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The Shamrock
June 10, 2015
In This Issue
Malachi's Storehouse Grant
Adult Christian Formation
Parish Happenings
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!

 

June Birthdays

 

2-Ginger Paul, 4-Peter Severens, 7-Karen Pilz, Alison Solomon, 8-Star Severens, 9-Daniel Bailez, 10-Pat Gilbert, Doug Carlson, Brian Stephens, Cate Harter, 11-Peter Scupham, Darryl Moores, Soren Temple, 14-Sarah Fisher, Claire Francell, 15-Victor Green, Michael Dolan, 17-Owen Harper, 18-Alma Hobbs, 20-Tiffany Williams, 22-Judy Greig, Catrina Sanders, 23-Joy Green, Andrea Allen, 25-Jacob Haslett, 26-Anne Game, Bryant Courtney, 27-Craig Curtis, 28-Robin Neal, Ellen Stilwell, Charlie Warren, 30-Craig Shipley, Edie Krakowiak, Jack Boyanton

Happy birthday!

 

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. 

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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.

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Judi Carlson, Kathy Malcolm-Hall  (co-directors of MSH) and Rob Johnson of ACFB, VP of Community Services.

Malachi's Storehouse Receives Generous Grant from the Atlanta Community Food Bank

Funds to increase pantry's service to hungry families and individuals -   

 

 

Malachi's Storehouse is excited to announce that the Atlanta Community Food Bank (ACFB) has awarded the pantry a capacity building grant to help increase its ability to serve more people in the community. The grant will fund installation of a dedicated walk-in refrigerator and improve non-perishable storage space to increase the pantry's capacity to receive and distribute food.

Read the press release here. 

 


Join St. Patrick's for a bit of Adult Christian Formation this Summer
Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death, passion fierce as the grave. (Song of Solomon 8: 6 - 9)

  June 21: "The Fault in our Stars"












 
Every Sunday during the summer (except 5 July)
in room 1.

Do you have a movie you want to share with the congregation?  St. Patrick's Goes to the movies is your opportunity to present clips from and lead a short discussion of a movie that has special spiritual significance to you. Contact Kathryn Turman.



Vision Stewardship
July 12, 19, August 2, 9, 16 and 30.  
Note: the class August 30 will be presented at the parish retreat.
Parlor, led by Keith Harper

Too often what parishes call Stewardship is only a short-term, anxiety-motivated, half-hearted, hail-Mary pass Fall fundraising campaign focusing on the survival of the parish and based on a theology of scarcity, resulting in little or no transformation of the parish, its members, or the community.

 

Stewardship, however, is a year-round, mission-driven, committed, assured process focusing on bringing about God's kingdom, based on a theology of abundance and gratitude, and has the power to transform the ethos of the parish, its members, and the community.

  • What is your vision for your life?
  • What role does stewardship play in your life?
  • What is your vision for the future of St. Patrick's?
  • What role should stewardship play at St. Patrick's?
  • How does stewardship play into vision?
  • How does vision play into stewardship?
  • How do both stewardship and vision play into the future of St. Patrick's?

 

Painting Looking Up will continue as usual, meeting in the 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

on the 2nd and 4th Sundays during the summer. 

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.   

 

 

 



Painting Looking Up will continue as usual, meeting in the art lab.

Click here to read the Adult Christian Formation summer brochure for further information.

 


PARISH HAPPENINGS

    

 

 


     

Centering Prayer: During the summer Centering Prayer will be meeting on Mondays at 1 p.m. in the library. The Tuesday group will merge with this group for the summer.  


Youth Group Mission Trip:
We will be sending a group of 22 youth and adults from St. Patrick's on a mission trip to Harrisburg PA from June 14-19. They'll be joining with several other Episcopal Churches from the Diocese of Atlanta. It should be a wonderful experience with a combination of service work, relationship building and worship (Episcopal tradition). Please pray for the group as they travel:

Jesse Adkins, Judi Adkins, Grace Barrett, Jeremy Carlson, Judi Carlson, Natalia Carlson, Doug Carlson, Julia Clark, Sarah Fisher, Jared Gabet, Meriah Grove, Jillian Hall, Van Krakowiak, Avery Lauber, Megan Lauber, Devin Meek, Ryan Meek, Sai Phochan, Peter Richardson, Catrina Sanders, Rebecca Solomon and Bennett Solomon

 

  Stories of the Kingdom Adventure Camp
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 Victoria if you discern a call to join us in this wonderful ministry. 


