That’s what we call the party at work to honor all the volunteers that put in countless hours helping out with church activities. It’s the shrimp party ’cause we bring in about 50 lbs of shrimp and serve them with cocktail sauce along with lots of other goodies–fresh fruit, cheeses, crackers, cakes and cookies. There’s also wine, beer and sodas for all.

I helped with the purchasing of all but the drinks and shrimp this year as well as with the preparation and setup. Got very little else done at work today as far as office work, but I don’t get to do this very often, and it’s kinda nice to get to help with one of our church events instead of just doing accounting.

The party itself was great and everyone seemed to really enjoy visiting, eating and drinking. We spend most of our time socializing with the parishioner volunteers and try not to just interact with other staff members that we see everyday. I think the volunteers like that a lot as they are made to feel very special by all the staff. All in all it was great fun and the shrimp was fabulous!