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Liturgy Note: We will be continuing our practice of silence before the services. From 7:45 a.m. until 8:00 a.m. and again from 10:15 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. we ask for silence in the chapel and the nave. Services will start promptly at 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.  During the offertory, Clergy will briefly greet newcomers and, on occasion, highlight offerings of the parish. Every attempt will be made to include all necessary information about church happenings in the service bulletin. 

If you have announcements you would like placed in the bulletin and/or Shamrock, please email them to Amanda Vaughn by noon on Tuesdays.    

Mardi Gras open house at the Games': Save The Date: Friday, Feb. 21 from 6:00 - 11:00 p.m. at the Game's house for a Mardi Gras party - children welcome! 

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Vestry Installation: The vestry will be installed Sunday, Feb. 9 during the 10:30 a.m. service.  

Hospitality House In Honor of Sunday Servers, First Solemn Communicants, and 2014 Vestry: We will be having a reception during Hospitality House on Feb. 9 for all who serve on Sunday mornings--acolytes, choir and musicians, vergers, EM's and EV's, Lectors, Ushers, greeters, intercessors, sound and Altar Guild, followed by a 15 minute meeting in the nave. This reception will also honor the six children who received their first communion today and the vestry for 2014. 

Newcomer's Reception: A reception for all newcomers (visited or joined St. Patrick's within the past year) will be held at Nancy Armstrong and Jim Lynn's home (863 Byrnwyck Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30319) on Sunday, Feb. 23 from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. All newcomers and their children are welcome - come learn more about St. Patrick's and visit with our Rector and other members of the Parish. If you have any questions, please contact Keith Harper via email or at (404)388-4278.  

Hymnals: St. Patrick's would like to purchase some new hymnals to replace some well used ones in the chapel and nave. Would you like to purchase one in memory of or in honor of someone? The price is $30 per hymnal. Please let us know what you would like the nameplate inside the front cover to say. Make checks payable to St. Patrick's with "hymnal" in the memo line.  

Lee Hardy Gathering: If you remember our funny friend, Lee Hardy, and would like to get together to share memories of his wonderful life among us, you're invited to join us at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15.  Please let us know you're coming - contact Barbara Allen at 404-377-9261 or email her here.    

Cloverleaf: Readers wanted - Could you kindly take your nose out of that book long enough to think for a minute about the role reading has played in your life.  When did a distracting book get you through a crisis? Motivate you to plan a trip?  When did one change your direction?  Make you laugh?  Cry?  We are a parish of readers and the Cloverleaf for spring is going to be on the subject of books and their influence on us.  Consider for a minute your tribute to books and authors.  Questionnaires are in the Cloverleaf box on the office door to help you get started.  Take one home and ponder your answers.  The deadline is Sunday, Feb. 23.  OK, you can go back to your book.  You were on page 264.

Ministry Update  

Stephen Ministry Growing: Kathryn Turman has joined St Patrick's Stephen Ministry and has recently completed a Stephen Series Leader's Training Course (LTC) held from January 10-17, 2014 in Orlando, Florida. Kathryn attended the one-week training event hosted by the St. Louis-based Stephen Ministries organization. Over three hundred participants came from across the U.S. and Canada to learn how to implement and direct Stephen Ministry, a system of Christian caregiving, in their congregations. Stephen Leaders Anne Duncan and Jim Lynn and six experienced Stephen Ministers, Maria Annunziata, John Dietrichs, Chris Hutt, Bunny Magnuson, Brenda Marquis, Ginger Toth, and Mona Walasek welcome Kathryn as a part of the caregiving team.

6:00 p.m.     German Ensemble, Choir Room