Adopt A Family Golf Tournament
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The golf tournament was begun in 1999 to raise funds for our adopt-a-family Christmas project. It is held on Columbus Day at Cedar Creek Country Club. Planning for the tournament continues from year to year. Our entire congregation participates in some phase of the event to enable the tournament to be a huge success and profitable for our outreach ministries. It begins with a hot dog lunch, and concludes with a BBQ dinner at the church where tournament and raffle prizes are awarded. Many of the prizes are donated by church members. The tournament is supported by the greater Cedar Creek Lake community. Proceeds come from tournament entry fees, hole sponsors, raffle tickets, and guests that just come for the BBQ dinner. We normally have 20 teams, 24 hole sponsors, and average $10,000 profit.
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Thank you to our Hole Sponsors!
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Ed Adams
Marshal & Nancy Barton Terry & Susan Dahlman Charlie & Rita Davis Art & Marilyn Denmon Gil & Deanna Drab Gary & Linda Gallatin Shirley Guillory Dr. Paul Guttuso Sandy Hale Bari Hart Bob & Annette Jenkins Paul & Sunny Lasiter Kristin H. Lawton Doug & Jan Miller Patsy Miller |
Cathy Richards
Ray Shackelford Bill & Linda Shehee Willene Trotter Dr. Ken Underriner Ken & Vicki Vieux Steve Watson 505 Cedar Creek Ranch Bean & Burger Mabank DOK - Esther Chapter Harvey's Exxon Market Street, Randy Squibb Walmart Athens Walmart GBC Williams Pest |
Annual Meeting
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The Annual Parish Meeting was held in the parish hall after worship on January 21. A summary of our 2017 ministries and the 2018 budget was presented. Two new vestry members, Art Denmon and Carol Mayo were elected to replace Terry Dahlman and Tina Wage on a 3 year rotation. Charlie Davis and Kelly Boughton are Diocesan Convention Delegates (Art and Carol are alternates). As a special treat, Terry and Susan Dahlman celebrated their 50th anniversary with cake and several champagne toasts at the meeting after receiving a blessing in the church! Overall, we enjoyed much fun and fellowship as we celebrated together the life of our parish! A brief vestry meeting took place after the Annual meeting to elect a clerk, Marion Flowers, and junior warden, Paul Lasiter. Fr. Randy announced that Bill Shehee will be the Sr. Warden for 2018.
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Blessing of the Animals
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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.
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Mardi Gras
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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 shrimp boil, jambalaya, gumbo, e’touff’ee and, don’t forget the bread pudding.
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Sharecroppers Fish Fry
This project was begun in the Spring of 2009. A fish fry was held to raise funds to pay for getting water to the garden and materials and soil to construct it. This is a totally organic garden. The garden is divided into large and small individual plots. Members of the church “bought” a plot for a small fee. They are responsible for planting and maintaining their plot. The produce is harvested not only for the “owner’s” table, but used to supplement our Angel Food boxes with fresh produce. In 2010 we added fruit trees and a vineyard, from which our communion wine is made. Hundreds of pounds of watermelons are also harvested and given away.
