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March 30, 2016
HOLY WEEK & EASTER PHOTOS 
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A NOTE FROM SARAH, JULIA, AND LIZ
about Youth and Children's Ministries

For the Season of Easter, Formation for both Children and Youth will begin at 9:15 AM. Our lessons will begin promptly at 9:15, so please arrive on time so you won't miss any of the fun!
 
In the Easter Season, we are trying an experiment. In the great hope of nurturing relationships between children, parents, and the broader congregation within the Children's Formation program, we use the workshop rotation model for the six Sundays in Easter. In this experiment we will divide the kids by age into two groups and they will each explore three stories:
The Empty Tomb: April 3 & 10
The Road to Emmaus: April 17 & 24
Breakfast on the Beach: May 1 & 8

Come join the fun at 9:15 each Sunday!!! The children will explore each story for two Sundays, yet in a different way each Sunday. The curriculum is designed to be very hands on for the kids, fun, and full of opportunity to wonder, explore, and play in the story. They will also experience different teams of adult leaders who are delighted to be in relationship with your children.
 
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UPCOMING EVENTS

 
Pub Theology - Apr. 5:  
Come help Team Wine and Cheesus win back their Team Trivia Champion Title! This Tuesday, Apr. 5 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. 

"Being Mary and Martha" Group, Tuesday, April 12,7:00 pm, Parlor: "Adventures in Coloring!" Led by Brenda Marquis.Find out what the buzz is all about!  
 
Coloring can also foster a sense of well-being and offer a relaxing respite from our busy world. This repetitive yet creative activity engages your hands as well as your mind and your focus, plus it helps release serotonin, the brain transmitter responsible for relaxation.
 
Bring crayons, colored pencils, or markers. We will have some coloring books you can steal some pages from, or bring your own. Bring a snack or a beverage to share if you can, but most importantly, join us! All are welcome.


Lemonade Days, April 13-17:
Lemonade days are here again! This is a great opportunity for our church to show the community what kind of people we are. Can you help show people where to park? Liz needs LOTS of adults to help our youth do this event. If you can help, sign up with April Toms (batoms@icloud.com) for a 2 hour shift:  
  • Wednesday, Apr 13, 3:30-8:30 pm
  • Thursday, Apr 14, 3:30-8:30 pm
  • Friday Apr 15, 3:30-10 pm
  • Saturday Apr 16, 8:30 am - 10 pm
  • Sunday Apr 17 (this will be a challenge) 8:30 am - 10 pm

All proceeds will benefit our youth and the J2A program. If you have a child in the J2A class you are required to work 4 hours (as well as the child). 

Senior Banquet, Apr 23, 6-8 pm: We will be having a Mexican dinner. Tickets are $10 at the door and $5 for children 10 and under. This is a time for St. Patrick's to honor all Seniors in high school. Invite all family, friends, and special people! Please give Liz a rough estimate of a head count so she can try to make sure we have enough food. GF, NF, and vegetarian options will be available. Please text Liz with your head count: 404-358-6024.

Chalice, Cheese, and Hafiz on Saturday, April 30, 7 p.m.:
Join us as we lift a glass to Hafiz.  Bring a poem to share, if you already know him. Or come to be delighted & surprised by this mystical Persian poet who lived in the 14th. century. He is a playful rascal whose audacious love empowers lives.


Family Summer Camp : Please save the date for our upcoming Family Summer Camp:
     Who: Rising K through rising 5th graders and their parents
     When: July 25-28, 5:30-8:00 PM
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Office Closure: The church office will be closed Friday, April 1. 




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 youhave 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

Tuesdays, April 5, May 3, June  7 Pub Theology & Trivia, Dunwoody Tavern  
Tuesday, April 12, 7 pm, Parlor  Being Mary & Martha Group - Adventures in Coloring 
Wed-Sun, Apr 13-17 Lemonade Days 
Saturday, April 16, 4-9 pm Rites of Spring Fling, Game's House 
Saturday, April 23, 9:30 am - 3 pm Quiet Day: As We Age 
Saturday, April 23, 6-8 pm Senior Banquet 
Saturday, April 30, 7 pm Chalice, Cheese, and Hafiz 
July 25-28 Family Summer Camp 
WEEKLY EVENTS

 
Join Mother Julia:  
Mondays at Noon- Meditative Basics Class (open to beginner and long time practitioner alike)  
Cost: $10. Please speak with Julia if this cost is a hardship, so that scholarship can be joyfully arranged.
* Please note: other classes are in Spring hiatus. 
SUNDAY MORNING CHRISTIAN FORMATION

Children 
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd - meet at 9:00 a.m.
All levels meet in the Level 2 classroom this week. 
 
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 Faith Club: Join Mother Julia and Anne Duncan in reading the book The Faith Club  and explore aspects of the three Abrahamic religions through the eyes of three friends who banded together to write a children's book in the aftermath of 9/11. These three mothers, a Muslim, a Christian, and a Jew, seek to explain the tragic events, each in light of her own faith. Meet in Room 1.
     
  • Acts 21 - 28 - Charles Boyanton, Room 8
    In his Gospel, Luke recounts the fulfillment of God's Word in the person of Christ the Messiah. In Acts, he describes how the Holy Spirit continues to fulfill Christ's mission to the world through His church.
  • 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.
WONDERFUL WEDNESDAYS - Beginning April 6
 
DINNER TOGETHER
Between 6:00 and 6:50, we share food and fellowship. Vegetarian and gluten-free options are always available. Diners are asked to contribute $7 ($5 for children) to cover food costs. Please call the church office to make your dinner reservation.
Free childcare is available by reservation. Contact the church office by the Monday before.

APRIL 6 - MAY 11, 7:00 - 8:00 (unless otherwise noted)

JUST TO BE IS HOLY - Mother Julia and friends, Chapel: Just to be is Holy. Join us Wednesday evenings in Easter for a simple contemplative offering of quiet and taize style music, to last about thirty to forty minutes. April 6 - May 11. Meet us in the candlelit chapel to be refreshed and renewed, to rest, and to be in the embrace of God.

ROTATING OFFERNGS
April 6: INTERFAITH INSIGHTS: ISLAM: See seven beautiful mosques through the eyes of six young Muslim men preparing to make the journey of faith from their homes in Mali, Iran, Istanbul, Granada, Jerusalem, and Pakistan to Mecca. Learn about their lives and beliefs. Reflection until 8:30 with Kathryn Turman.

April 13, 20, and 27: JUST MERCY with Father Dick and Mother Sarah: For more than half a century, the Episcopal Church has opposed the Death Penalty. Still, state sanctioned execution remains a regular form of punishment in the Georgia. Our state ranks fifth highest in the US in total executions with 1,010. How do we, a people who follow a Savior who was executed by the State, understand the death penalty today? How do we reconcile justice and mercy, forgiveness and anger? We will explore these questions, reading together Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy. Reading the book is strongly encouraged, but not required.

May 4: HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY: View the story of Irena Sendler, who led a group of Polish Catholic women in Warsaw in saving the lives of over 2,500 Jewish children. Join in praying that genocide may cease. 

May 11: CELEBRATION!!!
 
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OUTREACH

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