This November, NCIPL will hold its second annual Sacred Potluck Challenge. This is an opportunity for congregations to explore the connections between food choices and greenhouse gases while sharing food and fellowship with one another. In addition to building community and caring for creation in a fun way, this is also an opportunity for congregations to win cash prizes. There will be three categories, and the winner of each category will be awarded $100. Entry requirements and categories are listed below. Entries are due November 1, 2013.
To enter the contest, the potluck must have:
- All dishes consist of at least 3 local ingredients (as in from within 150 miles of the host site)
- At least 10 people and 10 dishes present
- One or more NC Congregation host
- No factory farmed chicken/turkey/beef/pork included In the menu
Prizes
Three cash prizes of $100 will be awarded for the:
- Most creative local, vegetarian dish
- Most diverse local-foods menu
- Lowest roundtrip miles/participant
traveled in a car to the potluck
To Enter
Please send us an email (connected@ncipl.org) with:
- Your name and contact information
- The name of the hosting congregation(s)
- The location and date of your potluck and a list of all dishes served
- A photo of the food and participants, holding a home-made sign saying
“We participated in an NCIPL Sacred Potluck!” - One to three of the following:
- The recipe for and picture of the most creative vegetarian dish
- A list of the local foods included in the spread
- The name of all participants, with the miles they traveled in a car to arrive (distance traveled on public transit or via foot or bicycle should be excluded from this sum). Carpoolers may divide their car miles by the number of people who rode in the car.
