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Welcome to St. Bede's E-News!
We hope that this weekly offering will keep you up-to-date on the latest information from the parish and from around the diocese.
Our e-newsletters are now being archived on our website.
Y
ou can go to www.stbedes.org and look under the Connect With Us tab at the top of the home page to find past newsletters.
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Online Worship
for Sunday, July 12, 2020
The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
The Lessons for The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
can be found here
10 am - Morning Worship on Zoom
Join us for Morning Prayer on Zoom
and we will attempt to live stream
to the St. Bede's YouTube page.
(If the live stream does not work,
we will post the recording to our YouTube page later.)
8 pm - Compline on Zoom
End your Sunday by joining others from St.Bede's
in the quiet evening prayer form known as Compline.
We usually take a few moments at the end to catch up as well.
Information about how to join
Morning Worship, Adult Formation, & Compline on Zoom
will be sent out in a separate email
by Saturday afternoon.
There is always a call-in (from a regular telephone) option for
all worship, fellowship, and meeting opportunities
that are offered on Zoom.
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This Sunday will be The Rev'd Colin Brown's
final Sunday with us as our Seminarian.
Colin will be leaving us to become
the new Associate Rector
at St. Martin in the Fields, Atlanta (Brookhaven).
If you would like to email greetings to Colin at St. Martin's,
his new email address is cbrown@stmartins.org
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A Pastoral Update from Chad Prior to his Vacation
Dear Friends in Christ,
I pray that this message finds you well.
It has been four months since we last gathered for worship on what was a glorious Sunday when the WHOLE parish gathered together for our visitation from Bishop Wright with confirmations and receptions. The spirit of that day keeps my heart warm, but that warmth is also continually fueled by all of the amazing faces that have been beamed into my laptop on my sun porch as I have gathered with so many of you online for worship, formation, and fellowship. None of this is the same, but I also never cease from being delighted during this strange season by the many graces and the beauty of our gatherings in this new way as well...
Chad will be away on vacation
from Tuesday, July 14 through Tuesday, August 4.
During that time please be in contact
with either Muriel Diguette, Parish Administrator,
or our Wardens - Anita Montelione and Molly Graves
concerning church matters.
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An Invitation to
St. Bede's Virtual VBS 2020
The Way of Love
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Click to view an Invitation
for ALL to join us... |
***Just three weeks left! Hope to see you there!***
The much-anticipated, all-ages, bilingual St. Bede's Family Vacation Bible School 2020 is in full swing!
Who: Members and friends of St. Bede's -- all ages! Bilingual!
What: Bible stories, songs, prayers, crafts, activities
When: 6pm-7pm, Mondays, June 15-July 27.
Where: Zoom for live participation is
HERE; streaming on U-tube
HERE
Why: To learn about the Way of Love--a rule of life for growing in Jesus!
Ya llega el muy anticipado Estudo Bíblico Familiar de Vacaciones de San Beda 2020 (bilingüe) está en proceso!
Quien: Miembros y amigos de San Beda -- ¡todos los edades! ¡bilingüe!
Que: Historias bíblicas, cantos, oraciones, manualidades, actividades
Cuando: 6 a 7 pm, los lunes, 15 de junio a 27 de julio
Donde: En Zoom para participación en vivo
HERE
, streaming en YouTube
Porque: Para aprender El camino del Amor -- una guia para vivir creciendo en Cristo
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NEW - Weekly Resources for Healing Racism
Neither the Episcopal church nor the parish of St. Bede's is new to the complicated and often halting journey of seeing, naming and rooting out the racism that has been part of our movement since its beginning. Our country is having what seems to be a moment of clarity about the legacy and perseverance of racism. What about us? Is this an inflection point, a point where we will individually and collectively choose (or choose again) to see, name, and root out racism in a renewed and sustained way?
Like many of you, I, Alyssa, am working through the many resources I am finding online--book lists, calls to action, opportunities to demonstrate or sign petitions or give money.
