Stone Soup Celebration This Sunday!

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Stone Soup Celebration

November 18, 2018

Hosted by SEEK

9:30 & 11:30 Platforms
The Stone Soup Celebration is hosted by the SEEK (Sunday Ethical Education for Kids) children and parents. It’s a great story of how we all come together as a community to help each other create something from seemingly nothing. It’s also a time for us to pause and reflect on the abundance in our lives as we host the soup feast, and support families throughout the region through our Giving Tree. (Details about the Giving Treehere.)
The Stone Soup Celebration has four main parts:
  • multigenerational platform services, held at  9:30 and 11:30.
  • a chance to select an ornament from the Giving Tree to buy a gift for a child/adult
  • a shared quiche and pie Stone Soup Brunch after the 9:30 platform and a shared vegan, gluten-free Stone Soup and Lunch after the 11:30 platform.
During the Stone Soup platform services, children will be asked to add a stone and a raw vegetable they brought with them this day. After the 11:30 platform, the Main Hall gets transformed to host a Stone Soup lunch. The bread, cheese, cider, and desserts brought in by everyone along with the soup will be served during this lunch.
Contribute to the brunch by bringing in pie or quiche. Contribute to the lunch according to your last name. Choose the first alphabetically in the family if there is more than one last name for the family. NO TREE NUTS or PEANUTS!!! We have very young children with life-threatening allergic reactions to nuts/peanuts:
  • A-F: Pre-cut dessert – no nuts/peanuts
  • G-K: Pre-sliced bread/rolls – no nuts/peanuts
  • L-Q: Apple cider in jugs
  • R-Z: Pre-sliced cheese for the bread
During the platform service, there is audience participation by the children/teens.
  • Each child should bring a fist-sized stone, and
  • Each child should bring one whole, uncooked vegetable (a carrot, a turnip, a rutabaga, etc)
For further important information for families, click here!
Timeline and how it all works:
9:00am – When it All Begins!
  • Cooks arrive (please sign up to cook above). Please remember to bring with you: knives, apron, cutting boards, potholders, disposable gloves/food prep gloves.
9:30am – First Platform Service Begins
  • Bring your pie or quiche for the brunch or your lunch item!
10:30 – 11:30am – Between Platforms activities!
  • Stone Soup Brunch in the Social Hall! Enjoy food together after the first platform.
  • Giving Tree will be ready. Read more about it here.
  • Children and the parents of younger children should be stationed in the downstairs lobby and upstairs kitchenette to prepare the bread, desserts, cheeses, butter, water, and apple cider.
11:30am – Second Platform Service Begins
  • People who attended the 9:30 platform service are welcome to stay during the 11:30 platform and can do one of several things:
Help prep remaining items for the Stone Soup lunch
  • Clean up the Stone Soup brunch and ready the Social Hall for lunch
  • Take part in an activity in the Double Classroom (a service project that is family friendly)
  • Hang out in the local playgrounds and return for the Stone Soup lunch
12:30 – 12:45pm – Readying for Soup!
  • The Main Hall will transform from platform seating to dinner seating. Follow the instructions posted on the walls at the back of the room for main hall set-up.
  • Feel free to help set up even if you are not a Sunday Ethical Education for Kids family member!
1:00pm:  Lunch Time!
  • Everyone is welcomed back into the Main Hall.
  • The Social Hall is available as well for those needing a quieter meal space.
  • We say a few words of gratitude.
  • We eat our Stone Soup Lunch. Desserts will be available outside the Main Hall around 1:30pm
  • New this year: containers will be available for folks to pack up leftovers to enjoy at home or share with neighbors. Please share the bounty so that it doesn’t go to waste.
2:00pm:  Clean up
  • Please assist with cleanup (even if you didn’t sign up for this duty online). Many hands make light work!