Stone Soup Kitchen Ministries

  Good morning! We are so thankful for each and every one of you, and we don't want to forget to say that at this busy time of the year. So THANK YOU! Today I want to share some thoughts that I've been mulling over about where we were and where we are now, and about how quite a few things have changed at Stone Soup Kitchen over the last 6 years. Many of you know that the dinner was going on for many years before that, thanks to Pastor Steve Wells at Apple Valley Baptist Church. A long long time ago, he began sharing a pizza lunch with some friends who needed a meal, and that evolved into God's Kitchen at AVBC where hot potluck meals were made available 3 to 4 evenings each week and also on Sundays after church. Legal things happened, that we won't dwell on here, and the entire program was forced to regroup. For a few weeks, I served dinner out of the back of my Jeep, and AVBC decided to pass out gift cards for a while until they could decide what to do. Livin

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  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 a variety of entrees and 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...n

  Good morning! Continuing with the theme of thankfulness today, I want to thank all of you who have served our country in the armed services or who have family members serving, whether you are currently active, in the reserves, or retired. As the cartoon that I've attached indicates, at Stone Soup Kitchen, we tend to focus on helping the one person at a time, but you have been in the unique position to help many many people, and we are grateful for your sacrifices and your service. Thank you. We have a number of other things to be thankful for this week. First, we are working on our plans for Thanksgiving, and once more, the Ayer Police Union has bought gift cards for us to give away to each of our families so that they can buy the turkey or other centerpiece of their choice for their Thanksgiving meal. Please thank any of them that you run across for this incredibly generous thing they do each year! And our friends Lin and Vinny Miller are at it again, putting together

  WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER!! 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 a chicken dinner with 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 priva

  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

  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