There has been an interest in reconstituting our Table Fellwoship Groups from a number of years ago. Cathy Elsea is organizing these groups, and we will hear from her in a letter to the whole parish sometime in the month of May. These Table Fellowship Groups are a way that parishioners can get to know one another better. That’s all! We just want to create a way for people to meet socially, usually around dinner in someone’s home or restaurant. This will help you get to know the people in the pew sitting next to you that you see every Sunday. We have had the following people join the Table Fellowship Groups: Robert & Teresa Littlejohn, David & Cathy Elsea, John & Judy Buckelew, Peter & Linda Bourey, Chib & Christy Anen, Stephen & Christine Stager and Allen & Susan Patton. Are there more out there who would like to be part of these groups? You may be single, married, young or old, live in Raleigh or outside of Raleigh - all are welcome! Please contact Father James, Father Caldwell, Debbie Nicholas at 787-7590 or Cathy Elsea at 846-8114 if you would like to be in a Table Fellowship Group. It’s not too late, because the groups will begin meeting in the early fall.

The children who collected and returned Mite Boxes during Lent have collected $150.00.  We will choose from a llama, goat, sheep, pig, or several gifts of smaller animals. We will select our gift for Heifer International this Sunday in the Children’s Chapel. To all who participated - thank you!

There will be a meeting of the Altar Guild Members on Saturday, May 19th at 9:30 AM in the Parlor. Please make every effort to attend this meeting. We will have the opportunity to review the work of the Altar Guild and try to plan and anticipate the upcoming services through the Season of Pentecost.

Our last meeting before the summer break will be Tuesday, May 8th at the Firebird Grill in North Hills. All women of the Parish are invited to join us for this evening of fun, fellowship and good food. We hope to see you there. If you have any questions about the ECW, please contact Elizabeth Bunting at 773-8571 or ebuntingecw@hotmail.com.

Confirmation will be held on Sunday, May 13th during the 11:00 AM Service. A rehearsal for Confirmation will be held on Saturday, May 12th at 10:00 AM in the Church.

You can now download the following forms and schedules from StTimothysChurch.org:

• Altar flowers flyer, schedule and order form
• Parishioner birthday and anniversary list
• Event calendar
• Servers’ schedule
• St. Anne’s Chapter flyer
• VIVA MEXICO Vacation Bible School registration form

These documents are available from our new website page, St. Timothy’s Tidings.

This is a good way to serve your church. One weekend a month you can help to clean and set up for the 11 AM service. If you are interested, please contact Sheila Luk at 787-8994 or Father James at 787-7590.

Sunday, May 6th is Craft Sunday. The Church School will be preparing Mother’s Day and Father’s Day gifts.

The Youth Group will meet next Sunday, May 6th from 4-6 PM. The meeting will follow its usual format with a business meeting, a program and dinner.

At our Annual Chicken Barbecue this year, the Men’s Fellowship made over $1000 which we will use to support our upcoming events such as the school year end cookout for the church in June as well as our donation to charities such as the Asher Scholarship Fund. We thank the church and community for their great support of this annual event. Our next Men’s Fellowship meeting will be Sunday May 6 after the 11 A.M. service.