PARISH HAPPENINGS

Beloved Sunday: Feb. 15 

9:00 AM in place of regular Formation Classes in the Parish Hall. Love, Fun and a Chocolate Agape Feast for all ages! 10:30 AM litugry led by all ages, including a sermon for all God's children. Come and remember your belovedness, your neighbor's belovedness and, of course, Jesus, whom God calls beloved on this day.   

 

 

Office Closure: The church office will be closed on Monday, Feb. 16 in observance of the President's Day holiday. 

 

 

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper: Join us Tuesday, Feb. 17 at 6:00 p.m. in the parish hall for our annual pancake supper. And invite your neighbors - this is a fun event for all. Thanks to the Brotherhood of St. Andrew for hosting! 

 

Wonderful Wednesdays in Lent - The Color Purple: Episcopal Reflections from the Wilderness: The Bishops are coming, Wednesday nights during Lent. 

• February 25 The Rt. Rev. Don Wimberly
• March 4 The Rt. Rev. Rob Wright
• March 11   The Rt. Rev. Keith Whitmore
• March 18 The Rt. Rev. Frank Allan  
• March 25 The Rt. Rev. J. Neil Alexander

6:00 - 8:00 p.m. - Parish Family Dinner and Study

Wednesday nights begin with dinner in our Parish Hall! Dinner is served 6:00-6:50 p.m. to allow participation in Adult Formation. Adult meals are $7, Youth and Children (3-12 years of age) are $5, with a Family Maximum of $20.  

 

Please email Amanda Vaughn to make your dinner reservation by noon the Monday before. Childcare, at no charge, is available by reservation through the church office by the Monday before.

Spring Art Retreat March 6-8: Save the Date! Spring Art Retreat March 6-8. Details next week.

Parish Retreat Survey: We'd like to know what you think about a parish retreat in the near future! Please click here to take the survey so we can get a feel for the interest and best times to go away and be a community on retreat.

 

Kids Summer Camp at St Patrick's: July 20-24, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Save the Date! Kids Summer Camp at St Patrick's is coming! July 20-24, 9AM-5PM. All rising K-rising 5th graders are welcome! Watch for details in this space. For more information, please contact the Rev. Julia Rusling or Mo. Sarah Fisher.
 

Pledge Cards Available Online:If you didn't pick up your 2015 pledge card at St. Patrick's, you can find one on our website. Click here to get to it, then print, fill out, and return to the church office.

 

Name tags: Remember, wear your name tag when you come to St. Patrick's! They're hanging alphabetically on the name tag board. Each Sunday the board can be found in the narthex. Otherwise it lives in the back hallway. If you need a nametag, please email Amanda Vaughn or fill out the form that can be found Sunday mornings in the narthex on the stand next to the visitor's book.

CHRISTIAN FORMATION

Nursery (newborn - 4 yrs old) - 9:00 a.m. 

Children (ages 2 ½ - 11)  Catechesis of the Good Shepherd - 9:00 a.m. 

Youth - Rite 13, J2A, and YEA meet at 9:00 a.m.  

Adults - 9:15 a.m. -

Lent

February 22 - March 29

CELEBRATION OF DISCIPLINE
Chapel, led by the Rev. Game, the Rev. Fisher, and the Rev. Rusling

For our spiritual enrichment during Lent, we will explore Richard J. Foster's Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth. Hailed by many as the best modern book on Christian spirituality, this text explores the central spiritual practices of Christianity showing how each discipline contributes to a balanced spiritual life.  

Scripture Study Class and Roundtable Discussion Group are

suspended during Lent so that class members can

attend the Celebration of Discipline class.

PAINTING LOOKING UP

Art Lab, led by Nancy Dusenberry and Diane Rankin

Do you have fantastic dreams that you'd like to keep as teachers? Memories that you'd like to freeze in time and revisit? We begin with a meditation time to "call up" and focus our chosen images, talk a bit, and sketch. Subsequent weeks are spent producing and resolving. No prior experience needed.

DREAMS: LISTENING TO GOD

Library, led by Brenda Marquis and Kendra Yates

The Dream Group provides a safe and sacred space to share dreams and help participants find spiritual fulfillment in them. Participants are also helped to discern what God might be telling them in "God's forgotten language." Every week varies according to who attends and the dream selected for discussion.

Adult Christian Formation classes for Lent - Eastertide 2015: Click here to see the full schedule and see which one interests you.  

 
OUTREACH

Lenten Meditations: This years'  issue of Episcopal Relief & Development's (ERD) Lenten Meditations includes the voices of leaders throughout the Anglican Communion who have personal insights into the impact of our work. They were asked to focus on some core statements that are the basis of the work of ERD. Those statements are:

* I believe that everyone should have access

   to clean water.

* I believe that no one should go hungry.

* I believe that all children and families deserve

a healthy start in life.

* I believe that no one should live in poverty.

Please contact James Tola for any questions on how you can be the agent of change through ER&D. Email him here or call at 678.467.2222.

     INCOME SUMMARY     

CALENDAR   

This Week at St. Patrick's

For more detailed information, please check the website. If you are not on the weekly Shamrocks email list and would like to be, please email Amanda Vaughn.    

Thursday, 2/12           

12:30 p.m.          Holy Spirit Prayer Group, Library  

8:00 p.m.            The Male Room (AA - Men only), Room 14

Friday, 2/13

8:00 p.m.           The Dunwoody North Group (AA), Room 9

Saturday, 2/14

Sunday, 2/15                                               

8:00 a.m.            Holy Eucharist, Chapel    

9:00 a.m.            CGS and Youth classes

9:15 a.m.            Adult Christian Formation classes 

Monday, 2/16                            

Office Closed - President's Day

7:00 p.m.            EfM, Room 8 

7:00 p.m.            Men's Accountability Group, Room 1

8:00 p.m.            AA (open), Room 14

Tuesday, 2/17  - Shrove Tuesday        

10:00 a.m.          Peachtree Pine Cooking, Kitchen 

6:45 a.m.            Men's Prayer Group, Room 8 

6:00 p.m.            Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner, Parish Hall 

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

Wednesday, 2/18 - Ash Wednesday         

11:00 a.m.          Malachi's Storehouse, Parish Hall     

12:15 p.m.          Ash Wednesday Service, Chapel    

6:00 p.m.            Simple Supper, Parish Hall 

7:00 p.m.            Ash Wednesday Service, Nave