Hospitality
Our Hospitality group helps our already welcoming
congregation encourage fellowship among new and
old-comers alike, in hosting the weekly coffee hour
and in serving refreshments at special events. The group's projects include:
Weekly coffee hour
(sign up sheet in the kitchen)
After the 8 am Sunday service, Vestry member Frances
Harbour provides donuts in the Church kitchen, where
congregants enjoy coffee and fellowship.
After the 10 am service, attendees enjoy the weekly
coffee hour in Marshall-Rutter Hall. Volunteers
prepare, serve, and clean up the repast, which
includes coffee, tea, lemonade, cookies, and other
treats, such as home-made baked goods, fruit,
cheese, and crackers. It is a relaxing time, during
which parishioners catch up with each other and
welcome newcomers to St. Clements. The children
have fun, too!
There are still a few Coffee Hour volunteer
opportunities left this year: May 11, June 22 and
29; July 6; August 10 and 17; November 9; and
December 14. If anyone is interested in
participating in this fun and important ministry or
in any other aspect of hospitality, please contact
Martha Crawley at mc1092@verizon.net or sign up on
the sheet in the Church kitchen. It's a great way
to meet people and get involved!
Special events
(ice cream socials, simple suppers, holiday events)
If you have would like to sign up for coffee hour, or want to know more ways you can get involved in hospitality, please contact Anabelle Wright.
A Note from a Confessed 'Coffee Hour Fan' (May 31, 2006)
There is a tradition at Saint Clement to hold "coffee hour" visiting time at the end of each service. The 8 o'clockers have it down pat but the 10 o'clockers are a bit shy of volunteers to set it up.
The secret to making a good cup of perked coffee is to fill the pot to the level you want with COLD water and then put into the basket one fourth cup of coffee grounds for each five cups of perked coffee you want to make. WORKS every time!
Talk it up with a friend and sign up on the list posted on the kitchen freezer. ...your Vestry Hospitality Chairperson would love to hear from you soon I'm sure.
- Linda Oliver, "Coffee Hour Fan"
