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We get asked to cook for various events throughout the year. Certain events you have to clear your schedule and attend. This grand opening event was one of them. The Samaritan Center is a wonderful organization in Mandeville Louisiana that cares for those who are in need. Here is a link to their website. https://www.samcen.org/Continue reading “The Samaritan Center”

LERT? Lutheran Early Response Team. If you want to learn more, please visit their website at https://www.lcms-lert.org/ This past weekend I had the opportunity to attend a training event in Slidell. It was a great two day event. I am sure if you wanted to, this event could have taken three full days or more.Continue reading “LERT Training Event”

Saturday April 23rd our resident chef and our boiling equipment headed out to Fritchie Park in Slidell to help cook crawfish at the annual Hospice House cookoff. Chef Lou brought the “big unit” to throw down and impressed the crowed with the amount of crawfish he could boil at one time. But boiling that amountContinue reading “Hospice House Crawfish Cookoff”

The latest addition to our equipment has recently been completed. We wanted to have a trailer that could be pulled by a 1500 series truck, yet also hold enough weight for our needs. Our goal was made with this purchase. As you can see from the pictures, this trailer can carry enough equipment to beContinue reading “Support trailer finished”

Today we had the privilege of serving a community that recently received damage from a tornado last week. We worked with a group of managers from local Walmart stores that wanted to give back to this hurting community. We fixed 3 different types of food today. One was a chicken and sausage jambalaya. One wasContinue reading “Cooking in St. Bernard Parish”

Monday evening we had a chance to serve the delegates to the 76th Convention of the Southern District Lutheran Church. It was a great chance for us to connect with a number of churches that are located in the Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida panhandle. We are truly looking forward to see how we canContinue reading “Southern District Convention”

Sunday night we had the pleasure of supporting the Youth Service Bureau at their annual event called the Chef Soiree. This gives us a chance to give back in a different way and showcase the culinary talents of one of our volunteers Chef Lou! Shrimp and grits was our hit again for the second year.Continue reading “Chef Soiree”

Sunday we had the opportunity to work with Open Arms Ministries in Slidell. I was able to have to Rev. Charles Truax fill in for me at The Village Church Lutheran in Lacombe, which allowed me to take on this project on a Sunday. For us, this was a model event of what we wouldContinue reading “Community Outreach Event”

We use a lot of smoked sausage when we cook. Depending on the event and the number of people we want to serve we can use anywhere from 100lbs to 200lbs of smoked sausage at one serving. This week we received a generous donation of cut sausage from our friends at Trinity Lutheran in SulphurContinue reading “A day of receiving gifts”

I am so happy to announce that Forged by Fire has been officially granted a Recognized Service Organization status by the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod! The following is from the LCMS website and describes the basic understanding of our relationship. https://www.lcms.org/how-we-serve/mercy/recognized-service-organizations Recognized Service Organizations (RSOs) are 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organizations that are independent of The LutheranContinue reading “FBF Granted RSO Status with LCMS”