Several times each year men from our church are part of an ecumenical Kairos Inside retreat team. "Inside" refers to the fact that the retreat takes part in a prison (in this case, one that houses maximum and high-medium security males). Each time the men go, they put out an appeal for cookies to take with them...because each team member is asked to provide 40 dozen homemade cookies to provide a "bottomless bowl" for the weekend.
Hubby Tony has several friends on the current team. He wanted to support their efforts, so he asked me if I would like to bake with him. Instead of going somewhere last night after our traditional restaurant dinner, we went to the grocery store for ingredients, then came home and made a batch of chocolate chip cookies.
Tony is a beginning baker, but he did the vast majority of the work. I provided expertise and advice and manned the mixer. When the batter was ready Tony scooped it onto the trays he'd prepared, put the trays in the oven, and moved the baked cookies to cooling trays. I did the clean up. After the cookies were cooled Tony packaged them according to the requirements, one dozen to each quart-sized Ziploc bag, then put them into the freezer until the Thursday delivery date.
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ReplyDeleteGood stuff. We have a Kairos ministry in our church. Because we have large women's prisons in the San Joaquin Valley, it's women who go in to do the ministry. I've never heard a request for cookies. We do collect small toiletries and stationary all year for once a year packages.
ReplyDeleteMaybe food has more of an impact for men?
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