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The Shamrock
April 22, 2015
In This Issue
Christian Formation
Outreach
Income Summary
This Week at St. Patrick's

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You will find St. Patrick's is home to families & singles of all ages. We seek God through outward expressions and inward contemplation, finding spirituality on a personal level. We also enjoy our fellowship time together! Join us on any Sunday!


PARISH BIRTHDAYS:

April

1-Gail Grimes, Alli Stephens, 2-Ted Roberts, Jacki Kirsch, 3-Kimberly Sheridan, Devin Meek, 5-Marcella Klimas, Barbara Hotz, 6-Nicole Cone, 7-Oliver Cone, 8-Cynthia Kimball, Jeremy Grove, Luke Holcomb, 10-Andrew Lee, 11-Cliff McClure, Jean Temple, Dianne Grove, 12-Harry Delcher, Jeremy Sanders, 13-Katharine Foster, 15-Pam Rickard, Gaye Geigel, Catherine Stoddard, 18-Bruce Hopkins, William Espinoza, 19-Gregory Bivens, 20-Bob Trogdon, 21-Molly Powers, 22-Linda Agnello, Jon Richardson, Steve Huelsbeck, Austin Adkins, 23-Thomas Hammons, Patty Ormsby, Daniel Temple, 24-Fran Akridge, Mary Lambert, Lynn Henderson, 27-Keely Sheridan, 28-Anna Shipley, Sophia Bailez, 30-Terri Bright


Happy birthday!

 

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Stewardship: Pledge cards for the 2015 Operating Budget are available in the office and  you can find a printable pledge card here.
Pledge cards should be returned to the parish office. "Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver." 2 Cor. 9:7 

 

Want to Join St. Patrick's? Please  email Amanda Vaughn or call her at 770-455-6523 for more information.

 

STAY CONNECTED

Contact us:

The office is open Monday - Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The phone number is 770-455-6523.

 

Deadline for submitting news items for The Shamrock and bulletin is noon Tuesdays. Send news and photos to [email protected]. Most news items will run for two weeks. 

 

The Shamrock is published weekly. It is distributed most Wednesdays.

 

All content submitted is subject to editing. 

 

Contact: Amanda Vaughn, Director of Communications, 770-455-6523 or [email protected]

Out and About in the Diocese of Atlanta    
Want to stay current on all the events going on in the Diocese of Atlanta? Click here to sign up for Connecting, the Diocesan email newsletter. Visit their website here.
Lemonade Days!
Thanks to all who made Lemonade Days such a grand success!!! We are delighted to be 5K closer to a new playground! Full lot, fabulous youth, awesome vestry and great parents. See more photos from the event on our flickr page.

 

 

Anam Cara: Anam Cara is Gallic for "Soul Friend." It comes out of the Celtic tradition of encouraging us to find a spiritual companion who journeys with us on our path of life. Along the way the Anam Cara supports you in your own discernment of the presence and invitations of the Spirit towards healing, towards transformation, towards freedom, towards authenticity and towards service in the goodness and love of God - all grounded in a growing intimacy between you and God. To get more information, email The Rev. Julia Rusling or call her at 770-455-6523. Click here to read the brochure.  


PARISH HAPPENINGS

    

 

 




Multi-Parish Youth Gathering: On April 26 at 5:00 p.m., St. Patrick's will host youth around 100 youth from St. Aidan's,  St. Columba's and of course our own St. Patrick's youth, for fun, food and fellowship!! Come get to know others who will be going on the June Mission Trip and bring your guitars, drums and happy voices!! All are welcome. You do not have to be going on the Mission Trip to attend. For more information, please contact Sarah


Wednesday Night Dinner Program: Join us this Wednesday, for our study series on "Getting to Know our Jewish Cousins". Discussion will be based on the PBS series by Simon Shama, "The Story of the Jews".

Parish Family Dinner is at 6:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall; study at 7:00 p.m. in the Nave.
 

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.

  
Congenital Heart Walk - April 25 in Marietta at the North Georgia State Fairgrounds: Family friendly 1-mile and 5K walking routes are included. For details, click here. Victoria Schwartz, Director of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, is walking in this Heart Walk. If you'd like to support her in her walk,click here to go to her fundraising page.
 
