Stone Soup organisers were happy to hand over catering to a Brethren team on Saturday - and the team was happy to provide.
It was the first Stone Soup of the year, at Lorenzdale Park in Whanganui's Gonville. About 300 people were there for the food and fellowship.
There's usually a hangi lunch for everyone. On Saturday, the team from the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church offered to cater, and it did a barbecue instead, member Simon Filleul said.
The Whanganui church has 250 members and the team were all volunteers. They had met organisers of the Stone Soup gatherings, and liked what they found. "The organisers there are doing a great job. What we did was relatively small, but it's just something to help an already pretty good organisation."
The 20 volunteers handed out burgers, sausages, cake and bottles of water. "We loved it. For us it was good experience being able to do something for other people. It was one way our community could help another community," Mr Filleul said.