Service
Knitting by St. Agnes Guild
Café Divine: Join our vibrant hospitality ministry! Chefs Ray and Paul can use your help almost anytime, but especially for Sunday dinner teams from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. or Monday Prep form 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Contact .
Coffee Divine/St. David’s Bookshop: Surround yourself with coffee drinks and good books by volunteering in the bookshop/coffee shop. Volunteers needed anytime – morning and afternoon shifts available. Once a week? Once a month? Volunteer on your schedule. Contact .
Retirement Home Ministry: St. David’s has at least two ministries taking the Church to those who cannot come to the Church: (1) Eucharistic Ministers who take Holy Communion to those unable (temporarily or permanently) to come to Church; and (2) Church Services (usually Eucharists) at some of the Retirement Homes in the Austin area. Presently we have a service at three Austin Retirement Homes: The Summit at Westlake (4 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month), Westminster Manor (3:30 p.m. the third Wednesday of every third month), and Brighton Gardens (2 p.m. the third Sunday of each month). The work is not difficult, and it is highly rewarding. Unless you want to do more, it should never require more than once a month and possibly less. It is up to you. The clergy at St. David’s preside at these services, but we need volunteers to really take the Church to these people. We need (1) Musicians to play the piano or some other instrument, to select music, and to lead the people in the singing (2) Eucharistic Ministers to help with Holy Communion (3)good-hearted people to help make arrangements in advance, to help distribute materials to those attending, to help the people in locating the correct pages in our Service Booklets, and a myriad of other things. For more details or to volunteer, please contact the .
St. Agnes Guild: Do you like to knit or crochet, or would you like to learn? The St. Agnes Guild meets the last Saturday of the month from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. in the Guild Room where we knit, crochet and visit. The articles we make vary from scarves, to caps for babies, to prayer shawls. Lessons are provided for those who want to learn. Here is what we made and donated in 2008:
- 2 warm caps and 14 colorful scarves to Trinity Center ‘s Women to Women
- 17 varied children’s scarves, 1 baby blanket, and 12 cute baby and children’s hats to Safe Place
- Last, but not least, we gave numerous lovely prayer shawls to parishoners and friends in need of comfort
And now we are building up our inventory again! If you knit or crochet, or would like to learn, please come join us!
To make a prayer shawl: Cast on 65 stitches. Knit for 5 feet (60 inches). Cast off.
For a cotton face cloth: Cast on 40 stitches. Knit one row, pearl one row for 8 1/2 inches. Cast off. This should give you about an 8 1/2 inch square. It is a very simple pattern. Feel free to make your own design, if you’d like.
The St. Agnes Guild is always looking for new members and new ideas. For more information contact or 462-0046.
Library Guild: A group of people interested in helping to maintain our forthcoming catalogued Reference Collection, as well as the Library’s Novel Exchange.
