Golf Trounament

Greetings to all of you!

The annual St. Mark Golf Tournament is now history and I was so thrilled with the turnout and the great weather God supplied us on that great day. It was nice to reacquaint myself with old faces and I think everyone had a wonderful time! This year I hit the ball the best I ever had during the, “Beat the Priest”, contest. It seemed whatever way I swung the club, the ball magically landed on the green in most cases. Could it have been angels?? Maybe so, except for a few times during the contest when they may have been asleep or attending to other needs. There was one occasion when my golf instructor came to the hole and after a few lessons last year, I felt the need to show him what a great job he did on me. As I took the club in my hand ready to show off my golfing prowess, I made a mighty swing, (this is the part where the angels must have been busy), in which I took enough turf to cover the entire lake beside the green! The ball went a few yards and with that my ego deflated to an all time low. Red-faced, I fell to the ground feigning injury and it seemed to have worked because they wanted me to take another swing. I told them I had to rest and recover and my instructor let me know that he may have to give me some free lessons later on this month while he’s here so I could avoid injury in the future. Wow, free lessons! Maybe it was beneficial that the angels were sleeping after all! Anyway, I wish to thank Chuck Lewindowski for all his work chairing the event and his committee for another outstanding job! I’d like to thank Hunter’s Green and the guys in the Pro Shop for being so gracious and helpful to us, and for all the Sponsors and golfers who sacrificed, especially in this awful economy, to help us move forward in building this new Church. Please thank them and support their businesses when you can. Also, I’d like to thank former Lightening Captain, David Andreychuk, for allowing us to honor him for all his efforts for Tampa Bay and St. Mark Church. Now I need to rest my weary bones and prepare again for next year.
Again this week I had the opportunity of blessing another business that was just taken over by parishioner Francis Sadiq and his family. Diamond Nail Salon next to Circles Bistro, (another of our parishioners), opened under new management this past week in the Pebble Creek Collection Shopping Center. Let us support our very own and tell them Fr. David sent you!
Well, that is all for now. Continue to enjoy the gift that God has given in each other.


Peace,

Fr. David