Our first time at the Lord's Neighborhood Diner

Today volunteers from St. Antony's helped cook and serve the first meal at the Lord's Neighborhood Diner. The Lord's Diner is located in the basement of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Bremerton, and it's a natural partnership for us. Several of our volunteers today have worked at the Lord's Diner for many years.

Barbara Berglind prepares the buns

Today was the first day of the re-start of the diner. After thirteen years of operation from 1995 to 2008, the Diner had to be temporarily shut down to improve the standards of operation. The board worked hard to bring everything up to standards for a non-profit meals operation, and this is the first week of operation since 2008.

We had a good number of enthusiastic volunteers, and I'm proud of the way we pitched in and made the Diner work. The number of clients served was small, but it was a good test run for the Diner. We'll be back again in a couple of months.

Chef John Steller 

A chorus line of volunteers 

 Darlene Sawyer, one of the staff members

People enjoying a good meal 

Rolling up napkins with silverware before the meal