Happy Birthday St. Faith’s by The Rev’d Christine Wilson
On Sunday, Sept 17th, St. Faith's celebrated 70 years of
ministry.
We gathered for coffee and goodies at 8:00am and at 9:30am
held a special worship service giving thanks to God for all our blessings. The Venerable Andrew Pike presided at the Eucharist,
and led the children in sprinkling the congregation with holy water. In the
Narthex, The Rev’d Melanie Calabrigo guided the children in story and together
they made cards of gratitude for special people in their lives.
The Venerable John Stephens, in his sermon, commended St. Faith’s for sharing our faith in prayer, praise and action, saying if there was but one word to choose to describe St. Faith’s, that word would be peace -- In the day’s gospel reading from John Jesus said “Peace be with you!” , words John said this parish has lived out in so many ways and he encouraged us to continue to invite the peace of Christ to grace us and lead us forward in the power of the spirit. Click here to listen to John's sermon
After the service we gathered downstairs in the Hall for
food and fellowship. The children, young
and young at heart, enjoyed cupcake decorating and were enchanted by our face
painters and balloon artists. A group of
St. Faith’s faithfuls gathered photographs from over the years which Laurel
Fahrni put together in a gorgeous slide show.
One of the many highlights of the day was our rector, Richard, and our past two rectors Paula Porter Leggett and Andrew Pike, together – cutting the cake of course!
