This post is part of my ongoing series on hospitality.
Since God has been teaching my husband and me a lot about hospitality lately, we decided to be really intentional in April in showing hospitality to others. Here’s a little summary of some of the opportunities God gave us last month.
- I met a friend and her child at a park for some fellowship and play
- I took a meal to a friend who recently had a baby (menu: stuffed shells, homemade rolls, salad, assorted fruit, monster cookies, and cinnamon roll muffins)
- We had our youth group over for a hangout while they were on spring break (coffee house drinks, brownies, and monster cookies)
- We had a family over for dinner and fellowship (menu: ham, cheesy rice bake, green beans, homemade rolls, and double-chocolate chip cookies)
- We had a couple over for dinner and fellowship (menu: baked tacos, guacamole, chips, salsa, fruit salsa, and fudge)
- We had another couple over for dinner and fellowship (menu: stuffed shells, homemade garlic bread, salad with homemade creamy Italian dressing, and brownies)
- We had my family stay with us for a weekend (lots of great food, including beef shish kabobs and lemon-oregano chicken)
- We had an impromptu visit from one of our youth, who stayed for about an hour (gave him a chocolate cupcake)
- I had some ladies from my Bible study over for a time of fellowship (chocolate cupcakes, peanut butter cookies, chips, and jelly beans)
It’s been pretty amazing to see how we’ve been able to exercise hospitality lately, thanks to God giving us the opportunities and multiplying our small “loaves and fishes”! We are grateful and we look forward to how God will continue to use hospitality to further our ministry!
How have you shown hospitality lately?
