March Senior Luncheon

Full house for March

Ready for the show

Pastor Tom and Rosemary

Pastor Tom On the 12^th of March, Peoples held its monthly Senior Luncheon for the first time since December. In spite of the fact that the Coronavirus was spreading from the west to the east 48 guests and 22 members of the church came together to experience once again a great meal and wonderful entertainment. Chef Brad had prepared a traditional Irish meal of Corned beef and cabbage with onions and potatoes, and Irish soda bread. Rosemary had made cookies in the shape of shamrocks with green sprinkles. Many comments were made by the guests and happy that we were able to have this get-together for the community. Because of the virus hitting locally it is difficult at this time to indicate whether we will be able to meet next month. Stay tuned on that count.

Portland Ballet Artistic Director Nell

Nell shows one of Midsummer Night's Fairy Costumes

Mistress of Ceremonies Marlene

As the morning unfolded a number of male and female members of the parish set up the tables and chairs and under the guidance of Pam D the tables were decked out with decorations that were fitting for the Irish holiday. Thanks, are extended for all who helped in the hall as well as the kitchen with Brad.

5 Ballet Dancers

Nell shows another intricate fairy costume

At 11:30 AM many of the guests were already here and waiting for the entertainment. Coming back for a second time were a troop of dancers from the Portland School of Ballet under the artistic direction of Nell S. Grace, Cliana, Toni, Heather, and Milena presented a show of steps and an introduction to the school’s next production of “Midsummer Night’s Dream”. Nell also talked about the artistry and the costume designs for the production. All in attendance were enthralled by what they saw and heard. Nell said they would like to come back in the future.

UMC members ready to serve

At noon the kitchen crew began dishing out the meals which in turn were taken two at a time by the servers guided by Dan to the various tables filling each table at a time. Servers would in time collect the finished dishes and replaced them with plates of cookies.

We are also thankful for the cleanup crew that had all of us on our way home by 2:00PM.