Entertaining Angels: Red Letter Words, The Hip Hostess, The Reluctant Entertainer GIVEAWAY!
I’m SO excited for this giveaway today! It’s amazing, and it’s all about hospitality, and my friends Dee and Debbie are joining me.
We live in a culture where most of us don’t have strangers coming to our door asking for food. During the Depression, however, my grandparents did have this happen. I remember my Grandma sharing stories with me of how she’d feed them, give them coffee, share God with them, and send them on their way. I will never forget how later in life when I’d read this verse (Heb. 13:2), I’d think of Grandma, but it would also get me thinking not only about my life, but our culture today.
Years ago when I started blogging about entertaining and hospitality, I asked readers what kind of people they entertained the most in their homes.
The popular answers were:
1. FAMILY
2. PEOPLE FROM CHURCH
It actually made me sad that we don’t reach out more to neighbors, people of different faiths, backgrounds, and cultures.
Why do we stuff hospitality into a box, making it so pretty, perfectly safe, and always predictable? (Many of us rarely even open up our homes!)
So today Dee from Red Letter Words and Debbie from The Hip Hostess and I are giving away 3 items to ONE LUCKY WINNER.
We want to challenge you to think about hospitality with FRESH EYES.
We want to encourage you to do something different, radical, and courageous when it comes to opening your home for a meal.
It’s up to you to decide what it will be.
The cool GIVEAWAY:
Red Letter Words
Hebrews 13:2 Entertaining Angels gallery wrapped canvas
12×12
Here’s how Dee’s work is mounted. Down-right classy!
(Read the “Design Story” behind “Entertaining Angels,” HERE. A must-read!)
The Hip Hostess
4 BRAND NEW spring prints (below) – the winner gets to CHOOSE ONE!
This is fun! Do you know any of these bloggers wearing HH Aprons?
BTW, the NEW Annual “Hurry Spring” Sale starts today!
Use this Promo Code: SPRING25 for 25% OFF thru Mar 31
The Reluctant Entertainer
ONE signed copy (Yes, I’m wearing a Hip Hostess apron in my book! The Nester took this picture, but I know she won’t mind me using it here.)
COMMENT TO WIN all 3 amazing gifts that will help you with hospitality!
How do you feel about hospitality and does Hebrews 13:2 challenge you?
Do you always have the same people over for dinner or have you branched out?
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“Entertaining Angels” is one of my favorite verses. Just recently some young moms in our church started an outreach every third Saturday morning. One of the moms lost her daughter in an accident and then one week later her son passed away as well in an accident. She requested we start this outreach and it has turned into an amazing brunch. I am always amazed at who God places at our table. I have learned to never doubt who God wants us to serve and witness to. I am thankful for this dear friend who has chosen to witness to others through her excruciating circumstances. We always say we feel that we are “entertaining angels” in more ways than one as we know her children would be so pleased with what their mom is doing in their honor.
Blessings
Roxanne
Well considering I just started back up again hosting dinner parties after a nine year drought, I advocate Heb 13:2. I will ask the same group this next time thinking one might not be able to join so will open up an opportunity to invite others…..I will mix it up eventually, but as I get my feet wet again I am swimming with the same school of fish. Even in the same school of fish I am learning more about friends that I have known. It is all good.
Thanks for this tremendous offer.
Sincerely,
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@madreminutes
We have just moved into a new neighborhood and are planning to have a neighborhood open house this Spring in order to meet our neighbors.
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Thank you for the opportunity to win one of these lovely prizes! I am embracing the concept of not entertaining but showing hospitality, meaning I’m not stressing if everything is perfect but embracing the experience of True Hebrews 13 Hospitality. thank you for all you do!
I tweeted about this giveaway!
@Andanbre/status/47676077950251009
Hebrews 13 definitely challenges me in the area of hospitality. I tend to be shy and a perfectionist at heart, so any entertaining is always stressful for me. I need to learn to take the focus off of myself, open my home and my heart, and bless other people by being hospitable!
I adore this verse! Would be great propped on one of the shelves in my dining room!
Thanks for offering this awesome giveaway!
So this is a good nudge nudge to me… Hospitality is something that was impressed upon me when dreaming of a new place and seachange for me and my family… Now it’s happened!!!!! We’ve now been able to have friends and family over etc!!!! Wonderful ability to even be able to finally show hospitality to them…. But this is the challenge to look further afield…. To open my eyes to whom else I can welcome and share with….
Heb. 13 passage is God’s message/commandment to us and therefore, extremely important. I believe God has reasonings behind entertaining people who come into our lives, even for a brief moment. That type of entertaining no longer focuses on ME and how clean my house is or how my friends are going to be impressed with my culinary skills or even feel the need to return the favor. Entertaining strangers causes me to open my heart to the unexpected realizing that there is no expected favor in return. Anytime, I have invited a “stranger” to my home, I have been blessed probably more than they have. I used to be much better at it but have become too comfortable in not wanting to be “inconvenienced” Thank you for the reminder of the blessings I’m missing out on when I don’t accept this challenge.
I love to have family over … and my kids friends … I don’t seem to be as outgoing with friends and neighbors. I need to be more hospitable!!
This verse speaks to me in a different way. I think hospitality is more than just opening your home to people. It’s opening your heart to them and treating them as if they’re valuable. It means treating them the way Jesus would. We try to open our homes to different people but you’re right, it usually is people from church or sometimes people from my husbands office.
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I love the idea of entertaining, but I don’t always know where and who to reach out to. I always have family over, that’s easy!
We usually have family, friends and neighbors over.
It’s easy for me to host playdates with my friends and their kiddos – that seems like a no pressure type of fun. However, having over people that I am not that familiar with sometimes intimidates me. This is a GREAT verse to remember and challenge myself with.
LOVE this. I am a new, but HUGE fan of the RED LETTER ART artist. She inspires me in my own work. I am also a collector of beautiful aprons…my favorite? One my mom brought me home from a trip to Italy. (Somewhere I have loooonged to be since I was old enough to long for something!) It reminds me of the pretty one’s my grandma wore while baking. Oh how I wish I had one of hers, Oh how I miss her and her amazing pasta and apricot cresents! My other passion? All of my beautiful cook books stacked in little piles in my dining room and kitchen. Each book a treasure, each stack it’s own sculpture. Where oh where will THE RELUCTANT ENTERTAINER find it’s home? Lol
We used to have people in our house four or five times a week. Our house was just the place to hang out. But somewhere along the line I burned out, became a hermit, and pushed visitors away. Your blog has been slowly helping me remember the joys of entertaining and begin to once again open the doors! Thank you!
I struggle with hospitality… actually realized during Pastor’s sermon on Sunday when he mentioned opening our homes that I have not had anyone other than my parents here in our home since Christmas. **shame**
I need to put some serious prayer around this and thank you for the nudge!
Blessings on the journey~
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I struggle to entertain in our house, I am worried what will they think about the toys everywhere and that my children will not behave well for them. The verse challenges me to not worry about those things, but help with my heart. I have recently with our children on major holidays taken baked goods to our surronding neighbors. I hope to host a cook-out this summer for our street and this would be a great addition to get me going. Best of luck to everyone and may we all entertain Angels in our home. For ever action we do, it is to glorify God and spread his love!!
I love bringing people together that I think would hit it off. It has been a huge blessing to watch friendships form. When having family I love to include new friends!
I’m guilty of the family/church entertaining. Your blog is a constant reminder for me to step outside the box :) Thanks for a great giveaway and a much needed reminder!