A Great Idea
The church potluck is as much a part of church as singing and praying it seems. Every church has a potluck. I believe one would be hard pressed to find a congregation in this world that does not practice this routine. The church potluck is one of my favorite occasions. It is a time of meeting, eating, and talking with people. Typically, in the South the potluck is the normal southern diet of casseroles, fried Chicken, and Barbecue (my favorite). Most of the potlucks are great but sometimes the same food is served over and over again. This summer I was down to Cajun country and especially enjoyed the potluck because of the various Cajun foods that were served. It was a real treat. This past Sunday at Castle Rock we had a super special potluck. We have theme potlucks here. This month it was a brunch. We had men cooking “made to order omelette’s.” We had men cooking eats and sausage and we had some ladies making fresh waffles for everyone. The potluck was great because all potlucks are great, but it was nice to have a theme potluck. Think about this for a moment. You can have international potluck, breakfast potluck, meat potluck, new recipes, or whatever. Change up the potluck might be a nice habit for a congregation.
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What other ideas do you have to make this old church practice new?
Potlucks (or as they call them in NY, “Dish to Pass”), are also a great friendly atmosphere to introduce an outsider into the Christian community.
-Rex
You are so right.
Not all churches have potlucks! We don’t use the term “potluck” here in Australia. (We have “bring a plate” events).
Friends of mine in Catholic or Orthodox churches have probably never experienced this type of fellowship.
I’ve been at my church for a year and there haven’t been any potluck type events yet.
When I preached at Midway we had the theme meals too. Mexican, Italian, Soul food, “favorite dish,” all in all my favorite theme meal still has to be the one we have in Waynesboro which is the Ice Cream Supper!
Mitchell, mine too. Wendy, are you serious. No potluck? I always thought having a potluck was bad when I was a early Christian because of pot use. Thought it might give a bad impression. But that is normal for me, I thought drinking and driving meant that you could not have a coke while driving a car.
Were I preach we had a “pot-luck meal” that turned out sorta weird. I liked it but most said not again. It was around St Patrick’s Day. So, everything brought was green. Green meatloaf, green mashed Potatoes (my wife brought those). Every thing was green. The green meatloaf was great but you almost had to close your eyes to eat it. It was fun but it probably won’t happen again. Fellowship meals as we usually call them is a great time together.
When I preached in Colorado, we had a member announce, “Since Christians don’t believe in luck, we’re having a pot-providence meal.”
Funny stories guys.