Cleaning out the closet

Community Table, Cornelius UMC's new food ministry, is on track to open at the end of February. In addition to offering food to those who need it, we are also creating a comfy, hospitable space where people can rest and "convivir." In Spanish, that word is used like "fellowship," but literally means "to live together" or "to exist side by side." I like it better than fellowship.

This past week, some folks from Sherwood UMC who are helping us get started came by with tons of food!



We've chosen to use a space behind that sanctuary (called the Mooberry Room) that has a small kitchen and closet attached and used to be the coffee hour space. Most recently, it has been the designated spot for Ad Board meetings and for dumping junk with no other place to call home. As we began planning the new set-up, we all agreed that the first step was cleaning out the closet!

Here are Aileen, Eric and Melanie in the little kitchen:


Look at all this stuff that was pulled out of that kitchen, bathroom and closet!


Among the items that emerged: a bag of barbie dolls, a fake fireplace, a bazillion candles, some old-fashioned light fixtures, a bag of newspaper clippings from 1998, a couple of sheaves of wheat, some patriotic fake-flower center-pieces, a set of neon green curtains, and a two-keyboard stand.

It's so great to have a good reason to clear out all this stuff! Not only can we get rid of the stuff we don't use, but now we now what we do have--and can get it organized and use it!

We've still got a lot of work ahead of us, but it feels good to be making space for new people. Now if we could only say the same for the parsonage guest room...