The Shamrock

April 27, 2016

PHOTOS FROM LAST WEEK

Children's scavenger hunt

Korean Congregation Grand Opening Celebration

Quiet Day - As We Age - Celebrating and Expanding our Creative Contemplative Living

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:

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.

IN MEMORIAM

Bob Renaud's mother, Gert, died last week. She lived a FIESTY and LOVING 102, almost 103 years!

Rest eternal grant to her, O Lord;

And let light perpetual shine upon her.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Pub Theology & Team Trivia May 3: Come help Team Wine and Cheesus win Team Trivia! This Tuesday,May 3 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.

Pentecost Picnic: May 15 Following the 10:30 a.m. service:Join us in the Parish Hall Parking lot. Remember to wear your most colorful red, orange or yellow clothes. There will be a Slip 'n' Slide and more. Why not invite friends and neighbors?

Buy your tickets and sign up to help -find us in the Narthex after 10:30 a.m. service May 1 & 8.

It is helpful for planning if y'all sign up ahead of time please, both to attend the picnic and to volunteer for Sunday morning set up and post-picnic clean-up.

Questions? Contact facilitators:Elaine Judge: l_judge@bellsouth.net or Alison Forbes : forbes@millquayuk.com

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

Saturday, April 30, 7 pm	Chalice, Cheese, and Hafiz
Tuesdays, May 3, June 7	Pub Theology & Trivia, Dunwoody Tavern
Sunday, May 15	Pentecost, Picnic Following 10:30 service
July 25-28	Family Summer Camp

WEEKLY EVENTS

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

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.

Click here to read descriptions of classes.

Lectionary readings for this Sunday.

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

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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INCOME SUMMARY

Actual Income (Adjusted) - YTD*	Budgeted Income - YTD	Year to Date Difference: Actual - Budgeted	Projected Year End Difference	Projected Year End Difference (% of Annual Budget)
$124,821	$146,837	($22,016)	($71,552)	-15.0%
* : pre-payments of pledge values have been annualized

OUTREACH

Malachi's is open each Wednesday - lunch at 11:30 a.m. Free grocery shopping from 1 -3 p.m.
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