Atonement, Carnegie, needs help with Christmas Dinner Outreach
Are you looking for a way to make your Christmas holiday extra special this year?
Consider volunteering an hour or two on Christmas Day, Thursday, December 25, with the good folks at Church of the Atonement, 618 Washington Avenue in Carnegie, as they reach out to share the love of Jesus Christ through providing a free and full Christmas dinner with all the trimmings from Noon to 3 p.m.
For the past thirty years, Atonement has been opening their doors to anyone who wants to come, eat, and enjoy fellowship with other people on Christmas Day. Normally about 200 people attend and they also prepare and deliver carry-out meals to another approximately 70 people.
As one of our smaller parishes in the diocese, they would greatly appreciate help from anyone who would be able to join them and assist in the following ways/times:
| 10 to 11:30 a.m.: | Help cut desserts and prepare salads for serving and/or help set-up the tables. |
| 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: | Help pack meals for delivery and assist with/deliver meals to local area residents (Carnegie and the South Hills). |
| Noon to 3 p.m.: | Help serve food to those who come in to dine. Greeters are also needed to help circulate around the tables, welcoming and engaging diners in conversation while they eat. |
| 2:30 to 4 p.m.: | Help clean up, which includes washing pots and pans. |
If you and your family/friends would like to volunteer or if you have any questions about this dinner, please contact Joyce Corkery at 412-276-0366 or via email at joycor640@comcast.net. If you would like to help but cannot attend, homemade desserts are always welcome.
Make your Christmas a bit merrier this year – and make someone else's Christmas merry, too.