The chefs here are Stan Ault and Giovanni González. Stan's "last hurrah", before passing the chef's duties to Giovanni, was May 24, 2010, when Team OUMC served dinner to 224 people.
Here are some photos which have been taken over the years of people from Orangethorpe United Methodist Church serving dinner to the people of our neighborhood as a part of our involvement in Hot Meal Ministry. Ever since September 1993, the fourth Monday of each month finds a hard-working group of people from our church preparing, serving and cleaning up after a meal down the street at Orangethorpe Christian Church.
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| Our first three photos were taken in September 2011 by team member Janice Fowler. Here are two of our most enthusiastic guys, Al and Giovanni. |
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| Giovanni has dinner in the oven and Chuck, Lois, Mary and Jeanette are awaiting the arrival of more than 150 dinner guests. Later, we learned that one of the meals we served that night was the 150,000th served since the inception of Hot Meal Ministry. |
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| Here are some more helpers – Jan, Jo and Barb. |
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| Janice took the next few photos in January 2010, while others date back a few years: The chefs here are Stan Ault and Giovanni González. Stan's "last hurrah", before passing the chef's duties to Giovanni, was May 24, 2010, when Team OUMC served dinner to 224 people. |
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| Jo Menely, Barbara Martindale and Mary Edwards |
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| Jan Ault and Mary Edwards |
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| Jan and Mary, working! |
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| A few minutes before 7:00pm, Connie Adams and Kathy Ramsey, on the right, arrive to carry out a very important task... |
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| We're not done serving a meal until we leave the OCC fellowship hall spotless. Here's Kathy, wielding a mop. |
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| Serving this meal are regular team members Marian McGee, Jeanette Carey and, seated at the end of the table, the late Mary Harvey. Standing in the doorway behind her is chef Stan. We always have lots of help from friends of the ministry, such as the two young people you see in the serving line. |
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| On the serving line in this photo are Martha Hyde, Marian McGee, and Chuck and Jeanette Carey. |
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| Al Fowler is our friendly bartender, serving milk, punch or coffee with a smile. |
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| For many years, Max Hyde was Al's bartending buddy. |
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| Your hot meal ministry photo goes here! |
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