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April 13, 2016
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, April 13: 3:30 - 8:00pm
    • Thursday, April 14: 3:30 - 8:00pm
    • Friday, April 15: 3:30 - 9:00pm
    • Saturday, April 16: 8:30am - 9:00pm
    • Sunday, April 17: 11:30am - 8:30pm

SIGN UP HERE!  

 

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). Click here to read more.
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 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.

Click here to read the most recent Children's Ministry email newsletter.
CONFIRMATION
Happy Confirmation Day_ Caroline__
Happy Confirmation Day, Caroline!
UPCOMING EVENTS
SPARKS Meeting -  April 19, 10 am.m - noon Room 8: Credit Freezes and Credit Scores: Credit freezes are the biggest single protection against identity theft.  We will go through what a freeze is, what it does and hand out detailed instruction on how to do it with web site locations.  Credit scores affect a lot more than credit - for example they are one of the biggest factors in your auto insurance premium.  There are small steps that over time will increase our score and save us money.

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
 
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

Wed-Sun, Apr 13-17 Lemonade Days 
Saturday, April 16, 4-9 pm Rites of Spring Fling, Game's House 
Tuesday, April 19 10 am - noon SPARKS Meeting 
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 
Tuesdays, May 3, June  7   
Pub Theology & Trivia, Dunwoody Tavern   
 
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)  
Fridays at Noon - Restorative Yoga

Cost: Great spring yoga deal - $120 unlimited classes through June OR $60 unlimited classes once a week through June. Otherwise $10 per class. Please speak with Julia if this cost is a hardship, so that scholarship can be joyfully arranged.  
SUNDAY MORNING CHRISTIAN FORMATION

Children 
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd - meet at 9:15 a.m.
   
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  
 
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 - Join us Wednesday evenings in Easter for a simple contemplative offering of quiet and taize style music, to last about 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.

EVERY WEDNESDAY -
5:00 - 6:00  
BIBLE ART JOURNALING -Diane Rankin - Art Lab: Meet with us on Wednesdays to have a visual conversation with God. Scripture from Sunday's lectionary will be discussed and illuminated.
 
ROTATING OFFERNGS
 
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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Malachi's is open each Wednesday - lunch at 11:30 a.m. Free grocery shopping from 1 -3 p.m.
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