What's Happening Tomorrow...

SAT: March 31

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9:30 AM

Holy Week Begins...

MON: April 2

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Looking 

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FRI: April 13

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Weekend Event

SUN: April 15

SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER

(BAPTISM AVAILABLE)

 Contact Leslie

TUE: April 17

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9:00 AM

Hospice Training

Bowden Hall

WED: April 18

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 11:00 AM

SAT: April 21

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9:00 AM

Hospice Training

Bowden Hall

What the 

Future Holds...

SUN: April 22

THIRD SUNDAY IN EASTER

LAW DAY

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9:00 & 11:15 AM

SAT: April 28

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9:30 AM

Town Hall Meeting

Bowden Hall

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9:30 AM

Acolyte/LEM Rehearsals

Sanctuary

SAT: April 28

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FPU Yard Sale

NEW DATE!!!

SUN: April 29

FOURTH SUNDAY IN EASTER

WOMEN'S DAY

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9:00 & 11:15 AM

BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 

The Howard University Alumni Club of Atlanta proudly honors Howard University's 145 years of producing leaders for the global community through a Charter Day Awards Reception at the Fabulous Fox Theatre on March 30 (THAT'S TONIGHT!) at 7 PM. 

The ceremony will be moderated by Howard alumni, Mark Hayes and Portia Bruner-Washington, both of FOX 5. Honorees include: The Very Rev. Robert C. Wright, Ambassador Andrew Young, Fredricka Whitfield, Lance Gross, Drs. Mirian & William Shropshire, Hank Thomas, Dean Watkins, Dr. W. Jelani Cobb, and Janice McKenzie-Crayton. Proceeds from the event will be contributed to the HU Alumni Club's scholarship fund. 

Tickets can be purchased at www.hualumniatl.com. 

As the Word of God tells us, let us pray without ceasing.

St. Paul's Intercessory Prayer Team is hosting an overnight prayer retreat this weekend (Fri & Sat, March 30-31) at Daniel's Prayer Garden in Alpharetta. 

The group will meet for dinner on Friday night and the retreat will conclude Saturday around 4:00 pm.  The devotional leader will be Adina Coakley, the daughter of St. Paul's very own Alicia Thomas. There are facilities for at least 200 persons, so everyone is invited. THE MORE, THE PRAYER'IER!

If you don't know about The Prayer Team, it's a group of parishioners that congregates for monthly prayer meets over breakfast and stays aware of prayer needs and concerns via email and phone messages.  Every Sunday you can see them gather at the altar after the 11:15 am worship for prayer petitions and thanksgivings.

Currently comprised of mostly women, the Prayer Team is open to all and male participation is wholeheartedly invited and strongly encouraged.  Please join us and let us together raise our voices in love and praise to our Lord. 

For more information, please contact Mama Eva, Chairperson (404-505-2067)

 Friday & Saturday, March 30 - 31

Daniel's Prayer Garden

3430 Land Road | Alpharetta,  GA  30004

The Historic Friendship Baptist Church is celebrating its Sesquicentennial* Anniversary!

Tomorrow (Saturday, March 31) they are hosting an Ecumenical Prayer Breakfast at 9:00 AM with St. Paul's own Rector, The Very Reverend Robert Wright as guest speaker. 

Even though we can't pronounce it, we're honored to share in the impressive occasion and invite everyone to attend. Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for kids 12 and under.

Friendship Baptist Church

437 Mitchell Street, NW - Atlanta, GA 30310

Dr. Timothy T. Boddie, Pastor

For more information:

 call 404-688-0206 or visit fbcatlanta.org.

*ses·qui·cen·ten·ni·al

Hear it pronounced at merriam-webster.com!

April 1 (Palm Sunday)

 Email Azzari Jarrett for more information. 

Every year, St. Paul's fills the sanctuary with lilies and other flowers in celebration of Easter. Parishioners are invited to pay tribute to loved ones by donating $25 to the Easter Flower Fund (which will help fund the efforts of both the Flower Guild and the Daughters of the King) and providing a written tribute "In Memory of..." or "In Thanksgiving for..."  All tributes will appear in the worship bulletin on Easter Day.

The Easter worship bulletins go to press Monday, April 2. The deadline for submissions was March 30 but we will accept tributes presented at church Palm Sunday, April 1. We do not guarantee that late submissions will be included.

All Members of the St. Paul Family are invited to gather in Bowden Hall this Sunday (4/1) after the 11:15 worship to celebrate Eva Bird's 89th Birthday with cake and punch. 

WE LOVE YOU, EVA!!

A member of the Hunger Walk Team will be available Palm Sunday during the first and second coffee hours to distribute 2011 and 2012 Hunger Walk T-Shirts for those who participated but did not get a shirt. The Hunger Walk Team will distribute the shirts on first come, first serve basis and request that parishioners use the "Honor System" when requesting their shirts. Thank you for your cooperation and for your continued support of this important St. Paul's mission!

