St. Nicholas Parish has two festival events during the year.
Turtle Soup Supper:
to be held in April, 2019. Serving from 4pm-8pm. Menu: Famous Mock Turtle Soup, chicken noodle soup, fish sandwiches, pulled beef sandwiches and home made desserts including pies.
Games for all ages abound and a beer garden is offered for the young at heart.
A Big Raffle which has ties to the Kentucky Derby will be the main gaming event. The first 20 tickets pulled from the hopper will be paired up with a horse in the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday of May. These 20 tickets are guartanteed a minimum winning of $20.00. 1st, 2nd and 3rd(win, place or show) will win up to $500.
"The Turtle Trot", a 5K Walk/Run is to begin at 9am that morning of the Turtle Soup Supper. More info to come.
Church Picnic:
will be held on Sunday, August 19, 2018. The fried chicken dinners and carryout are the main attraction. Roast beef dinners are also available for non-chicken lovers. An assortment of homemade desserts is included in the price of the dinner. Carry outs are also available for those who prefer to take the dinners home. Our food wagon has snack foods consisting of hamburgers, hotdogs, potato wedges and soft serve ice cream.
Our Famous Mock Turtle Soup is also available as a side either with your dinner, carryout and take home in quarts, 1/2 gallons and gallons.
Games galore for the whole family and a Big Raffle with prizes donated from local businesses totaling over $25oo. Ask any parishioner for raffle tickets or purchase them the day of the picnic.
Come and enjoy the fun and see some of the faces you haven't seen for awhile especially school alumni.
For more information on either of these events, contact the parish office at 812-623-2964 or the Festival Committee Chairperson, Ken Hountz at 812-934-6306.
Festival 2016
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Turtle Soup Supper 2016
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