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B Y Kathryn H a ll Bogie
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aising funds to finance
church obligations and pro­
grams is a never-ending challenge to
church members and to those who
carry the responsible leadership.
The church dinner, or the silver tea,
have cancelled out many a church
d eficit, and no doubt these old
stand-bys will continue to yield in­
stant returns on bread (and cake)
cast on the waters o f community
support.
Episcopal churchwomen o f St.
Philip the Deacon Church, held
their annual Lenten “ green" tea on
Sunday afternoon of March 20. The
late Father Lee Owen Slone of St.
Allan Temple Mammoth Tee co-chairman Regina Green: Alcana
Philip several years ago adopted the
De Deleveeux. generel chairmen; Daniel Moore, co chairman, pose
label of "green" for his parish teas
with Trent AMrldge who reload over M00 for the Memmoth Tee
hoping to upgrade the silver offer­
gratulations
by Regina Green, as­
ings to a more productive "lo n g
year when Shedrick W illiam s d o ­
green.”
sistant chairperson and Daniel
nated photography for auction, so
Moore, also an assistant chairper­
This year's ECW president. Angie
he arranged this year for us to have
son. A beaming pastor, the Rev.
Britton, was pleased with the suc­
E .J . Edwards, closed the 22nd
cess of the 1983 Lenten tea, chaired
Mammoth Tea.
by Maude Young. Mrs. Young also
arranged for the musical program of
the afternoon. Perform ing were
Kent Hecock, choirmaster and or­
nother style of church
ganist at St. Philip and Margaret
fund raising in these stringent
Heil, soprano, of the church choir.
economic times was the auction held
Father M . Ramsey Schadewitz, rec­
recently by the parishioners of Im ­
tor of St. Philip, revealed his talent
maculate Heart Catholic Church on
as a pianist when he played three se­
Williams Avenue.
lections for the guests.
“ Ours is a small parish," said Sis­
Othe[ EC W committee persons
ter Arnadene. She is a member of
assisting were M ary Bird and M il­
the Sisters o f Holy Name assigned
dred Reynolds.
to assist Father Charles Lienert in
the work o f Im m aculate H eart.
" W e are small, but our needs are
g re a t,” she said. " W it h so many
people out o f work our emergency
supplies o f food, clothing and
household furnishings are quickly
depleted. So we have had to go out­
side our parish to seek help.
"W e turned to putting on an auc­
tion four years ago when we had the
first one in the school basement.
That one netted us about S I , 300,
and we decided to try it again. The
next one was better. It brought in
S3,000, and last year we took in
$9,000.
"W e wanted to keep growing but
Angie Britton, president of St.
our facilities were too small for both
Philip Epiecopel Women.
showing the merehantfhe w eTrtd
collected and accomodating the
IFFE R E N T planning went in­
crowd we hoped to attract— so we
to the "Mammoth Tea" host­
moved the auction over to H oly
ed by members o f Allen Temple
Rosary parish wehre there was suit­
C .M .E . Church on Sunday, March
able space,” the sister explained.
20. The setting was moved to the
"O u r whole congregation was as
M att Dishman Community Center
involved as usual. They contributed
to accomodate the crowd that was
what they could and solicited items
expected to attend.
and services front the neighbor­
The Mammoth Tea, the 22nd in
hood. We found ourselves with
the church’s history, was the cul­
quite a variety of interesting things
mination of more than 10 weeks of
to offer. We had theatre tickets to
effort by a busy congregation. The
church roll was divided into classes
o f age groups with two or three
classes banded into a team with two
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leaders. Theme chosen was: " O th ­
ers—Caring, Sharing and Praying.”
Out of this structure came compe­
tition for ingenuity in raising funds
for the "Mamm oth" event. Children
sold candies and helped where they
could; individuals cooked and
served meals at home or at "coffee-
call” times at the church; groups
held barbecue or chicken dinners;
others had international dinners or
tasting meals, some contributed to a
commemorative program booklet
and sold advertising space in it and
the community was thoroughly
scouted for patrons who would do­
nate.
Came the big day with Daniel
Moore acting as master of ceremon­
"Light Forma," a photographic
ies. He opened a music program
tributa to Salvadora Dali by
starring Louise Jones at the piano,
Shadrlck Williams
and the Jubilee Choir of Mt. Olivet
Baptist Church. Solos were sung by
auction, we had a weekend for two
M attie Spears and by Wanda
at the elegant Colum bia Gorge
Thompson. Then it was awards
Hotel, there were free haircuts, fa­
time. There were special tea awards,
cials and shampoos and the use of a
individual and team awards, and
pick-up truck for an afternoon.
standings were anounced amidst ap­
"W e had arranged for a big wed­
plause. The long-awaited total of
ding to be auctioned last year and it
the sharing o f efforts was an­
was a great success— so we did it
nounced by Princess Reynolds,
again this year,” said Sister Arma-
Mammoth Tea Finance Chairperson
dene. " T h is year's winners were
- S I 3,000.
Deborah Lees and Thomas Elliston.
A fte r that the afternoon was a
They'll be married in a $3,400 wed­
piece of cake for everyone. Alzena
ding with all the trim m ings," she
De Deleveaux, the general chairper­
said.
son, was joined for receiving con-
There was a big interest in ait last
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his beautiful photograph o f an or­
chid and a pair of ballet slippers. He
calls the picture, "Light Forms,” a
tribute to Salvadore D a li. The
lowest bid on it was S500, and along
the way several men o f our parish
bought it for Immaculate Heart as
an investment in art fo r our own
parish.”
"Father Chuck” offered some of
his own beautiful calligraphy for
the auctions and Sister Arnadene
volunteered baby sitting for an a f­
ternoon. Glen Zakula, the auction­
eer, is a professional. Overseeing it
all this year were the same persons
who have parlayed the auction into
"bigger and better" each year: Co-
chairs Suzi Koch and Colleen Mox-
ley.
Their score this year? "E leven
thousand,” said Sister Anadene
softly.
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