May 2nd, 2025 | Rev. Rachel Williams

Dear Friends,  

In the famous words of Benjamin Buford “Bubba” Blue, “Shrimp is the fruit of the Sea.” Just as Forrest Gump’s “best good friend” Bubba knew “everything there is to know about shrimp”, I am pretty sure that our Memorial youth and Shrimp Fest volunteers know everything there is to know about making the perfect shrimp quesadilla. You can find this out yourself by stopping by the youth’s booth right on 6th Street anytime during the festival this weekend.

And if you want to become an insider to the whole process, there are still spaces for you to volunteer to make the quesadillas. Yes! You can become the bearer of the good and valuable shrimp quesadilla recipe.  

You will also have the opportunity to buy quesadillas after our ONE service at 10:00AM in the Sanctuary on Sunday (which will be livestreamed on YouTube at 10AM). Though this tends to be a smaller service, this is also a time when visitors enter our doors. Let us, as always, practice our holy hospitality for any who might be seeking sanctuary from their Shrimp Fest shenanigans.  

I love this time of year. Though it’s not quite summer it feels like the prelude to summer, and I love that Shrimp Fest is a time where we come together as a church community and support our youth in one of their most successful fundraisers of the year.

If you are reading this and would like to volunteer, but you have not yet signed up, I encourage you to come to the Multipurpose Room Friday evening, Saturday, or Sunday morning. We will surely give you a spot to serve! Have fun and be safe this weekend.  

With love and peace,  

Pastor Rachel