For the past several years, my wife and I have been volunteering at the shared breakfast for the homeless which is hosted by the First United Methodist Church in downtown Seattle (right next to the Pacific Science Center). We are not Methodist and we do not know much about the church (although they seem pretty chill), but we have found volunteering a very interesting experience. A few months ago, they asked me to be an opener, which means that that I’m in charge one day every month.

Today things went pretty smoothly, except that we were down one volunteer.  We served 160 guests, which is a pretty good number (the numbers are always higher towards the end of the month). I spent most of the morning pouring coffee.

If anybody is interested in volunteering, let me know. You don’t have to be Methodist (or even remotely religious). Volunteers normally arrive around 7am and leave after 9am, and they do have free parking.