We desire to create UNITY through Community. The Banquet Ministry hosts monthly potlucks and organizes other fellowship events centered on connection, food, fellowship, and fun. Events include the Christmas Party, Pastor’s Appreciation Day, Passover, and other special events focused on community.
JOIN THE MINISTRY!
Would you like to join the ministry to help coordinate, setup, and lead the monthly potlucks? Can you bring fun and joy to the monthly gatherings?
On the first SUNDAY of each month we gather to have fellowship, fun and connection. We are fun people with the gift of hospitality. Join us in Church Center Ministry Group!
Current Event
Explore and celebrate different cultures from around the world.
Taste test foods from around the world
Wear your flair of which country you are representing
Bring a flag representing the country you are featuring.
Psalms 2:8 “Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance, And the very ends of the earth as Your possesion. “
Previous Events
February Potluck Review
God is love. – 1 John 4:8
Everyone brought their favorite comfort food. The favorite was Doug’s tortilini soup!
Love Comfort Cruise
The theme for February was Comfort Food, and we themed the event around the Love Boat. (Valentines and all!)
Lots of food and dessert!
Warroad Community Church family showed up and brought many main dishes and enough desserts for everyone to enjoy. The comfort food included Tator Tot Hotdish, Goulash, Enchiladas, Chili, Tortilini Soup, Beef Stew too!
Love Stories
Miah and Tim Daniels, and Aniko and Jared Eastvold shared their love stories, how they met, and how they keep their love alive.
(Not pictured, Carrie & Sam, Daren & Rhoda also shared!)
(We need a group photographer to help!)
Events on Deck
We played Bingo and to our amazement, EVERYONE BINGO’d at the same time! Winners received a handful of Dove mixed chocolates!
Games & Gifts
Aniko Eastvold plays competitive hula hoops with others (not pictured). We also had a hockey foosball full size (people sit in chairs) game that the winner got a box of chocolates! (Winners not pictured)
Warroad Community Church set up a craft table and created Valentines Day card’s for our seniors. Pictured here are the first of a dozen that were created. We will deliver them to the senior center.
January Banquet had over 30 people participate. Pastor Gus brought a salad that was best described as rabbit food. (Very healthy!) The selections of soups ranged from Chicken Noodle, Southwest Chilcken, to Chili.
At the banquet we rolled out our 21 days of fasting and prayers. One of the events was to take a letter and seek the Lord what we should pray about.
Here are the letters we came up with and the topics we will be praying for:
U: Untouched Souls (Unsaved Souls)
P: Passion for Jesus
Q: Quiet Hearts, Grateful Hearts
R: Rest in Jesus
T: Teachers in our community
N: Neighbors
L: Love of God
Y: Yes & Amen to the promises of God
H: Healing for our community and loved ones
I: Israel
C: Children
U: Unity
O: Opportunity for serving others
Future Events
Super Sunday – Soups, Salads, Subs, Sandwiches, Snacks, and Sides
Celebrating the greatness of God through Super Size!
A prize will be rewarded to the biggest creation.
Examples: Giant Cupcake, family sized burger, cake sized oreo cookie,
biggest meatball, XXL cinnamon roll
Psalms 145:3 “Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised, And His greatness is unsearchable”
Celebrate the vibrant colors and flavors of Mexico.
Bring your favorite Mexican Inspired dishes.
We will taste the different types of salt, meaning of salt,
and discuss what Jesus said in
Matthew 5:13 “You are the salt of the world.”
We may just get a little crazy with the heat index of peppers.
We will ring in summer via Grill and Chill.
Bring your BEST BBQ recipes for a flavor feast.
We will have a blind taste test of the best homemade BBQ sauce.
And a prize for Sundae King and Queen.
Hebrews 12:26-29 “And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the Heaven.”
This expression, “Yet once more,” denoted the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
Therefore, since we receive a kindgom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe: for our God is a consuming fire.
July
Independence Day Picnic to celebrate our allegience to King Jesus!
Exodus 20:3 “You shall have no other gods before me.”
Revelation 11:15 “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of
our Lord and His Christ; He will reign forever and ever. “
Hot Dog stand, pop corn poppers, all things red, white, and blue
Games, music, crafts, facepaint, flags, balloons, pinwheels, endless fun!
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August
Prepare and share recipes showcasing your favorite flavors of Autumn
Calling all Canning Kings and Queens – Bring tips and tricks to help those who are new
to Food Preservation.
Matthew 9:37 “Then He said to His disciples,”The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.
Therefore, beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.””
September
Dishes inspired by the flavors of the Islands
We will discover the origin of paradise, The Garden of Eden.
Use your Imagination to create exotic dishes, reminding you of paradise.
Ezekiel 28:13 “You were in Eden, the garden of God, every precious stone adorned you:
carnelian, chrysolite, emerald, topaz, onyx, and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl.
Your setting and mountomgs were made of gold, on the day you were created and prepared.”
Revelation 21:23 “And the city has no need of the sun or the moon to shine on it,
for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb.”
October
OktoberFeast – Honoring German roots – PROST! aka CHEERS!
Apples, Brats, Kraut, Pies, Ciders, Scnitzel, OH MY!
Bring your favorite mug
Pretzel making station and “Cake Walk”
John 7:37 “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.”
*Feast of Booths/Feast of Tabernacles
November
Friendsgiving
Let’s share Thanksgiving together! Sign up to let us know what dish you will be
bringing. Feel free to stay as long as you like, eat as much as you want, or just pop
in for pie and coffee. Eitherway, the warmth your hearts will feel as you engage with
the Family of God is sweeter than the best pumpkin pie.
Romans 8: 15-16 “For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again,
but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons (and daughters) by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!”
The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God.”
December – Christmas Party
Heritage Hotdish
Bring your family’s heritage foods and recipes to swap.
We will have an Ugly Sweater contest, ornament exchange,
Wrapping Station, Toys for Tots donation, and lots of FUN GAMES!
Isaiah 9:6-7 “For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulders;
And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness from then on and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts
will accomplish this. “