Make your plans….our 10th Annual Parish Thanksgiving Dinner November 24th!!!!
Mark your calendars for a WONDERFUL Corpus Christi tradition that brings our family together in a delicious and delightful way….Monday, November 24th will be the occasion of our 10th Annual Parish Thanksgiving Dinner and YOU are invited. For those new amongst us, the way it works is the parish purchases 50 turkeys and we distribute them to our volunteer ‘cookers’ on the weekend of November 22-23. These volunteers return the roasted turkeys on Monday night…and the rest of us bring one of the side dishes, a pot-luck of sorts, just make sure that it is enough to give a decent serving for 12+ people. Dinner gets underway at 6:00 p.m. and did we mention that it is FREE! Yep, just a really cool opportunity for our Corpus Christi family to come together and give thanks for all the blessings God is bestowing on our community. Mr. Scotty Eisenbart is coordinating services for the dinner, if you would like to be a part of the team, please give him a call at 395-3073. Sign up tables and sheets will be outside after Mass starting next weekend so please sign up to make our Family Thanksgiving bigger and better than ever (and yes, we purchased an additional 24 round tables of 10 to help with our crowds!)
A. Assorted potluck food items are requested (sign up lists will be on the lunch benches). We also need turkey cookers. The parish purchases the turkeys…we just need 50 people to cook them with love …and lots of bacon….and bring them back on Monday, November 24th. Turkeys will be available to be picked up on November 22-23 in the parish kitchen.
B. The majority of SET-UP will occur immediately after the Noon Mass on Sunday, November 23rd ….can you help? All our tables and chairs need to be set-up and arranged as well as our food service area.
C. Monday, (November 24th ) the kitchen crew arrives at 4:00 p.m. Turkey carvers, please bring your own favorite knives/equipment.
D. This year….we think we finally have enough of our own tables and chairs, but, it wouldn’t hurt for you to throw a card table in your trunk.
E. You are invited to bring a wine or beverage and perhaps a holiday loaf of bread that you will be serving at your own family Thanksgiving celebration. Place it near the altar and we will bless them as a way of connecting what we do in the Church with what you do at your home.
F. Our Thanksgiving Dinner gets underway at 6:00 p.m. (remember, the turkeys need to arrive at 4:00 for proper carving) and the evening comes to a close at 8:00 p.m. Disposable, aluminum pans are the most suitable for containing your food offerings but if you bring an item in a pot or dish please make sure to mark the container clearly with your name AND phone number….and don’t go home without it!
G. Please bring some canned or packaged (non-perishable) food for donation to help both Isaiah House and the Family Shelter at our sister parish, St. Polycarp.
H. You are welcome to come and set up your family table anytime on Sunday afternoon (November 23rd) or throughout the morning/afternoon on Monday (November 24th ) …decorate well and compete for a special prize! (Remember, if you are using a table for 8 or 10, you need to have 8 or 10 people sitting at it…otherwise you will share your table with others…like any good family would!)
