Christmas Events

Greetings to all of you!

It’s been a busy week with all the Christmas concerts, etc. that have been going on here at St. Mark. The Tampa Bay Children’s Chorus put on an outstanding show last Saturday night. I always love hearing children’s voices especially during the Advent and Christmas Season. We also celebrated our annual Parish Christmas Dinner at Hunters Green C.C., and it also turned out to be a wonderful evening. We had the Barbershop Quartet perform for our listening pleasure, and also had a special appearance by Frankie Sinatra! I would like to thank Denize Soobit, Nancy Larson, and Phyllis Timp for putting this all together. It was a fun evening!

Also on Saturday, we had “Breakfast with Santa”, put on by our Youth Ministry. Hundreds of kids strolled through and made their very own Christmas crafts, heard stories from Mrs. Santa, and also got the chance to meet Santa himself! By the time I got there, it seemed Santa was worn out because when I told him what I wanted for Christmas, he threw me from his Santa Chair and the elves escorted me out! It looks like I’m getting coal again for Christmas! Afterwards, we had a great breakfast made by the Knights of Columbus, and the morning was complete. I would like to thank Maryann Weigel and her angels for all their hard work. It was another success!
Well, I need to get my shopping done. Hope all is well with you, and may the rest of Advent be one of joy and peace for you and your family.
Peace,

Fr. David