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Soup’s On! What’s Your Specialty?
“Only the pure of heart can make good soup”
– Ludwig van Beethoven
People of all ages come together to share
in the full life of East Liberty Presbyterian Church — singing, dancing,
eating and praying — after school and throughout the evening on
Wednesdays. Children and teens take part in free Hope Academy classes
(including Tango, “Voices of Hope” vocal ensembles, Step Team and Sing &
Dance to a Latin Beat); meanwhile, their families gather in the McKelvy
room to do homework together, have a snack, play games, knit and
crochet, work on crafts, and socialize. The McKelvy room brims with
community and church folks, young and old, sharing a simple soup and
bread supper at 5:30 pm before Taizé Sung Prayer worship service and
club one sixteen dinner and Bible study.
Last October, ELPC member and Wednesday
Connection volunteer soup-server, Paula Addlespurger, threw down the
gauntlet with her homemade potato soup and inspired others to think
about homemade soups that they might like to make and bring on
Wednesdays. Since then, we’ve had caldo verde (a Spanish sausage, kale
and potato soup), minestrone and Nancy Klancher’s famous mushroom
barley. The recipes for these homemade soups, with photographs and
drawings by the children, will be collected throughout the year and put
into a cookbook that will be sold to raise money for next year’s
Wednesday Connection programs.
If you would like to donate soup and/or a
recipe to be included in the cookbook, please call Norma Meyer at
412-441-3800, ext. 11, and tell her what kind of soup you are bringing
and on which Wednesday night (you will need to deliver it by 4:30 pm on
that day). Our soup cooker/warmer holds one gallon of soup. Please send
along the recipe and a story about why this soup is your favorite. Does
it evoke special memories for you? Is it a family/ethnic tradition? Or
did you create it yourself? If so, what inspired your creation?
Please join us on any Wednesday, before
Taizé, for soup, bread and fellowship. Everyone is welcome.
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