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February 17, 2016
LENTEN QUIET DAY   

Leadership Team for Lenten Quiet Day. Click the photo to see more from the retreat weekend on our flickr page.

We had a beautiful gathering of about 25 folks. It was a wonderful way to begin our Lenten journey together.
A NOTE FROM SARAH AND JULIA

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

Beloved Brothers and Sisters!


Come to our ALL AGES Wednesday night program tonight! Feb. 17
Dinner at 6, program at 7.
Join us for a wonderful Lenten Evening for all the family! Our beloved Pamela Williams, catechist extraordinaire, will lead us all in a holy wondering around the story of The Found Sheep. Response opportunities will include:
  • art
  • catechesis materials
  • finger labyrinth
  • play dough
Together we will explore this story particularly in relation to our Lenten Journey.

Also, we will begin to distribute a wonderful family lenten take home packet, entitled An Illustrated Lent: Family Edition, that is filled with lenten activities for your family together time. Click here for Week 1.
Click here for coloring sheets to use with this program during lent. 
















Summers' Landing Outing - Pots and Singing
We had a GREAT outing this past Sunday morning to Summers' Landing!  We first gathered together with kids, parents, and catechists to decorate pots and fill bags with dirt and seed to bring to our neighbors at Summers' Landing.  As we gathered together, the children lead us in some fantastic singing!- all to share the love of Christ with one another and with our neighbors.

 
Leaders for Catechesis Classes:
We are delighted to share the great news that Marsha Huelsbeck will be leading Catechesis III for the season of Lent. Thank you Marsha!
Also, we are so grateful that Pamela Williams will be leading Levels I and II for the season of Lent as Josephine Richardson is away visiting family for some time. Thank you Pam!

With much love and great joy,
Sarah and Julia
LENTEN OFFERINGS
 

 

  • 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.
    • 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 for Lenten Yoga is via email to Julia at rev.julia@stpat.net to indicate you are coming.  Please register by Thursday, February 25

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 ourHoly 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. Nan Baxter, Society of St. Anna the Prophet 

 
UPCOMING EVENTS

Stephen Ministry: Changes can be difficult, especially when they are unexpected. Stephen Ministers are trained to help people learn to cope with unwelcome changes in their lives for as long as they are needed. If you have experienced great changes or know someone who has, learn more about Stephen Ministry by contacting Fr. Dick at (770) 455-6523 or Anne Duncan at (770) 454-9053, annebduncan@gmail.com. Everything you tell a Stephen Minister is kept absolutely confidential.
    
 
LOOKING AHEAD

Fri-Sun, Feb. 19-21 
Arts Retreat 
Sat., Mar. 5 at 6 p.m. 
Red, White, and Blue Dinner, Parish Hall 
Sunday, March 13 
WEEKLY EVENTS

 
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- Open to beginner and long time practitioners alike. This offering will run through March. 
 
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.: 
Level 1 (children ages 3, 4, and 5-years old) and Level 2 (children in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades)  Join Ms. Pam in level II room 
Level 3 (children in 4th and 5th grades) join Ms. Marsha in the Level 3 room 
 
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.
  • The Book of Acts with Charles Boyanton and friends in Room 8. Some Bible reading methods scheduled to be covered in the class entitled 50 Ways to Read the Bible will be incorporated.
  • Dreams: Listening to God with Brenda Marquis and Kendra Yates in the Library.
  • Doing Art Looking Up with Diane Rankin and Nancy Dusenberry in the Art Lab.
OUTREACH
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Malachi's is open each Wednesday - lunch at 11:30 a.m. Free grocery shopping from 1 -3 p.m.
Click here to learn more.
 
 

Malachi's in the AJC: Click here to read "Making the Grade: School project helps community's neediest"


MALACHI'S BIGGEST FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR IS COMING UP! 
  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 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!
     
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