St James on the LakeParish Life
Annual Meeting and Brunch
Mardi Gras
The Mardi Gras party is held each year on Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. This has become quite a community celebration. The menu features a traditional crawfish boil, jambalaya, gumbo, e’touff’ee and, don’t forget the bread pudding.
St. Joseph’s Dinner
Holy Week
Easter
Praise and Worship
Vacation Bible School
We held our first VBS in 2009. It was a big success and well attended, so we continue to make it bigger and better each year. Lots of volunteers make this effort special for our children.
July 4th Picnic
Blessing of the Animals
This event draws a large crowd from our church members, the neighborhood and lake community. After the animals are blessed, they enjoy treats and the humans feast on a hot dog supper. This is a wonderful way to introduce folks to the fun and fellowship at St. James.
Fish Fry Dinners
It seems when we need a money making project, St. James members always turn to food; and evidently we are very good at it. We held a fish fry to raise funds to get our community garden started. We purchased the timbers to mark the individual plots and loads of dirt for planting. We also sponsored a fish fry to benefit One Man’s Treasure Clothes Closet.
Community Garden
This project has really taken off since its inception in the spring of 2009. The garden is divided into plots which individuals plant and tend. They choose the produce they enjoy most. In 2010 fruit trees, a vineyard were added and additional plots were added. Crops were planted to supplement our Angel Food ministry and our goal is to add fresh fruit to those boxes. In the future we envision using the grapes to make our wine.
Daughters of the King
Game Night
Ron's ordination to the preisthood
