Well, this is most of the parish family -- all decked out in new red shirts at our annual

Picnic and Mass on the Beach, June 4, 2006.  (photo by Charles Smith)

Some of Our Annual Church Events

Mass/Picnic on the Beach. Come summertime we all trundle out

to Fort DeSoto ("one of the best beaches in America"), set up in a pavilion

and worship -- and picnic -- there.  We bring lots of friends, eat heartily,

play games and we celebrate life. 

Usually somewhere around Pentecost Sunday.

The Tasters' Luncheon. A fine old fundraising tradition that draws out

the best recipes in this congregation. We sell tickets to friends

from all over the area for tastes of an enormous variety

of specialty dishes, salads and desserts.

Women's Annual Spring Tea. This is a lovely event that the

whole community looks forward to:

traditional, formal, but fun, and delicious.   

Men's Community Prayer Breakfast. Our Men's Brotherhood (the

longest-running Men's Club in this diocese) sells tickets to this big Saturday morning

event, complete with a community leader as guest speaker and a breakfast

even heartier than usual. Early December.

Service Auction. Yes, we really do auction off people's skills --

from house cleaning assistance

to a Creole Banquet ... all kinds of instructional help from computer tutoring 

to making Jamaican ginger beer ...

house painting, quilting classes and yard work. 

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This is not a church where you can easily disappear. You are encouraged to speak up,

speak outand speak freely.  We are aware that we're all inventing something here --

and we realizethat God's will is seen best

when we hear from many voices.