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Hospitality and Fellowship

 Hospitality

Ice Cream Social – another good reason to get together for fellowship and to have homemade ice cream; in August; proceeds support scholarships for the Kanuga Parish Weekend.

Kitchen Krew – those who assist with the regular meals and the several different special occasions (e.g., funerals, receptions) when hospitality of food is important.

Mama Martino’s – An annual spaghetti dinner prepared, hosted, and served by the youth; held in February.

Pentecost Picnic – another time for food and fellowship at the end of the program year, when regular Christian Formation ends and summer schedules take over.

 

Fellowship

Punch on the Lawn – Parishioners gather after the 10:30am service in the Courtyard to welcome visitors and greet others in fellowship. Please join us for punch on the lawn throughout the summer.

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper – that time to get rid of anything with leaven before Ash Wednesday and Lent; aka, Mardi Gras with flapjacks; coordinated by Men’s Ministry group.

Kanuga Parish Weekend – since 1974, St. Martin’s has had a parish weekend at Kanuga Conference Center in Hendersonville, NC; a time for relaxation, a bit a learning, fun for all ages, and Kanuga toast (may also be used as a building product). Organized and led by parishioners.

Women’s Retreat – we know nothing because they tell nothing … other than they have a great time up in the mountains.

Men’s Retreat – fellowship, learning, food, recreation, quiet, mountains, and 10% of all winnings go to the church.

Men’s Ministry – ongoing fellowship for men of the parish, purveyors of Shrove Tuesday pancakes.

 

Purple Martins Men's Softball Team:  St. Martin’s 20 to 40-something (and beyond) softball team.

ROMEOS – Retired Old Men Eating Out … doing lunch together on Thursdays for fellowship.

Elizabethan Luncheon – monthly gathering for parishioners of a certain age (sixty plus), on fourth Tuesday (September through May).

 

Other Opportunities to Minister Together

Davis-Elliot Memorial Garden – A beautiful setting for prayer, reflection, and remembering, and a place for the interment of ashes of parishioners and those with connections to St. Martin’s. Developed and maintained by members of the Parish.

Gardening Angels – Teams of parishioners who maintain the grounds of St. Martin’s on Saturday mornings.

Rose Garden – A quiet walkway between the Church and Parish House, is a bench and a bank of beautiful roses, developed and maintained by parishioners.