CURRENT ANNOUNCEMENTS - 2011

Last Updated: February 6, 2012 .........
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We received word that Paul Wilbur, son of Rev. Newt and Dorothy Wilbur (first Rector of St. Faith's), passed away suddenly Wednesday. No other details are known at this time. Paul's service will be held Saturday, Feb.11 at 3:PM at St. Sebastian Episcopal Church in Indialantic. Please pass the word to "past" St. Faith people that you have email addresses for.
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Dates to remember:

Feb 9- 12 An interesting event to consider... Virginia Key Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance Virginia Key Feb 9- 12
Thursday through Sunday /http://virginiakeygrassroots.org/

Feb. 11 – 9:30 a.m.DOK Meeting
1:00 p.m. ECW gathers to cut and bag fudge

Feb. 12 – ECW Fudge Sale for our Valentines.
Youth (and other volunteers) visit East Ridge at 1 p.m. for Valentines’ event

Feb. 19 – Vestry Meeting (Vestry and other leadership meet after the ten o’clock service)

February 19th St. Luke the Physician will present An Evening of Gospel Music on Sunday, February 19th at 5:30 p.m. under the direction of Yannet Amador. The cost is $15. Proceeds will aid their music ministry. Some of our choir members will be singing in this concert. Come and enjoy!

Feb. 21 – Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper.

Feb. 22 – Ash Wednesday services with Imposition of Ashes, 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. at St. Faiths; 9:45 East Ridge Chapel. At 7:00 p.m., during the traditional Ash Wednesday service in the church, children will gather in the parish hall for a “hands-on” service to prepare for Lent, as they explore symbols and sacraments that support our Christian journey.

Feb. 25 - DOK Quiet Day led by Mother Reid – 8:30 – 12 noon.

Feb. 25th Palmer Trinity School will hold its 12th annual International Festival on Saturday, Feb. 25th, from 11:30 to 4:00. Admission is $5. See the poster on the bulletin board. This is an opportunity to support the school which hosted our Silent Auction and Dinner.

Feb. 29 – Our Lenten “Soup and Study” begins at 7:00 p.m. This Lent we will munch on the book The Christian Moral Life: Practices of Piety by Timothy Sedgwick, Mother Reid’s thought-provoking professor of Christian Ethics. Each week we will consider a different topic: the Christian Life, Anglican Perspective, Incarnate Love, Love and Justice, Practices of Faith, and God’s Call. The series concludes on April 4, the Wednesday in Holy Week. You do not need to read the book to participate in the course, but the book is available from Amazon.com and from christianbook.com for about $15. Amazon sells its electronic version for Kindle for $10.

Frequent donations directly to our Food Pantry are vital to this continuing ministry. Also remember Episcopal Charities when making your other charitable donations. They support our Food Pantry with a grant each year.

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The Parish Annual Meeting was held between services on Sunday, January 8th. We received reports from parish organizations and elected three vestry members, 2 delegates to diocesan convention. Many thanks and gratitude to the 3 retiring Vestry Members who have served the past 3 years: Eileen Alvaranga, who has served as Sr. Warden and worked tirelessly on the Silent Auction; Lawrence Ventura, Jr. who organized the Air Show and Silent Auction events; and Patricia Whipple who organized and nurtured the newcomer and hospitality committees.

Congratulations to the newly elected:
New Members of the Vestry: Shawn Jones; Valrie Gayle, Dorothy Culmer.
Delegates to Convention: John and Valerie Hrasar

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Jim & Christine Piersol, welcomed baby Harper Avery Piersol into the world on December 27. They are as thrilled as parents Lauren and Bryan. This is Jim and Christine’s first grand daughter, (the first two were boys) and we say Congratulations to them. Here is a glimpse of the new grand daughter as we wish her all God’s Blessings

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Christmas Eve Family Service - St Faith children's program.

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Sunday, December 18 – Breakfast with Santa
After checking his list, Santa found that he had some time to visit at St. Faith’s, for Breakfast on Sunday December 18 at 9 a.m. He joined us that morning for Breakfast, and the Family Service that followed. Thank you to Barry Bullock and his helpers for another fantastic St. Faith Breakfast.

Photo Slide Show HERE

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On Wed December 12 our children meet for breakfast at 8.30 and a singing warm up before departing to sing at our Holy Eucharist at East Ridge Village Chapel.
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The Snowman Project was a tremendous success thanks to everyone at St. Faith’s who took the time to buy a gift. If you could see the faces on the parents of children who received those gifts ear-marked for the Food Pantry, you would understand what a great thing you did. Approximately 60 gifts from St. Faith’s were given out, among them being a bicycle donated by one of our parishioners. Gifts were also received from our friends from St. Thomas Episcopal Church – so most everyone from the Food Pantry was able to receive gifts for their children and grand children. The recipient of the bicycle was the grandson of one the Pantry’s longest registered clients. To say she was thankful would be an understatement. Other gifts were taken to Safe Space, so those children there, could also enjoy Christmas. Thanks everyone.

Generous donations were also received for the Food Pantry from our parishioners, to buy hams, for our clients. Every client that came into the Pantry during the last two weeks of December was able to receive a small ham. It was a treat for them.

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The Reids’ Peek-at-Christmas Open House- Many of us gathered on December 11 – at Ben and Jennie Lou's for their annual open house. A great time was had by all.

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At the November meeting the Daughters of the King elected their officers for 2012/2013. They are: President – Valerie Hrasar; Vice President – Tilcia Branch; Secretary, Patricia Whipple; Treasurer, Susan Price.
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A slide show of photos from the Saint Faiths Silent Auction are posted here.

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