Prep Station
For churches & fellowship kitchens
Sunday lunch, planned Volunteers who know what to cook
Menu templates, meal plans, shopping lists, prep sheets, and Recipe Player—so fellowship meals don’t live in one person’s head.
No credit card · Reuse Sunday menus · Cancel anytime
Feeding residents every day? Senior center kitchens.
Sunday fellowship lunch
Grace Community Church · Jul 19 · 120 guests
Herb roast chicken
120 servings
Rice pilaf
120 servings
Garden salad + rolls
120 servings
Lemon bars
96 servings
Plan total $408.00
Prep sheet ready
Why Prep Station for church kitchens
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Sunday menus that repeat
Save fellowship menus as templates and duplicate them—stop rebuilding the same lunch from scratch every week.
02
Shopping without the scramble
Scale for 80 or 180, then pull one shopping list with vendor package quantities before Saturday grocery runs.
03
Volunteers with a clear sheet
Print a prep sheet for batch quantities and open Recipe Player so cooks follow steps and timers without the lead hovering.
No credit card for the live demo
Built for fellowship meals, not banquet staffing
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Fellowship lunch shouldn’t depend on who remembered the recipe. Or who guessed how many chickens for 120.
Texts on Saturday. A shopping list in someone’s notes app. Volunteers staring at a handwritten card while the oven waits. That’s not hospitality—that’s tribal knowledge.
Church kitchen reality
You don’t need a catering CRM. You need a reusable Sunday menu, a clear buy list, and prep instructions anyone on the team can follow.
The Sunday meal, in four moves
From last month’s menu to Saturday shopping to Sunday prep—without rewriting everything.
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Pick the menu
Duplicate a fellowship menu template or build Sunday lunch sections once and reuse them.
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Schedule & scale
Drop dishes on the meal plan calendar with servings for the crowd you expect.
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Shop the list
One aggregated shopping list with estimated cost and vendor package buy quantities.
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Prep & cook
Print the day prep sheet, then open Recipe Player so volunteers cook step by step.
Menus
Keep a Sunday rotation you can actually reuse
Organize fellowship dishes into menu sections, mark a menu as a template, and duplicate it for the next service. Then schedule that menu on a meal plan with the headcount for that Sunday.
- Menu templates and one-click duplication
- Meal plan calendar for service dates
- Cost per person before you commit to the menu
Fellowship lunch rotation
Template · 4 Sundays
Week 1
Roast chicken plate
Most popular
Week 2
Chili & cornbread
Budget stretch
Week 3
Baked pasta bar
Volunteer-friendly
Week 4
Soup & sandwich
Quick cleanup
Shopping list · Jul 19
120 guests · est. $408.00
Chicken thighs
Sysco · 3 cases
60 lb
Long grain rice
Club store · 1 bag
20 lb
Salad greens
Produce Co · bulk
18 lb
Dinner rolls
Bakery · preorder
12 dz
Shopping & budget
Scale the crowd. Buy once. Stay on budget.
Set servings on the meal plan and let the shopping list expand prep recipes into what you actually purchase. See estimated spend and vendor package suggestions so Saturday runs aren’t guesswork—and cost per person stays visible.
Want deeper plate math? See recipe costing.
Production & Recipe Player
Hand volunteers a sheet and a recipe that talks them through it
Push the meal plan into production for a printable prep sheet with batch quantities. Then open Recipe Player—large steps, ingredient checkoff, and timers—so Sunday cooks aren’t hunting for the binder.
Sunday prep · Jul 19
120 guests · fellowship hall
Batch checklist
Rice pilaf
Prep recipe · 20 lb dry · start 8:00 AM
Cook first
Herb roast chicken
120 portions · ovens 1–2 · 375°F
Garden salad
Assemble cold · 11:15 AM
Recipe Player
Step 3 of 8
Season and oil the chicken
Coat all pieces evenly. Rest 10 minutes before roasting.
Walk a Sunday meal from menu template to prep sheet in the live demo.
Related kitchen workflows
Same tools—daily service instead of Sunday service.
You are here
Churches & fellowship kitchens
- Sunday menu templates
- Shopping lists for headcount
- Prep sheets + Recipe Player
Also a fit
Senior center kitchens
- Daily breakfast/lunch/dinner plans
- Allergens and nutrition labels
- One-chef purchasing workflow
Questions church kitchens ask
Can we reuse the same Sunday lunch every few weeks?
Yes. Save menus as templates and duplicate them, then schedule the service date on a meal plan calendar with the headcount you expect.
How do volunteers know what to cook?
Push the meal plan into production for a printable prep sheet with batch quantities, and hand cooks the Recipe Player for step-by-step instructions with timers on a phone or tablet.
Can we see what to buy for Sunday?
Yes. The meal plan builds an aggregated shopping list that expands prep recipes into buyable ingredients and suggests vendor package quantities.
Will this help with our food budget?
Meal plans show total food cost and cost per person from live recipe costs before you shop, so fellowship dinners stay inside the budget you set.
Do we need a catering sales team to use this?
No. Church and fellowship kitchens use meal plans, menus, shopping lists, and production tools—not banquet BEOs or on-site staffing software.
Do I need a credit card for the live demo?
No. The live demo does not require a credit card. Explore Sunday meal planning and cancel anytime.
Prep Station
Plan Sunday before Saturday’s shopping run
Spin up the demo and walk menu template → meal plan → shopping list → prep sheet.
No credit card required · Cancel anytime