Welcome to Tea Time 2025. These posts will be about Tea Rooms we’ve been to, Teas we’ve given for friends and family, Church Tea events, and High Tea in restaurants from 2008 to the present. Tea in the U.S.A., Tea in England and Tea in Canada. Many of the Tea Rooms are no longer in business, which is sad.
This post was a combination of posts from April 7, 10, and 14 in 2014. Northshore Baptist Church hosted a Friendship tea and I set one of the many tables for that tea.
Tomorrow is our Friendship Tea at church. Today was table setting time and it was so much fun to see all the creativity being pulled together under one roof. There will be 36 tables all set and ready to go by 10:45 tomorrow morning. I got some shots of some of the tables in progress.
I will walk about tomorrow morning before our guests arrive to take more photos of the tables all set and ready to go.
A tea table would not be fun without guests sitting around it so I’m showing you my guests before I show all the tables. On Wednesday I’ll be posting all about my table for Kathleen’s Let’s Dish Challenge.
The theme for our Friendship Tea this year was Snapshots. The church lobby had some great backdrops for photo opportunities.
Behind every snapshot there’s a story.
Our daughter in law, her mom and grandmother were able to come and share a place at my table, too.
Sisters by marriage and Laura’s dear friend, Shavonne.
Pat, Wilma, Laura, Katie, Susan (Shavonne’s mom), and Shavonne.
Me and Katie
All my guests at my table Susan, Shavonne, Laura, Wilma, Pat, Andra, Judy, Katy and Katie.
There were a total of 36 tables at our Friendship Tea. It was organized so well with hand made food in our church kitchen. Many of the men and boys in our church volunteered to serve the tables and they poured our tea and made sure we had what we needed throughout the program. There were take home gifts for each of our guests and door prizes, too.
This was the first year since Dear and I have been attending Northshore Baptist Church that I was able to participate in the Friendship Tea. What a wonderful well run event it is.
More of the tables close-up.
I didn’t get a photo of the croissant sandwiches that we were served.
The view of the room from my table.
Back to the Present: I’m getting a post ready for tomorrow with current events. Hope you all had a good weekend.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
…tea time never ends!
Wow, another fabulous tea! Beautiful ladies and photos.
Take care, enjoy your day and have a great week!
What beautiful tables…I especially enjoyed yours…and what fun to “meet” the guests at your table! Thank you so much for sharing with us this delightful event, Ellen.
What a delightful Friendship Tea experience, Ellen! Every detail was taken care of with great care and love.
Lovely family snapshots and delicious looking goodies on those tables.
What a lovely post. Happy smiles all around.
Oh wow!!! Those tables looked fantastic and especially yours. Now I want to do a tea party…
Taking some time this evening to catch up in Blogland . . . and I am enjoying your tea posts. This one was especially pretty and I’m sure it was lovely having your special guests at your table! I also loved the MGCC tea that was also a photo shoot, which is doubly special because of the dear friendships that resulted from your work together!
I’ll try to pop back in tomorrow to see your current events! It’s always a treat to see what you share! (Which reminds me that I am headed over to your Hodge Podge post first . . . )