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ST COLUMBA'S
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
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A Holy Place Where Love Is Found, Where All Are Named, and Where Hearts Are Freed To Change the World.
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Wednesday, 12 March 5:15 p Chorister Rehearsal
5:30 p 1st Communion Class
6:30 p Mass & Stations
of the Cross
Thursday, 13 March
9:30 a Holy Folders
12:30 p Bible Study
7:00 p Choir Rehearsal
Sunday, 16 March
7:45 a Rite I Mass
8:30-11 Parish Breakfast
9:00 a Low Mass
10:10 a Sunday School
11:15 a Choral Mass
12:30 p Confirmation Class
12:30 p 1st Communion Class
5:00 p St Paddy's Dinner
Monday, 17 March
6:30 p Vestry Meeting
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Parish Breakfast
This Sunday
16 March
Join us for breakfast this coming Sunday, from 8:30 - 11:00 am. Our wonderful Knights of Columba will prepare a tasty breakfast as they do on the 3rd Sunday of every month. The cost is only $3 per person; $10 max per family.
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The Parish Post
The 1st Week in Lent / 11 March 2014
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St. Paddy's Dinner Sold Out
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Sunday, 16 March
 Our Youth Group has been getting ready for weeks, the food has been ordered, the cooks are firing up the stoves, and St. Patrick himself is eagerly awaiting our 2nd annual "St. Paddy's Dinner and Gala" this coming Sunday at 5pm. We are looking forward to a wonderful event that will also help raise funds for our EYC Mission Trip this coming June. Grab your green outfits and get ready for an evening of great food, inspiration, song, and fellowship!
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As we move through these forty days of Lent, three programs are being offered for you to deepen your faith and grow your relationship with God.Sunday Mornings at 10:10: 24 Hours That Changed the World
Facilitated by Father Tripp and our seminarian, Chris Miller, this series will look the last 24 hours of Jesus' life on earth and how that has influenced the world more than any other event ever has. This does not meet on 3/16 (due to the 3rd Sunday of the month parish breakfast).
Wednesday Evenings at 6:30: Praying These Forty Days. A series where we will experience different ways to encounter the mystery and presence of God through prayer and worship. Stations of the Cross, the Rosary, contemplative prayer, and sung Compline will be parts of our Wednesday evenings during Lent. Thursdays,12:30pm: Bible Study: Sanctifying Time. Our Thursday Bible study will look the three-year lectionary cycle that is used by the Church and the themes associated with each year (we are currently in Year A which draws from St. Matthew's Gospel). This rhythm of Scripture readings gives a focus and image to us that sanctifies time in a way only the living Word of God can do. Join us Thursdays from 12:30-1:30 each week.
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Confirmation Classes Underway
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Sundays, through May 4
 Confirmation classes are underway for adults and teenagers (9th-12th grade). Adults will meet from 12:30-1:30pm and Teenagers will meet from 5:00-6:00pm. Confirmation Mass will be Sunday, May 11 at 11:15, with Bishop Whitmore as our celebrant and preacher. Note: No class this weekend for teenagers, due to the St. Paddy's Day Dinner/Celebration. To learn more about confirmation or to register, click the link below. If you have questions, please see Fr Tripp.
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Calling All Women of St. Columba's
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Wednesday, 19 March @ 6:30pm
ECW will meet next Wednesday, 19 March at the home of Lorraine Ferguson. Fellowship begins at 6:30 and the program begins at 7pm. Bring an appetizer or dessert dish to share. ECW (Episcopal Church Women) is open to all women of the parish, and you're more than welcome to bring friends with you.
 Where:
Home of Lorraine Ferguson
1460 Mountclaire Dr
Cumming GA30041
When:
6:30 fellowship & 7:00 program
Questions:
Email Lorraine Ferguson or Linda Reid
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First Communion Classes Continue
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 First communion classes will wrap up in just a couple of weeks. They will end with a 1/2 day retreat on Saturday, 22 March. First Communion Mass will take place at 9:00 am on Sunday, 23 March. This is also Youth Sunday, so we will have children and teenagers incorporated into the full liturgical ministries that morning at both 9 and 11:15. Our preacher on the 23rd will be Clare Reid. We are looking forward to First Communion Mass as well as the opportunity to give thanks to God for the wonderful and thriving ministry with children and teenagers at St. Columba's! Mark your calendars now; you definitely want to be in church on the 23rd!
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Outreach Ministry News
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We collected 281 pounds of food with the February food drive, which was delivered to The Place of Forsyth County. Thanks to those who responded to our request for help last month - please help keep it going in the coming months! We will be providing March's donations to The Place of Forsyth County, collecting food each week leading up to the 3rd Sunday of the month (March 16th - Breakfast Sunday) which is the official collection day for the month.
Biggest needs are canned soups and vegetables and anything that can be stored for a long period of time. As usual, donations can be placed in the tub located next to the welcome table in the narthex. Please begin or continue to help in this effort to assist local families in need - thank you!
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Pacesetters Ministry
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Thursday, 27 March
Our Pacesetters Ministry will travel to Gibb's Garden in Ballground GA on Thursday, March27 . The cost is $18.00 per person. For more information or to purchase tickets, please contact Karl Sammons or Jim Edwards. Pacesetters is a fellowship ministry of the church that is open to all adults.
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PLAYGROUND UPDATE
If you are a parent or grandparent of a young child that has enjoyed playing on the playset, you may have noticed that it is missing.
A newer set has been donated to St Columba's and a small group of dads have volunteered to rework both of our playgrounds to create a safe environment for our children. But they need your help.
Over the next few Saturdays the donated set needs to be dismantled, moved and reassembled at the church. New landscape timbers need to be installed around the playset and new mulch spread. The set behind the classrooms requires mostly cosmetic improvements.
CAN YOU HELP? We need some able bodied men and women to assist our efforts. Donations to acquire the landscape timbers, hardware and stain are also needed. $25, $50 or $100 would go a long way to seeing this project to completion. Just put "playground" in the memo on your check.
gordon8861@gmail.com.
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FEAST GROUP UPDATE
Looking to join a small group where you can develop close friendships and grow in your faith as you share a meal together? Then Feast Groups is for you. The spring/summer session sign ups begin in January. There will be a Social on Saturday, March 29 at 6:30 pm at church to get acquainted with your group. Then from March till September you will get together with your group (about 6 times) to share a meal. The groups are limited to about 8 to 10 people, with both couples and singles included. You may choose to belong to a Home, Restaurant, or Family Group. Within each group everyone takes a turn being the host. With Home or Family Groups the host provides the menu and main dish. The Home or Family Group host coordinates with the others to bring the rest so no one has to prepare a complete meal! With Restaurant Groups, the host decides at which restaurant they will meet. The Groups will, as always, be shuffled again after this session. Next September, we will have sign ups for the fall/winter Feast Group session. Please sign up at the Welcome Table or email Sandra Sirmon at smsirmon@bellsouth.net.
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