Flower Guild
Be a part of A/V
A/V Guild members have a largely invisible but vital role each Sunday: they make sure that all parishioners can hear and see what’s going on during services and forums. If you can navigate a DVR or adjust the volume on your car stereo, you have more than enough technical skill to operate our camera and microphones. Most volunteers serve once a month at the service they regularly attend. We’re especially looking for people who’d like to help with sound and recording at Sunday Forums. Contact Elizabeth Terry (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) for more information.
Every Sunday of the year, except during Lent and Advent, flowers decorate the Church Nave and the Great Hall. These arrangements are crafted by the Flower Guild, a faithful group of parishioners who bring the beauty of Creation into our worship.
After Sunday services, the flowers are rearranged in a number of smaller baskets for delivery to parishioners to mark the joy of a baby’s birth, to give thanks for a special service to the church or to offer sympathy and hope when there is illness, crisis or grief. Deliveries are handled by the Flower Deliverers.
The Flower Guild is also available to provide flowers for weddings and funerals as a ministry to the congregation.
Parishioners can make donations for flowers as a memorial or in celebration of a birthday, anniversary or other special occasion, which is recognized in the Sunday bulletin wrapper. The standard donation for flowers is $75, but a contribution in any amount will help defray costs. (It costs $225 to provide flowers each Sunday.) Please send donations to the Flower Guild, c/o St. Columba's Episcopal Church, 4201 Albemarle Street NW, Washington, DC 20016. Along with your check (payable to St. Columba’s, with Flower Guild in the memo line), please include the Sunday you wish to mark as a memorial or celebration and write for whom the flowers are given and for what occasion.
The Flower Guild always welcomes new members. Training is provided and there is an annual education program. Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas are special for the Flower Guild, as all members can participate in the decoration of the church for these occasions.
Contact: Bill Riggs (flowerguild@columba.org)
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Photo: Kristi Womack Lowe
