We need volunteers to assist in the care of our altar linens, brass items, candles, holy water fonts, and cleanliness and organization of the work sacristies. This also includes decorating the church for Easter and Christmas and other holy days, as well as making flower arrangements and taking care of plants. Please contact Pat Smith-Auth, pasamama2lena@hotmail.com
We need volunteers to assist at receptions following funerals. You can help by providing food or hosting during the reception either in Holy Family Hall or the Martha Mary Social Hall. Please contact Ginny Lovell, jg2823@msn.com
When we come to know, love, and serve God, then we are good “practicing” Catholics! You are invited to share in this fantastic stewardship for our St. Anne parishioners and others. Currently, we have 11 Catholics and some 15 non-Catholics for whom and with whom we visit and pray. Many times our elderly parishioners and others are in great need of friendships and prayers. Just being present in the room could mean so much! Remember, some people asked Jesus, “When did we see you?” Jesus tells them that He is in the forgotten and those in need. Jesus makes the acronym, so to speak, OLD: Our Lord in Disguise or OLD: Our Lady in Disguise! You are dearly invited to participate in the Work of Mercy, each Sunday. Come join us! Please contact Mr. Eugene McKee at euiemckee@yahoo.com.
We need volunteers to assist us with helping the poor in our area and beyond. Volunteers are needed to assist with cooking for the “Food for the Soul” Soup Kitchen that feeds almost 300 people and to help with a whole host of other social outreach programs of the parish during the year. Please contact Pat Smith-Auth, pasamama2lena@hotmail.com
Individuals who serve in this ministry prepare the church for liturgical celebrations. This includes some simple tasks, as well as lifting, climbing, bending, and lots of walking. The items used for decorating are handled with much care both in displaying and packing away to ensure years of use. You will be asked to work just before the main church seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter. Often we will be decorating late at night or early in the morning just before Christmas or Easter depending on the liturgical calendar. We use our gifts to make everything pleasing to God and to enhance the liturgy. Our volunteers are willing to help during holiday seasons and are flexible with their time.
Please contact Mrs. Pat Smith-Auth at pasamama2lena@hotmail.com.
We invite all women of the parish to be active members of the CCW. This women’s group meets the second Tuesday of each month beginning at 6:45 p.m. with the Holy Rosary followed by the business meeting. The CCW has various committees, supports many of the social outreach ministries of the parish, and staffs the Religious Store in the Main Church.
Please contact Barbara Cole, President, bkcole65@gmail.com
Looking for a way to help the Church? Come volunteer to work in the CCW Religious Store. Help is needed after all weekend Masses. Grace Campbell, cookwithgrace@hotmail.com
Family Promise of Bryan County is an ecumenical outreach service that provides food, shelter, and support services to temporarily homeless families. We need volunteers to provide meals, host overnight care at the Family Promise house, and do other chores. These homeless are families, not chronically “skid row” street people.
Please contact Brett and Jennifer Lamborn, brett.lamborn@gmail.com, 5lamborns@gmail.com
The Flower Guild maintains the plants in the church and makes large floral arrangements when one is requested in honor or memory of a loved one. If no flowers are requested on a particular week, we make sure the sanctuary is adorned with plants we have “in house.” Plant care requires some knowledge of plants, and floral arranging requires knowledge of basic design, flowers, and mechanics. We purchase the flowers from a wholesaler in Savannah. Design and flower choice are limited to the donation made for the arrangement. Volunteers pick up flowers, prep them as needed, soak the oasis, and make sure vessels are clean and disinfected. Floral arrangement is prep, design, set up in the church, clean-up, and continued care for the arrangement until it is taken apart at the end of the week. Any flowers salvageable are refashioned and used in the church. Floral arranging often involves standing for a few hours, and this ministry requires walking, bending, stooping, lifting, and travel time to pick up and prepare the flowers. If you love plants and flowers, have a good eye for design, have free time to offer, and can handle the physical demands, this ministry could be for you! Please contact Mrs. Pat Smith-Auth at pasamama2lena@hotmail.com.