 
The Gathering May 3 at 5:00 p.m.:
A contemplative and progressive gathering with prayer and poetry... music, guided meditation, and silence... Inspired by wisdom traditions, modern Celtic spirituality, and natural spirituality. Music by Ramsay and friends. This is an *OPEN* invitation to all ages, for anyone who may enjoy an off-center, earthy and experiential approach to gathered spirituality.

Celebrating Graduates:
At the 10:30 a.m. service on May 17, we would like to recognize St. Patrick's high school, college, and graduate students who will be graduating this year by listing their names in the bulletin. If you are graduating, or know a St. Patrick's parishioner who is graduating, please send their name to Amanda Vaughn by Tuesday, May 12.

 

 

Stories of the Kingdom Adventure Camp
: Save the Date! This is THE summer camp of St. Patrick's!

 

Who: Rising K through Rising 5th Graders

When: July 20 - 24, 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., after care available until 5 p.m.   

Cost: FREE - no charge to attend

Click here for printable registration form or pick one up at St. Patrick's.  

 

This year's theme will be on the parables of Jesus. Activities will involve literature, parables, art, discovery, movement, and so much more! Registration and Volunteer information coming soon. The involvement of many hands and hearts supports the camp's blossoming as a ministry of the whole of St. Patrick's.  

 

There are many ways to be involved. We are actively recruiting adult and youth (rising 8th graders and above) volunteers to join the fun. Please speak to Sarah or Julia if you discern a call to join us in this wonderful ministry.

 

 

PARISH RETREAT

 

I
t's time to mark your calendars for our Retreat Weekend this year, August 28 - 30. We will be trying a new venue, just an hour away outside Dahlonega, with good wholesome southern fayre prepared for us on site. Watch this space for program and reservation details over the coming weeks.

 

Name tags: Remember, wear your name tag when you come to nametag 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 years old) - 9:00 a.m.
  • Catechesis of the Good Shepherd classes (ages 2 � - 11) - Classes will resume next Sunday, April 12, at 9:00 a.m. in their classrooms.
  • Youth - Rite 13, J2A, and YEA classes meet in their classrooms.
    • Youth/Mision Trip Gathering:
      Sunday, April 26, 5:00 PM-7:00PM. Youth 6-12th grade are invited to gather with youth from St. Columba's and St. Aiden's for a night of games, food, fun fellowship, music and Compline. Folks going on the mission trip are especially encouraged to attend! It will be great to meet some other youth we'll be working with this summer. Questions, food allergies or concerns, please contact Mo. Sarah (770-455-6523 or email here).
       
  • Adult Christian Formation -
    Join us for any of these groups:

SCRIPTURE STUDY: PRAYER

Room 8 (Board Room), led by Kathryn Turman

This class is an investigation of what the Scripture has to teach us about prayer.

 

SINGING FOR JOY TOGETHER

Chapel, led by Edie Krakowiak

Now for something completely different: community music making that is inherently spacious, holy, inviting, gentle, creative, dynamic, and not a little mischievous. No musical training needed. This activity is for spiritual pleasure, not performance perfection.

 

PAINTING LOOKING UP 

 Art Lab, led by Nancy Dusenberry and Diane RankinDo 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.

 

THE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION SERIES

Room 8 this Sunday, led by the Rev. Dick Game

Join us in an atmosphere where everyone's ideas and experiences are shared freely. Each week we participate in a theological reflection on a selected topic of interest, inviting conversation frombiblical, cultural/political, societal, and personal perspectives. All are welcome.

 

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

 


 
Your vestry at work helping ladies in distress.


 
OUTREACH


 

 

 

 

 SHINE A LIGHT 

Shine a Light News: Shine A Light (SAL) visited the Brookhaven Boys and Girls Club on April 15. ABFAB is a prevention program started by Kelsey Ehlers and sponsored by her employer, Coca Cola. Ten minutes from St Patrick's, Boys and Girls Club in Brookhaven is a perfect place for the ABFAB (absolutely fabulous) meetings. Children of all ages show up after school and enjoy the facilities in door basketball court, computer lab, art room and sponsored meetings. 

