We first started Silence and Soup in 2022, as an experiment. We wondered if people in the community would welcome the idea of sitting in the church sanctuary in silence for 20 minutes. No facilitation, no sign-in sheet, nothing but a lighted candle and a chime to begin and again to end. We wondered if, after silence, people would welcome the idea of sharing homemade soup and bread at small tables, in fellowship with others.

We are no longer wondering. We have completed two seasons of Silence and Soup, on Tuesdays from 5:30 – 6:30, mostly in the chilly months. In April 2024 we published a cookbook of ten soup recipes and associated bread recipes from Carol Fairbank of Broadfork Farm. If you would like a digital copy of this recipe book, you can get it by clicking on this link here.