Our donation to El Hogar perhaps best illustrates the effect of our Outreach effort. Further fundraising for a mission trip to meet and work with Pablo is planned for later this year. St. Mary's supports Kairos through prayer, donations and cookies. Contact Rennie Harrison for additional details of this worthwhile program. St. Mary's is proud to present this ten-part series of monthly lectures about our local fishing industry and what will be necessary for it to continue to be the central focus of our community.
Speakers are local experts on their subjects, many from our congregation.
The public is welcome. This service, which dates back 31 years, is attended by about 400 people, who come by boat and by land. We involve our local clergy and in recent years have asked our neighbor church, Tibitha Church of God, to provide the music. In scripture and in song, we thank God for his abundant provision through the sea, and we ask God's blessing on the year ahead for commercial and recreational fishing and boating. We always lay a memorial wreath on the waters of Cockrell's Creek in memory of those lost at sea, and we hear an inspiring sermon from a guest preacher.