Directions for Sunday Coffee Hours

You will need to purchase coffee cream [half & half]. Usually one quart is enough. You will also need to supply the refreshments, plan on serving at least 60 people, since the coffee hours have become very well attended. You may bring whatever you like, such as coffee cake, Dunk´in doughnut holes, or breads, etc.  Also, plan on sugar-free items for diabetic people.  Also, there is a growing number of people desiring these for their low caloric benefit.

Use the large coffee pot, and make 60 cups.  It takes about one hour for the coffee to perk, so you should have it ready to go by 9:45am.  The ratio for making the coffee is about 1 ½ cups of decaffeinated coffee for every 30 cups of water.  The coffee, paper cups, sugar, and any serving dishes as well as the table cloth are all in the kitchen.  The cups for the Sunday coffee are kept in one of the long drawers facing the pass- through in the kitchen, and the coffee is kept in the refrigerator.  Sugar, Sweet and Low, and the cream pitchers are in the upper cabinet to the left of the sink.

The coffee urns are in one of the lower cabinets to the right of the sink.  It is easier if you have three filled with coffee, and start to pour it just before the service is over.  It helps the line go a little quicker.  It is also more convenient for you if you plan on sitting near the back of the church and leave when the last hymn starts, to beat the rush!!  If you unplug the pot when you start to serve the coffee it will cool the pot off a bit before you have to wash it out.

Set up 5 card tables with chairs.  This makes it easier for many of our members than having to stand and juggle their coffee and refreshments.