This Week 

 

Vestry on Retreat: The vestry of St. Patrick's is on retreat this weekend at the Hinton Center in Haynesville, NC. Please keep the vestry in your prayers.

Welcome the Rev. Pat Stevens: We welcome Pat Stevens back to St. Patrick's this Sunday, March 23. She will preside and preach at both morning services.


Lenten Meditation Booklets: During the season of Lent the Episcopal Relief and Development ministry is focusing on Economic Empowerment for women using a wonderful daily meditation which is free for the parish and are on the table outside the office and in the nave on the usher table. Would you join us in taking just a few moments a day during Lent to reflect on the burden so many sisters across the globe endure each day in holding their families and communities together?  If you have questions regarding the daily meditation or involvement with the Episcopal Relief and Development please email James Tola or call him at 678.467.2222. More information can be found here.

Celtic Evening Prayer on Sundays in Lent: We invite you to experience God's goodness in the profound simplicity of Evening Prayer inspired by the Celtic tradition. We will gather each Sunday in Lent in the Chapel at 5:00 p.m. for liturgy led by clergy and parishioners. Come to the quiet. Come to adore. Come to be transformed this Lent. 

Parish News

Easter Lillies:

Office Volunteer Needed: Do you have a few free hours on your hands on Thursday afternoons? Want to help out in the church office and have quiet time at the same time? We're looking for help on Thursdays from 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. All the free coffee you can drink (Starbucks coffee!). Occasional doughnuts and other treats. Good people! Email Amanda Vaughn if you're interested! 

Vacation Bible School

 Save the Date for VBS: Christmas in July - July 21-25, 2014.  

Arts Retreat: The Art Department hosts its 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.    

Station 7: Jesus falls for the second time; Station 8: Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem; Station 9: Jesus falls for the third time; Station 10: Jesus is stripped of His garments; Station 12: Jesus is laid in the tomb

Station 15: The stone is rolled away. Requirements: either a 24"x30" canvas with frame, 24"x30"x2" Gallery wrapped canvas with finished edges, or 24"x30" finished paper and matting together, then framed. Please email Elisha Bailez to claim your station soon.  

Library Information: If you are interested in reading more about Lent but prefer not to buy another book, your St. Pat's library is the place for you. There are books about Lent on display on the shelves to the right of the computer that are waiting to be checked out. If you don't have a library card, just fill out the info from the form on top of the card catalog and a card will be sent to you. You are invited to enjoy the beautiful and quiet library space.- Brenda Marquis and Elaine Perkins  

Ministry Update  

 

 

 

$14,000 Raised for Malachi's Storehouse: The numbers continue to rise as contributions still are coming in!  So far we have raised $14,000 to feed those in need.  On a beautiful Sunday afternoon, about 40 Malachi's volunteers and advocates joined 15,000 citizens to walk through the streets of downtown Atlanta raising money for those in need.   Nearly a half million was raised city wide in the event.   As Malachi's Storehouse fed 31,600 visitors last year, this money is greatly needed.   There's still time to give as the campaign runs until March 31.   See Kathy Malcolm Hall if you are interested in joining the circle of generosity.   

 

Stephen Ministry Invites You to a Workshop: You're invited to attend a workshop led by Carl McColeman on Contemplative Prayer and Presence. This workshop is being held on Sat. Mar 29 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at St. Catherine's Episcopal Church (571 Holt Rd, Marietta, GA). This program invites you to reflect on, and experience, the Christian tradition of contemplative prayer, and to consider how this prayer can be a blessing to Christians who minister to others. You do not need to be a Stephen Minister to attend. For more information or to register for this event, email Anne Duncan  or call her at 770-454-9053. Please let us know by no later than Monday, Mar 23 if you would like to attend.

 

Holy Week and Easter Schedule...    

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.

• DeeDee Hill - former parishioner - service will be held on Saturday, March 22 at Oglethorpe Presbyterian Church (3016 Lanier Drive, NE, Brookhaven, GA). Guests received and viewing from 1:30-2:45 p.m. Celebration service will start at 3:00 p.m.

   

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

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

                    Practical Christianity:Letters from the Letter of James,