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St. Peter's UCC Mother/Daughter Banquet - Presentation

St. Peter’s United Church of Christ invited Karin Macke, Program Director of Jacob’s Village, and resident Scott to give a program about Jacob’s Villages’ Mission of ‘Enriching the Lives of Adults with Functional and Developmental Disabilities’. Since the invitation was so close to their annual Mother/Daughter Banquet in honor of Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 13, St. Peter’s decided to invite all the residents of Jacob’s Village to join them for their pitch-in dinner Friday evening, May 11, 2007. Home Coordinators Janice and Barry had just started their shift Friday afternoon and had to prepare Wanda, Donna Kay, Debbie, Mike, Michael, and Scott to be ready for a dinner and presentation with Karin upon their return home from work. The Jacob’s Village bunch arrived at 5:45pm and met Karin inside the Church. There were about 22 church and family members in attendance for the dinner and with the 8 from Jacob’s Village, it made for a full room in their small activity room. Greetings were made, a blessing of the food and Mother’s Day was given Rev. Karen Lipinczyk, and a line for the covered dishes on the counter was formed. The meal consisted of a choice between ham or fried chicken for the meat, tea, lemonade, or water for your drink and all you could eat from a variety of dishes that was brought in. Many types of salad dishes, an assortment of pasta, potato, and rice recipes, a large choice of homemade desserts, boy…Church pitch-in dinners are offered like a giant smorgasbord. It’s a shame, pitch-in dinners are so few and far between. A good time of filling, emptying, and refilling plates were had by all and if not for the timed presentation following the dinner, the dishes would have been cleaned out. Compliments are given out to the members and friends of St. Peter’s U.C.C. for providing a tasty, delicious, and satisfying meal. A few men joined the rest of the group in the sanctuary following the cleanup of the dinner for the Jacob’s Village presentation given by Karin and Scott. St. Peter’s U.C.C. and Jacob’s Village has been building a good relationship since Rev. Karen’s first Pastoral visit back in July of 2006. Most of St. Peter’s congregational members and friends knew the concept behind Jacob’s Village, but Karin and Scott began the presentation as if no one knew and gave them the basic info. As they relayed the facts of the existing and developing programs, criteria for residency, it’s always good to reiterate that Jacob’s Village is a work in progress. There was a good question and answer time with all the residents giving a brief testimony of their likes of the place. There is a good bunch of charter residents to begin the mission with and a family is being built. The Jacob’s Village bunch sends a big heart thank you out to St. Peter’s U.C.C. for a wonderful evening.

posted by J V Resident Blog @ 10:49 AM