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olunteer organizers of the Community Table of Loudoun program—a new creative culinary outreach—are gearing up for their second event Sept. 23. At three locations around the county, those in need of a good meal and those interested in good company will be welcomed to dine together for free. The event builds on the first community table dinner that was offered June 9 at Crossroads United Methodist Church in Ashburn. This month, dinner will be served at the Cascades Senior Center in Sterling, Leesburg United Methodist Church and Carver Senior Center in Purcellville. The initiative is the brainchild of Leesburg resident and former marketing and resource development professional Kurt Aschermann. “I come out of the old Catholic world … I had thought of reviving the soup kitchen that I knew had flourished, then lapsed,” he said, recalling his vision of patrons lining up to fill plastic trays in a cafeteria line. But the more he talked to faith leaders, the more he realized that what was needed was an opportunity for residents in need to sit down and be served by members of the community. “It was very important to have it be a restaurant experience—not a soup kitchen,” he said. At the suggestion of the Rev. Reginald Early of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, the organizers called the dinner concept “radical hospitality.” Aschermann laughed as he recalled his initial reaction: “I took it out, but he protested ‘Put it back in,’ so I did—and he was right.” Looking back at the first dinner in June, Aschermann is still amazed by what he called a rousing success with 116 guests, more than double the expectation. Just under 100 volunteers from different faith communities had worked to provide elegant and colorful table settings at the church. Everyone had a great time and Aschermann particularly recalled one guest who gave
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