“Food, glorious food!” shout all the London street urchins in the musical “Oliver.” Food is a universal need and delight. Food is a central part of our sacrament of communion, a symbol of hope, justice, and hospitality.
Other great minds reflect on food:
Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity. ~Voltaire
Sex is good, but not as good as fresh, sweet corn. ~Garrison Keillor
Shipping is a terrible thing to do to vegetables. They probably get jet-lagged, just like people. ~Elizabeth Berry
Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. ~Ambrose Bierce
The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast
first. ~Josh Billings
Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
Food is an important part of a balanced diet. ~Fran Lebowitz
And then there is our brother Jesus who said, “If you love me, feed my people.”
Join us this Sunday worship to hear Wayne Roberts from the Toronto Food Policy Council speak to us about food and our call to feed people.
Shalom, Abigail
BUC this Saturday, May 1st
Sustainable Seasonal Cooking at 9am-noon in the Kitchen
Want to get a taste of eating real food, in season? Learn more about how to follow the natural rhythms of an Ontario growing season as a sustainable food initiative. We will prepare an early spring lunch with sustainability in mind as well as create food for the Interfaith Lunch Program. $10 covers costs of food.
To enroll, contact Mary Anne
maryanne.alton@sympatico.ca
or 416-469-5877.
Jazz Vespers Series continues at 4:30pm
Featuring Jen Sagar Quartet with Jake Wilkinson, Lee Wallace & Jon Meyer.
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