Arts Retreat News:  Spaces are now filled. If you would like to be put on a waiting list in the event of cancellations, please call Diane Rankin at 404-277-5388.



PARISH RETREAT - REGISTER NOW

 

 

The time has come to choose and reserve your room for this year's Parish weekend retreat,
August 28-30.  We will be trying a new venue, with an ALL INCLUSIVE package just an hour away outside Dahlonega. Lets have a fun time sharing bread and getting to know each other just that little bit deeper!

1/3 of the rooms have already been reserved - great news! 
  
Alison Forbes will next be in church to take reservations between the services on June 21 and 28. Please come along, ask questions, pick up an info/booking sheet and be ready to reserve your room for $100 deposit. We have 3 lodges (each with either 8 or 16 bedrooms and own bathroom) almost all rooms are accessible. Please go to their website for more information about the venue and all its facilities.
Do call me at 678-644-5553 or email me with any questions, for an info/booking form or to make your reservation!!

Click here for a printable registration form (forms also available in the Parish Office). 


 

Name tags: Remember, wear your name tag when you come to St. Patrick's! They're hanging alphabetically on the name tag nametag 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.



CHRISTIAN FORMATION


 

   

  • Nursery (newborn - 4 years old) - 9:00 a.m.
  • Adult Christian Formation -

Join us for any of these classes:

 

ST. PATRICK'S GOES TO THE MOVIES 

Room 1, led by Kathryn Turman

Volunteers from the congregation show clips from the movies that they find spiritually significant.  Last summer's offerings included explorations of A Man for All Seasons and The Fisher King. Do you want to share a movie?  Contact Kathryn Turman to sign up. 

 

VISION STEWARDSHIP 

Parlor, led by Keith Harper -

July 12,19, August 2, 9, 16 and 30.  
Note: the class August 30 will be presented at the parish retreat.
These sessions will focus on a theology of abundance and gratitude rather than on a theology of scarcity.  Biblical understandings of, Episcopal teaching about, and new perspectives of stewardship will be explored in order to address this question:  What does a parish that seeks to thrive need to do?

 

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.  


 
OUTREACH


 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Shine A Light June 18th at 7pm in the Parish Hall:

Come help pack 200 lunches for kids at risk this summer. We'll start decorating bags at 7:00 p.m. while we catch up with the Shine A Light Team on what St. Patrick's is doing to bring Awareness and Prevention to help end DMST (domestic minor sex trafficking). This blight on our society is in our own back yard in Atlanta and surrounding areas of Georgia.

 

Seem overwhelming? It is but if we take one step at a time and don't stop, community can end this no matter how long it takes. The Shine A Light Team will speak about how St. Patrick's and joining with other communities can win this battle.

 

What can you do right now? Come help pack healthy lunches for vulnerable young girls who are at risk on Thursday, June 18 at 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall at St. Patrick's. Much better choice for young girls than lunching with a pimp. Let's block those efforts in every way possible by focusing on the Shine A Light mission of Awareness and Prevention.   

 

You can read the Shine a Light email newsletter here. 

 

 

Stephen Ministry: If you are feeling troubled about a problStephen Ministriesem in your life, please know that Stephen Ministers are always available. They will be there to listen and to walk with you during the times when you most need them. God wants you to be at peace, and the Stephen Ministers are trained to help you find that peace. Call Fr. Dick at 770-455-6523 or Anne Duncan at 770-454-9053 to be put in touch with a Stephen Minister. Your request and conversations will be kept totally confidential.


 

 

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)

$197,144
$214,290
($17,146)
($38,765)
-8.0%
* : 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, 6/11

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

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

 

Friday, 6/12           

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

 

Saturday, 6/13

 

Sunday, 6/14          

8:00 a.m.            Holy Eucharist, Chapel    

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.          Stephen Ministry Meeting, Room 8

 

Monday, 6/15

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, 6/16                     

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

11:00 a.m.          Peachtree Pine Cooking, Kitchen 

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

 

Wednesday, 6/17                   

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

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

 

Thursday, 6/18

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

7:00 p.m.            Shine A Light Packing Bag Lunch, PH 

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

 

Friday, 6/19            

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

 

Saturday, 6/20

                          Wedding, Nave & Parish Hall

 

Sunday, 6/21           

8:00 a.m.            Holy Eucharist, Chapel    

9:15 a.m.            Adult Christian Formation Classes
10:30 a.m.
          Holy Eucharist, Nave
12:00 p.m.          Hospitality House, Parish Hall