Crystal - St. Raphael
Team Blog Posts
Chrstkindlmarkt 11/30/24
We had plenty of visitors to our booth at Christkindlmarkt, even St Nicholas paid Sharon and Suzanne a visit. Sharon and Suzanne had their first visitor after the booth was barely set up. Suzanne asked L if she would like…
Read More →Drive Thru Prayer 11-2-24
It was a brisk fall day for our last Drive Thru Prayer of the year. We had four evangelists this November morning-Lisa, Phil, Rick, Sharon. We didn't have many people stop by. The first was M with whom Phil spoke…
Read More →St Raphael Parish Festival 8/2 & 8/3/2024
We had a hot and steamy weekend for our festival with more of a crowd on Saturday than Friday. At our booth was our popular Kids Bible Trivia and a special (bilocating?) guest, St Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Later,…
Read More →Crystal Frolic 2024(7/27/24)
Our parish St Paul Street Evangelization team again shared a booth with St Raphael School at the annual city celebration "Crystal Frolics". This time, the booth also promoted our parish festival which will be held next week. Phil and Sharon…
Read More →Free Food, Friendship, and Faith-Week Six (7-25-24)
We had high hopes of breaking our record for serving meals as we had steady diners after we opened. However we fell just short at 38 diners. There were a few memorable encounters. After setting up her free card games,…
Read More →FREE FOOD, FRIENDSHIP, AND FAITH-WEEK FIVE (7-18-24)
Despite perfect weather conditions, we only served a handful more people this week than our previous week. Our most interesting encounter was a Protestant pastor. He had two children with him and picked out a Bible and a children's book…
Read More →Drive Thru Prayer (7-13-24)
With only three evangelists/prayer supporters and rain ever threatening, we decided to administer prayer to whomever God would send us. Sharon and Phil approached a few people on the sidewalk, but no one had any prayer requests We had one…
Read More →FREE FOOD, FRIENDSHIP, AND FAITH-WEEK FOUR (7-11-24)
We had a quiet week. Due to the heat and humidity, our numbers were the lowest yet, 27 diners. We had a few repeat diners, two new volunteers and one different school family join us. Phil spoke to one gentleman…
Read More →Free Food, Friendship, and Faith-Week Three (6-27-24)
As the weather couldn't decide whether or not to rain, we set up tables both inside and outside and arranged our food and free items tables to be sheltered from any rain. While we did receive a few very light…
Read More →Free Food, Friendship & Faith, Week 2 (6-20-24)
On day that was overcast and threatening rain, we served 43 people-up 10 from week 1. Games, free SPSE materials and free books were offered along with our free hot dog meal. We had one Spanish speaking diner originally…
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