Progressive Dinner 2006: Sisters at Work
Fern Parish,member board of outreach, Our Redeemer, Iowa City
On Sunday, December 10, St. Paul'’s Lutheran Chapel, along with Prince of Peace, Coralville, and Our Redeemer in Iowa City, served a progressive dinner for international students and their families.
We began at St. PaulÂ’s Chapel where a number of the participants boarded our deluxe motor coach (a.k.a school bus) and we began our journey of good food and good teaching.
Our first stop was Prince of Peace. A humongous spread of appetizer were served as Pastor Otto presented a program on Advent. Pastor Otto noted the history and traditions of Advent. Most importantly, he spoke about preparing for the coming of Jesus.
Following appetizer, the participants journeyed to Our Redeemer, where the main course lasagna dinner was served. Pastor Gebel told the Christmas story. A large mural in Fellowship Hall helped him depict the wondrous Nativity story for the international families. Here we learned that you canÂ’t have Christmas without Jesus.
Our last stop was dessert at St. Paul'’s Chapel. Pastor Mons finished the evening by describing Epiphany and the fact that Jesus is the Savior of all people.
With the world'’s secular focus on Christmas, this event shows our international students the true meaning of Christmas. Christ our Savior is born and he has saved us by his death and resurrection for all people.
