[Magdalen] 21.5 stone...ugh

[ME Michaud]

There are several churches here that do Thanksgiving as a corporate or
community celebration. I've joined in in the past, and it's a wonderful
experience.

Frankly, hanging out with women from different cultures in the kitchen and
watching and helping (and learning) is my idea of a fabulous time. One year
we had an impromptu hymn-sing doing the washing-up.
-M

On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 4:04 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
> wrote:

> On 24/11/2015 20:47, Jay Weigel wrote:
>
>> At this point I will not go out on Thanksgiving simply because I am able
>> to
>> cook and it just means that some other person would be waiting on me. When
>> I get to where I'm not, I'll think about it.
>>
>> The church I attended last Sunday sponsors a parish/community Thanksgiving
>> dinner and I gather that a large percentage of the membership eats their
>> dinner there. If I were a member I might consider that.
>>
>> The big Baptist church in my former neighborhood in Tennessee (not the big
>> "corporate" one downtown!) sponsors a dinner like that and offers takeout
>> plates for shut-ins. Some years back, when I was doing home health,
>> somebody in the agency got the bright idea of asking them if they would
>> mind giving dinners to some of our patients who were alone. They said
>> "Sure, the more we can help, the better!" and IIRC we ended up taking
>> about 30 dinners to various patients.
>>
>
> Christian charity in action.  I may not agree with their theology but I
> certainly endorse their approach.
>
> Roger
>