Consecration Sunday 2007

St. Anne's annually celebrates Consecration Sunday - the yearly opportunity for all the parish to gather and establish the giving totals for the year. 

Filling out pledge cards might not sound enjoyable, but St. Anne's community has tried to invest this opportunity with the appropriate joy.  Special speakers are brought in, prayer is encouraged and special group dinner all contribute to a celebratory mood.

The kids got to go through the line first - lunch was provided by the Des Moines Area Community College Culinary Program - hmmm!

The Consecration Sunday organizing was led by Erik and Mary Gjullin.  Above - Erik and Treasurer Tyler Schleicher delivered the pledge tally for the upcoming year - with a projected increase of 18.3%!

Quilting for Homeless Youth

Consecration Sunday was also an opportunity to sell raffle tickets for the Iowa Homeless Youth Center endowment. 

Mary Hanson and Lorene Harris sold tickets for the queen size quilt made of vintage feed sacks. 

Homeless House

The St. Anne's Youth planned to participate in Reggie's Sleep Out at Drake University.  To prepare, they built their "house" built from cardboard, complete with a "welcome" mat. 

As reminder of the less fortunate, the cardboard house was placed in the Sanctuary for the Consecration Sunday services.