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.