Our celebration of youth ministry and baccalaureate service will be Sunday, 14 May 2023. We'll recognize all high school and college graduating seniors that morning and our high school graduating seniors will be preaching at the 8.30 and 11.00 Masses that morning.

One of the ways we celebrate this important milestone for our high school and college graduates is to put together a graduate profile that we show on the narthex screens and include in that Sunday's Mass bulletin. We would like all graduates to complete the questionnaire and upload a picture of themselves as well as the logos of their graduating high school (or college) and the logo of the school they plan to attend. The deadline for submission is coming up soon: we need all submissions by midnight on Wednesday, 3 May. During the 11.00 Mass we'll invite all graduates to come forward to receive a special blessing and gift from the parish. Contact Father Tripp if you have any questions or need help with the questionnaire or picture/logo uploads (770-888-4464 x 8001 or via email).

• >> Click Here to complete the questionnaire
• >> Click Here to upload the graduate photo and school logos (or email directly to utility@saintcolumba.net

Submission deadline is Wednesday, 3 May 2023

End of the Year Luau

Sunday, 21 May

*** COMBINED MASS AT 11.00 AM ***

Hula on over on Sunday 21st May for our first ever PARISH LUAU! We'll celebrate our Sunday school teachers and a great year of formation. 5/21 will be our last day of Sunday school (which will begin at 10am on 5/21) and then after our combined Mass, we'll have a parish luau on the lawn. We'll have luau games, a slide show showing highlights from the school year, enjoy some great food prepared by the Knights of Columba, and bask in the fellowship of fellow church friends. All are invited - bring your family, friends, neighbors. It's going to be a 'hula of a time!'

If you'd like to help with the luau food or celebration, contact Kristen Weems or Dale Humphries (luau@saintcolumba.net). If you'd like to help with the video/slide show presentation, contact Jason Startt or Father Tripp.

If you have pictures from any parish event or church service, we'd love to include them. Upload any photos or video clips you may have from this past year in the shared St Columba's Luau folder. Click Here.

Don't Forget:

*** We will combine the 8.30 & 11.00 Masses

into one Mass at 11.00 am on 5/21 ***

Summer Contributions

The first quarter contribution statements (Jan-Mar) are being sent out via email this week. Thank you for your gifts of time, talent, and treasure. Our first quarter giving was above last year's level, and our number of pledging households increased a second year in a row. Thank you to all who have made a pledge for 2023.

However, we are still $26,000 short of our needed pledge goal for the year. Non-pledge, loose offering has started to increase as our attendance number increase post-pandemic, however we still need additional pledged revenue. If you have not yet made a financial pledge for 2023, it's not too late. Click the button below to submit a pledge securely online. You can also fill out a pledge card that can be found in the front lobby on the credenza by the main entrance.

As we move into the summer months, our parish expensens increase at a time when summer vacations and travel pull us away from Sunday mornings at St Columba's. Please remember the parish during the summer months. If you are able to pre-pay any portion of your contributions, that would greatly help our cash flow. If you did not yet make an extra gift as part of our Easter appeal, you can still do that (see the other button below).

Thank you for your continued prayers and support of the parish. We have so many blessings to celebrate in our life together and your pledge support of time, talent, and treasure continue to make known the goodness of God's blessings in our lives all the time!

Serving On Sundays

Click the link below to volunteer to serve as Lector, Chalice Bearer, Acolyte, Thurifer, or Subdeacon at the 8.30 and/or 11.00 Masses. New volunteers are always welcome! Speak with Father Tripp or Jerry Adams after Mass with any questions.