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MEETINGS & EVENTS

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SAT: January 21

2012 Agenda & Financial Reports

2012 Strategic Plan

10th Annual Rector's Address

At the Annual Parish Meeting last Sunday, the Nominating Committee's recommended slate for the new Vestry Class was voted into acceptance. Please welcome and congratulate:

• Brian Boutte
• Charles Fowler
• Chris Jarrett
• Gale Taylor
  
   
  Thank you, Class of 2015, for answering the call to serve!

Let's all join in the heartfelt acknowledgement of a job well done to the Vestry Class of 2012: 

• Reuben McDaniel
• Muriel Jones
• William Pillow
• Carol Stone-Taylor

Click here for an online pledge card.

The Diocesan Acolyte Festival is tomorrow, Jan. 21, at the Cathedral of St. Philip from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. It is sponsored by the Diocese of Atlanta Liturgy Commission. Acolytes of all ages are invited to a day of worship, education, and fun. Bishop of Atlanta J. Neil Alexander will lead a worship service, and workshops, lunch and Acolyte Olympics are included.

Late registration is $25 and scholarships are available for those in need.

Contact Ken Singleton to participate.

Or contact Melissa Coleman to participate.

Sunday School for both the 9:00 AM and 11:15 AM services resumes this Sunday on January 22. In additional to the regular programming, we are adding an Intermediate Class (grades 4-5) at the 9:00 AM service. Also, we are asking for volunteers to teach Sunday School or simply assist in the classrooms. Your help is most welcomed and appreciated! 

9 AM: Classes available for 3-yrs to 5th Grade

11:15 AM: Classes available for 3 yrs to 12th Grade

This year we will suspend classes on every 2nd Sunday so that children can join their families in the sanctuary and share in congregational worship. Next 2nd Sunday is February 12!

 Email Azzari Jarrett for more information or to sign up! 

St. Paul's is opening its much anticipated TODDLER ROOM this Sunday, January 22. The Toddler Room will provide a safe and enriching environment for young children (ages 1 to 3) while giving parents the opportunity for a more focused worship experience. 

To participate in this exciting new program, please arrive 15 minutes before the service starts to register your child and to sign yourself up for a volunteer shift on an upcoming Sunday. St. Paul's is providing one hired sitter each week and counting on our parents to support the Toddler Room by volunteering their time in exchange. We need one adult helper for each service.

Be sure to please bring two extra diaper changes (if applicable) and a covered drink for each child. (If your child cannot have Animal Crackers please bring an appropriate snack for them.)  

Pick-up is immediately following each service. Thanks!

 Email Joy Jones for more information. 

FPU started classes on January 16 at 6:30 PM and will continue every Monday  through April 9. It's not too late to sign up as long as you attend on Monday, January 23! Dave Ramsey's financial fitness course, "Financial Peace University" is a Biblically-based, 13-week, accountability curriculum that teaches you how to make the right decisions with your money, reduce debt and become fiscally fit.  Course materials are $100 per family.  For those who have already taken the course and are looking for a refresher, there is no cost to you. 

Email Kim Adams to sign up or for more information. 

The Summer 2012 White House Internship Program application is

The application deadline is January 22, 2012. Encourage the young leaders you know to apply!

Visit the White House website for more information. 

CALL TO ALL LAY LEADERS: Please follow the link at the bottom of this article to complete the directory submission form and return it to Kelly King on (OR BEFORE!) February 3. The new publication will be issued on February 12.

Click here for an EXAMPLE of a completed submission form. 

Click here for a BLANK submission form.

 Email Kelly King for more information or to submit your form.

Statements of Giving for 2011 will be mailed on or before January 31. We apologize to anyone who is unable to print their own statement online, we're working to resolve a few technical snags before the end of the month. We'll keep you posted so stay tuned and thanks for your patience!

Mark your calnedars and make your resrervations... St. Paul's and St. Bart's are hosting an evening of fabulousness to benefit the construction project at the St. Marc's School, in Bois Blanc, Haiti.

Among the many highlights of the evening is a Silent Auction, for which we are currently collecting donations (through Sunday, January 22!). If you have a donation of goods or services with a value of $100 or more please complete an Auction Donation Form. For all donations, please email Jennifer Bonds or Michelle Whittaker to let them know.

Tickets are $75 per person with additonal sponsorship levels available. Please visit the Children of Bois Blanc event site and we hope to see you there for this worthy cause! 

Contact Michelle Whittaker for more information.

Coming up on March 11, the Hunger Walk/Run event is a project of

 the Atlanta Community Food Bank and YOUR chance to make a difference. Get on your feet so others can eat!

Every year St. Paul's participates in this amazing event and we encourage anyone who's never joined in to make this the year! It's a great day of family fun with live entertainment, food vendors, a children's play zone, inflatables, games and more.

Visit the HWR2012.org website for more details. 

As an invitation to take action during Lent, please consider supporting the NetsforLife® Inspiration Fund. This churchwide campaign is a grassroots effort to educate, engage and unite Episcopalians to support the fight against malaria and to raise $5 million for our NetsforLife® programs by December 2012. Learn more at inspirationfund.org.

Submitted by Cheryl Maddox. (Thanks, Cheryl!)