St. George will host Truckin’ Tomato Mobile Farmer’s Market on September 14th from 2:00 PM-7:00 PM. They’ll park in the Castle Lane lot for your convenience and they’ll return on the 2nd Wednesday of every month from 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM in the Castle Lane lot. We’ve invited them to our campus to take a little crazy out of your week and to let you shop for healthy food right here! This isn’t a fundraiser, just a way for us to tell you thank you! You may pre-order using the Truckin’ Tomato website or just walk up and shop.
All adults who work or volunteer with children within the Diocese must go through a Safeguarding God’s Children training. Please note that content is not appropriate for children under 16 years of age. The September 26th and October 7th workshops are at St. George, but you are welcome to attend any workshop within the Diocese.
September 10th– A Safeguarding God’s Children workshop will be held at Holy Spirit, San Antonio (11093 Bandera Rd, 78250), on Saturday, September 10, from 9:00AM to 12:00PM. There is no fee to attend. To register, contact Sara Carrizales at 210-828-6425 or 832-567-6725.
September 17th– A Safeguarding God’s Children workshop will be held at St. Francis, San Antonio (4242 Bluemel, 78240), on Saturday, September 17, from 9:00AM to 12:00PM. There is no fee to attend. To register, contact Jackie Sykes at 210-287-3357.
*September 26th– A Safeguarding God’s Children workship will be held at St. George Episcopal School (6900 West Avenue, 78213), on Monday, September 26th, from 8:15PM to 12:00PM. There is no fee to attend. To register, email Haley Bankey at Haleynbankey@gmail.com.
*October 7th– A Safeguarding God’s Children workship will be held at St. George Episcopal School (6900 West Avenue, 78213), on Friday, October 7th, from 5:00PM to 8:00PM. There is no fee to attend. To register, email Aimee Martinez at amartinez@saintgeorgeschool.org.
For our July Summer of Service, we donated supplies and backpacks and got them ready to help the North Central Convening of Churches with their Backpack and School Supply Drive. Over 950 backpacks were given away at Coker United Methodist on Wednesday, August 10th to children who were in need. In addition to the backpack and supplies, they vaccinated 100 people, had a mobile medical clinic and tables with information about services available.
If you weren’t able to hear Amy Aguinaga, Director of West Avenue Compassion, talk about their wonderful work when she visited St. George, please listen here.
It may not be common knowledge that St. George has sponsored a 4-H shooting sports team for the past 9 years – The Bexar County 4-H Shooting Sports team – which includes a large Archery team. Over the past year the archery team has secured multiple National titles – 7 first place, 7 second place and 6 third place finishes – and even more State Championships. In addition, Wilson Watson, Grandson to Roy and Pat Thompson, earned a place on the 2016 US Archery Field Team. He earned the bronze medal in the qualifications and then clenched his place on the team in a single arrow shootoff against the 4th place archer. He is one of only 3 Junior Barebow Archers representing Team USA in Dublin, Ireland at the September 2016 World Field Archery Championships. Wilson was introduced to archery through 4-H shooting sports and has been competing for the past 7 years. Wilson, his parents, his grandparents and the Bexar County 4-H shooting sports club thank St. George for supporting the shooting sports program and making this amazing achievement possible.
-Roy Thompson
West Avenue Compassion (WAC) is located very close to St. George Church at the First Church of the 
Nazarene on West Avenue near Lockhill Selma. They provide many services for local people in need including a food pantry, clothing pantry, nurse consultations, senior services, job/education center, a community garden and service referral center. This Sunday, Amy Aguinaga, Director of West Avenue Compassion will tell us about the wonderful work they do down the street from St. George. Click here to learn more about West Avenue Compassion.
It’s not too late to bring items for Sunday’s Summer of Service project.
- For August 7th, we are collecting items for their food pantry. Please use the “Most Wanted” list provided with this article.
- In addition, please start bringing new socks and underwear packages for August 14th. All sizes are needed to fit children to adults.
- If you would like to donate to the Summer of Service projects benefiting West Avenue Compassion, click here to be directed to our Paypal link.