At this time, I am especially grateful for what the Episcopal tradition offers us. Encouraged by a conversation with one of the parents of small children here at St. Bede's, I have begun gathering Episcopal resources to call us, inform us, challenge us, form us, and keep us on the long journey of ending and healing racism.
Each week St. Bede's will offer a short resource for us to consider on our own journeys to healing racism in our personal lives, in our congregation and faith tradition, in our community and country, and in our world. Each resource will be gathered together at stbedes.org at Ministries:Growing:Healing Racism
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Prayers for Racial Reconciliation and Justice
God works in us as we are formed by our common prayers. In our morning prayer for this season, we are using the Prayers of the People beautifully crafted by members of St. Bede's.
This resource offers a similarly re-envisioned Prayers of the People (with confession), created by the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music subcommittee on Racial Reconciliation.
Click Here
Excerpt:
God of grace,we pray for those who have died: For the faithful in every generation who have worked for justice; for prophets who call us to racial reconciliation; for martyrs who have died because of hatred; and for all the communion of saints. Make us faithful to your call to proclaim your Good News, by word and example, and bring us at last into the glorious company of the saints in light.
God of grace,
Hear our prayers for those who have died.
Silence-Add your prayers, aloud or silently in your hearts
Consider downloading, printing and praying these prayers.
You might tuck them into your prayer book or set them on your bedside table to pray personally for one week. You might pray them together with your household or over Zoom at Bible Study, Mostly Mysteries, Choir, Bunco, VBS Sunday runthrough, or other gatherings of St. Bede's.
May God hear our prayers and form our hearts for the long work of racial justice.
If you are a person of color, I would love your prayers for the Holy Spirit to do her work in your white siblings who will be reading this book in the coming days and weeks.
- resources are being compiled by Alyssa Sali
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NEW - Healing Our Racism Book Discussion Group
Healing Our Racism Book Discussion Group on Zoom beginning Tuesday, July 28th at 7:00pm
Please join Muriel Diguette and other members/friends of St. Bede's to discuss current books pertaining to the issues of racism and white privilege.
We will meet the 4th Tuesday of each month, beginning on July 28th. For our July meeting we will discuss
Seeing My Skin (A Story of Wrestling with Whiteness) by Peter Jarrett-Schell, the Rector of Calvary Episcopal Church in the Capitol Hill area of Washington, D.C. Rev. Jarrett-Schell is married to a Black woman (also an Episcopal priest) and is the father of a biracial son, and he has wrestled with the question of being White for more than fifteen years.
Alyssa had this book in her resource list last week, as well as the link for free download, which you can find
HERE
If you wish to join the conversation, please email Muriel at
digfam@att.net and she will send you the Zoom link.
Other books for consideration in our future discussions:
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
White Rage, The Unspoken Trust of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson
White Picket Fences, Turning Toward Love in a World Divided by Privilege by Amy Julis Becker
Between The World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
White Fragility, Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo
The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James H. Cone
Passionate for Justice: Ida B. Wells as Prophet for Our Time by Catherine Meeks & Nibs Strope
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Aree Bancroft
John Seggerson, friend of Dixie Snider
Clifton Lewis,
brother in law of Dixie Snider
Micki Bruce,
mother of Terry Cannon
Lolita Ada,
friend of Larry Bing
Marylynne Purcell
Scott Turk,
friend of Tony and Laura Sellers
Autumn Hierholzer
Angie Ormes
Laura Ribas
Jane Wiggins
Hilda Bell
Willie Diaz
Tim Waring
Junior Abraham
Peggy Allen
, mother of Lisa Main
Dixie Snider
Ray Lampros
Gwen Cordner
Arlene Means,
sister of Larry Bing
Maggie Williams
Mary Rodriguez
Hollis Pickett
Beth Cannon
Margie Klein,
mother of Jody Klein
Ed Bennett
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brother-in-law of Laura Martin
Anita Maloof
Lynn Edgar,
mother of Beth Cannon
Nancy Waring
John Branan
Kerry Penney
Patrick Newberry,
son of David Newberry,
stepson of Gretchen Berggren
Mark Ahlfinger,
son of Jean Ahlfinger
Carolyn Branan,
mother of John Branan
Andy Matia and Darryl Schwartz,
friends of Ann Foote
Brooke & Taylor Harty,
granddaughters of Nancy Waring
Jim Ohl
Frances Bowen
Max Carpenter
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grandson of Sarra David
Judy Penney
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sister-in-law of Kerry Penney
Sydney Lund
Ann Foote
Helen Abraham
Cameron Maddox
We pray for the death of:
Toni Voorhees, friend of Amy Busch
Melissa Roberts Becht, cousin of Jay Shapiro
We give thanks for those celebrating birthdays this week
7/13: Kristen Knopick
7/15: Larry Schupbach
7/16: Martha West
7/16: Eric Lopez-Martinez
7/16: Wilfredo Caespin
7/16: Marianella Betancourt
We rejoice at the birth of Lillian Grace Aylor-Rebeles (Lily),
granddaughter of Ron Aylor.
