Soup and Serve

 Soup and Serve was a great time of fellowship and meeting new people.  Our Women Ministries team put in so much effort to make this happen!  Thanks Gals!  We started the event with time to meet other women.  We enjoyed great soups, breads and desserts for lunch.  Kinsey gave a short devotional about Ruth and Naomi and the value of friendship and mentorship. 

Then we started our service projects!  We heard from the Missions Sewing Circle.  They showed us how to "rip and roll."  We ripped sheets and rolled them into bandages to send to medical clinics in the Congo. 

Hope House shared their heart for the teen mothers in our area.  They are instrumental in providing them support and hope for the future.  What a great way to show the love and heart of Christ.  We made "Mommy Bags" for these teens.  Our girls at this event helped paint the canvas fabric of these bags.  Then they went on a "treasure hunt" to find the right items to fill the bags.  Everything from shampoo to lotion to Children's Tylenol was put in the full bags.  To finish the bag they wrote an encouraging note to the teen mother.

Theodora House is a ministry in Denver that ACC supports.  Women from our church help prepare meals and take them to Theodora House where they spend time talking with homeless women.  Many of these women have been in abusive situations.  Theodora House provides not only shelter and food for these women but also provides help and resources to get them back on their feet.  We filled "Purses of Love" with all types of toiletries and supplies for them.  Here's an example of  one note written by a 10 year old from our church to a women at Theodora House:

"Please never forget how much God loves you.  He is never far away and will always love and believe in you"

It warms my heart!  What a great event!  I love that so many girls and women from our church took the time to serve women going through challenging circumstances!  Check out the pictures:

Our beautiful centerpieces with a verse from Ruth:

 Merry works her magic in the kitchen:

Kathy and Kiesa putting the finishing touches on food and decorations:

Our helpers...maybe future Women Ministries leaders!

The gals from the Missions Sewing Circle display their quilts:

Women Ministries gear:

The items donated by the women in our church that will go into Purses of Love and Mommy Bags.  It took forever to set up.  Glad to have the team to help!

Cards wait for the girls and women to write notes of encouragement for the bags:

Now that the set up is done, time for fellowship, food, and service!

Linda and Kinsey lead us in a time of food and connection before doing a devotional on Ruth and starting the service projects.   

Women writing notes for the Purses of Love:

 Love the finished project:

Painting supplies for the Mommy Bags:

The finished project! We had to wait overnight for them to dry and put the supplies in.  It was worth the wait!  Our girls did a great job!

Rolling bandages to send to the Congo:

The finished product:

Thanks to all the girls and women who came to serve!  We love that we were able to pair a time of food and connection with a service project.  Great way to spend a Sunday afternoon!