Holding F&C
Every Friday in Lent for six weeks, St. James serves some of the best fish you will ever put in your mouth. For over 55 years, people have gathered from our village of Poquetanuck, from all over the region, and even from neighboring states; over 500 on many evenings. This meal is an important mission of our Parish, and a big part of who we are as a church in the community. The Spirit is alive and thriving in the dining room. Neighbors renew old friendships and new ones are created. The local Boy Scout troop and youth from our Parish and from neighboring schools are servers, no one goes away hungry, physically or spiritually, and you can just feel the energy in the space! Plates of homemade desserts sweeten the experience.
It is not a stretch to say that Fish and Chips is "church" all its own that meets annually to share table fellowship. There's no liturgy at this meal (unless "I need three baked fish!" shouted across the din of the kitchen counts), but community and healing happens here. The funds we raise from these meals help us to do God's mission of healing, reconciliation, and restoration throughout southeast Connecticut.
It is not a stretch to say that Fish and Chips is "church" all its own that meets annually to share table fellowship. There's no liturgy at this meal (unless "I need three baked fish!" shouted across the din of the kitchen counts), but community and healing happens here. The funds we raise from these meals help us to do God's mission of healing, reconciliation, and restoration throughout southeast Connecticut.