Community lunches
Many of St Michael's congregation help provide lunches on a Saturday at the Chiswick Day Care Centre (below right). These lunches are held every other week, organised by the various churches in Chiswick, and St Michael’s is called upon two or three times a year.
Jane Trigle (right, with husband Alan) writes: For £1 we provide hot tea and coffee, a main meal with vegetables, and pudding. Those who come to lunch are often lonely, on small fixed incomes or have other needs. Many come regularly, so there is a great sense of companionship.
We have a growing team of volunteers who
help out in various ways – but we are always
looking for more people to:
cook a main course or a pudding and deliver it to the Day Centre on the day (right) - peel and prepare 15kgs of potatoes for each lunch
On the day we need help:
- reheating the main courses, mashing the spuds, cooking the vegetables and making custard for the puddings
- preparing the rooms and laying the tables (right)
- serving teas and coffees
- serving the meals
- waitressing duty
- washing up
- help to clear up afterwards and put everything back as we found it
Volunteers arrive around 11am and are out by 2.30pm.
Jane says: "No two Saturdays are ever the same and we all gain a tremendous amount from our time spent at the Centre. It is very important for St Michael’s to be 
involved with this outreach work in our community, and providing hot meals is a very satisfying way of sharing Christian fellowship - feeding the hungry being one of the seven acts of mercy.
If you would like to help in any way with these lunches, please get in contact with me. I can be found most Sundays in church or the Parish Office have my contact details. "