The Shamrock

July 15, 2015

In This Issue

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!

July Birthdays

1-Carolyn Warlick, Gerry Balboni, Kyle Jackson, 2-Rosie Shope, 4-Cathy Henry, 4-CeCe Balboni, Victoria Shipley, 5-Mori Wilson, Adam Christopher, 6-Brenda Marquis, Clint Storey, Jack Bailez, 7-Gina Winchester, 8-Mike Schenk, 9-Elisha Bailez, 11-Don Reddicks, Madeline Mayes, 15-Brad Hoyt, Keith Harper, Alex Richards, Dillin Temple, 16-Tony Annunziata, Kendra Yates, 17-Wendy Lauber, 19-Butch Adkins, Avery Lauber, Alora Rowe, 20-David Christopher, 21-Marilyn Hudgins, 25-Bennett Solomon, 28-Hope Game, 29-Cheryl Schenk, 30-Virginia Ross

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, Mother Julia will support 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 the nurturing of a growing intimacy between you and God.

To get more information, email The Rev. Julia Rusling, Director of the Anam Cara program, or call her at 770-455-6523. Click here to read the brochure.

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

Visit the website for more details on events and programs.

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 amanda.vaughn@stpat.net. 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 amanda.vaughn@stpat.net

Out and About in the Diocese of Atlanta
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Christmas in July - July 19:

Did you know that there are only 4 more shopping days until Christmas... in July?Come this Sunday when we will celebrate the birth of Jesus at the 8 and 10:30 services, with Christmas carols and, I hear, a visit from St. Nicholas!Following the10:30 service there will be a special Hospitality House in the Parish Hall celebrating both the season and our own Brother Kenneth Hosley, recent graduate from The Candler School of Theology at Emory University. We are honored that Brother Kenneth will be the preacher at both services.

How can you prepare? Imagine that you are in Sydney, Australia, where Christmas falls in their summer! Find your flip flops, don your summer togs and join us this happy morning for nativity rejoicing and Christmas cheer at Hospitality House. Ponder again the birth of this baby born to bring peace into the hearts of all.

In thanksgiving for St. Patrick's

1 Tucked away in a corner of the Kingdom

Missing each dear face I dearly own,

With food, visit, cards, calls and prayers

I'm joined with you in love's sweet tone

2 Each Sunday one will visit

With grace a Spirit warm

And fill the gap of emptiness

A hand, His hand within the storm

3 His blood, His body, His Kingdom

Now being rightly one

For each, my dears, you truly are

The presence of His Son.

In thanksgiving, blessing and blessed

Marigold Watson

PARISH HAPPENINGS

Preaching July 19 - Brother Kenneth Hosley: Br. Kenneth has

been hard at work these past three years at Candler School of Theology and working as resident seminarian at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit in Cumming, GA. This past May, he graduated with a GPA of 3.98 and certificates in Anglican Studies and Religious Education in the Academy. Following Bishop Wright's decision last year to remove him from the ordination process, Br. Kenneth has turned his attention and gifts to teaching. This past January he was accepted into the 2015 Teach for America Corps and will be teaching high school English Language Arts in the Metro Atlanta area starting next month. In the meantime, Br. Kenneth has continued his work as abbot of the Order of St. Anthony which now has chapters in Atlanta and Cumming, GA, as well as Houston, TX. His work as a calligrapher and iconographer continue to occupy the rest of his time, with his most recent commission for Holy Spirit in Cumming nearing completion.

Shamrock Vacation: The July 22 Shamrock will be the last one of July - and the deadline for information to go in that issue is earlier than usual at noon on Monday, July 20. There will be no Shamrock email-newsletter the on July 29. Please email all information to amanda.vaughn@stpat.net by noon on July 20. If you have items to go in the Sunday bulletin for July 26th or August 2nd announcements, please email them to Nicole.cone@stpat.net by noon Tuesday of the respective week.

Centering Prayer: During the summer Centering Prayer is meeting on Mondays at 1 p.m. in the library. The Tuesday group has merged with this group for the summer.

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.

PARISH RETREAT - REGISTER NOW

Only 6 rooms left, do get those forms completed and to me soon, if you would like a choice of room on this years Parish weekend retreat.

August 28 thru 30th. 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!

