Pigasus
Last night Dane and I attend Shiel Mardi Gras. It is the main fundraiser for our church. We feel incredibly fortunate that a friend we met soon after we started attending Shiel invited us to sit at his table for a night of fun, food, fellowship, and laughter. The evening started off with a silent auction where I put a couple bids on the cute little guy above. Unfortunately, he flew away from me. It was also incredibly fun to see the basket I had made with a couple bids on it!
While the main goal of the evening is to raise money to support all of the student activities that Shiel sponsors, I couldn't help but be a little taken with how much love and support for an amazing place was in one room. When Dane and I first moved to Evanston, we tried so many different churches. When we first attended Shiel we could tell that the parish was, for lack of a better term, alive. People were actually singing, not dutifully holding a hymnal and moving their lips, full fledged singing. There was so many different types of people, families, college students, grandparents, all coming together to share their faith and love. It's where I decided to continue my faith journey and where we found our faith home.
No comments:
Post a Comment