“Soup is the song of the hearth... and the home.”
Louis P. De Gouy, The Soup Book (1949)1
Conference Planning Meetings While Sharing Soup:
You may want to gather your team to cast vision for your next project, brainstorm on specifics, address invitations or coordinate packets over a steaming bowl of soup. Crock pots are great time savers so you can have the ingredients simmering for hours as you coordinate other details for your meeting and event.
Written by Jenny Lenczycki
Over the past few days we’ve posted articles on Vegetarian requests as well as the needs for those who are Gluten intolerant. Today's Meeting Planner Note gives some tips on serving guests with a food allergies.
Written by Jenny Lenczycki
Part Two in our series on Special Dietary Needs for guests attending your next off-site ministry event. These may include attendees with a variety of vegetarian diets.
Written by Jenny Lenczycki
As group leaders it is necessary to understand the special dietary needs for the guests at your event. One of those issues is in meeting the special dietary requirements for our guests avoiding Gluten.
Written by Jenny Lenczycki
We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live together in the same box.
- Robert Fulghum1
What is a group? Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary gives us many points of view including but not limited to:
- two or more figures forming a complete unit in a composition
a: a number of individuals assembled together or having some unifying relationship
b: an assemblage of objects regarded as a unit2
As group leaders we are challenged to find the best possible ways to meet the needs of the "complete unit" as well as the special needs of the "individuals assembled together". In some cases we will receive requests from individuals that are personal preferences. In other cases these may actually be life threatening steps if they were not heeded for allergy precautions. So how do we enhance the conference and retreat experience for all our guests while working within logistical and budgetary limits?
