The St. Philip's Africa mission team was commissioned May 18 (Trinity Sunday) by parishioners and clergy led by Dean Sam Candler. Prayers were offered for safe travel and sharing the Gospel. On this day, parishioners entered the church through a mock up of the sea container that will be filled with medical equipment and supplies and then shipped to the Diocese of Central Tanganyika. Initial funding for transportation of the container came from Parish funds set aside to support Millenium Development Goals. The medical equipment and supplies were donated to our partner agency, MedShare, and are believed to have a value exceeding $200,000. The container will arrive in June. Team members shown in the above photo taken inside the container mock up are (left to right) Committee Chair Carla Wright, Mary Inman, Reid Mizell, Canon Beth Knowlton, Deacon Ed Fuller and Buz McOmber.
In the photo below, Verger Patrick Edwards adds his greetings and blessings to hundreds of others on a large scroll that will travel with the container. Our younger parishioners also add their greetings and prayers to the scroll.
A "Bird's Eye View" of the container mock up:
