Community Outreach Ministries Making a difference in the lives of others.St. Anne’s Parish Day School The day school has served the Jacksonville community for over 30 years as an outreach ministry. It provides a nurturing environment where children can grow spiritually, emotionally and cognitively. Parishioners support the school through participation and by supporting different events.
Onslow Community Ministries ~ Soup Kitchen Spend the morning with a team of servants who prepare sandwiches and serve meals. This vital ministry feeds hungry people here in Onslow County. St. Anne's helps serve prepare and serve meals three times a year.
Unseen Guest Ministry Christ is the unseen guest at dinner tables. As meals are prepared, a portion is placed into individual serving trays, labeled and frozen. Meals are kept in the church freezer and distributed to those who come to St. Anne's seeking assistance with food. Trays and instructions are provided. The Unseen Guest Ministry is open on Tues & Thurs from 10:00 am - 12 noon.
Operation Christmas Child (Seasonal) The love of Christ is spread by filling shoeboxes with gifts for impoverished children all over the world. A brochure with all the information is provided. This is the perfect opportunity to teach children about helping other children in need.
Prayer Shawl Ministry Do you like to knit, crochet or quilt or would you like to learn how? This team of crafters creates shawls to be given in a time of crisis or celebration in someone's life. Yarn is provided to the participants. The ministry meets in the Parish Library on the 2nd and 4th Monday of everymonth from 10:00 - 11:00 am. There is no cost for the shawls and they are available in the church office.
Pastoral Care When all of the parts work together, the body of Christ is made whole.
Altar Flower Delivery Flowers from Sundays worship services are personally delivered to parishioners who are confined at home, the hospital or nursing homes. This simple gesture brings joy to recipients. Disciples of Prayer If you know of someone who needs a note of support let us know, and Anie Bowie, our prayers minister will send them a card.
Lay Eucharistic Visitors (LEV) Holy Communion is taken to those who are unable to attend regular worship services by trained lay members.
Parish Family Support Parishioners lovingly prepare and deliver meals to those who are in need due to illness, birth of a child, or a death in their family. This is a way in which the community of faith supports each other.
Prayer Shawl Ministry If you know of someone going through a life changing time in their life - surgery, birth of a child, death of a loved one, sickness, etc. Take them a prayer shawl! Pick one up in the office, just sign to whom it is going and who is giving it.
Parish Life Hospitality
Fellowship Hour Light refreshments are served each Sunday, after both worship services, in the parish hall. Individuals or families sign up to provide and serve the refreshments.
Coffee Angels Each Sunday, coffee is prepared to be enjoyed after worship services by a this faithful team of individuals.
Men's Breakfast Teams On the first Sunday of each month, a team of men prepare breakfast for everyone beginning immediately after the 8:00am worship service.
Office Angels Helping hands assist the administrative assistant with bulk mailings, the bulletins and other publications. They also work in the parish office in the absence of the admin. assistant.
Buildings and Grounds Team Practicing good stewardship with the facilities and grounds we have been blessed with is the focus of this team. Minor repairs and property clean ups are done after quarterly inspections.
Adult Choir If you love to sing and enjoy participating weekly in the worship service, adult choir is a great place for you. You do not have to read music. The main skill that is needed is a sense of dedication to the group. Adult choir warms up before the 10:30 service, sings weekly for that service and rehearses after coffee hour.
Bellisima Handbell Choir This group of individuals plays handbells during the worship services approximately every six weeks. A minimal understanding of music is needed; however, no prior experience in ringing is necessary. The handbell choir meets weekly during the school year to rehearse.
Children's Choir What a wonderful way for children age three through fifth grade to share and cultivate their talents! The children's choirs meet during the Christian Education hour on Sunday mornings. They sing during worship services every other month. In addition, children in first grade through fifth grade present a Christmas musical each year. Rehearsals for the play are in addition to the choir program.
Cursillo
Can Christianity penetrate the many areas of secular life in today's world? Can it live there? Can it grow there? Can it transform the world in a way that is more fruitful than the past and in keeping with the times? The Cursillo movement thinks so! It proposes no new type of spirituality, but simply a method through which one's spirituality may be developed, lived and shared in any area of human life where there are Christians willing to dedicate their lives to God.
The purpose of Cursillo is to help those in the Church understand their individual callings to be Christian leaders. The leadership may be exercised in one's work situations, in one's family and social life, in one's leisure activities, and within the Church environment. Leadership, in Cursillo, does not mean power over others, but influence on others; all of us need to be aware that we can exert a positive influence on those around us. The goal of Cursillo is the goal of the Church; to bring all to Christ. This is done when informed, trained leaders set out with the support of others having a similar commitment.
Cursillo is patterned on Jesus' own example. He searched out and called a small group of potential leaders (pre-Cursillo). He trained them by word and example and inspired them with a vision (Cursillo Weekend). He linked them together and sent them out into the world to bring the world to Him (post-Cursillo/Fourth Day).
Persons who are part of Cursillo start by attending a three-day weekend. It is a ‘retreat' only in the sense that the group attempts to limit the influence of the outside world. The Cursillo weekend is a deeply moving time in which we ask ourselves: What am I doing here? What does God want of me? What does Christ see in me? What do I see in Christ? What is Christ saying to me?
Three~Day Weekend
The Cursillo weekend brings together a diverse group of Episcopalians to share the richness of many styles of worship and to broaden each one's appreciation of our Church. Lay people conduct the weekend with two or three members of the clergy functioning as spiritual advisors. Cursillo presumes that those who attend are already well grounded in the Christian faith.. It is not intended to be a conversion experience but an enriching and deepening of what is already there.
The weekend begins Thursday evening spent in the Chapel with meditations and Compline. Then silence is kept until after the worship on Friday morning. After breakfast, participants are assigned to table groups for the weekend. The next two days are filled with talks and group discussions with emphasis on Grace, the Sacraments, and the great Cursillo tripod: Piety, Study, and Action. Plus there is fellowship, wonderful food, singing and lots of laughter, as well as some quiet times. The Eucharist is celebrated daily.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who can attend?
Any Episcopalian, eighteen years of age or older, may attend a Cursillo weekend.
Are there Cursillo secrets?
You may have been told by someone who has attended the weekend that he cannot tell you what Cursillo is all about or what goes on during a Cursillo weekend. This is not correct! Everything that goes on during the weekend may be told to anyone. Cursillo literature is available to anyone who wishes to read or purchase the materials.
How much does it cost?
The three-day weekend at Trinity Center costs $180.00. Scholarships for Cursillo are available through the generosity of those who have attended previous Cursillo weekends.
Do I need a sponsor?
A sponsor is an invaluable support person before, during and after your Cursillo experience. If you are interested in attending Cursillo and don't have a sponsor, contact Lee Stroud, Anne Stroud or Deacon Kay Swindell
How do I sign up?
Applications are available in the Deacon's office or from Lee Stroud, or Anne Stroud
When is the next Cursillo?
Weekends are held in April and November of each year. Deadlines for registration is four to six weeks prior to the weekend.
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Episcopal Youth Community (EYC)
St. Anne's EYC meet at 5pm every other Sunday, for 2 hrs. This group of teens, 6th - 12th grades, will spend time hanging out, watching movies, worshipping and growing together in Christ.
Come and check it out, you won't be disappointed!
Calendar of Upcoming Events Date Event Planned 11/4 Dinner & a Movie (Chasing Mavericks-PG) 11/18 Garden Clean-Up 12/02 Christmas Cards for Shut-Ins/Nativity Costume Fittings 12/16 Living Nativity/ Dirty Santa Christmas Party 01/13 Ice Skating in Wilmington 01/27 Bible Trivia 02/03 Souper Bowl Sunday/ No EYC 02/10 Valentine Day Cards for Shut-Ins 02/12 Pancake Supper 02/24 Bowling 03/10 Unseen Guest Cooking 03/24 Game Night 03/28 Maundy Thursday Lock-In/Stuff Easter Eggs 03/29 Children's Stations of the Cross *(morning) 03/31 Easter Egg Hunt No EYC 04/07 Garden Clean-Up 04/21 Team up with St. Peter's 05/05 EYC Youth Sunday Practice 05/12 Youth Sunday No EYC 05/19 ??? 06/02 Graduate Recognition Note: Small service projects, like washing windshields during Church, may pop up throuth out the year.
If you are interested in any of these ministries, please feel free to go to the contact us page and let us know. Thank you and may God be with you.
