Backyard Bash 2025
Saturday, July 26
4 pm - 9 pm
304 Bond Street, Brooklyn
$10 entry (nobody turned away for lack of funds)
St Lydia’s Backyard Bash will feature so much summertime goodness: food, drinks, music, art, auction, raffles, and art for purchase - all to support another year of fulfilling St. Lydia’s mission.
Drop by anytime between 4-9 PM for fun plus opportunities to invest in the neighborhood, feed hungry bellies, and forward St. Lydia’s mission to provide refuge from isolation and reconnect neighbors.
This year, the stakes are higher as it’s time to launch a fundraising campaign to prepare for hiring St. Lydia’s next pastor. Help raise $6,000 toward this new adventure!
Entry to the Bash is $10 with additional donation options for those who have a little (or a lot!) more to give. No one will be turned away due to a lack of funds.
Invite friends, family, and neighbors to come along!
Entry Tickets
Entry ticket - suggested $10 - gets you into the party, free food and drinks, music, and more!
If you’d like to “level up” to fund our next pastor:
$25 - covers 4 drinks at the Backyard Bash
$50 - feeds 10 Lydians at Waffle Church
$100 - keeps the lights on for a week OR buys supplies for a Creative Bond workshop
$150 - feeds 20 Lydians at Dinner Church
Or name your amount ($0 - $10,000+ all happily accepted)! One donation/submission per ticket please.
Tickets can be purchased onsite via cash, Zelle, or PayPal.
Raffle Tickets
A $10 raffle ticket allows you to win homemade gifts, artwork, a bottle of wine, gift cards, and more.
Or buy more than one for the best chance to win! You’ll receive your total number of tickets at the door.
Tickets can also be purchased onsite via cash, Zelle, or PayPal.
Confirmed items:
1.Emma’s Torch Gift Certificate
2. Lydian tea towels made by Andie Corso
3. ”Just Dinner” event ticket at Studio Bami
4. REDACTIONS (portfolio of prints) by Abigail Levine
5. ACTRESS OF A CERTAIN AGE, the very new memoir by Jeff Hiller
6. Bottle of wine from Liz’s Book Bar and two bottles of wine from Smith and Vine
7. Signed copy of Hands of Doom: The Apocalyptic Imagination of Black Sabbath by Jack Holloway
8. Poem Pop Bouquet from Naomi Brenman
9. Blue Star Parlor Coffeeshop Gift Certificate
10. La Puerta Roja Gift Certificate
11. Namaste Brooklyn Gift Certificate
Silent Auction
View details about all the confirmed items and bid along during the event, even if you are not present in person!
Confirmed items:
1. and 2.”Sing To Me” Art and “Let the Good Times Roll” Art from Naomi Brenman
3. Sculptural Lymphatic Face Massage gift certificate
4. Essay Feedback & Coffee with NYT “Modern Love” Writer Elizabeth Laura Nelson
5. Handmade baby quilt by Sarah Confessore
6. Music lesson with Angela Morris
7. Kids camp and classes gift certificate for Allora Creative Cultural Center
8. Cape Cod beach stay for three nights during fall or winter
9. One hour of photography with Jack Holloway
10. Personalized written song or poem by Jack Holloway
THANK YOU to our sponsors, Christian Scharen and Pierrette Comula!
If you would also like to sponsor, email Natalie Aho.