Growing up in Wiscasset, Tanya Hammond would come to St. Philip’s Episcopal Church’s annual strawberry festival with her parents. Now she brings her own children, sons Aidan and Ronan Drage.

The family was there Saturday, part of the crowd partaking in dishes of strawberry treats; in addition to his, Ronan Drage also had an ice cream cone.

“I love living in this community, and taking part in the small things,” his mother said.

Lester and Paula Burkholder, also of Wiscasset, said the only reason it was just their second St. Philip’s strawberry festival was because they only moved here from Vermont a couple of years ago.

Asked how Vermont’s strawberries stacked up against Maine’s, Lester Burkholder said, “They’ve got good ones, but I think Maine beats it all.”

This year’s festival was the 64th. It was crafter Arline Berube’s fourth. She keeps coming back, making the trip from home in Old Orchard Beach, because she does very well making sales at the event, she said.

Looking over the items at Berube’s table, West Bath’s David Casada said he liked the bright-colored ones. Those do well, Berube told him.

Casada was attending on a break from his bike trek that started in Woolwich. He had on a bright orange T-shirt.

Nearby, longtime St. Philip’s member Linda Trowbridge of Edgecomb wore a yellow shirt with several rows of strawberries on it as she manned the cashier’s table for the strawberry shortcake.

Trowbridge, now 74, recalled the first festival being held when was 10. She likes to volunteer for it because she gets to meet people and feel good about doing something to help the church, she said.

Saturday’s installment of the festival raised about $2,000, Trowbridge’s husband, St. Philip’s treasurer Tom Trowbridge, said later. He and his wife were pleased with the turnout and the help it will provide in a number of areas, including the church’s steeple restoration. A contribution jar for the project brought in about $35 or so, Tom Trowbridge said. “Every little piece helps.”

He expressed appreciation for the community’s support of the festival each year, as the church continues its local efforts that include the Help Yourself Shelf pantry, Feed Our Scholars and the Bargain Basement.

As for the sunny weather the event received, Tom Trowbridge noted that the festival rarely gets a rainy day.

The church has help from a higher power on the weather, he added.