Crystal - St. Raphael
Team Blog Posts
RakeAthon 11/1/25
Saturday, All Saints Day was the perfect day for the Saint Raphael Saints (the team name for our school) to head out to help the community by raking lawns. The school children, parents, and teachers raked 20 lawns. In addition…
Read More →Drive Thru Prayer 10/4/25
It was a sunny and windy Saturday morning as we gathered for our last Drive Through prayer ministry of the year. We put emphasis on "windy", as the Holy Spirit was definitely blowing through our area. We had about 5…
Read More →Drive Thru Prayer 9/6/25
On a slightly brisk fall morning, we set up with our Drive Thru Prayer station in the driveway and one by the sidewalk. We were joined today by Brian for the first time. Our sidewalk station had two notable encounters. …
Read More →Parish Festival Welcome booth - August 2 & 3
At the 2025 Church Festival we had several good encounters helped by a relic of St Teresa of Calcutta and the relic guardian also name Teresa. One man who appeared to be having some challenges in his life, was very…
Read More →Free Food, Friendship, and Faith Recap
We had a record turnout for our 9th year of Free Food, Friendship, and Faith, with a total of 387 free meals served over the course of our six Thursdays. It's kind of like a weekly picnic we serve up,…
Read More →Soggy day encounters 7/5/25
Our Drive Thru Prayer team consisting of regulars Lisa, John, Pete, Phil & Sharon were joined by Phil's friend, Jesus. We had barely set up when we had our first vehicle pull up. B was recently evicted and is now…
Read More →Free Food, Friendship and Fun 6/26/25
Free Food, Friendship & Faith (FFF&F) – A Joyful Start to Summer! We’re off to a fantastic start with our Free Food, Friendship & Faith (FFF&F) community outreach! With two events already behind us—on June 19 and June 26—we’ve welcomed over 120 attendees so…
Read More →Drive Thru Prayer 5/3/25
It was a beautiful spring day for our evangelists/prayer team. We had several new people join us today: Colleen, a friend of Suzanne; Rochelle and Rich, a married couple; and Evie, an experienced abortion clinic sidewalk counselor. For the regulars,…
Read More →Drive Thru Prayer Kickoff 4/5/2025
Saturday, April 5 was our first Drive Thru Prayer of the year. It was sunny, breezy and cold, but that couldn't keep down the enthusiasm of our evangelization team. Phil, John and Suzanne had a great start of the season…
Read More →Christmas Village 12/7/24
Note: post written on 1/28/25 Our team set up at our parish Christmas bazaar. We ordered a supply of St Raphael medals, our parish patron, but not many were taken. Sharon gave out a Bible and catechism to an adult. …
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