We can’t fix everything for families, but we can fix dinner.
Taking a meal is a simple and tangible way to support families. For any family experiencing transition: recently celebrating a birth or grieving a death, new to a school or new a neighborhood, a provided meal is a valuable sign of support.
Sacred Place is co-hosting a conversation with Project 1.27 over a home cooked meal on Thursday, February 29, about how taking meals is a simple and tangible way to love our neighbors.
Project 1.27’s Neighbor Program connects participating kinship and foster families with a volunteer “neighbor” willing to deliver meals to a family for 6 months. This tangible act of solidarity shows families who are often overwhelmed or isolated, "You are not alone."
The conversation for the evening will feature Hope Forti, founder of the Neighbor Program, Alexandra Kuykendall, Director of 1.27 National Network, and Shelly Radic, Executive Director of Project 1.27.
The evening will also feature Shari Meserve who will provide you with recipes and tips for multiple easy to prepare meals to take to others (and to enjoy in your own home).
Dinner and drinks are provided.
Spend the extra evening this year (remember Leap Day is Thursday, Feb 29) in an inspiring conversation about how to make and take a meal.
We believe transformational learning occurs most often in the context of relationships. We provide a discount to encourage you to attend this event with someone.
Use the discount code: PLUS1 for discounted registration ($20 person).
Information
THURSDAY, FEB 29 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Cost $25 per person
Discount code:
PLUS1 for 2 or more ($20 person)Questions?
Please email hello@thesacredgrace.com
Location
Food & Drink
Dinner & drinks provided
Please note any food restrictions in registration
Speakers
Hope Forti
Hope Forti is the founder of The Neighbor Program, which started the from her kitchen table in 2017.
As a foster mom wanting to help both foster and bio families stick together, she knew a nourishing meal and no-matter-what friendship makes the hardest days survivable. Her work has matched over 350 families with a volunteer “neighbor”.
Hope is an avid child welfare advocate and champions at the state level for more humane foster care practices.
Alexandra Kuykendall
Alex serves as the Director of National Network and New Development for Project 1.27, a ministry connecting and supporting families and churches as they engage with their local foster care systems.She is also the author of several books including Loving My Actual Neighbor: 7 Practices to Treasure the People Right in Front of You.
Alex is the Co-Founder of The Open Door Sisterhood, a community of women working to be world changers for good right where they are and runs an annual retreat under the same name and co-hosts the Our Time to Rise Podcast. She lives in the shadows of downtown Denver with her husband Derek and their four daughters. You can connect with her at AlexandraKuykendall.com.
Shari Meserve
Shari Meserve has cooked professionally for almost 20 years - as a caterer, a personal chef and then started her own slow-cooking business, which she did for the last 9.
Shari loves offering relief for stressed lives, engaging people with new tastes, and bringing beauty to the table.
Schedule
6:30pm | Drinks & Dinner
6:45pm | Introductions
7:00pm | Conversation: The Value of Taking a Meal
8:00pm | Q&A
8:20pm | Invitation
8:30pm | Closing