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Free Safe Serve Class – Sept. 28
We have arranged with the City of Philadelphia Health Dept. to offer the Safe Serve class and certification at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church at 7th and Brown on September 28. This is a free two hour...
View ArticleAutumn Harvest Ragout by April Smith
Ingredients: 3 lbs. lentils 1 lb. carrots – 1cm cubes 2 huge (or 3 reasonable size) sweet potatoes – 1cm cubes 1 bunch celery sliced 6 onions diced 8 to 10 cloves garlic pressed 12 small beets – 1cm...
View ArticleA Long Fruitful Day
Yesterday I went to Philadelphia in the late morning. I picked up Gregory Henderson and Anthony McNeil and we proceeded to St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Northern Liberties (a neighborhood in...
View ArticleChicken Khinkhali with Ginger Pumpkin Sauce
This is one of the dishes I made for tonight, in addition to the hearty turkey vegetable soup. April made what I named Mama April’s Broccoli Supreme! for the vegetarian entree’. We were given a whole...
View ArticleMiss April’s Sorghum Hash
We strive for excellence in what we serve in the park. At some point, one of the men we serve asked for a vegetarian alternative, even if we just brought a small dish just for him. I thought that if...
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Upcoming Events
Saint Nicholas icon by the hand of Cheryl Ann Pituch It has been our practice to celebrate St. Nicholas Day by giving each of our patrons 3 one dollar coins on the first Thursday night of December....
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Not Your Mother’s Vegetable Soup!
Yucca Root When I go into Produce Junction, I go just a little bit crazy. OK, to be fair, those who know me are saying, “Short trip.” Tonight’s soup is a vegetable soup that is not your traditional...
View ArticleTeen SOYO Eastern Region Delegates Meeting
Last weekend, one of the service projects at the Teen SOYO Eastern Region Delegates Meeting hosted at St. Philip Antiochian Orthodox Church, Souderton, was to make power packs for The King’s Jubilee....
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Hillsdale Elementary “Win”s
Yesterday Gregory Swift chauffeured me down to Westchester to Hillsdale Elementary School to deliver some fabric and old blankets to a group of 29 third graders known as the “Win” group. It was an hour...
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“We have fun!”
Most of the time when people tell me that what we do is special, or that I am a special person for what I do, my response is, “We have fun!” And I am being serious when I say this. Jesus told us, “It...
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Tindley Temple UMC Soup Kitchen Christmas Party
I am going to be helping out at Tindley Temple United Methodist Church‘s soup kitchen’s annual Christmas party again this year. Thanks to donations from several of you, Lydia & I and her two...
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Cookies and Hot Chocolate
Please remember to bake a plate of cookies for the homeless while you are making your Christmas preparations. We will be serving homemade Christmas cookies and hot chocolate with the meal on the day...
View ArticleWhat’s this strange feeling?
It is our 25th year as a ministry, and this is the first year I did not put out a Christmas newsletter for The King’s Jubilee. On Dec. 20, I actually started a draft of a blog entry entitled: The...
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To honor Fr. Christos
Father Christos Christofidis is being transferred from Holy Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Elkins Park, PA to Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Wilmington, DE, the end of this month. For the...
View ArticleOne Day Delay
Due to today’s snowicepalooza we are postponing this week’s trip to the city to serve until tomorrow night. Today it is just impossible to move, with blowing snow, then freezing rain laying down some...
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TKJ’s 25th Anniversary
February marks the 25th anniversary of The King’s Jubilee. I dug out a bunch of the old newsletters and other literature today. The hand traced logo is from a newsletter I did in marker in 1996 after...
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Brassy Pilaf
For our vegetarian side dish last night, April made what she called “Brassy Pilaf”. I asked her what made it brassy. She told me that broccoli and cauliflower are both brassicas. I looked it up, and to...
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True Story
I am told that I am too negative about the church and that I am too critical. Well, there is history. I have been bullied by so many pastors and priests, lied to and deceived by spiritual mentors from...
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Trooper needs a new clutch.
On Thursday night, Esther McGraw almost arrived at 18th & Vine with the spaghetti and sandwiches, but not quite. I got a call from her mom that she was just below us (literally) on 676 and 4 blocks...
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Vegetable Delight Soup
Yu Choy When I started to make tonight’s soup my back was hurting like crazy, so I was not sure how it was going to go. It hurt just to cut the yucca root. About then, Kevin showed up to help. He took...
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