Hanging of the Greens
Quiet Day
Fr. Jonathan Melton led a wonderful Quiet Morning at St. James 12/7/2019, focusing his 3 meditations on "Inviting Jesus In", utilizing the picture of Jesus knocking on the door, and the icon of Mary as the Burning Bush. Powerful images for silent reflection about the Advent theme coming of Jesus.
Confirmation, Reception, Reaffirmation Sunday
Bob Jenkins, Carol Mayo, Marian Flowers - Reaffirmation; James Mashburn - Confirmation; Cindy & Terry Puckett - Reception
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Brass Rubbing
Fr. Charlie Keen and friends hosted a brass rubbing at St. Thomas Episcopal Church In Ennis that the Daughters of the King chapter of St. James on the Lake in Kemp sponsored for some of the ladies of our parish. Fr. Randy is the chaplain of our DOK chapter so he was invited as well. Magnify the picture and look at their handiwork!
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 in October 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, many hole sponsors and donors.
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Thank you to our Hole Sponsors 2019!
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Platinum Sponsor
Elder CDJR Cedar Creek Gold Sponsor Janet Payne Broker 3 Hole Sponsor 505 Ranch Club Daughters of the King First State Bank Fulton Tire & Auto Service Groom & Sons Intex Electrical Contractors King Roofing NGS Partnership Ltd. One Man's Treasure Tri County Ford & Quick Lube Dr. Kennith Underrinner, DDS Ed Adams Marshall & Nancy Barton Art & Marilyn Denmon Daryl & Kristine Gallatin Dr. Paul Guttuso Shirley Guillory Sandy Hale Russ & Jill Haschke |
Hole Sponsor
Paul & Sunny Lasiter Patsy Miller Randy Pate Cathy Richards Bill & Linda Shehee Ed & Willene Trotter Contributor Cedar Creek Country Club Pinnacle Country Club Tempest Golf Course Terry & Susan Dahlman Art & Marilyn Denmon Deanna Drabb Judy Green Bari Hart Bruce & Carol Mayo Doug & Jan Miller Bill & Jo Miniat Steve & Dorinda Stedman Glen & Claire Stout Spencer Stuart, Jr. Robbie Sutton Ken & Vicki Vieux Denise Waldrep |
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.
