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November 8 & 15, 2009
Rev. Paul J. Stephens |
All Saints' Day - Kickoff Celebration
Update
 About
140 parishioners gathered in the Parish Hall on All Saints’ Day evening to
enjoy a festive time with our parish family, to reflect on our life together
and hear about campaign progress. Decorated in a harvest theme courtesy of
Virginia Chambers and Carol Alvis, the Parish Hall was the perfect venue for
the occasion, and Romie’s catering served up a winner for all attendees with
delightful fare and plenty of libation to go around.
Following personal reflections by Deanna Alford and Albert White, Lloyd Gray
highlighted our needs to meet an increased operating budget and service our
building loan. Advance Gifts Chair David Sparks reported $929,320 had
already been pledged to the campaign from 34 families and individuals! He
stated our challenge as seeing how far beyond our need of $1,250,000 we can
go.
Campaign Chair Cathy Fitzpatrick asked that members pray, volunteer and
participate by giving sacrificially to All Saints’. Master of Ceremonies
Wayne Slocum kept the evening rolling with his Cajun humor. Expanded
coverage of the Kickoff Celebration will be included in the next Campaign
Newsletter, arriving soon at a mailbox near you!
Upcoming Events - A Day of Prayer, centering on stewardship and the effort
currently underway at All Saints’, is slated for Saturday, November 14 and a
Commissioning Sunday is set for the following day. Campaign volunteers will
be recognized and commissioned at each worship service.
Pictured above are the family and godparents
of the 9 children who were baptized on All Saints’ Day, November 1.
Congratulations to (in alphabetical order): Alexander Crowe, Bradley Crowe,
Connor Crowe, Walsh Driskell, Wiley Reddick, Indiana Sistrunk, Austin
Strickland, James Strickland and Ronald Strickland.
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