St. Philip's Episcopal Church: The Messenger

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These nine events are offered for a specific number of attendees at a fixed price per attendee. People "bid" a fixed price using their bidder number. The event is filled on a first-come, first served basis, so anyone who "bids" is guaranteed a spot at that event by "bidding" once.

ARC OF LIGHT: A Portrait of Anna Campbell Bliss Private Screening

Enjoy a private screening of the film ARC OF LIGHT: A Portrait of Anna Campbell Bliss, which will receive March premieres at both the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in Salt Lake City and at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. as part of the Environmental Film Festival.

ARC OF LIGHT: A Portrait of Anna Campbell Bliss is a documentary film about a pioneering artist, architect and designer who has devoted her life to the creation of works of art that explore the complex intersections between art, technology, science, nature, poetry, mathematics and architecture. The film looks at the astonishing range of Bliss's work, from small painterly and digitally based studies of color and light to architectural site commissions of immense scale. It also puts her work in art-historical context and traces her Modernist influences, including the Bauhaus artists of the 1920s. At age 86, Bliss continues to take on large-scale site commissions and create new works of art in her Salt Lake City studio. Anna Campbell Bliss is a true pioneer in American Modernism, and was one of the first women ever trained as an architect at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Enjoy this exclusive private screening experience on Sat., May 12, 6-8pm in the home of Cid Collins Walker, the Executive Producer and Director of this film, and her husband, Richard Walker, the film's Writer and Producer. Light hor'deurves and beverages will be served.

Sat., May 12, 2012, 6-8pm, Seating for 8 people.
Fixed-Price: $35 per person
Donated by: Black Opal Productions (B/C)

Feast of the Seven Fishes

Enjoy an Italian Christmas Eve feast of seven fishes at the Lamancusa home in March. This traditional feast is a celebration of Christmas Eve with multiple courses of fish and other seafood, and is believed to have originated in Southern Italy. There are many hypotheses as why to "seven" different types of fish. Popular theories include the seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church; seven representing perfection (the traditional Biblical number for divinity is three, and for Earth is four, and the combination of these numbers, seven, represents God on Earth, or Jesus Christ), or that seven represents the seven seas. The meal's components may include some combination of Mussels with Pesto, Shrimp Cocktail, Crabmeat Dip, Pan-fried Calamari, Sea Scallops Wrapped in Bacon, Linguini with Lobster Sauce, Steamed Snow Crab Legs, Grilled Wild Salmon, Teriyaki Halibut, and Macadamia Nut Crusted Mahi-Mahi. The menu will also include salad, vegetables, wine, baked goods, and coffee.

Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 5:30 pm, for 6 persons.
FIXED bid price: $60.00 per person
Donated by: Libby and Frank Lamancusa

Wine Tasting Party

A Taste of Napa: Please join us in an exploration of the tastes and traditions of Napa Valley. Beginning at (date and time), we will be hosting a wine tasting at the home of Susan and Doug Hayes. Heavy hors d'oeuvres and dessert will be paired with several wines from this beautiful California region. Guests will return home with their own tasting glass as well as the recipes for all foods sampled during the event.

Saturday, May 26th,2012 at 2:00pm. For 16 persons
FIXED bid price: $30.00 per person
Donated by: Angie and Jan Galt, and Doug and Susan Hayes

English Afternoon Tea for 6

Enjoy a relaxing English Afternoon Tea at the home of Deb Fitzer along with her Mum Barbara Indulge in a fine fare of tea sandwiches, cakes and pastries, scones, jam and cream and of course tea! Come hungry! Saturday

April 14th, 2012 at 2pm. For 6 persons

FIXED bid price: $25.00 per person
Donated by: Deb Fitzer

Wreath-Making Party

Learn how to make a long-lasting high end holiday wreath and get into the Christmas Spirit! All materials for your wreath are included, and you'll be treated to holiday music and holiday refreshments as you work on your wreath. You only need to bring your favorite pruners. Llimit of four students for this workshop to be held on December 8, 2012 from 1-3:30 pm in Scott Aker's garage. For 4 persons

