potluck

Turkey Day Dubai-style

November 28, 2010
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Thursday was a work day here in Dubai, so we decided to celebrate Thanksgiving on Saturday. There was a lot of work to be done! The prep work was “uniquely Dubai”– while the turkeys were in the oven someone had to hose all the sand off the furniture and driveway. The kids kept a wary [...]

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Pizza, pizza and more pizza

August 2, 2010
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Someone made a joke recently that the way Redeemer got started was with a prayer and a potluck. We do our best to keep the tradition going.

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Water party!

May 30, 2010
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This isn’t a karaoke pool party. It’s a baptism! On Friday night we heard from ten brothers and sisters in the Lord who shared powerful accounts of the grace of God in saving them. Then they were all baptized in the name of the Triune God as a public testimony to their faith in Christ. [...]

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For our friends in New Hampshire

May 2, 2010
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A box or two (or three or four) of donuts show up at every potluck-type meal we have without fail. Someone explained that people bring donuts to our house because we are Americans, and everyone knows that Americans eat donuts every day. That’s only partially true. Yes, we are Americans, and yes we eat donuts [...]

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Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today

April 29, 2010
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Just kidding, we’re not hosting a wedding on our driveway. But the last church-wide potluck of the season is being hosted at the Redeemer Villa tomorrow night. We all spent the better part of the day getting ready. Katie and Sally made enough potato salad to feed 100 people, Dr Washam got the outdoor furniture [...]

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International church potluck

March 27, 2010
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Baba ghanoush, stuffed grape leaves, beef quesadillas… Sliced beets and pineapple. The Aussies insist this is the only way to eat a burger. We figure we’ll tolerate this outlandish behaviour so long as they keep importing Cherry Ripes. Bombay Chowpatty! A style of Indian food named for a street in India where all the food [...]

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Launch party!

February 13, 2010
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I won’t lie. In my Top 10 Reasons to Plant an International Church is the potluck meals. The launch party was a blast! None of the folks (over 2 years old) who live here went to bed before midnight. And when we all woke up in the morning there were leftover burgers and cake for [...]

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