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 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 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 software to making Jamaican ginger beer ... house painting, yard work and classes in quilting. 


This is not a church where you disappear easily. You are encouraged to speak up, speak out and speak freely.  We are aware that we're all inventing something here -- and we realize that God's will is seen best when we hear many voices.