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Feeding tummies and souls

Westminster welcomes participants to relax, refresh at Calvin Café
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Westminster Presbyterian

Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis, MN. ?Photo by Elkman on  Flickr

> Posted at
> July 4, 2010 12:49 a.m.

> by Emily Enders Odom

> Communications Associate

?Westminster wants to be a church home for those attending the Assembly,? said 
Melanie McCall, the congregation?s coordinator for fellowship, events and 
communications, ?and one thing that you can get at home is good food. ?

Because a small portion of the $10 breakfast cost will benefit the Groveland 
Emergency Food Shelf ? an assistance program serving people in south 
Minneapolis near downtown ? McCall hopes that people will come ?to feed both 
their tummies and their souls while helping to fill someone else?s tummy.?

McCall, who has oversight of the more than 100 events and programs offered by the 
church throughout the assembly, has recruited more than 365 volunteers to ?make it 
all happen.? She said that the concept for the Calvin Café was inspired by 
Westminster?s downtown neighbor, Central Lutheran Church, which had a similar 
arrangement during the 2009 Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church 
in America held at the convention center last August.

?It just felt like the right program for us to express our overarching desire 
to offer hospitality and to be welcoming to everyone at General Assembly,? said 
 McCall.

A full, hot breakfast will be available from 7 to 8:30 a.m. Monday through 
Friday, for $10, payable at the door. Box lunches, with meat and vegetarian 
options, may be picked up from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church by those who 
pre-ordered tickets, or purchased at the door for
$10 on a first come, first serve basis.

Meals may be enjoyed either in Westminster?s Great Hall or in the church?s 
courtyard. Lunch guests are also encouraged to stay for Westminster?s ?12:30 
Breakaway!? ? free, daily half-hour concerts open to the community. For a 
complete program listing, visit the church?s website.