“The apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith.’” Indeed, Lord, increase our faith!

We have just completed the never-ending birthday celebration for our granddaughter, Grace. First, there was the sleepover party with some friends. Then, there was the birthday celebration in her kindergarten class, where Rita was invited to read stories to them. Next, the weekend trip to Aunt and Uncle, Grandma and Pappa for their gift exchange. Finally, our celebration at a pizza place and our gifts. Overwhelming! Was she still able to receive yet another gift?

As Grace began opening our gifts, she became very excited with one gift. It was a Discovery terrarium kit. Unlike her other gifts, she was so intrigued by the potential, but it would be a challenge to comprehend its full potential. Just as her past year’s gift of crystal growing, she could see the potential, but only later was overjoyed by what she discovered. Of course, each of these gifts would require parental assistance to help encourage her to discover the beauty within.

Faith is a gift. A gracious, generous gift from our Lord. A gift that we can receive, but can’t fully comprehend. Yet, if we receive with an open and humble heart, we find that although our faith is but the size of a mustard seed, still it grows. And by the 'parental' assistance of the Lord, we discover that we grow in our awareness of Jesus’ presence in our lives. Not a gift that is expected or earned, but freely offered to each of us. It is Jesus’ gift of love with the potential of growing into a full and intimate relationship with him.

Yes, we can “increase our faith,” if we just graciously and humbly accept the overwhelming gift of Faith that we have already received from our persistent and loving Lord!

Thank you to everyone who helped make this event so much fun! From the many generous Sponsors, to the golfers, to all our dinner guests, to the countless number of volunteers on the committee, the Sign up Party hosts and especially to Shawn Babiarz for chairing the event! A very special thank you to 3 of our amazing Saint Andrew teachers Sarah Simone, Rachel McCarthy and Sonia Di Marino and Scott Burns and Ken Hain for helping on the golf course! They were awesome!

Congratulations to the golfing foursome of Brad and Ashley Gauntlett and Dave and Ann Benzon! They are this year's low net winners!

The Piggery Restaurant did a fantastic job of providing tasty food and cocktails! And a shout out and thank you to Saint Andrew Dad Larry Brown for providing great live entertainment!

There are only a few Sign up Parties with open spots left so sign up before they completely sell out!

Click below to purchase open Sign up Party spots and the Out of Uniform Pass for your kids!

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