CHRIST THE REDEEMER CATHOLIC CHURCH
46833 Harry Byrd Highway
Sterling, Virginia 20164

Picnic Thanks -- Gracias

Many thanks to the many parishioners who made our annual Parish Picnic such a great experience. God blessed us with great weather and the sunshine and temperature gave us the opportunity to be outside with the children’s games. The food tables in the Atonement Hall were like the gospel multiplication of loaves and fishes. Everyone shared in the table fellowship of all kinds of foods, which represented the great diversity of CTR. We could see what makes CTR the great community it is.Many Thanks. Father Howard

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Se le agradece a todos los parroquianos quienes hicieron del Picnic Anual de la Parroquia una linda experiencia. El Señor nos bendijo en el sentido de que tuvimos el clima a nuestro favor y pudimos celebrar todo afuera con los juegos de los niños. La comida en las mesas en el salón de Atonement Hall fue como una multiplicación de panes & peces en el Evangelio. Cada uno compartió en la mesa toda clase de comida, lo cual representaron la gran diversidad de Cristo Redentor. Es ahí donde vemos que es lo que hace a la Parroquia Cristo Redentor una gran comunidad. Muchas Gracias. Padre Howard

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Many, many thanks to everyone that contributed to the success of our Annual Parish Picnic held last weekend. Our hats go off to this year’s helpers.

• Maria and Tito Alvarez – These wonderful people (and their kind-hearted family and friends) were in charge of this year’s picnic and did a wonderful job. They donated bikes, household items, soda and food to the cause and then made sure that everyone had a great time. They served food on the buffet line, provided music for our entertainment and generally helped out in every area.

• Joyce Spieler organized all of our outside games and led dozens of assistants that guided our children as they played games, rode the horses and bounced their way through an afternoon of fun in the sun. Joyce helped with the raffle, made lots of signs and even helped out by announcing the picnic details to all of us after Mass one weekend.

• We thank our craft room teachers and our face-painters, the kids loved all the attention. Many thanks to the volunteers that organized our adult and children’s version of musical chairs. The observers had as much fun watching as the participants had playing.

• Parishioners donated and helped serve delicious food from all over the world. The Grupo de Oración donated lots and lots of chicken. The Vietnamese community donated hundreds of egg rolls.

• The Knights of Columbus led by John Reaser, Grand Knight of the K of C Good Samaritan Council grilled 650 burgers and hot dogs to perfection.

• New this year, we were gifted with the talents of Rene Roberts, Message Therapist. People were happy to walk away relaxed and renewed.

• Volunteers worked at the raffle table and organized (and kept cold), hundreds and hundreds of sodas and bottled water.

• Many thanks to the volunteers that did the grunt work, the set-up, the clean-up and the general maintenance of our inside and outside spaces. Thanks for keeping us neat and tidy.

We are thankful for all of you!