{"id":783111,"date":"2010-08-14T14:06:47","date_gmt":"2010-08-14T22:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homeschoolblogger.com\/leigharev2\/?p=783111"},"modified":"2010-08-14T14:06:47","modified_gmt":"2010-08-14T22:06:47","slug":"serving-at-the-broderick-docks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2010\/08\/14\/serving-at-the-broderick-docks\/","title":{"rendered":"Serving at the Broderick Docks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once a month, our church small group hosts a lunch for homeless in Sacramento.\u00a0 We plan the menu, buy the food, prepare and serve for about 80 people.\u00a0 Typically, we do this out of the Broderick Center, a day shelter that has a large room and kitchen.\u00a0 Sadly, in early July, a disgruntled homeless person burned the shelter down and detroyed three vans that were used to transport special needs adults to their jobs.<\/p>\n<p>We\u00a0 decided to continue to serve at the place where most live, along the river.\u00a0 There is park where they typically congregate.\u00a0 So, we are now creating a traditional BBQ lunch, with hamburgers, hot dogs, salads, beans, etc.<\/p>\n<p>I have to say, I really enjoy serving there instead.\u00a0 At the center, everyone kind of\u00a0 &#8220;eat it and beat it&#8221;, but at the park, they would hang around and we were able to talk a while.\u00a0 I had the sense that we were at their place, and they were more comfortable there.\u00a0 One of the men told me he felt like he was participating in a family picnic.\u00a0 A few of the women took the time to compliment us on how we were raising our kids.<\/p>\n<p>Friends in our group&#8230;Katie, Catherine, and Lori&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4123\/4891498533_0fc93da06c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Catherine, me, and Katie&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4093\/4892097200_c612a8e49d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The kids, getting the &#8220;Safety and Boundary&#8221; talk from Mr. Dan&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4078\/4891498879_2a7a44019f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Buddies, &#8216;A&#8217;, &#8216;J&#8217;, and &#8216;R&#8217;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4099\/4891499035_d8d4a74d91.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our set up&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4115\/4891499283_752ddb1d84.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Doling out the grub!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4118\/4892098032_3ffb1e6963.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once a month, our church small group hosts a lunch for homeless in Sacramento.\u00a0 We plan the menu, buy the food, prepare and serve for about 80 people.\u00a0 Typically, we do this out of the Broderick Center, a day shelter that has a large room and kitchen.\u00a0 Sadly, in early July, a disgruntled homeless person [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-783111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-fun","category-service-projects"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}