Sister and brother Lilly and Logan Swain help serve food at the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church’s Stone Soup Ministry meal in November 2012. (Submitted photo)
The Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church has a free community meal on Friday, part of its monthly Stone Soup Ministry.
Everyone is welcome to attend, a press release said. Dine-in or takeout will be available from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Social Hall of the church, which is at 1500 Oak Ridge Turnpike.
The menu includes homemade potato corn chowder, a sandwich, and cookies.
The Stone Soup Ministry free community meal is held the last Friday of every month at the same time in the Social Hall of the Church. Food for the free monthly meal is provided by the ORUUC congregation along with financial support from several members of the Oak Ridge community.
The Stone Soup Ministry name is derived from the Stone Soup Fable, a medieval tale in which a hungry stranger came upon a small village. Having no food, he put water and a few stones in a large pot to boil. The villagers, who were suffering from a meager harvest, each contribute a bit of food, a carrot, a potato, etc. In the end, the stranger and the villagers sit down to the meal together. In modern times the story is usually told as a lesson in cooperation.
For more information about the Friday meal, call the ORUUC office at (865) 483-6761.
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