CALLING ALL DADS TO THIS SPECIAL EVENT!

This Saturday, March 6 our monthly men's breakfast will be a special one. We'll be joined by guest speaker Stewart Stout, who will tell the incredible story of his beautiful daughter Hope. Hope was diagnosed with cancer at age 12. When approached by the Make A Wish Foundation to offer her a dream wish of her choice, Hope surprised everyone. Instead of asking for an elaborate trip or gift, Hope stated that her wish was to grant the wish of all 155 children who were Make A Wish waiting list.

Her wish would cost over a million dollars to grant. But with the help of the Carolina Panthers, Keith Larson of WBT and the great people of Charlotte...over $1.4 million was raised in four short weeks. Hope lost her battle with cancer soon after stating her wish, but her legacy continues today.

Come hear Hope's story through the loving words of her father. If you are a dad and have ever tucked your children in at night with a "kiss and I love you", you won't want to miss this special event.

Breakfast will be served at 7:30am and Stewart will speak at 8am.

Watch a short video of Hope's story:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJGZHNkbhzs

NEW BREAKFAST TEAMS FOR 2010 - THE QUEST TO WIN THE GOLDEN EGG TROPHY!

New breakfast teams were chosen at Saturday's special event. Here are the new teams for 2010, and the first date the new team serves. Your team captain (highlighted in bold) will contact you soon to begin planning for your upcoming breakfast. Thanks to the nearly 50 strong of you who make this an incredible ministry!

Breakfast Construction - Feb 14
Fred Dabney
Jim Haarstick
John Martin
Kevin Gorman
Matt Cheney
Ryan LaMonica
Scott Travers

Fathers of the Flapjack - Feb 21
Eric Schmidhausler
Howard Bender
Jeff Henry
Matt Hornberger
Matt Kirchner
Shawn McCarter

Team Eggsodus - Feb 28
Brian McCarthy
Jason Young
Jay Jenkins
Jerry DeBerry
John Manalis
John Wunder
Rich Hoffman

Breakfast Club - March 7
Bob Plate
Joe Liles
Kevin Carsten
Kevin Sells
Lee Powell
Richard Marczyk
Roy Estes

THE Flaky Biscuits - March 14
Chris Plate
Greg Cardinali
Jeremy Ervin
Mark Rudy
Michael Watkins
Ross Cramer
Steve Keeney
Thomas Cardinali

Holy Chow! - March 21
Brian Bednar
Dan Rushing
Eric Cameron
Al Shannon
Jeff Johnson
Paul Rhodes
Phil Hejl

Saultans of Sausage - March 28
Alex Maughn
Bill Shaphorst
Craig Reeder
Mark Poelke
Robert Gates
Steve Dodge
Travis Whitfield

THE NEXT BIG MEN'S EVENT!!!

Come join us for the next big event for the Men of Saint Margaret's! Next Saturday, February 6th from 8-10am, we'll kick off the new year with a fun social event for the men of the parish. Among the activities:

* New breakfast teams will be revealed NFL draft style. A 7th team is being added to the rotation. 6 new men who expressed interest in joining a team have been added, teams have been shuffled up and there is room for you in this growing, fun ministry.

* Door prizes will be awarded.

* 2010 Men's events will be rolled out including a retreat, golf tournament, father/son/daughter events and more!

Plan on being part of this fun social event as we plan the upcoming year for the great Men of Saint Margaret's.

Click here if you'd like your name added to a breakfast team.

SHROVE TUESDAY PANCAKE SUPPER HELP NEEDED!

This year's pancake supper will again kick off Lent. Help is needed to cook pancakes for the parish on Tuesday February 16th from 4 to 7:30pm. The youth will help serve, clean up and run games/crafts for the younger children. Plan on bringing your family to this fun event that always draws a huge crowd!

Click here to let us know if you can volunteer any time during this event.

SAINT MARGARET'S 101 IS BACK!!!

Whether you've been at Saint Margaret's for a week or 25 years, this class will help you get to know even more of what makes this church so special. Known as "the most fun Sunday school class on the planet," this 6 week course includes a behind the scenes tour of the church, a simplifed breakdown of Sunday's worship service, Saint Margaret's Jeopardy game (with prizes) and more.

Come join the fun Sundays at 9:30am starting January 17th!

NEW BREAKFAST TEAMS

We are soon going to "shuffle up" the breakfast teams in an effort for us each to get to know each other better. Stay tuned for details as we'll build this into a fun "draft party" type event!