The Parish Post
The 3rd Week after the Epiphany
29 January 2015
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 Last Day to Place An Order 1/30 Friday, January 30 is the LAST DAY you can place an order for a delicious, slow smoked, Boston Pork Butt the Knights of Columba will be cooking this weekend. You have until 11:59 Friday night to place an order online. However, we only have 100 available, and as of this email 92 orders had been placed... so don't wait a moment longer and order your Boston Pork Butt now! Orders will be ready to pick up this Sunday, February 1 between 10 am and 1 pm. A special thanks to TODD REID for coordinating this event for the Knights of Columba this year! The fun begins Friday afternoon and Saturday late into the evening... if you would like to help with the set up, the cooking, or the packaging up the orders Sunday morning, email Todd directly... we'd love to have as much help as we can find for this fun and worthy event.
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First Communion Classes Begin
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 February 8 - March 8 First Communion classes begin Sunday, February 8 and First Communion Mass will be Sunday, March 8 at 9:00 am. Classes will meet each Sunday in February at 12:15 pm and there will be one Wednesday evening class (2/25) and a half-day retreat on Saturday, March 7. These classes are for anyone age 6 and up. Some children may have already begun receiving communion and others may be planning to make their First Holy Communion at the Mass on March 8. Kristen Weems, our director of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd program, leads these classes. If you have any questions, please speak with Kristen on Sunday mornings or contact Father Tripp. information or to register. |
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Lenten Request
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Lenten Devotional Booklet
Written for our parish by the men, women and youth of our parish!
Daily devotions are going to be written by members of our St. Columba's parish family, will focus on scripture for each day of Lent and will be delivered to your email inbox each morning of Lent. They will contain stories of faith, love, courage, seeking and of finding. Your gift of time in sharing YOUR story will enrich OUR parish family and help us to create these Lenten devotions. If you volunteer to write a short devotional, you'll be given a choice of scripture verses and will only need to reflect and write! Thank you for prayerfully considering joining our effort to strengthen our community! Contact Fr. Tripp, Linda Reid or Linda Sammons to volunteer or for more information.
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F.E.A.S.T. Group News
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February 21
FEAST Groups are gatherings of fellow parishioners for fellowship and a delicious meal. They meet periodically throughout the year, and you can sign up to participate in one of the FEAST events or all of them ... it's totally up to you! They are hosted at parishioner's homes who live near the church and everyone in the parish is invited to attend. The first FEAST event will be February 21.
There will be 10 events every year and you can sign up to attend any or all of them as the schedule is published. If you would like to sign up to host or co-host one of 10 pre-set dated events that will take place through out the year, please contact Sandra Sirmon 770-844-4494 / smsirmon@bellsouth.net. or Linda Williams at tomandlinda.williams@gmail.com.
This coming week an online sign up link will be available (check the front page of the website under "latest news." A sign up schedule will also be on the welcome table each Sunday morning.
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Youth Group News
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 Superbowl Party at the Watkins 6pm this Sunday (2/1)
EYC will have their annual Super Bowl party this coming Sunday at the Watkins house (so no EYC at the church this Sunday evening). The fun begins at 6pm and ends by 9pm, yeah it's still a school night.
Don't forget that Happening Weekend registration is now open ( click here to register). This retreat is a weekend to grow deeper in faith and is for those in the 9th-12th grades.
The annual Hunger Walk is just around the corner. We will join the diocesan youth team forming a huge group to help fight hunger. Click Here for more information and to register. |
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Your 2015 Parish Vestry
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Mr. Dan Burrows
Parish Life
(2017)
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Ms. Laura Dillon
Parish Life
(2018)
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Mr. Brian Dempsey
Worship &
Jr Warden (2017)
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Mr. Scott Doyle
Buildings
& Grounds (2018)
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Mr Dale Humphries
Sr Warden
(2016)
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Ms. Margie Hutson
Membership
(2016)
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Ms. Kathleen Kraynick
Mission &
Outreach (2017)
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Mr. Tom Russell
Planned Giving &
Architecture (2017)
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Ms. Ellen Siegfired
Christian Formation
& Youth (2018)
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Mr. Jason Startt
Communications & Publicity (2018)
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Ms. Kendra West
Stewardship
(2016)
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Ms. Linda Williams
Inreach &
Pastoral Care (2017)
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Ms. Jeannie Lamp
Parish Treasurer
(2017)
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Ms. Nancey Sabo
Vestry Clerk
(2016)
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