Volunteer Appreciation Dinner

Aaron (right) with team members

On Friday, October 9th, The Men’s Group at Timothy Lutheran Church was honored to host CFNA’s annual volunteer appreciation dinner. The event program featured a time of sharing by several of the volunteers, as well as the honoring of long time volunteer Robyn Moeller.

The partnership between CFNA and Timothy is very strong, and we jumped at the opportunity to be involved. The event was also a great service opportunity for us, and a way to show our appreciation for the work that CFNA volunteers do in sharing the love of Christ with immigrants and refugees in urban St. Louis.

dinner participants

Planning for the event kicked off in August, and it included building the invitation list, planning the menu and food quantities, coordinating volunteers, and building a slide show. With all of that set, the Men’s group assembled the night before the event to clean, chop, slice, dice, simmer and roast all of the food. On Friday evening, we put the finishing touches on the meal of Caesar salad, ham with apricot and cherry chutney, roasted red potatoes, green beans, and apple pie. The Men’s group had a great time working together and serving the volunteers of CFNA.

Since the theme of the evening was to show appreciation for volunteers, I would be remiss if I didn’t offer my appreciation to the great volunteers that helped plan, prepare, serve, and clean-up for the event: Richard Mutka, John and Carla Hagan, Mark and Luca Thompson, Tim O’Neill, Pastor Ron Rall and Pastor Bill Wilson. Extra thanks goes to Rudy Bertarelli who led the menu planning and food preparation.

By Aaron Schmeerbauch, Timothy Lutheran Church