Are you looking for a way to support a Calvary ministry, but you’re super busy with other commitments? It only takes one minute to support the Soup Sunday hunger ministry by stopping by the Commons after the 8:30 service or before and after the 10:30 service to purchase and take home some delicious soup for yourself, your family, and/or neighbors and friends. It’s the perfect way to show the community how much you love them.
After a 2+ year construction sabbatical, we are pleased to announce the return of Soup Sunday to Calvary. This is a ministry that began over 50 years ago and will continue on the 2nd Sunday of each month for the foreseeable future. The way it works is that a group of volunteers gathers in Calvary’s kitchen on the Saturday morning before Soup Sunday to prep, cook, and package 80-100 quarts of soup that will be available for purchase the next day. Pricing is $12 per quart and $6 per pint. Proceeds from the sales are funneled to Calvary’s community hunger outreach.
Anyone can volunteer, and no cooking skills or long-term commitments are required. We would love to have you join us just once, or as often as your schedule allows, and bring a friend or family member of any age; there is always something for everyone to do.
For the October 12 Soup Sunday, soup preparation starts at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, the 11th, and we aim to be packaged and cleaned up by noon. However, if you can’t spare the entire morning, feel free to join us and leave at your convenience. Even arriving as late as 11:00 a.m. for packaging and cleanup would be a big help. Alternatively, if you prefer to sell soup on Sunday mornings, we would love to have your help, but what’s most important to the success of Soup Sunday is for people to purchase soup.
Another way to participate in Soup Sunday is to share your favorite recipe with us. When we offer your soup for sale, we’ll be sure to give you a byline.
The soups for October 12 will be:
Portuguese Kale (kale, turnip greens, baked potato, and sausage–a longtime favorite of many)
Peanut (2 soups in one! We start by making our own vegetable stock, then we load it up with peppers, corn, onions, and ground peanuts.)
Peanut soup originated in West Africa as a groundnut stew, similar to Malian Tigadegena or Senegalese Maafe. Enslaved people brought those dishes to the Americas, where they developed various regional styles of soup.
For more information or to share recipes, please contact David Balling at Dlballing@calvarymemphis.org.
We look forward to your support of Calvary’s Soup Sunday ministry.