Lent Lunches
As Lent begins many of us look for meaningful ways to mark the period and honour the traditions of fasting and almsgiving. Many people choose to give something up, but others choose to add something instead: a new habit, a kind act, or a charitable activity and a Lent Luch is a wonderful way to share simple food and hospitality in your community.
This year, we invite you to add something positive by hosting a Lent Lunch for Welcare.
All Lent Lunch donations will go towards our Families in Crisis Appeal. Our Families in Crisis Appeal helps families face the cost of living crisis with dignity and bring real hope when it’s needed most. Donations will allow our staff to provide the right kind of support to the children and families we work with, and help them access essential items that they need.
Lent Lunches are simple to organise and incredibly rewarding. They offer a chance to connect with friends, family or colleagues while raising funds to support families in your local community. The idea is straightforward: serve a simple lunch (usually just soup and bread, in the spirit of Lent), invite people to join you, and ask for a donation to Welcare. You can host at home, at church, or even at work.
6 step guide to providing a successful Lent Lunch:
1. Choose a date and venue. Lent runs from 18 February this year and lasts until 2 April so there are plenty of options. Keep it simple—your kitchen table is perfect. Some host at church, but most choose home.
2. Decide who to invite. Invite as many guests as you feel comfortable hosting.
3. Plan your menu. We recommend soup and bread, with coffee and fruit afterwards.
4. Reflection. A reflective moment is entirely up to you and your guests. You may offer a short reading, a quiet reflection, or simply enjoy conversation together.
If you’d like to include a reflection, you’re welcome to use the Welcare Prayer (see below).
Please also consider showing one of our supporter videos during your event. Or our Families in Crisis video.
Welcare Prayer
Please keep Welcare and the families we work with in your prayers during this reflective season. Why not open your event with the Welcare prayer?
‘Living God, you have made us in your own image and we live and grow best in companionship with others: bless the work of Welcare with parents, carers and children.
May Welcare staff, volunteers and supporters continue to provide places and spaces where trust is grown, understanding enabled, relationships developed, new confidence found and potential released. Amen’
