Coffee Hour
Every Sunday after the service, we adjourn to the parish hall to enjoy coffee and conversation. Each week, a different family in the congregation provides simple refreshments, according to a schedule distributed at the beginning of the year. During the coldest months, our sexton, Dana Flynn, lights a cozy fire in the fireplace. Coffee hour provides us with a pleasant opportunity to catch up with neighbors and friends.
If you are not on the schedule and would like to be, or would like to sign up for an extra week, please contact Sally Baker (sallybbaker@comcast.net) or Carol Lohe (ctroyen@mfa.org).
Instructions for Hosting a Coffee Hour
Supplies:
- Please provide some simple edibles, sweet and/or savory
- The Church supplies the basics: coffee, tea, juice, milk, sugar and artificial sweetener, and paper napkins
Setting up (allow about 15 minutes before the service):
- Spread tablecloth (tablecloths are in the standing cupboard to the right of the entrance to the Sunday School
- Set out cups and saucers, mugs, spoons, napkins and glasses
- Set out tea bags, sugar, and your edibles
- Check to see if coffeemaker has been set up; if not start the coffee (instructions are posted)
- Boil water to warm up the 2 thermoses
- Leave just before the end of the service (during the last verse of the final hymn) to put out juice, thermoses of coffee and hot water for tea, and a small pitcher of milk (for coffee)
- Turn on toggle switch for dishwasher (instructions for the operation of the dishwasher are posted on the wall next to the coffeemaker)
- During coffee hour, replenish snacks and beverages as necessary
Cleaning up:
- Scrape/rinse glasses and dishes
- Load and run the dishwasher (the cycle lasts 5 minutes, start to finish)
- Open dishwasher door, allow the dishes to cool off, and replace them in the cupboards
- Wipe down counters
- Before you leave, turn the dishwasher toggle switch to OFF