questions to stonesoupkitchenministries @ gmail . com (remove the spaces) or leave us a private comment here. ANYone i

October 28, 2024 newsletter

  Good Monday morning to you all! We had a busy but satisfying week and weekend, and I hope you did too. A couple of our pantry guests asked if they could pick up groceries for friends or family members who were having a tough time. One had just lost everything in her apartment to a fire. Like most people, she didn't have adequate insurance for a catastrophic loss like this. I don't know about you, but when I was living in an apartment, I didn't have ANY insurance. It just never occurred to me, and honestly, even if it had, I doubt that I could have afforded it. I was simply trying to eat and keep the heat on. For several long cold months, there was no heat and barely enough food. Your generosity helps keep others from having to make some of those hard choices, so thank you all! I have a few stories to share with you this week. I've been saving them, because once we have one “coincidence” story, I know there will be others that follow (you all know by now

Friday Social + Potluck, Friday Support Group, + Saturday Food Pantry

  Stone Soup Kitchen opens at 4 pm on Friday evenings, located at Living Water Fellowship in Devenscrest, Ayer. It is open to ANYone who wants a good hot meal and some company...no need to bring anything but yourself unless you want to! From 4 to 5, we are open for those who want to get together and socialize, do puzzles, or play games in the dining room. The potluck dinner is available from 5 to 5:30 followed by dessert and our support group. The open support group meeting with Teri T runs from 5:30 to 6, if you'd like to stay for it after dinner. This week, the potluck will feature bacon-wrapped brown sugar chicken, various sides, dessert, juice, and some extra snacks to take home for the weekend. Our food pantry is open every Saturday morning from 10 to noon, same location. If you need food, or KNOW someone who needs food...please come pick some up. Email any questions to stonesoupkitchenministries @ gmail . com (remove the spaces) or leave us a comment here. ANYone is

October 21, 2024 newsletter

  Good morning to everyone! I hope that you were all able to get out and enjoy the weather this past weekend, and again for the next few days. My phone says that it's supposed to hit 80 today! How many more bonus days can we expect? I think this calls for a little bit of goofing off today if possible 😊 Mike and I took a short trip to Vermont last week and had a great time even though the weather didn't fully cooperate. Fortunately, we pretty much like everything, as long as it's outdoors, so we really enjoyed the magical mistiness of the low-hanging clouds, the actual snow on top of the mountains, and the gorgeous just-past-peak colors. We crammed a lot of stuff into a few days, but none of it felt rushed since we made no plans ahead of time! The attached pictures are from the bottom to the top of one of the mountains, same day. Before we left, my friend Melanie P said that she would take care of Stone Soup Kitchen's dinner on Friday. What a beautiful off

Friday Social + Potluck, Friday Support Group, + Saturday Food Pantry

  Stone Soup Kitchen opens at 4 pm on Friday evenings, located at Living Water Fellowship in Devenscrest, Ayer. It is open to ANYone who wants a good hot meal and some company...no need to bring anything but yourself unless you want to! From 4 to 5, we are open for those who want to get together and socialize, do puzzles, or play games in the dining room. The potluck dinner is available from 5 to 5:30 followed by dessert and our support group. The open support group meeting with Teri T runs from 5:30 to 6, if you'd like to stay for it after dinner. This week, the potluck will feature mac + cheese, various sides, dessert, juice, and some extra snacks to take home for the weekend. Our food pantry is open every Saturday morning from 10 to noon, same location. If you need food, or KNOW someone who needs food...please come pick some up. Email any questions to stonesoupkitchenministries @ gmail . com (remove the spaces) or leave us a private comment here. ANYone is welcome...no

Friday Social + Potluck, Friday Support Group, + Saturday Food Pantry

  Stone Soup Kitchen opens at 4 pm on Friday evenings, located at Living Water Fellowship in Devenscrest, Ayer. It is open to ANYone who wants a good hot meal and some company...no need to bring anything but yourself unless you want to! From 4 to 5, we are open for those who want to get together and socialize, do puzzles, or play games in the dining room. The potluck dinner is available from 5 to 5:30 followed by dessert and our support group. The open support group meeting with Teri T runs from 5:30 to 6, if you'd like to stay for it after dinner. This week, the potluck will feature meat loaf, various sides, dessert, juice, and some extra snacks to take home for the weekend. Our food pantry is open every Saturday morning from 10 to noon, same location. If you need food, or KNOW someone who needs food...please come pick some up. Email any questions to stonesoupkitchenministries @ gmail . com (remove the spaces) or leave us a private comment here. ANYone is welcome...no que