Our special Christmas Dinner and ODU Madrigal Concert and rousing success!

The 74 people attending our first-ever special Christmas Dinner were treated to a wonderful evening of food, drink (sparkling cider) and fellowship!  We hosted 10 ODU students, members of the ODU Madrigal Group and their leader at dinner.  The ODU Madrigal group then performed a wonderful and professional-level concert of english madrigal songs, including a selection of Christmas madrigals.  After the concert, about 50 people participated in singing Christmas Carols outside our main sanctuary doors.  The night was nippy, but our souls were warmed singing about the coming of our savior, Jesus Christ.

See pictures of our new kitchen, the dinner, and ODU Madrigal group below. 

Kitchen Management Plan under development.

We need your help.  You have another chance to volunteer.

Does your group plan on using the new LUMC Kitchen?  Have a member become a kitchen manager:  As we draw closer to opening day for our new kitchen, our Board of Trustees has been working on a Kitchen Management Plan.   The plan will ensure we meet Norfolk City (City) requirements (in City Code) for commercial kitchens.  Two key elements to meeting City requirements are having certified Food Managers and certified Food Service Employees.

Church groups routinely using the kitchen are encouraged to have a member certified as a Food Manager and several members certified as Food Service Employee.

How, you ask, do I become a certified Food Manager or Food Service Employee and what might being a certified as Food Manager or Food Handler involve? 

You become a certified Food Manager by:

Providing your name to Gary Chiaverotti, Nel Booker, or any member of our Board of Trustees no later than December 30th^th   (the candidate list will be approved by the Trustees),

Certified Food Managers anticipated duties include ensuring kitchen user groups are instructed on proper use of kitchen equipment, proper food handling, and cleanliness of the kitchen and equipment after the user group has completed their event.  A complete list of duties and check lists is being developed and will be included in the LUMC Kitchen Management Plan.

You become a certified Food Service Employee by taking a City-provide course lasting four hours.  They are given several times each week (3-4 hour course) during the day and evening.  Registration is the day of the course.  We will try to get a City instructor to provide a course at LUMC in the near future.  Sign-up and other information will be provided in the near future.  Cost is $10.00 per person.  The church will pay for up to 20 people.  Certification is good for two years.  Go to http://www.norfolk.gov/Pub_Health/FoodServices.asp for more information. 

Every person working in the kitchen working with food to be served should have a Food Service Employee certification.

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Larchmont United Methodist Church, located in the western portion of Norfolk, Virginia, welcomes you.  Come see how we make disciples for Jesus Christ!  So just where is our church, and how can we be reached?

Life at LUMC revolves around family, and we define family very broadly.  Our definition includes folks who have been members for decades as well as those who entered our doors only just yesterday.  In fact, some of our most active participants are Navy families who will only be with us for a few years during a Norfolk assignment.  Others are from the Old Dominion University community, either students or faculty and staff.

Family may mean a household of one or two, or may mean a multi-generational home.  At our core are approximately 200 households who actively support the church in a multitude of ways but many other families are involved in the life of LUMC.  Our overall membership is getting younger every year.

Alpha and Omega is the men's fellowship group of Larchmont UMC.  It is open to all Christian men.  We meet on the second Thursday of each month, September through May.  Our meeting consist of a short business segment, a devotional, dinner and a speaker-both spiritual and secular.  We volunteer for outreach work in our church and community.

NEXT ALPHA & OMEGA MEN’S GROUP DINNER 

Our next meeting will be on Thursday, January 12th.  Our after-dinner guest speaker is Dave Lannetti who will discuss the Larchmont UMC-sponsored Scouting program, one of the oldest continually-active programs in the Virginia.  Dinner starts at 6:00 PM and our program ends at 7:30 PM.  Come join us and bring a friend!  Tickets for dinner and the program remain at $5 per person.  Tickets will be on sale through Monday, January 9th.  Advanced purchase is required. Contact Gary Chiaverotti ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) for more information and for tickets.  

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