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Update on Women's and Non-binary Folks' Retreat
After cancelling our Sept. 2020 retreat, we were offered the opportunity to move the retreat to Sept. 24-26, 2021 and we accepted that offer, which allows us not to lose our deposit.
Hopefully it will be safe for us to gather by then and we can have a joyous celebration!
We are hopeful that Laura Bryant will still be our keynote speaker and we've been in touch with her, but of course, none of us know what things will be like over a year for now.
Let us know if you have questions.
Connie Coralli
& Molly Graves, Retreat Committee Co-chairs.
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Let's Stay Connected
"Stay Connected" has been part of your weekly E-News
during this time in which we are connecting in new and different ways.
This week, "Stay Connected"
moved into its own periodic communication (apart from E-News)
that will be delivered earlier in the week.
We would love for any of our members
to share any personal reflections, poetry, art, or stories of hope
that will keep us connected and lift our spirits.
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Vestry Establishes
Community Emergency Assistance Fund
In addition to all of the wonderful ways that the Community Engagement Team is leading us in supporting community ministry partners (locally, churchwide, and globally) during this critical time, the Vestry has established a Community Emergency Assistance Fund to help people within the greater St. Bede's community with food assistance during the current public health crisis. This fund will be administered confidentially by the clergy in a similar way as their normal discretionary funds, but will be used exclusively to help with food assistance during this crisis.
UPDATE of July 2: We have distributed over $1,800 in assistance though food and utility support for individuals and families so far during the current public health crisis. The current balance of the fund stands at around $2,000 and new needs continue to present themselves. A dedicated group of members work with Fabio to help identify need and deliver food. Thank you to all who have contributed!
If you have questions about this offering to the greater St. Bede's community or if you are in need of food assistance or know someone who is, please contact either the Rev'd Caroline Magee or the Rev'd Fabio Sotelo.
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Mostly Mysteries Book Group on Zoom
The Mostly Mysteries Book Group is continuing to meet on Zoom. If you would like to take part, please contact Connie Coralli and she will send you the link.
The July meeting will meet on Monday, July 27 at 7:15 pm, and the group will discuss Red Planet Blues by Robert Sawyer.
For more information, please contact Connie at conniecoralli@gmail.com
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Blessed To Be A Blessing Pledge Campaign
Thank you to all who have so generously responded by returning your Blessed To Be A Blessing pledge card. If you haven't yet returned your completed pledge card, additional pledge cards are available in the Connect Center.
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For People with Bishop Rob Wright
Welcome to For People, a conversation with Bishop Rob Wright, spiritual leader to the more than 50,000 people in the 117 worshipping communities of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta. In this podcast, Bishop Wright meets listeners at the crossroads of faith and life to explore the challenges of an ever-changing world. Listen in to find out how he expands on his For Faith devotional, draws inspiration from the life of Jesus to answer 21st-century questions.
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Several St. Bede's regulars subscribe to-
and like! - these e-publications. To stay up to date on activities throughout the
Diocese of Atlanta, sign up for the e-newsletter, Connecting.
You can also
sign up to receive For Faith, which is a weekly devotional message from Bishop Rob Wright sent by email on Fridays. To sign up for either or both,
click here
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