The keynote speakers for the Compassionate Mindfulness program on Saturday morning are the Revd Bobbi Patterson, Religion Department, Emory University and Timothy Harrison the Assistant Director, Cognitively -Based Compassion Training (CBCT), Emory Tibet Partnership.

Alison Forbes, Coordinator, will be in the Narthex between services this week July 19, and next, July 26. Please come along, ask questions and be ready to book your room. We have 3 lodges (each with either 8 or 16 bedrooms and own bathroom) almost all rooms are accessible. Please go to http:/forresthillsresort.com for more information about the venue and all its facilities.

Please call or email Alison with any questions,

678-644-5553, or email here.

Completed forms and checks may also be left for me in the Parish Office.

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

Parish Retreat Fundraising Recital Aug. 20: There will be no tickets but a retiring collection.

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

Lectionary for this Sunday

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

Join us for any of these classes:

VISION STEWARDSHIP

Room 1, 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

It's Backpack Time!: Getting ready to go back to school is exciting for most kids, especially when all their supplies are purchased, labeled and organized, and tucked into a brand new backpack. Anxiety happens when children don't feel prepared to go back to school like their friends.

At Malachi's, we want all of our client's school aged children to feel prepared with school supplies to give them the confidence they need to start the school year off well. And you can help us do this, once again with BACKPACKS!

We will begin distributing filled backpacks on Wednesday, July 29 and again on Wednesday, August 5. Most schools start on Monday, August 10.

There are several ways you can help us reach the goal of getting a filled backpack to all of our Malachi's children:

Purchase the supplies and backpack yourself from the attached list. Bring the backpack to church anytime between Thursday, July 22 to Sunday, July 26th. Look for the backpack bin in the Narthex. Items needed:
1 Backpack
6 Folders
1 Ruler
3 Pink erasers
1 Pack of #2 Pencils
1 Glue stick
2 Spiral notebooks
1 24 count box of crayons
1 12-pack colored pencils
1 pack of 3"x5" index cards
1 pack of filler paper (150 sheets) (You can print the supply list here.)
Go to the St. Patrick's website on-line giving link here. and procede to the section of options for giving. Choose 'Malachi's Backpacks'. Please give whatever you are comfortable with. $30 buys a well stocked, sturdy backpack.

Thank you so much for your generosity with getting these children ready to go back to school!

Shine a Light Lunch Bags: The Brotherhood of St. Andrew is proud to sponsor Shine A Light and Action Ministries in making and delivering 200 lunches to kids at risk. This makes a total of 400 for St. Patrick's this summer! The children are identified as those who are on school lunch programs during the winter but have nothing during the summer. When kids are hungry, they are open to having lunch with the wrong person who may lure them into a hideous and broken life.

Come on Thursday, July 16 at 7:00 p.m. and help fill those bags with a healthy lunch. F

riday morning the SAL team will deliver the lunches to Action Ministries for distribution. Thousands of lunches every day are coming in from churches and non-profits from all over Atlanta for Action Ministries' lunch distribution program.

One step at a time to PREVENT child slavery!

Stephen Ministry: If you are feeling troubled about a probl Stephen Ministries em 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)
$222,624	$251,558	($28,934)	($55,725)	-11.5%
* : 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, 7/16

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

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

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

Friday, 7/17

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

Saturday, 7/18

Sunday, 7/19 - Christmas in July

8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Chapel

9:15 a.m.            Adult Formation Classes
10:30 a.m.          Holy Eucharist, Nave
12:00 p.m.          Hospitality House, Parish Hall
12:30 p.m.          Vestry Meeting, Room 8

Monday, 7/20

Adventure Camp

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

10:30 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, 7/21

Adventure Camp

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, 7/22

Adventure Camp

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

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

Thursday, 7/23

Adventure Camp

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

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

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

Friday, 7/24

Adventure Camp

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

Saturday, 7/25

10:00 a.m. Mori Wilson Memorial Service

1:00 p.m. Malachi's Mobile Food Pantry

Sunday, 7/26

8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Chapel

9:15 a.m.            Adult Formation Classes
10:30 a.m.          Holy Eucharist, Nave
12:00 p.m.          Hospitality House, Parish Hall
12:30 p.m.          AV Meeting, Room 1
1:00 p.m.            Grant Park Board Meeting, Room 8