FIXED bid price: $50.00 per person
Donated by: Scott Aker

4 weeks of Irish Dancing Lessons

Jean has several years of teaching experience, and has competed in the National and World Championships as a teenager. No prior experience is necessary, and anyone 12 or older is welcome. Participants will learn the fundamentals of Irish dancing and a group dance over the course of the month. The lessons will be Thursday evenings from 7-8:30 during the month of April (April 5, 12, 19, and 26), 2012 in St. Philip's Wyatt Hall. For 8 persons

FIXED bid price: $40.00 per person
Donated by: Jean McGloin

Goddard Behind the Scenes Tour

Get a behind-the-scenes tour of buildings 7, 10, 15 and 29 at Goddard Space Flight Center. The tour will consist of seeing where flight spacecrafts are tested and integrated for scheduled launches. Debbie Dusterwald works on the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission that is currently being integrated for a scheduled launch of February 14, 2014 launch in Tanegashima, Japan. Participants will be able to see the spacecraft integrated with two instruments; one the GPM Microwave Imager (GMI) built at Ball Aerospace in Denver, Colarado and the Dual-Frequency Precipation Radar (DPR) built at Japan Space Agency.

The Tanegashima Space Center (TNSC) is one of Japan's space development facilities. It is located on Tanegashima, an island located 115 km south of Ky?sh?. It was established in 1969 when the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) was formed. It is now run by JAXA. The activities that take place at TNSC include assembly, testing, launching and tracking of satellites, as well as rocket engine firing tests. It is Japan's largest space development center.

The tour is scheduled during spring break on Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 10:00 am. We will meet at the front gate of Goddard to check in with security at 9:45 am. For 8 persons.

FIXED bid price: $20.00 per person
Donated by: Debbie Dusterwald

ST. PHILIP'S Wii TOURNAMENT of CHAMPIONS!

Are you the Venus Williams of Wii tennis? Do you have the highest bowling score in Wii bowling since Al Bundy? Do you know all of the trivia in the world? If you answered 'Yes' to any of these questions, get ready for a St. Philip's WinterFest hosted event - the "Wii Tournament of Champions". Two teams of up to four champions each will compete in BOTH the Wii Tennis and Wii Bowling tournaments to determine an ultimate winner - show us what you got!! And, as the Wii tournament is going on, a rousing game of Trival Pursuit will be played to determine an ultimate trivia champion at St. Philip's. Great food, an ice cream sundae bar and prizes will top off this good time. Please bid on this exciting event for an afternoon of fellowship, fun, friendship and food!

Saturday, April 14, 2012, 3pm - 6pm in St. Philip's Wyatt Hall
For 8 persons for Wii tournament & 4 for persons for the Trivial Pursuit tournament
FIXED bid price: $20.00 person
Donated by: Pam Brown, Shannon Toole, and Amy Brennan

Girls Get-Away Weekend at Lewes, Delaware

Enjoy a get-away weekend at Eileen's mother's home in Lewes, Delaware! 1.5 blocks from the beach ON THE DELAWARE BAY, and in walking distance to shopping, restaurants, historical sites, and a short bike ride or drive to Cape Henlopen State Park and the Lewes/Cape May Ferry and about a 10 minute drive to Rehoboth. Sleeping arrangements include 2 twin beds, 1 double bed and one queen size bed, and one sleeper sofa (and another comfy sofa). Happy hour drinks and snacks will be provided, as well as a continental breakfast on Sat and Sunday morning, plus lunch on Saturday. Individuals will be responsible for their own dinner expenses (will probably all walk to a nearby restaurant). Friday and Sat night, Sept. 14-16, 2012. For 6 persons.

FIXED bid price: $120 per person
Donated by: Eileen Collins

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