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January 27, 2016
ANNUAL PARISH MEETING
 
Annual Meeting: Join us on Jan. 31 after the 10:30 a.m. service in the parish hall for a pot luck lunch and Annual Parish Meeting that includes vestry elections and a joyful celebration of our ministries. Bring a dish to share!

We will elect four new vestry members for three year terms and appoint a youth representative for one year at the 10:30 a.m. service this Sunday. Here they are!

Click here to read their bios.
A NOTE FROM SARAH & JULIA

A note from Sarah & Julia about children's Christian formation:

During this transition in our children's programming, we are committed to bringing joy, creativity, fun, community and deep listening to all parents, teachers, children and all of St. Pat's. 

One of our top priorities is to nurture the relationship between parents and the children's Christian formation program. You can expect a note from us each week in the Shamrock and a twice monthly separate email for the parents, teachers and children of St. Pat's. 

For the season of Lent, we will combine Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGS) Level I & Level 2 classes. Some weeks all three classes will combine to work in a collaborative and creative way together on a specific project. 

We look forward to this work and to being with the children, parents and teachers of St. Pat's in this new and holy way!

Peace & all good,
Sarah & Julia
UPCOMING EVENTS


Pub Theology - Feb. 2:
Special Guest Trivia Host: Lizzie Barrett!!!
Come help Team Wine and Cheesus win back their Team Trivia Champion Title! This Tuesday, Feb. 2 at Dunwoody Tavern. We'll bat around an idea or two from the Gospel reading for Sunday or debate the persons of the Trinity - who knows where the conversation will go? At 8:00, Team Trivia begins and we'll represent St. Pat's! Come at 7:00 and leave when you need to, or come at 8:00 for Trivia or stay the whole night! Questions? Contact Sarah @ mo.sarah@stpat.net.

Arts Retreat Feb. 19-21: All are welcome - click here to see flyer with more information. 

Foyers 2016 - Reserve Your Place At The Table: Foyers is for everyone - newcomers, those not already in a foyers group, ministry heads who are recruiting, foodies, those wanting to get to know people better. Make your reservation at rankin@bellsouth.net  or call Bill or Diane at 770-418-0111 for further information.
LOOKING AHEAD
Sunday, January 31 beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Annual Parish Meeting and lunch
Tuesday, February 2 at 7:00 p.m.
Pub Theology & Team Trivia, Dunwoody Tavern
Wednesday, February 3 at 7:00 p.m.
Lenten Music Preview
Tuesday, February 9 at 6:00 p.m.
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
Wednesday, February 10 at 12:15 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Ash Wednesday Services
Fri-Sun, Feb. 19-21
Arts Retreat
Sunday, March 13
Hunger Walk

  DETAILED CALENDAR:For more detailed information, please check the website.





 
  • Lenten Music Preview - Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 7:00 p.m.: Join Chad Watkins, Music Director, and the choir in the nave as we get a sneak peak of our liturgical music during Lent.
  • Lenten Quiet Day: Entering the Heart - Feb. 12 and 13
    • Join us for a day of quiet, prayer, meditative music, art, yoga, stories, poetry, journaling, and walking as you start your Lenten Journey
    • Friday, February 12, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. and continues on Saturday, February 13, 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The cost is $15 (please make checks out to "St. Patrick's Church" indicating "Lenten Quiet Day" in the memo line, Scholarships are available. Please speak with Mother Julia.)
    • Includes a light breakfast and a boxed lunch.
    • Registration deadline: Wednesday, February 10 (Ash Wednesday). Look for registration forms in the church office.
  • Welcoming Lent for All Ages: Wednesday evening, February 17, Stories, Wonderings and Welcomings of this Holy Season, Catechesis of Good Shepherd experience included. Offerings for all ages.
  • Yoga and Our Lenten Journey- Sunday evenings. Details coming soon. Hold the dates.
    • Gentle Yoga, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
    • Experienced beginner to intermediate, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
    • Dates:
      • February 28
      • March 13
      • March 20
    • Cost: recommended donation for Lenten Yoga series is $30. 100% of donations will go to "Centering Youth", a 501 (c)(3) non-profit yoga service initiative that brings yoga and mindfulness to young people in the juvenile justice system, and to those who have been sexually exploited, abused, or are homeless.
    • Pre-registration is required - watch for details.
Wednesday Night Lenten Speaker Series
Join us on Wednesday nights in Lent as four distinguished luminaries from The Candler School of Theology at Emory University light our Holy Week path.We offer a simple soup dinner in the Parish Hall at 6:00 p.m., with program to follow in the nave (church) from 7-8 pm. Childcare is available upon request by the preceding Monday.
 
2/24       The Rev. Dr. Charles Edward "Ted" Hackett
3/2         The Rev. Dr. Don E. Saliers
3/9         The Rt. Rev. Dr. Keith B. Whitmore
3/16       The Rev. Nan Baxter, Society of St. Anna the Prophet 
WEEKLY EVENTS

Centering Prayer: We meet in the library on Mondays at 1:15 p.m. All are welcome!
 

Join Mother Julia:
Noon- Meditative Basics Class (open to beginner and long time practitioner alike)
Mondays at 2:30- Gentle Yoga (a very gentle yet transformative practice)
Fridays at 12:30- First class on Friday, Jan. 29! - Meditative Basics Class (open to beginner and long time practitioner alike). This offering will run through February.

Cost: recommended donation of $10. Please speak with Julia if this cost is a hardship, so that scholarship can be arranged.
SUNDAY MORNING CHRISTIAN FORMATION

Children 
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd - meet at 9:00 a.m. in their classrooms: 
Level I - children ages 3, 4, and 5-years old
Level 2 - children in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades
Level 3 - children in 4th and 5th grades 
 
Youth 
Journey to Adulthood classes meet at 9:00 a.m. in their classrooms
Rite 13 - grades 6-7
J2A - grades 8-9
YEA - grades 10-12 
 
Adult Christian Formation - Sundays at 9:15 a.m. 
  • ACTS 12-28: TAKING THE CHURCH INTO THE WORLD, Room 8
  • SONGS MY GRANDMA SANG (book by Presiding Bishop M. Curry), Room 1
  • Doing Art Looking Up, Art Lab
  • Dreams: Listening to God, Library

Click here to read descriptions of classes. 

 
OUTREACH
Malachi's is open each Wednesday - lunch at 11:00 a.m., free grocery shopping from 1 -3 p.m.
Click here to learn more.


MALACHI'S BIGGEST FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR! 
 - The HUNGER WALK/RUN is Sunday, March 13 - 
Join the Malachi's Storehouse Team by walking or supporting us in the 2016 Hunger Walk/Run! The Atlanta Community Food Bank is our beneficiary and where Malachi's purchases food from for .16 a pound. Every dollar you raise or donate helps the ACFB provide food to Malachi's clients very inexpensively. 
 
Every single donation makes a difference! 
     
$1.00 provides 6.25 pounds of food
$5.00 provides 31.25 pounds of food
$25.00 provides 156 pounds of food
$100 provides 625 pounds of food
 
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