Dearly Beloved,
The Best Shrove Sunday Pancake Brunch Ever!
Many thanks to the many people who made it such a wonderful and festive day, and especially:
Erica Jeglum, who coordinated the whole thing and had a hand in every phase and activity recognized below;
Our extraordinary chef Butler Sharpe (without whom, Erica notes, "the whole thing would crash and burn- or the church would burn down!"); and Art Bielski, Butler's faithful kitchen assistant;
Fernando Soberano, Brian Stephens-Hotopp, and Tracy Webster-Babcock, for putting up all the tables, and their work throughout the day;
Catherine Martin and Nancy Nichols, our professional pancake shoppers, and their work throughout the day;
Cathy Leimbeck, Cathie Lovacheff, Judy McCann, our decorators, and their work throughout the day;
Ishani Sinnaduray, for supervising the drinks table and the cadre of students in charge of drink refills;
David, Barbara, and Scott Schaper: from David's official no-discounting dish-counting, and dishwasher running; to Scott's omnipresence in every corner of the kitchen; to Barbara's work throughout the day and right on through to cleaning up afterward;
Judy McCann and Jim Stone, who oversaw the last bits of clean up;
Bill & Janet Foltz, for helping out everywhere, including balloons and clearing dishes;
All the hard-working youth who served the food, and bussed the tables;
and last but not least, Lauren Hill who sold the tickets and tracked down all the Rent-A-Priest donations, and our Rent-A-Seminarian Lisa Ward, Rent-A-Deacon Dennis Lietz, and Rent-A-Rector Bill Roberts, who tallied 391 dishes among them for our Youth Ministry.
We also welcomed as our honored guests parishioners from St. Hilary's and three of our Preschool families!
Wednesday Evening Lenten Study Program:
The Great Emergence and Emerging Churches
Join us on March 4, 11, 18, and 25,
from 7:30 pm to 8:45 pm,
as we explore and practice
"fresh expressions" of the Christian Faith.
Topics will include: Identifying with Jesus,
Participating as Producers,
Creating as Created Beings, and
Merging Ancient and Contemporary Spiritualities.
Our Lenten Program will be based on Phyllis Tickle's book, The Great Emergence; and Eddie Gibbs and Ryan K. Bolger's book, Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures. Both of these books will be available in our library, or at your local or online bookstore.
Faithfully yours,
"We are ambassadors for Christ, God appealing to the world through us." 2 Corinthians 5:20
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