May Senior Luncheon at Peoples

May Senior Luncheon at PUMC

The Tables are set

Dan sets up Amp and Mike

Early arrivals from Spurwink

91 Folks from the surrounding Senior Community and from Peoples UMC got together on the 9^th for the next to last month of Luncheons before a break for summer. Workers began arriving to set up and to cook the meal around 9:30 AM. Several men and women helped set up the tables and chairs, placed table clothes on each and then decorated with a May pole theme on each table, thanks to Pam. Dan helped set up the amplifier and mike for speakers and the soon to be with us singing group. In the kitchen, Brad was warming up the food while assisted by Rosemary, Keith and Len.

Brad at work

The welcoming crew

Kitchen crew

By 10:30 AM some of the folks who would be our guests began arriving with a large contingent from the Spurwink home. Many have been coming for a number of years and always appear to enjoy themselves. Others who have been regulars brought others with them and some were with us for the first time. Likewise some of the helpers and servers were there for the first time.

Dick and Jeanne Miller

Ready to serve

Happy to be here

Well attended

Spurwink

Marlene the hostess

Port City Sound

At 11:30 AM, Marlene announced the singing group which on this day were a part of the Downeasters, a men’s a Capella chorus. This particular group is called the “Port City Sound”. The four men in this particular group are among those groups that have won several singing competitions. Marlene knew two of the 4, one as a result of working in a school with his wife and the other was a classmate of hers years ago. Each of those that have served as the entertainment on a given day have been greeted with audience enthusiasm and that was no less for this particular group. They sang many songs that would have been popular over a long range of time and we would look forward to their return at a later date. We are grateful for their gifts to us.

Port City Sound in color

Servers are ready for serving

Shortly after noon the kitchen was ready to serve as were the servers. Dick S gave the blessing in lieu of the pastor not being with us on this day.

More of the crowd

Brad had prepared a delicious meal that included lemon-chicken, rice pilaf, and green beans with molasses cookies for dessert. Delicious meal was had by one and all.

Thanks go out to a number of Peoples people for helping on the cleanup after the meal.

Next month the luncheon is scheduled to be held on June 13 in Ellis Hall. The doors are open by 10:30 AM and coffee is on. The program will be a member of the staff at Broadway gardens in South Portland talking on plants and their care. The meal will be Bacon, Tomato and Chedde Macaroni.  Dessert on that occasion will be carrot cake

As a curiosity piece the results of another project, “the End the Growling” food packing program could be seen to the right of the stage area. Over 15,000 packets were waiting to be distributed to local food panties or shelters.