Since re-starting LunchBreak it’s all been a bit different. Not so many join us now. Some have passed away, others may have become housebound and maybe others have simply changed their routine. Yet we have re-started, and that’s taken lots of thought and effort by a very committed group of volunteers.
A few weeks ago it became noticeable that on some Tuesdays the numbers are picking up and the noise level in the church hall is increasing, all giving us the sense that the ‘buzz’ is slowly returning! Of course, nothing stays the same forever and we’ll have to monitor LunchBreak pretty regularly in the future to gauge the way it runs, as indeed we do all church organisations.
It was, therefore, a very heart warming moment the other week when a LunchBreak attendee from the community came over to our table, sat down with no other intention than simply to express his thanks to all the volunteers who make LunchBreak happen. He said it with such quiet and genuine sincerity that it became a truly moving moment.
We thank God for such encouragements which help us ‘press on’.
In The Book of Joy, which chronicled a weeklong visit by Desmond Tutu to the Dalai Lama, Bishop Tutu said: We are wired to be compassionate and we shrivel when we are not able to interact.
Well, we thank God for all the interaction and compassion found at LunchBreak week by week.
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