Crystal - St. Raphael
Team Blog Posts
Drive-Thru/Walk up prayer 11/7/20
Dave, Phil, Peggy, and Sharon set up for what was probably our last Drive Thru event of year on a nice, sunny but windy morning. We had a total of nine people this morning for our first Saturday Drive-Thru event.…
Read More →St Raphael School Rake A Thon table set up
Dave, Phil and Sharon handed medals and religious materials to St Raphael School students and parents before they left for their service project/fundraiser. Most families took several medals and the few Christian (not specifically Catholic) children books and one children's…
Read More →Evangelizing with the Knights of Columbus
Today St Raphael School had to postpone their Rake A Thon fundraiser as we were blessed (???) with at least 6 inches of snow this past week which had not fully melted. However the cold turn of weather showed how…
Read More →Drive-Thru Prayer 10/3/2020
Today our team consisted of Peggy, Phil and Sharon. Phil and Peggy sat at the prayer station at the north entrance of the church, while Sharon sat at the literature/medal table closer to the sidewalk. While Sharon was setting up…
Read More →St Raphael Patronal Statue Installation Event-9/26/2020
Phil and Sharon manned a table for 4 hours at the joyous occasion of our parish installing and dedicating a statue of our patron saint. Sharon admitted having a low expectation for the table as we would be likely "preaching…
Read More →September 5, 2020 Drive-Thru Prayer station and literature table
We are very happy with our first Drive-Thru prayer station on Saturday, September 5. Phil and Peggy set up at the north entrance of the church, while after some thought Sharon and the literature table was moved closer to the…
Read More →Thomas Beach 8/29/2020
Just a note to let you know what happened at last Saturdays Saint Paul Street Evangelization event at Lake Bde Maka Ska. Sharon and Phil "hit the streets" (or actually the walking paths) with Regional Missionary, Denise Hirl and her…
Read More →Christmas Village 2019
December 7, the St Raphael parish team had its inaugural display at the annual St Raphael Christmas Village bazaar. Evangelists staffing the display were Phil Reif, and Denise Hirl-regional missionary and myself-Sharon Hedman. Many people stopped by the display including 1)…
Read More →Upcoming events
While not an official SPSE effort, last night (Halloween) my daughter handed out little ziploc bags with candy, a St Michael Medal, and St Michael prayer card to children who came to our house. My daughter and I prayed that…
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