FeST 2025 is coming!

Each year St. Matthews Episcopal Church celebrates the many talents of our parishioners at our holiday craft fair, bake sale, and BBQ lunch known as the Festival of the Society Tree (FeST). FeST 2026 will be on Saturday, December 6th from 10am- 2p at St. Matthews Episcopal Church. This event is named in honor of the efforts of the ladies sewing society who in 1867 used what was then a novelty, the Christmas tree, as a way to sell their wonderful handiwork in the community. The Society raised funds for much of the architectural additions and furnishing that still grace our historic church building. Today all proceeds from FeST go to help people in need in Orange and Durham counties through donations to local non-profit organizations. Please come shop for holiday gifts, fill your table with delicious baked goods, sit down at the table with us to enjoy a BBQ lunch, and tour our historic church sanctuary.

Presale of wreaths, garlands, and bows are now available by following this link. Order forms are also available on the desk by the front office. Presales end Sunday, November 16, 2025.