Oktoberfest Authentic German Dinner!
A fall tradition returns to Arcata this October, as The Lutheran Church of Arcata hosts its not-to-be-missed annual Oktoberfest German Dinner on Saturday, Oct. 24.
Now in its second decade, Oktoberfest at The Lutheran Church of Arcata is a celebration of Autumn in the form of a traditional German meal. The menu features an abundance of authentic German seasonal cuisine, including Sauerbraten beef roasts marinated for a full seven days in a traditional wine-vinegar-spice brine; rich gingersnap gravy; homemade Spätzle (German pasta sautéed in European butter); sweet-and-sour red cabbage (Suss-saures Rotkraut); crisp and tangy German-style green salad with a sharp Bavarian vinaigrette; and garden-fresh bacon-pear green beans (Birnen, Bohnen, und Speck).
Accompanying this meal will be a selection of freshly-baked German breads, prepared especially for the dinner by Arcata’s Beck’s Bakery and crafted from all-organic, Humboldt County-grown and locally-ground grains. The breads, based on traditional German recipes, will be baked fresh, and, in addition to being served with the meal, loaves will be available for purchase (while supplies last!).
Desserts will not disappoint – German Apfelstrudel and Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte (Black Forest Cake) – all lovingly scratch-made by members of the church.
To drink, an outstanding selection of imported German beers and wines will be available, as well as local fresh-pressed apple cider from Clendenen’s, coffee, tea, and lemon-kissed icewater.
The Oktoberfest meal is served tableside, family style. Bavarian and fall-themed décor complete the event’s festive Old World atmosphere.
The reservation-only dinner will be presented in three seatings: 3 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. The requested donation is $25 adults; $15 students and kids. The congregation will be donating 100 percent of the net-proceeds of this event to Arcata House Partnership to help care and provide for the un-housed in our Arcata community.
Reservations are available at lutheranchurcharcata.org.
The Lutheran Church of Arcata conceived its annual Oktoberfest event as way of reaching out to the community with hospitality, while celebrating Lutheranism’s unique heritage, which got its start in Wittenberg, Germany with Augustinian monk, Martin Luther, and the Reformation in the 16th Century.
Lutheran churches across America generally commemorate the posting of Luther’s Ninety Five Theses in 1517 with a “Reformation Sunday” each year in late October. All are welcome for The Lutheran Church of Arcata’s Reformation Service on Sunday, Oct. 25th, 10 a.m.
The Lutheran Church of Arcata was dedicated in 1972, when Arcata’s first two Lutheran congregations, Our Redeemer’s Lutheran and Faith Lutheran (both in Arcata since the early 1950s), came together as one congregation in a beautiful new church facility at the forest’s edge, near Arcata’s Redwood Park and the Cal Poly Humboldt campus.
DATES/TIMES
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PRICE
- $25
- $15 Students & Kids
CONTACT INFO
- Phone: (707) 822-5117
- Email: gwyn@lutheranchurcharcata.org
- Web site