"A holy place where love is found, all are named, and hearts are freed to change the world."
This Week
On Our
Parish Calendar
Wednesday, August 24
10:30 am - Bible Study @  
                     Antebellum 
  5:15 pm - Chorister Rehearsal

Thursday, August 25 
  9:30 am - Holy Folders 
12:00 n    - Holy Rosary
  6:30 pm - Alzheimer's Support 
  7:00       - Adult Choir Rehearsal

Saturday, August 27 
  8:00 am  Annual Parish Workday

Sunday, August 28
 8:30 am    Rite I Mass 
10:00         Sung Mass
11:00         Coffee & Fellowship

Tuesday, August 23
  3:00 pm - Tai Chi

Wednesday, August 24
10:30 am - Bible Study @  
                     Antebellum 
  5:15 pm - Chorister Rehearsal 
 
Looking Ahead ...
We resume our regular Mass schedule on Rally Sunday (September 11).
  7:45 am - Rite I Mass
  9:00 am - Low Mass
10:10 am - Sunday School
11:00 am - Sung Mass

Rally Sunday Parish Luncheon 
We end Rally Sunday with a "lunch on the lawn."  The Knights of Columba will be cooking burgers, hot dogs, and side dishes.  Everyone is invited to bring a dessert to share.

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The 14th Week after Pentecost
 25 August 2016
Parish Workday
This Saturday, August 27 
 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
      Our annual Fall Workday is scheduled for this Saturday, August 27, 8:00 AM until 1:00 PM.In preparation for the return to regular schedule Sunday School and Services, we do an inside and outside cleaning and repair effort.Outside there will be tree trimming, string trimming, walk behind mowing, edging, raking, wheel barrowing, dirt shoveling, and other outside duties.  Inside there will be general cleaning, bulb changing, dusting, vacuuming, sweeping, damp mopping, and other inside duties.There will be a hot dog lunch around 11:00, water and other fluids are available all day.  Please bring your favorite yard tools and join in.  Many hands make the job lighter on everyone!
Lector Ministry News
Thank you, Lisa Dangler! 
    For the past four years, Lisa Dangler has coordinated the schedule for those reading the lessons in church each Sunday morning and for our seasonal liturgies during the week.  Please join in thanking Lisa for her gift of time and talent to this ministry!  As she steps down as the coordinator, we are so excited to welcome Bob Carrera as the new coordinator.
     As we move into the Fall and resume our regular schedule beginning with Rally Sunday (September 11), now is a great time to join the lector ministry.  If you are interested in learning more about being a lector on Sunday mornings at 7:45, 9:00, or 11:15, contact Bob Carrera or call the parish office. 
>> Click Here to contact Bob and
learn more about our Lector Ministry  
Sunday School Teachers Needed
Sunday School Resumes September 11
      Rally Sunday is just around the corner and that means we need to fill a few remaining slots for our children and youth Sunday school program.  If you are interested in learning more about teaching Sunday school, please contact Kristen Weems for the children's program (Catachesis of the Good Shepherd) or Father Tripp for the middle and high school program.  We have a wonderful and strong program and only with your help can we keep it going.  Please prayerfully consider teaching this coming year.
>> Click Here to contact Kristen Weems
>> Click Here to contact Father Tripp
New Formation Opportunities for Adults
Searching for Sunday
Begins September 11   |   10:10 am - in the Narthex
     Going to church means so many different things to people.  What exactly is it that we're looking for each week?  During our Rector's forum this Fall, we'll loosely hear the story of  NY Times best-selling author, Rachel Evans, as we explore what it truly means to belong to a church and not only belong, but to get the most out of church.  Stories of the sacraments, faith, and the liturgical year - all dotted with humor and anecdote - will help us find our place and our life rooted in church.
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for adult offerings this coming year 
Family Promise At St. Columba's
Volunteer Training
Tuesday, September 20   |   7:00 pm

     Being without a safe, warm place to sleep, eat, and care for children; being without the security of familiar people and belongings and surroundings - this is homelessness. Families with young children account for up to 40 percent of America's homeless, and they make up its fastest growing segment. Now we have a chance to help - to be part of providing a warm place to sleep, eat, and care for children, to welcome local families into our church home with radical hospitality. Through Family Promise of Forsyth County, St. Columba's will host local homeless families several times each year, with our first host week scheduled October 30-November 6.
     We need LOTS of volunteers for each host week, covering tasks from setting up bedrooms to providing meals to staying overnight at the church. To volunteer in any capacity (whether for the October host week or in the future), please  SIGN UP HERE
     Registration for specific volunteer jobs will be distributed to those who  SIGN UP HERE.
     Family Promise will conduct a 90-minute volunteer training session on Tuesday, September 20 at 7pm at St. Columba's. Please mark your calendar and plan to attend. (If you cannot attend the September training, but still want volunteer, SIGN UP and we'll make arrangements for your training).
     This is a unique opportunity to live out our mission to be a holy place where love is found, where all are named, and where hearts are freed to change the world. Please join us.
St. Columba's Cookbook

  ECW is beginning a new project of creating a St. Columba's Cookbook, to help raise money for the church. We have amazing cooks in our church as the breakfasts, cookouts, and chili cook-offs have shown. We would love to learn and share all of the recipes from our parishioners. Please find your favorite recipes, type them up, and email them to Allison Bronk (abronk@windscape.com). 
     You can submit as many recipes as you would like, and for any category you wish. We are looking for any type of recipes for any time of day. We would also like to see if we can get some gluten-free recipes and some vegetarian recipes as well as the standard favorites. We need all hands on deck to make this a success. If you have not been receiving the ECW emails please contact Allison Bronk (abronk@windscape.com, 404-840-0113) so you can be included. 

RALLY SUNDAY
Sept 11
     Sunday school for children, teenagers and adults begins Rally Sunday - September 11.  That is also the Sunday we resume our regular schedule (7:45, 9:00, 11:15 with Sunday school at 10:10 am). 
     It's always a very exciting and fun morning and we end the day with our traditional parish "lunch on the lawn."   Our Knights of Columba men's group will be cooking hamburgers, hot dogs, and all the side dishes.  Everyone is invited to bring their favorite dessert to share. 

Sunday, September 11
  7:45 am - Rite I Mass
  9:00 am - Low Mass with Choristers **
10:10 am - Sunday school for all ages
11:15 am - Sung Mass with St Columba Choir
12:30 pm - Parish Lunch on the Lawn

 ** All teachers are asked to attend the 9:00 Mass that morning, as we will commission teachers as part of our prayers at 9 am
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St. Columba's
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939 James Burgess Road
Suwanee, Georgia 30024

770-888-4464