CCS on YouTube!

Thank you to the amazing James N. Weber for developing this video for us.  It shares Church Community Services from the volunteer’s perspective. 

Thanks for looking!

June Volunteer Groups

In the month of June, 155 individuals provided 436 hours of volunteer time assisting with soup production!  Groups included Fabric Services, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Waypoint Community Church, Southside Fellowship Church, Prairie Street Mennonite Church, Church of the Living Word, River Oaks Community Church, First UMC of Goshen, Current & former employees of the Department of Family Services, Wednesday’s Table – 1st Presbyterian Church & the Catholic Heart Youth Work Camp.

Thank you to members of “Wednesday’s Table” small group from 1st Presbyterian Church in Elkhart for coming and helping us make soup mixes!

Youth from all over the country gather each summer for the Catholic Heart Work Camp.  Each year, SOS is blessed to get one of the teams for 4 days during camp.  This year, the youth were invaluable help with SOS soup & dip production,  yard work, and moving “extra” stuff from the current building to the new CCS warehouse.   It’s great to be able to spend some extended time with this group each year and get to know themo n a more personal level.

You Grilled What??

One of my all-time favorite, summer things to do is spending the weekend at the lake with friends.  This past weekend was the first “Lake weekend” of the summer, and it was wonderful!  We typically have a few guests popping in and out, and we like to have stuff on hand that is easy to prepare and won’t take up valuable time from enjoying the lake itself.  I decided to whip up a batch of our SOS Turtle Brownies to have on hand.  (Did you know that all you need to do is add 1/3 C. of hot water to the mix and stir it up? – EASY!)

So I went to pop them in the oven and realized that the oven had not preheated, and in fact, was not working – at all.

My husband Mike, ever the creative problem solver, threw the pan of brownie batter on the grill and they turned out wonderful! 

 

We ate grilled brownies all weekend long and got tons of compliments!

If you try this at home, be sure to not place the pan directly over coals, and move it around 4 or 5 times during baking.  We had to add another 10 minutes to the baking time on the recipe card, and it helped to keep the cover of the grill on. 

Next time, we are going to grill potato soup…

Enjoy your summer!     – Betsy