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The Shamrock

June 29, 2016



Also this Sunday, there's a sermon for All God's Children. All are welcome!
A NOTE FROM DICK AND SARAH


We are considering co-leading a weekday study of our Sacred Story. It would be a wonderful help to hear from you about what you'd like in such a study. This brief, four question survey will help us discern next steps. Thanks for your help!
ST. PATRICK'S IN PHOTOS

Sr. High Youth
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The combined St. Patrick's Foyers groups met for a Summer day outing at Big Canoe on June 25. With about thirty five people in attendance during the day activities included beach and pool, golfing, walks and hikes, board games and puzzles, and pontoon boating on the lake. Festivities concluded with a special BBQ dinner prepared by chef Andy Rankin and enjoyed by all. The current groups will continue to meet through 2016 but a new group is now being formed and a group convener is being sought. If this sounds like a fun fellowship activity you would be interested in send an email to rankin@bellsouth.net or call Diane at 404-277-5388. 
MARK YOUR CALENDARS - ALL AGES

AND ALSO WITH Y'ALL: PEACE, PAJAMAS, AND PATRICK
Sunday Evenings in August

You never know the extent of your influence. Teaching peace in an intergenerational setting, we can learn from each other.

From 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. ALL AGES are invited for a simple supper, a Bible story, and small group activities. Come join your parish family in exploring peace during the time of Jesus and now. Bring a friend with you!

Want to be part of the planning team? Let Mo. Sarah know!
JUMPIN' JULY SCHEDULE

UPCOMING EVENTS    
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Office Closure:
The church office will be closed on Monday, July 4 for the Independence Day holiday.  
Pub Theology & Team Trivia July 5 - Come help Team Wine and Cheesus win Team Trivia! Tuesday, July 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!  
 
Come Help Pack Lunches with Shine a Light - Thursday, July 7 at 7 p.m. in Parish Hall: 
Come help, learn some things, have some fun and do what we do best, community. Many hands make light work so come one, come all on July 7 at 7 p.m. Our partner, Action Ministries, will deliver the lunches directly to the neighborhoods on July 8. Help us fill their stomachs with a healthy lunch so that bad choices are not caused by hunger on a hot summer day in 2016.

7-7:30 - Speaker - Elizabeth Bigham - she is a special agent with the GBI in the Child Exploitation and Crimes Unit. Her presentation will give a look into the way the internet is used these days to lure girls into prostitution and sex trafficking.
7:30 - make and pack the lunch bags - The kids at risk receive free lunches at school but during the summer go without. We will make healthy lunches including sandwiches with a quarter pound of meat and a slice of cheese as that might be the only food they receive all day. 

We encourage parents to come (parental discretion advised for children attending speaker portion of evening). For children not attending the speaker portion, we plan to have the art room open where they will decorate bags. Contact Catherine Renauld with any questions: crenaud@virtualcloudsoftware.net   
YOUTH!
LOOKING AHEAD 
 
Click here to see full calendar 

Monday, July 4 Office Closed for Independence Day 
Tuesday, July 5 at 7:00 p.m. Pub Theology & Team Trivia 
July 7 at 7 p.m., Parish Hall Sandwich Making with Shine a Light 
July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 at noon Jumpin' July
July 17 at noon Vestry Meeting 
August 7, 14, 21, 28 from 5-7 p.m. And also with y'all:
Peace, Pajamas and Patrick
 
September 11 Kick Off Sunday 
September 13 Golf Tournament at Rivermont 
SUNDAY MORNING CHRISTIAN FORMATION
  • Nursery (newborn - 4 years old) - 9:00 a.m.
  • Children & Youth - classes will resume on September 11 with Kick off Sunday. Youth, click here to check out the summer schedule full of fun events!
  • Adults
    • The Scripture Group: this class will resume on August 21
    • The Rector's Forum - Sunday Mornings In the Parlor,
                            June 12 - July 17
       

       













  • A search for purpose and meaning in the events and choices of our lives.
  • A costly journey with an unknown destination.
  • A Middle Eastern homeless man from twenty centuries ago and why he still stirs the souls and imaginations of so many.
This 6-session series on Jesus' invitation to follow him includes short films by Nadia Bolz-Weber, Greg Boyle, Brene Brown, Rachel Held Evans, Richard Rohr, and Rowan Williams, visual liturgies from Kelly Stewart Hall, Thomas Merton, Travis Reed, and Ann Voscamp and reflections by Rich Nelson.
 
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)

$216,401
$229,432
($13,032)
($27,106)
-5.7%
* : pre-payments of pledge values have been annualized
STEPHEN MINISTRY 
 
Need a confidential companion who will listen? Ask Fr Dick (fr.dick@stpat.net) about Stephen Ministry.
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.

GARDEN OF EATIN'
watering crew of the week


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