Saturday Morning Weekly Report

Welcome! Welcome! Welcome to members of St Philopater & St Demiana Coptic Orthodox Church of Lynwood, who joined us this morning to prepare burrito breakfast for our largest guest count since the pre-COVID days.  It is a gift to get to know you.  Please hurry back! It was a “numbers” kind of day.  Our Neighbors […]

On a sunny spring morning, our Neighbors were at least dry when they arrived.  All were eager for hot coffee or hot chocolate.   As always, they came hungry!  Thank you to Gloria Dei Lutheran for always-favorite-burritos plus a full breakfast of biscuits and gravy, sausage links, milk and fruit juice plus gift bagged dog and/or

Thanks for being our model, Aaron!  Peggy, her granddaughter, and her granddaughter’s friend baked and decorated 6 trays of beautiful St Patrick’s Day treats.  Our Neighbors sure enjoyed the gift.  Their comments were so fun! It was a subdued morning.  Our Neighbors were slow to arrive and didn’t have much to say even to each

We begin each Saturday with a warm beverage welcome……Let’s have coffee!  How often have you started a visit with just those words?  The photo is a “very shortly after 7 AM” view of the Neighbors in Need coffee bar.  It takes a crew of 4 and often 5 to keep a full pot on the

It was bound to happen… We could not have burritos this morning because there were no eggs on store shelves.  We wish good health for all of the animal world. Thank you to Pemco Insurance for your creativity and a delicious breakfast!  We enjoyed hash browns, sausage links, hard-boiled eggs (You buy what is available) plus milk

It was all about the numbers this morning.  Our pantry served at least 95 Neighbors!  It was so busy everywhere that it wasn’t appropriate to ask for updates.  I noticed two families receiving food boxes.   Apparently, our pet hospitality is becoming well-known in the canine community.  We had 7 dogs at various times throughout the

Our Neighbors were guests for brunch on Saturday morning and they certainly enjoyed it.  Thank you to the team from Holy Rosary Catholic Church.  Of course, they prepared the required burritos.  They added sausage links and VERY WELCOME macaroni and cheese.  Thanks so much for your creative menu and welcoming serving to our Neighbors.  It

Sometimes we just need the promise of sanctuary – not the promise of an easy day, but the promise of a meaningful and worthwhile day.   This is the peace that greeted us as we arrived to serve our Neighbors on an early, snowing morning. The team from Edmonds Universalist Unitarian Church was with us this

We call it Neighbors in Need Saturday Morning, but the reality is that Neighbors in Need is busy every day of the week. On Sundays, the Trinity congregation welcomes any Neighbors who come in to attend worship or maybe just for coffee and a courteous greeting.  It’s a welcome that stems from habitually practicing welcome,

It was a bit of an unusual day at Neighbors in Need this morning.  Volunteers agreed that nearly half of our Neighbor guests had never attended before.  Our pantry welcomed, of course, each newcomer and asked how they found us.  Most said that they heard about Neighbors in Need at the cold weather shelter.  We’re