The cinnamon and caramel pecan
breakfast rolls go back to the early years of the event, when
sisters Glenda Appel Allison and Gail Appel Clark volunteered, with
their mother's recipe in hand, to make all of the rolls to be served
at the 7 a.m. opening. That year, 300 rolls lined the kitchen
counters through the night to rise so they could be placed into the
ovens for baking very early in the morning.
Spin forward in time some two dozen
years to the 30th Harvest of Talents for World Hunger, and that same
wonderful fragrance will greet those arriving for breakfast and
shopping for hundreds of handmade items on Harvest Day.
Marcia Bidwell (with hand on mixer), Elizabeth Brackney
and Alexander Bergin |
Steve Elkins, for many years the
man in charge of Harvest roll-making, is retiring from that
responsibility, and Melanie and Joe Schaler, together with a crew of
roll-making volunteers, some seasoned and others brand-new, are busy
producing this year's bounty of breakfast rolls at the Harvest of
Talents.
Each of the Wednesday nights in
September, a group of roll-makers -- some junior high school age,
others well into retirement and those in between -- have donned
aprons and were found measuring flour, sugar, eggs, butter and other
baking ingredients, including lots of cinnamon, to make this year's
breakfast fare. Rolls have been lovingly rolled and cut and arranged
into baking pans to be frozen in preparation for the Harvest of
Talents morning and the final baking and finishing process.
Between 1,700 and 2,000 caramel
pecan and cinnamon rolls will greet the early morning diners and
shoppers.
But even before that, rolls will be
served to workers assembled at 6 a.m. to make final preparations for
Harvest Day. Together the workers will share a devotion offered by
Rick Jett, chairman of International Disaster Emergency Service, the
organization receiving each year's Harvest proceeds. Those standing
in line outside awaiting admittance will share in this devotion via
the church's public address system.
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All of this accomplished, the doors of
the Fellowship Center will swing open at 7 to greet early morning
guests.
The public is encouraged to attend
the 30th annual Harvest of Talents for World Hunger. Hundreds of
handmade items, many one of a kind, will be offered for sale.
Luncheon will include homemade vegetable soup, sandwiches and pies.
In Harvest Fare, the area outside the Fellowship Center, a variety
of snacks will be available, including deep-fried potatoes, hot dogs
and walking tacos. Lincolnberry Café will offer its traditional
scones, brisket sandwiches, flavored coffees, hot spiced cider and
hot chocolate, as well as a variety of snack mixes. Entertainment
will be provided at midmorning by Lincoln vocalist Lesleigh Bennett
and the True Blue quartet from Elkhart.
A 2 p.m. auction will be the
highlight of the day's events.
Proceeds of the 30th annual event
will be presented to Jett, of the International Disaster Emergency
Service, during a service of celebration at 10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 27,
in the Hargrove Chapel at Lincoln Christian University.
For more information, contact the
office of Lincoln Christian Church, 204 N. McLean, phone
217-732-7618. |