Church Bazaar

Looking good

Homemade baked goods

Yesterday was the annual church bazaar.  My job was to work in the kitchen.   It is a tradition to sell soup and sandwiches.  This year the ladies made beef vegetable and potato soup, with the help of a caterer.  They were still making the potato soup when I got there at 9 AM.  The vegetable was made the day before.  Other helpers were making the sandwiches-pimento cheese (yuck) and peanut butter and jelly (?).

jars of beef vegetable soup

I helped by dishing out cake slices and getting the table set up for customers.  Customers could buy a bowl of soup, sandwich, drink and slice of cake for $6.00.

People began coming in at 10:00 and didn't stop until 1:30.  Almost all of the items were sold except for some plants and jewelry.  This year the ladies had collected costume jewelry to sell and there was a lot of it.

It was busy like this all day 

Unfortunately, it was a beautiful, warm fall day out, and not many people wanted a steaming bowl of soup for lunch.  Many did go home with a jar or two for later.  (including yours truly).  I also purchased a quart of homemade chili, some apple butter and a tomato knife and knife sharpener(both new) and a shamrock plant.  My partner, Glee (yes her real name) and I both bought a jar of chili and put them next to our purses in the kitchen.  When we were ready to go home, only one jar was on the counter.  We never could figure out what happened to the other one.  Another lady offered to give us the jar she had put aside and hadn't paid for yet.  Hubby and I ate it for dinner last night and it was tasty.

I was glad to get home after a long day.  The caterer was still there at 2:30 putting vegetable soup in canning jars to sell at church this morning. I think I will suggest to make the soup earlier next year. That way they can freeze and can it and the ladies won't be working so hard on bazaar day.

UMW

We have started going to a new church.  The Catholic sermon was just too hard to follow.  Who knew you had to douse yourself with water, make hand gestures, kneel on hard surfaces for long periods of time and mumble a lot of holy words???

The United Methodist Church was right across the street and they have an 9AM service that lasts only 45 minutes.  The folks there are very, very friendly and, come to find out, a lot of our neighbors go there too.

Today I went to the first United Methodist Women's meeting.  I had a chicken salad sandwich on white bread (2nd one in 3 days), chips, ice cream and cookies for $4.00.  On October 9th is the church bazaar so the meeting focused on who was going to do what.  I volunteered to help out and I am kind of excited about it.  This year they collected old jewelry to resell and the ladies were gushing over how nice the jewelry is, so I want to get there early to see it before the good stuff is gone.  They also sell soup and sandwiches, jams and honey, baked goods and whatever stuff people donate.

So if you are near Jefferson October 9th between 10 AM and 1 PM, stop on by.