The vision for this year is to make this the most personal Feast ever! The Feast has always been about deeper before wider. However, in the past several years, we have continued to grow ever wider, and wider, and wider. So this year we asked the important question, "How do we go deeper again?"
The answer was to make this Feast deeply personal by reducing the amount of families we serve and investing more into those families. So, in addition to our always epic Thanksgiving bags, we will be providing even more groceries to help these families get through the Holidays. So get ready to make this deeply personal love of our Father, personal for these families this year.
The answer was to make this Feast deeply personal by reducing the amount of families we serve and investing more into those families. So, in addition to our always epic Thanksgiving bags, we will be providing even more groceries to help these families get through the Holidays. So get ready to make this deeply personal love of our Father, personal for these families this year.
invite your guests
With this new vision in mind, your invites will also be different this year. Instead of inviting families to fill bags after the dinner, you will be inviting families to bring gift cards to the dinner. Families or individuals can bring gift cards from $5 to $500 - the amount does not matter. But know that every gift card dollar given will go towards providing food for families this year! You will also want to invite everyone to bring a side or dessert to share in The Feast!
Choose the invite system that best fits your guests!
Choose the invite system that best fits your guests!
Handwritten Invites
Send a handwritten invite to your guests. Check out these options from Amazon.
Email Invites
Email can be a great way to get your invites out. Our personal favorite is Paperless Post.
Text Invites
Text may be the most convenient way to communicate. Check out this invite app from Hobnob.
setup the environment
Use the Host Box you were gifted as sweet inspiration to create an indelible impression on everyone coming over for the Feastivities.
The Sights
Candles bring a warm glow while place settings create a welcome environment for everyone coming.
The Smells
Decide on the "extras" you want to make your Feast truly your Feast. Check out these great Food + Drink Recipes to spice things up.
The Sounds
Nothing completes an environment like the right tunes playing in the background. Setup your own playlist or use our very own Feast Spotify Playlist.
around the table
The food
The Extras
The Kiddos
- With everyone bringing sides, desserts, and drinks to share it is really good to have stations setup that helps everyone know where to put their stuff when they arrive
- If you use Hobnob to invite your guests, it has a food signup option you can use as well.
- Icebreakers can be great. Use the Hero, History, Heartbreak, and Hope Game or perhaps the tried and true Superpower or Deserted Island questions that help breakdown barriers for people.
- Think about who you want to ask to pray over your meal if it is not going to be you.
- If you have a Feast with a lot of kiddos, you can provide creative ways for them to be a part of the evening and help cast the vision for caring for families in need.
- Check out these printable Thanksgiving Coloring Sheets for kids
cast the vision
The vision of the Feast is for us to lavishly love on families around us by providing them with a feast of their own for Thanksgiving Day. When we invest the way we do into these meals and the gift card for groceries, it is no longer charity. It is a gift. This year the vision will be clearer than ever as you will have the names of the two families you are Feasting for that night.
A Red door Feast
A Friends Feast
- Use "We" language that means Red Door.
- "Our Red Door family has provided us with a meal and we are coming together to lavishly love on our neighbors."
- You are casting vision on behalf of Red Door as a whole church.
- Use "I" language that means you or your family.
- "I have invited you to my home this evening to share a meal with you and I want to invite you to help turn this meal into even more meals for hurting and hungry people here in our city so they have an amazing Thanksgiving."
- You are casting vision on behalf of your family for other families.
the feast bags
These are going to be done differently this year. You are going to be filling two Feast bags with the gift cards collected from your dinner. The remaining balance of those gift cards will be collected together and redistributed into the bags as evenly as possible. We estimate the cost of each bag at around $45 this year.
Just like in the years before, all of your bags will be returned to Basecamp on the Sunday following your Feast. However, your bags will remain your bags. We would like to invite you to come meet the families you will be Feasting for at the delivery night. And remember... The bags say it all: "You Are Loved". We will look forward to another year of loving on people in a joyful and lavish way.
Just like in the years before, all of your bags will be returned to Basecamp on the Sunday following your Feast. However, your bags will remain your bags. We would like to invite you to come meet the families you will be Feasting for at the delivery night. And remember... The bags say it all: "You Are Loved". We will look forward to another year of loving on people in a joyful and lavish way.
you need to...
we are providing...
- Start inviting your guests!
- Use our WhatsApp group to ask all your Q's!
- Fresh Smoked Turkey
- Incredible Smashed Potatoes
- Smooth City BBQ Gravy
- Feast Bags + Family Names