The team will present awards to the top three fundraisers for our annual Hunger Walk fundraising efforts for the Episcopal Charities Foundation and a special award to Euleen Josiah-Tanner who, for the second time in a row, represented St. Paul's and won 1st place overall in the 5k Hunger Walk race!

Thanks to everyone who made this year such a wonderful event!

A Morning of Meditation, Prayer and a recommitment to God and to Sisterhood.

The 5th Annual First Lady's Holy Saturday Prayer Breakfast is next weekend on April 7 at 8:30 AM.

Theme: 

"Confident, Convicted and Courageous Women of God"

Speaker: 

State Representative Alisha Thomas Morgan

Inspirational Speaker, Politician, and Author of 

No Apologies: Powerful Lessons in life, Love and Politics!

The breakfast is held at The Atrium of Spelman College and tickets are $10 each.

Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.  Deuteronomy 31:6

Each year, St. Paul's decorates an Easter Cross on Easter Sunday after the Sunrise Service and before the 11:15 Service. We invite everyone to bring one live flower to place on the cross. From your garden, your yard, or the side of the road. All God's blossoms are welcomed.

The cross will be outside near the Columbarium.

If you are  planning to attend the annual retreat for Acolytes of St. Paul's in two weeks (April 13-15) you must make full payment no later than Sunday, April 8. 

Checks can be made payable to St. Paul's (note Acolyte Fund in the memo) or you can log on to www.stpaulsatl.org to pay online. (Be sure to select Acolyte Fund under GIVING.)

We welcome any parents interested in being a chaperon.  Potential chaperons must attend the Episcopal church-require training program "Safeguarding God's Children" prior to the retreat.

Email Ken Singleton {or call 404-285-2891} or Melissa Coleman for more information. 

Jorge Lawton Healing Service  

Two weeks from now, St. Paul's own Jorge Lawton will be admitted to Emory Hospital for a bone marrow transplant. Diagnosed 3½ years ago with a rare form of blood cancer (multiple myeloma, medically considered to be "incurable") Jorge's kidneys will not withstand any more chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant using his own healthy stem cells appears to be his last hope. 

On Sunday, April 15 - the eve of his hospital admission - St. Paul's is holding an ecumenical Healing Service (with The St. Paul's Choir) to lift Jorge and his medical team up in prayer for strength, endurance, concentration, comfort, and a successful outcome. 

This is Jorge's spiritual home, and St. Paul's is his spiritual family. Everyone is invited to be a part of this special worship. 

  Also invited are: 

• Jorge's close clergy friends: Methodist, Baptist, Catholic, Islam and other Episcopalians. 
• Internationally recognized singer, Luci Murphy, from Washington, D.C. to sing Violeta Parra's hauntingly beautiful Chilean folk song, Gracias a La Vida {Thanks for Life}. 
• Medical professionals from Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute and other Clinics who served as members of Jorge's medical teams  (including oncology, cardiology, nephrology, endocrinology, opthalmology, oral surgery, and primary care) as a way of thanking them for all they have done for him in the past three years.

There will be a light reception following the service. 

Kindly RSVP to Leslie Epps-Bodrick if you plan to attend so that we may accommodate Jorge and his guests accordingly. Thank you!

On Saturday, March 17, St. Paul's installed new plants, a walkway, and an entrance sign. 

The walkway and the sign can take care of themselves, but the plants need our help and support!

We are currently soliciting volunteers to water the plants at least 3 times a week. We invite each organization to sponsor a month (or any time span that's comfortable for the size of your group).

 Email Gale Taylor for more information or to sign up! 

The Youth Summit is a 4-day service program held at the Atlanta Community Food Bank. It includes interactive workshops, and service projects with other hunger fighting organizations in metro Atlanta. There are two sessions this summer and 20 metro Atlanta high school students will be chosen to participate in each session. Participants will earn 32 community service hours, have an amazing time, and build new friendships while learning so much about how to help their community! 

For more information or to download and application, visit the Atlanta Community Food Bank website.

  APPLICATION DEADLINE IS FRIDAY - APRIL 13

Session #1:  June 12-15, 2012- 8:30am-4:30pm Tuesday - Friday 

Session #2: July 24 - 27, 2012 - 8:30am-4:30pm Tuesday - Friday  

 ♫ ♪ Now thank we all our God, with heart, and hands, and voices,

hath blessed us on our way

with countless gifts of love, 

Coming May 6, stay tuned for details.

Submitted by Ida Demons, UTO Committee Chair

Lyrics from The Hymnal 1982, No. 397, written by Martin Rinckart