Sunday, November 4, 2007

Community Soup Kitchen 25th Anniversary Celebration

What a glorious celebration! We were treated to a rousing anthem, honored the Soup Kitchen workers and then were spellbound by the sermon by Rev. Dr. Steve Berry. Steve was on the pastoral staff 25 years ago when the decision was made to establish the Pilgrim Community Soup Kitchen.

In his sermon, Dr. Berry acknowledged the role that Pilgrim had in his development as a pastor. He held up a mirror for us to see who we are through what we have done and who we have become and he challenged us to be evangelists to the community through the model of our faith by a ministry of service to the community.

We shared a meal much like the meal that we serve to our guests each Wednesday noon and inaugurated the Ruth Cornelius Soup Kitchen Endowment. Enjoy the pictures by clicking on the one below.
Soup Kitchen Sunday

1 comment:

Susan Rowe and Ross Briggs said...

Sunday was a wonderful celebration of the Soup Kitchen and what it has meant to Pilgrim and the St. Louis community. Steve Barry's preaching was inspiring, and it was a wonderful remembrance of all of the saints of the Church who imagined the Soup Kitchen and worked so tirelessly to make it a reality.