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United Methodist Church volunteers will serve their annual soup supper in uniquely painted, handmade pottery bowls on Nov. 4.
“Bowls for a Cause” is an effort of the local arts community and creative members of the church to support the local emergency food shelf and the arts, according to Cindy Reverts of the Rock County Fine Arts Association.
She said the project started this summer when artists at the Rock County Fair made bowls on a pottery wheel as an art demonstration.
Those bowls, in addition to hundreds of others, showed up in the Methodist Church basement Wednesday, Oct. 5, during the midweek meal and worship classes.
Church students and community members splashed color on the raw pottery bowls to give them each their own personality.
“We're getting some good feedback from the community on it so far,” Reverts said. “We have over 100 bowls for the supper.”
Rock County Fine Arts volunteers are now working on getting them fired and glazed in time for the Nov. 4 event.
“Handmade pottery bowls will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis to be taken home with their new owners,” Reverts said.
A freewill offering for the supper will be collected and all of the proceeds remain in Rock County.
Bowls for a Cause supper will be from 5 to 7 p.m. in the church basement. Rock County Fine Arts volunteers will also be on hand to serve.
“Come down to get a unique bowl, fill it with soup and enjoy a meal on us,” Reverts said.