Join the Kingstowne Communion, Franconia UMC, and Nalls Produce as we love our neighbors with an all-day community apple butter slow-cook where all proceeds go straight to Rising Hope Mission. Apple Butter cooks are an entire community effort! Slow-cooked in a big copper cauldron over a large outdoor fire, they normally take about 8 hours, including chopping and peeling of bushels of apples, labeling jars, continued fire-kindling, and round-the-clock stirring with a big wooden paddle to be sure it doesn't scorch. And we are hosting ours with the goal of raising at least $4,000 for Rising Hope Mission, a non-profit along the Route 1 corridor resourcing and supporting persons living in poverty in our immediately area of Alexandria, VA.