What is your "Empty Bowl"?

When I started this blog I set some ground rules for myself; that this is a site for our church and about our church. It was not intended to be a place for me to write about me, my family or the things we do in the church. That would get old quick! Please allow me to take a few liberties with these ground rules. I think it is worth it.

This is story about my sister Janet Rodriquez. Janet and her family (my brother-in-law and two nieces) live in Fort Worth where they are parishioners of St. Rita's Catholic Church. Janet is an extremely talented potter who owns a pottery business in East Fort Worth. For the past 5 years she has been involved the Empty Bowls Project. The basic idea for Empty Bowls is simple. Participants create ceramic bowls and local restaurants provide soup. Guests choose a bowl to use that day and to keep as a reminder that there are always Empty Bowls in the world. In exchange for soup and the bowl, the guest gives a donation. The proceeds from the event go to the Tarrant Area Food Bank. Janet and her pottery students created and donated over 500 bowls to the Empty Bowls project in 2008. The event raised $117,000 for TAFB which equals more than 585,000 meals.

Events like this usually start as one person with a thought and the commitment to follow that thought where ever it takes them. This is what we are called to do as a church and we are called to do as individuals. What will be the "Empty Bowl" story at Good News UMC? More importantly what will be YOUR "Empty Bowl" story?

Thank you, Janet for being a role model for your brother down in Leander.