SOUP-ER SUNDAY - CHRISTIAN YOUTH REACH OUT IN THEIR CHURCHES TO HELP THE HUNGRY.............

My fellow Sac State alumni brother, Mike Dremel posted a message on his Facebook page, that I in turn posted on my FB page, concerning SOUP-er SUNDAY today.  That's correct, Soup-er Sunday, a Christian ministry many American congregations participate in on the Sunday of the Super Bowl each year.  Today his congregation, The Christian Church of Pacific Grove is providing an array of soups the members have cooked and serving them to the congregants and other guests for a donation of a few cans of easy open food cans, or free will monetary contributions.  The proceeds they collect are donated to the church Food Pantry, to replenish it and provide nutritional foods to persons and families who come to them seeking help.  Brother Michael himself is cooking his two special soups, Gnocchi, and Chicken Spinach, for today's occasion.  His sharing of this event brings back fond memories for me as Pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Oroville.  Our parish Youth Ministry group teamed with the youth ministry groups from the members of the Cooperating Christian Churches of Oroville, (CCCO) took up $1 donations at the doors of the churches on Super Bowl Sundays, and putting all the donations received into one joint collection, then met on Super Bowl Sunday night to decide which local or wider feeding ministry to donate the proceeds from their free will offering to that year.  Done either way it is a wonderful way to remember and help feed the hungry, on this day annually, when most Americans intentionally overeat as they watch the pre to post coverage of the Super Bowl Game.  If your church congregation today does not provide an outlet to facilitate your Soup-er Bowl  donations, consider donating a few cans of food, or contributing the few dollars you might spend on one more Super Bowl snack to reach out and feed the truly hungry yourselves.  As you enjoy the feasting of Super Bowl 47, remember to fold in those so much less fortunate who could use a small meal, as you eat and drink voluminiously today.  Dare my loyal Northern California / Province of San Francisco person-priest, dare say, "GO NINERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!...............................................Fr. Troy