The Church of Epiphany, Civil Lines hosts its Annual Garden Fete 2018

This year as always, the Church of Epiphany celebrated its Garden Fete in the month of November. In this case, the Anual Garden Fete took place on the eleventh. The Chief Guest on the occasion was the Rt. Revd. Waris K. Masih, the Bishop of the Diocese of Delhi,(CNI). The day started with the Sunday Mass and then this was followed by the Fete itself which went on till a half past five in the evening. The Annual Garden Fete was organised to support the completion of the church building at Sohna and provide funds for scholarships to deserving students, the widow pension and old age pension.

These three ladies did a great at the White Elephant stall. They were able to earn a good amount through the sale of clothes, books and other items. Few people expected them to be able to earn more than a thousand or two!

The Sunday School children presented a number before the gathering. They seemed to be self-led and did a great job too!

The release of the Garden Fete Brochure by the Rt. Reverend Warris K. Masih, the Bishop of the Diocese of Delhi (C.N.I) was another important event. A lot of hard work had gone into the brochure and what made things a bit challenging was that people kept on sending advertisements well after the deadline.

The Stalwarts of the Coupon stall, Mrs and Mr Sircar, Col. I.B. Thomas, made sure that everyone got their coupons without any fuss! An onerous task, indeed as they couldn't move out of their seats!

A happy moment to have Revd. Patrick Moti Lal on stage, and his son, Amit Lal. He served the C.N.I. Diocese of Delhi for many years.

A gathering of the members of the congregation who made all the difference. Many of them were the silent workers who contributed advertisements, sponsorships and there were those who took out time to make the purchases of the Raffle Ticket prizes.

The Three Musketeers, need I say more?

The singing divas mesmerised the gathering with their soulful numbers. The younger one amazed everyone with her singing.

Keema Puri, anyone?

The Tambola Team

The Raffle Ticket counter, Mr D.D.Lall and Mr Samuel at their posts.

It was no doubt a hectic day, but then a few of those present were able to take away the raffle prizes! Quite a few people stayed on till the announcement of the raffle prizes. The South Indian stalls provided some delectable items. The Fish-Fry maintained by Sam and Erica went strong, and so did the Fried Chicken stall run by the Sannoos!

Mixing up the Raffle Ticket Stubbs

As I said earlier, the Fish Fry and the Chicken Fry were out of this world! Both of these items went strong.

The Tambola game was played with great enthusiasm and no doubt it was a crowd puller! It was not just the children but their parents also who joined in the game.