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February 3, 2016
ANNUAL PARISH MEETING
Your new vestry!
Class of 2016: Mike Cropper, Elaine Judge, Kathryn Turman, David White 
Autumn Toms - youth delegate
Class of 2017: Bradley Hoyt, Diane Rankin, Wayne Ware, Rosalie Hopkins
Class of 2018: Doug Carlson, Sean Dolan, Patrick Finlen, Alison Forbes
Mo. Sarah and Fr. Dick selfie
Conga line!












Click here to see more photos from the annual parish meeting on our flickr page.

Click here to see the video made for the annual meeting by Carter Cooper and original music by Ramsay Hall. Ramsay Hall and Carter Cooper collaborated on this "window in" to the life of St. Patrick's in 2015. Many thanks to Carter, Ramsay and all who contributed photographs over the year.

Congratulations to our new vestry members:
Autumn Toms - youth representative, Doug Carlson, Sean Dolan, Patrick Finlen, and Alison Forbes.
 
Rosalie Hopkins was unanimously elected by the vestry to fill the remainder of Martha Mills' two
year term. Thanks so much for your faithful service, Martha. See you in church!

The vestry elected Mike Cropper as Senior Warden and David White as Junior Warden.

A NOTE FROM SARAH & JULIA

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

Save the Date: Sunday February 14 during children's Christian formation. 

Parents are invited to join their children for our 9:00 am class and adventure. We will be embodying "loving our neighbor" by reaching out to our friends at Summers Landing. 

Come join us for the journey!
Love, Sarah and Julia

UPCOMING EVENTS

Stephen Ministry Commissioning This Sunday, February 7: The Stephen Ministry leaders of St. Patrick's
invite you to bless our Stephen Ministers with your presence and prayers at the 10:30 a.m. service February 7. Join us as we receive Diane Rankin and Bruce Wilson into our ranks and renew our ministry group's commitment to Christian care giving.      



Start your training now for Pancake Olympics! Categories include Best Flip, Highest Stack, Best Decorated, and a Pancake Flip Relay. Winners receive fabulous prizes!

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

 

 
  • 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. Click here for brochure. 
 
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. Nancy Baxter, Society of St. Anna the Prophet 
LOOKING AHEAD
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.
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

The Garden of 'Eatin' creates so much more than veggies and it is FREE: 
The article is taken from Livescience.com February 2014:

Parents are clearly willing to pay to get their kids outside more, and with good reason. Forty percent of U.S. school districts cut recess or physical education programs after the U.S. Congress passed the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001, partly in response to pressure to improve test scores. But the benefits of getting outside to play are manifold, particularly in natural settings. Studies show that exposure to nature can help reduce ADHD symptoms; in schools with an environmental education component, students score higher on standardized tests in math, reading, writing and listening than their non-nature-exposed counterparts. Other positive effects include improved critical thinking, problem solving and cooperation. And there are health benefits, too: Kids who play outside more often are less likely to develop nearsightedness, obesity, diabetes and vitamin D deficiencies.
Email or call James for more information on getting you and your family involved! 







MALACHI'S BIGGEST FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR IS COMING UP! 
 - The HUNGER WALK/RUN is Sunday, March 13, 2016 - 
 
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 where Malachi's purchases food for .16 a pound. Every dollar you raise or donate helps the ACFB provide food to Malachi's clients very inexpensively. In 2015, we were able to feed 37,500 people because of generous supporters like you! 
 
Every single donation makes a difference! 
     
$1.00 provides 6.25 pounds of food
$5.00 provides 31.25 pounds of food and feeds a family of 4!
$25.00 provides 156 pounds of food and feeds 5 families!
$100 provides 625 pounds of food and feeds 20 families!
 
 

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.
 
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