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 2018!
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Air Services
Elder CDJR Cedar Creek - Gold Episcopal Diocese of Dallas Fulton Tire & Auto Service Kwik Kar Tri-County Ford Walmart Athens Walmart GBC Daughters of the King Marshall & Nancy Barton Terry & Susan Dalhman Charlie & Rita Davis Art & Marilyn Denmon Gay & Linda Gallatin Shirley Gillary |
The Groom Family
Bari Hart (Friends of the Animals) Bob & Annette Jenkins Paul & Sunny Lasiter Doug & Jan Miller Patsy Miller Rev Jerry & Carroll Morriss Cathy Richards Ray Shackleford Bill & Linda Shehee Ed & Willene Trotter Dr. Ken Underriner Ken & Vicki Vieux Denise Waltrep Steve Watson |
Annual Meeting
The Annual Parish Meeting was held in the parish hall after worship during which the new pledges were counted. A summary of our 2018 ministries was presented, and two new vestry members, Kelley Boughton and Marian Flowers were elected to a 3-year term to replace DeLois Bomberger and Phil McGlothlin who rotated off. Art Denmon and Tina Wage were elected as Diocesan Convention Delegates and Linda Shehee and Kelley Boughton as alternates. The parish budget will be presented after the first quarter since our income amount was still in question. The only changes anticipated have to do with increases in diocesan assessment, insurance and
utility costs. This is our first full year of funding the expenses required for a full time priest and we ended in the black, which is very, very encouraging.
Thanks to Susan Huffman for baking this year’s Epiphany Cake filled with surprises. Winner of said Epiphany Cake Prizes included:
BEAN (Queen of the Party) - Rita Brezniak!
DIME (increased wealth) - Tina Wage!
CROSS (blessings of the Church) - Peggy Tyler!
BUTTON (increased theological wisdom ) - Susan Huffman!
THIMBLE (Increased industry) - Bari Hart! She gets to bake next year’s cake!
utility costs. This is our first full year of funding the expenses required for a full time priest and we ended in the black, which is very, very encouraging.
Thanks to Susan Huffman for baking this year’s Epiphany Cake filled with surprises. Winner of said Epiphany Cake Prizes included:
BEAN (Queen of the Party) - Rita Brezniak!
DIME (increased wealth) - Tina Wage!
CROSS (blessings of the Church) - Peggy Tyler!
BUTTON (increased theological wisdom ) - Susan Huffman!
THIMBLE (Increased industry) - Bari Hart! She gets to bake next year’s cake!
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.