 

Shelba McDowell, Julian Williams, Mary Lambert and Catherine Renaud visited to observe and listen to AT&T's presentation on "Don't Text and Drive". The girls attending were from 8-13 years old with older teenagers helping with the talk. We experienced polite young ladies full of hope and trying to figure it out .

 

ABFAB is planting good seeds! Kelsey encouraged a young girl who shared that her mom's boyfriend was driving drunk and told the daughter "don't tell"; "Go tell your mom if anything like that happens. You have a right to say NO, stop the car and let me out".

 

SAL is exploring reciprocal partnering with ABFAB. ABFAB could be a place after school for kids in the Advocates for Kids program starting in the fall of 2016. Kelsey is sending planned topics for this fall in hopes that St. Patrick's can fill some of the presentation slots. Stay tuned.

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The Garden of Eatin: Malachi's garden located on the back lawn is ready for spring planting. All we need are cilantro and pole beans to add to the tomatoes and peppers. While u are shopping for your own garden needs, would you buy a flat of cilantro or pole beans for our garden? A flat consists of 8 to 10 plants, and we need one of each. Simply drop off the flat at the garden and we will get them in the ground! Many thanks from us and the Malachi's clients who will harvest and take the vegetables home to their families!
 
 Malachi's Closet in Need of Men's Clothing: It's time for spring cleaning - as you clean out your closets, please be mindful that the Malachi's Clothing Closet desperately needs men's clothing (shirts, slacks, jeans, etc). Thanks in advance for helping our guests!
Stephen Ministries

 

Stephen Ministry: Commissioning of Stephen Ministers will be held on Sunday, May 3 at the 10:30 a.m. service.  At this time Stephen Ministers rededicate themselves to their ministry of service to the people of this parish.  If you are a trained Stephen Minister and would like to join us in service for the upcoming year, please contact Anne Duncan (770) 454-9053 or Kathryn Turman at (404) 303-8691.  


   

 

INCOME SUMMARY

 

 

Actual Income (Adjusted) - YTD*

Budgeted Income - YTD

Year to Date Difference: Actual - Budgeted

Projected Year End Difference
Projected Year End Difference (% of Annual Budget)

$119,521
$139,754
($20,233)
($70,141)
-14.5%

  * : pre-payments of pledge values have been annualized

 

 

 

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, 4/23

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

6:00 p.m.            Brotherhood of St. Andrew Mtg., Parish Hall 

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

 

Friday, 4/24     

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

 

Saturday, 4/25

 

Sunday, 4/26    

8:00 a.m.            Holy Eucharist, Chapel    

9:00 a.m.            CGS and Youth classes

9:15 a.m.            Adult Christian Formation classes 

10:30 a.m.          Holy Eucharist, Nave
12:00 p.m.          Hospitality House, Parish Hall
12:15 p.m.          Eucharistic Visitors Meeting, Room 1

12:15 p.m.          Youth Leaders Meeting, Room 14

5:00 p.m.           Multi-Parish Youth Gathering, Parish Hall


Monday, 4/27       

9:30 a.m.            Tai Chi, Parish Hall

11:00 a.m.          Staff Meeting, Room 1
1:00 p.m.            Centering Prayer, Library 

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, 4/28              

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

10:00 a.m.          Centering Prayer, Library

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

 

Wednesday, 4/29            

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

12:15 p.m.          Healing and Eucharist Service, Chapel      

6:00 p.m.            Wednesday Parish Family Dinner, Parish Hall

7:00 p.m.            Wednesday Parish Family Series, Nave

 

Thursday, 4/30

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

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

 

Friday, 5/1     

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

 

Saturday, 5/2

9:00 a.m.           Malachi's Mobile Food Pantry 

 

Sunday, 5/3     

8:00 a.m.            Holy Eucharist, Chapel    

9:00 a.m.            CGS and Youth classes

9:15 a.m.            Adult Christian Formation classes 

10:30 a.m.          Holy Eucharist, Nave
12:00 p.m.          Hospitality House Celebrating Teachers and
                          Graduating Seniors, Parish Hall