St Columba's Special Celebration

Anniversary of the Consecration

of St. Columba's

Sunday, August 20, 2017

This Sunday we celebrate the 11th anniversary of the consecration of St. Columba's Church. On August 20, 2006 we moved from worshipping at South Forsyth Middle School and began worshipping in our very own church home! We will celebrate our anniversary with a festal Mass, wonderful music, delicious breakfast by the Knights of Columba, and a special blessing of the renovated Narthex. Our Mass at 10am will conclude with our choir singing a beautiful Solemn Te Deum, setting by Charles Stanford ( click here to hear this ancient song of thankgigiving).

I had the joy of hearing the choir rehearse the Te Deum this past week and was moved beyond words. It's an ancient tradition to sing the Te Deum on days of great thanksgiving and celebration for God's amazing blessing in our lives. Standing in the midst of the narthex listening to the choir, I heard in a new way the final verses. I remembered these last verses were added later to the Te Deum. Usually additions to liturgical texts don't thrill me much, as you've heard me say many times. However at this moment in our parish life together, I couldn't help but hear the hope and joy as they sang what I have often taken for granted in my faith: O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us : as our trust is in thee.O Lord, in thee have I trusted : let me never be confounded.

Trust in the Lord is what has brought us to become the parish we are today. Trust in the Lord is what helps me see beyond the present and look for the great things God has still yet to do in our parish and in each of our lives. Trust in the Lord is what I hold onto as we gather to entrust those back into God's care at every funeral of those we love. Trust in the Lord is what gives me hope that God is at work bringing peace to all the world day by day. Pray that we may always remember this trust in God as God promises always to remember His trust in us. May that remembrance keep us from being confounded.

I look forward to seeing you this Sunday as we give thanks to God and celebrate this wonderful milestone as a parish family.

Peace and Blessing,

Father Tripp+

Breakfast Sunday

This Weekend - August 20

Join us this Sunday for our 3rd Sunday Parish Breakfast. Our Knights of Columba will be in the kitchen cooking a delicious breakfast - so come to church a little earlier than usual and bring your appetite! During the summer, breakfast is served from 8:30-10:00 am. The cost is only $3 per person, $10 max per family.

Sunday Schedule Change

Rally Sunday, September 10 , we resume our regular Sunday schedule:

7:45 - Rite I Mass

9:00 - Said Mass (Choristers)

10:10 - Sunday School

11:15 - High Masss (St Columba Choir)

Stay tuned for more details on Rally Sunday and the annual parish luncheon on the lawn. But mark your calendars now for our return to our regular Sunday schedule the weekend after Labor Day.

Youth Ministry Parent Dinner

Sunday, August 27 | 6:00 pm

Attention parents and youth in 6th-12th grade: All parents and teenagers are invited to the Kick-Off Dinner & Meeting on Sunday, August 27 at 6:00 pm.

We will introduce this year’s theme which is “ FaithWork ,” and how our faith as Christians compels us to love and serve those around us, or in the words of Micah 6:8, “but to do justice,and to love kindness, and to walk humbly withyour God.”

We will also be giving out info about next summer's mission trip as well as details about the upcoming“mystery destination” event Labor Day weekend.

Click Here To Register

for the Mystery Event on 9/2

Father Tripp Norris, Rector

Daniel Hahn, Dir of Liturgy & Music

Durham Harris, Dir of Youth & Family Ministry

Kristen Weems, Dir of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd

Scott Doyle & Brian Werth, Parish Wardens

Jeannie Lamp, Parish Treasurer

Parish Telephone: 770 888 4464