The Dish
For the past six years St. John’s Uniting Church Wahroonga has been operating a soup van “The Dish” in Hornsby, each week serving a nourishing three course meal to those who come. It began with soup and now we have an average of a dozen folk who come to share a meal with us.
Clothing is supplied to those in need and extra fresh fruit and vegetables are given to us by Harvest Hub. Baker’s Delight Wahroonga give us the bread rolls to accompany the soup, meals are prepared by members of the Church community, parents of Wahroonga Preparatory School, and members of the wider community.
The Dish is a broad, ecumenical effort with volunteers coming from other Churches in the area: Waitara Adventist, Hornsby Uniting, Cathedral of Our Lady, Waitara; Bobbin Head Anglican Church, Bible Study groups and Turramurra Uniting Church.
In October 2011 the Dish expanded to a second evening, thanks to a great cooperative effort by a number of local schools. The Dish is now regularly supported by members of the Prouille, St. Leo’s, Wahroonga Preparatory School, St. Lucy’s, Abbotsleigh, St. Edmund’s, and Knox Prep. communities.
For more information, email dish@stjohnswahroonga.org.
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Alison wrote the following piece about Christmas at the Dish, and I thought it should be shared more widely!
Eighteen friends joined us in the Park last evening for our Christmas gathering.
Janet had organised a fabulous Christmas meal of Soup, Turkey, Cranberry sauce, Ham & mustard, roast vegetables, peas, individual Puddings and custard or Mango ice cream – a great thrill for many! – tea, coffee and cordial.
A real treat was the presence of some of the choir from Mt Colah Uniting Church. These folk came with Wendy Robinson, who has been coming to The Dish with the purpose of …
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It is now over six years that The Dish of St. John’s has been serving, from the back of a Van, a meal to folk at Hornsby who come for the food and the company each week. This month marks a wonderful new step forward in outreach to the needy of Hornsby as the Van now goes out each Tuesday evening, thanks to a collaboration amongst the local schools of Wahroonga.
This initiative, going out on another evening, was led by Phil Ledlin of Prouille School Wahroonga. Each Tuesday a different primary school in Wahroonga sends volunteers from their school …
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Big welcome to anyone who has found our website after reading about The Dish in this weeks’ Hornsby Advocate. If you’d like to find out what you can do to help out with The Dish, please don’t hesitate to get in touch by email or by phoning our Minister, Chris, on 02 9489 1762.
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Over the past term those who we serve meals to, as well as the preparers and servers, have been delighted with the great variety and inspirational meals prepared by the parents of Year 3 Knox Preparatory students. This is an innovation inspired by the teachers of the students, as part of their Social Justice Program, which extends throughout the school. We, at The Dish, have been most thankful for the variety provided and generosity of the families – it has been heart warming to see the keen and eager faces of the boys as they bring their food to the …
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