I know full well that “Community Dinner” probably just sounds like a hippie Portland name for the ordinary potluck. Its kinda true, actually. It also misses the boat entirely. The potluck as I knew it was fine enough, but the same people that already do everything at church ended up doing all the setup, teardown, cleanup and planning.
The burden was spread thin compared to all other church events but it was still a headache for the overworked minority. So in an attempt to redeem what some of us knew as the church potluck we came up with the community dinner.
