Bring your coffee to Room 8 at 9:15 a.m. The bestseller novella and parable book is named after its heroine, a young Moabite widow who leaves her land and family to follow her mother-in-law to Bethlehem in Judah, where she will become the great-grandmother of King David. The book shows that God's message can come unexpectedly and directly from others no matter the culture and laws which seek to limit their power and worth, and that HESED, kindness and loyalty, are more important than gender or ethnicity or nationality. March 9, Overview and Chapter; March 16, Chapter 2 & 3; March 23, Chapter 4 and Summary.

 

Hunger Walk for Malachi's March 9:

 

Parish family,

It's Hunger Walk time! Malachi's Storehouse's largest fundraiser is well underway. Our goal this year?  $15,000. Due to parish and dioscesan budget cuts, your Hunger Walk donation is even more important to us.   

In 2013, MSH fed 31,600 people! Early returns are that we will continue to be an important resource to so many. I love that as a parish we continue to be available to the folks that Jesus wanted us to be available to. Also, all the research around happiness indicates there is a strong correlation between being kind and being happy! It's almost like Jesus knew what we would need ;)

 

Here's one way to be kind. Follow the links and let me know if you have trouble.  Click here to donate or register for the Hunger Walk.  

 

As always, we are so very grateful for your continuous and generous and KIND support.     

Love,  Kathy (kmalcomhall@yahoo.com)

 

Thanks to the Brotherhood of St. Andrew for our Shrove Tuesday pancakes!

If you plan to attend this series, please email Amanda Vaughn as soon as you can so we know which room and which media devices to use for best viewing. 

St. Patrick's Day Events

 

Let's Go to the Movies: Jerusalem at Fernbank:

Parish News

Arts Retreat: The Art Department hosts it's first out-of-town "destination retreat"  this March 28-30 at Camp Mikell. Fee will be $160 per person, all inclusive....Private Rooms will be $200. $100 deposit due by March 23 - there are scholarships available!  Let Diane Rankin know by March 23. Come! You will find your type of art there, even if its rocking and reading!  This also will be an excellent time to work on a Station of the Cross while you have lots of support from others.   

Cloverleaf: We have a little over half the text needed for a full issue and what we have is wonderful.  But we need to hear from more of you about your reading life - love and hates, good intensions, self-help, fun or spiritual growth.  We can extend the deadline, but need to know that something is in the pipe line. Email Barbara Allen for information.  

Ministry Update  

Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord;

And let light perpetual shine upon them.

May their souls and the souls of all the

faithful departed rest in peace. Amen.

• Virginia Rich (Ginny) Zagara - lived at Summer's Landing
• Rocio Peterson, niece of Patti Halstead-Jude  
• John Williams, St. Patrick's parishioner. Memorial service Monday, March 10 at 1:00 p.m. at St. Patrick's. Obituary can be read here. 

12:00 p.m.     Hunger Walk

12:30 p.m.     Stephen Ministry Meeting, Room 8

5:00 p.m.       Celtic Evening Prayer, Chapel

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

6:00 p.m.      Soup Dinner and Lenten Series: Luke Timothy Johnson:  

                     Practical Christianity:Letters from the Letter of James,