Upcoming Events at St. Mary's Episcopal Church

August

Office Schedule: Mon., Wed., & Thurs. 8am-12noon, Tues. 10am-3pm, Fridays--closed

Every Sunday August 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 -- Holy Eucharist 8am, Holy Eucharist at 10am followed by Coffee Hour

Every Wednesday August 6, 13, 20, 27 -- Holy Eucharist at 6pm and Choir Practice at 7 pm 

Aug. 1-Aug. 2 -- EYC Lock In 7pm-8am

Aug. 1 -- AA Meeting 8pm

Aug. 3 -- ECW Craft Time 5pm

Aug. 4 -- N.A. Meeting 8pm

Aug. 5 -- National Crime Night Out 5:30pm (No Men's Club meeting)

Aug. 6 -- AA Meeting 7-8 pm

Aug. 7 -- Clergy Lunch 11am, Down Syn. Support 6pm, Coord. Family Promise 6pm, NA mtg. 8pm

Aug. 8 -- Garden Party 12:30apm, AA Meeting 8pm

Aug. 9 -- Work Day 9am, Parish Pot Luck Dinner 6pm (Theme: your favorite dishes)

Aug. 10 -- ECW Craft time 5pm

Aug. 11 -- NA Meeting 8pm

Aug. 13 -- AA Meeting 7-8pm

Aug. 14 -- NA Meeting 8pm

Aug. 15 -- Game Night 6:30pm (AH) (Bring a snack & a friend!), AA Meeting 8pm

Aug. 16 -- Sunday School Teachers Meeting 10am (AH), Youth Meeting -- Michael 11am-3pm

Aug. 17 -- ECW Craft Time 5pm

Aug 18 --  NA Meeting 8pm

Aug 19 -- ECW Meeting 6:30pm

Aug. 20 -- AA Meeting 7-8pm

Aug. 21 -- NA Meeting 8pm

Aug. 22 -- AA Meeting 8pm

Aug. 23 -- Family Promise Vol. Meeting 10am

Aug. 24 -- Sunday School starts 9:45am, Confirmation class 12 noon

Aug. 25 -- Vestry Meeting 6:30pm (AH), NA Meeting 8pm

Aug. 26 -- Election Day

Aug. 27 -- Health Fair 8:15am - 6:45pm, AA Meeting 7-8pm

Aug. 28 -- NA Meeting 8pm

Aug. 29 -- AA Meeting 8pm

Aug. 30 -- Set up for Family Promise 10am

Aug. 31 -- Arrival Family Promise

Important Information

On Aug. 5th at 5:30pm, we will be hosting a National Crime Night Out. There will be a parade at 6pm. Everyone is welcome to attend and there will be something for everyone. Any questions, please contact Theresa Messick.

Everyone is invited to our Garden Party on August 8th at 12:30. We are rededicating the Memorial Garden. After Hurricanes Ivan and Dennis, the garden was a mess. We are very proud of our beautiful grounds here at St. Mary's. Come and join us as we enjoy all of the wonderful work that has been done. Contact Joyce Rogers if you have any questions.

Please come out to help clean up the grounds of St. Mary's. We will have our Parish Work Day on August 9th at 9am.

We are looking for volunteers to help with Sunday School. Regular Sunday School will begin on August 24th. We will have a meeting for teachers on Sat. Aug. 16th at 10am. Come out and be part of the team and help the children learn about God.

St. Mary's Episcopal Church Women will have their meeting on Aug. 19th at 6:30pm. IAnn Odom and Paula Diaz will be our hostesses and Adrian Teschendorf will do the devotion. ECW is open to all women of St. Mary's, so please come and bring a friend! The Nursery will be open for the little ones. We are also getting together on every Sunday to do crafts for the Fall Festival.

Family Promise News:

Aug. 23rd -- Volunteer Staff Meeting at 6pm

Aug. 30th --Set up for Family 10am

Aug. 31st -- Our guests arrive

Confirmation & Inquirers Class: Are you interested in finding out about the Episcopal Church? Do you want to reaffirm the promises made at your Baptism? Do you want to get Baptized and/or Confirmed? If you answered yes to any of these then you need to come to the Confirmation and Inquirers Classes to be held on Sunday, Aug. 24th at noon in the Parish Hall. (Bring a lunch.) These classes are open to anyone who is interested in learning more about God and the Church, even if you have already been Confirmed. Fr. John will be the primary instructor, but we hope to have some guest lecturers as well. Please call the office with any questions.

On Aug. 27th from 8:15am-6:45pm, there will be a health screening conducted at St. Mary's. There will be a fee for checkups and tests. For more information check the bulletin board in the Parish Hall or call the office.

Two Alcoholics Anonymous groups now meet at St. Mary's. One meets every Wednesday at 7pm and a new group will be meeting every Friday at 8pm. Two Narcotics Anonymous groups meet on Monday & Thursday evenings at 8pm. Both groups meet in the Parish Hall.

We still have St. Mary's cookbooks on sale for $10 each. See any member of the ECW to purchase one of these terrific recipe books. They make a great gift for the chef in your family!!!

Future Dates

Please join us for our next Parish breakfast on Sept. 7th after the 8am service. And also, the next Men's Club meeting will be Tues. Sept. 2nd at 7pm.

The St. Mary's Fall Festival will be Oct. 24th & 25th. There are tables for rent, 6ft will be $15.00 and 8ft will be $20.00.

Family Promise Hosting Dates:  Nov. 16-23

Other Family Promise Future Events:  Sept. 14th - 20th National Family Promise Week, Oct. 11--Making room at the inn, Dec.6--Attic Sale