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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 of Atlanta and wider Church.
Our e-newsletters are now being archived on our website.
You 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.
The deadline each week for submission to the E-News
is Wednesday at 10 am.
Please send your submissions ready to go into the newsletter,
text and images attached in an email to the Parish Administrator.
Laura's email address is lpittman@stbedes.org
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Sunday, September 10, 2023
15th Sunday after Pentecost
Please join us as we gather together
to worship God this Sunday!
Worship in English
in the Nave at 10 am
Worship in Spanish
in the Nave at 2:30 pm
We will also be streaming our worship live
on
St. Bede's YouTube Channel
Make a gift to St. Bede's
by clicking here.
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Sunday Formation
for All Ages
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This Sunday, September 10,
join Chad and Lynnsay
at 11:30 in Room M-110
for a preview of upcoming
Christian Formation offerings.
We will look at what is on the horizon for the upcoming weeks and also discuss other topics that we may wish to explore in future offerings. All are welcome to come and join the conversation as we kick off the Adult Formation year together.
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This Fall we are trying
something NEW
with Children's Faith Formation!
Instead of Sunday School being either before or after worship, children will be invited to gather together during the time of the Sermon and the Prayers of the People for a special story or activity that is tailored just for them. Children will come to worship with their families and will be invited to process out for this special time during the signing of a hymn. They will then return at the Passing of the Peace to join their families and the congregation for Communion.
All 3 year olds through 5th graders are welcome to join us. Older children are welcome as helpers and younger children may join with a parent, grandparent, or other caregiver.
This is an experiment and we will see how it works for a few months and then evaluate if it will continue at that time. Please know that children are always welcomed to remain with their families for the full worship service if that is their preference.
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Calling All Youth!
Join us Sunday, September 10th from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm (between morning and afternoon worship) for lunch, fun, and fellowship. Together we will plan our fall calendar of events so bring every fun idea you've ever had and we'll put them all together and create an AMAZING calendar!
If you are interested in more information about our youth group, please contact:
Beth Cannon
bcannon@stbedes.org
404.787.7815
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Join us in Education for Ministry (EfM) this year!
EfM is a program of theological education and spiritual formation in a small community committed to attentive listening and nonviolent communication. The hope in EfM is to provide space for each participant to wonder about and to grow in her/his/their understanding of and relationship with God, as well as to offer resources to support each person in discerning and blessing their gifts to share in the community. Although the program is designed as a four-year process, a person enrolls for just one year at a time as one's life circumstances allow. All the EfM materials were updated several years ago with new books explored each year. If you are a graduate of the program, you are welcomed and encouraged to consider joining the group to have the gift and adventure of working through the new materials.
EfM begins Monday, September 18th at 7:15 - 9:30 p.m., meeting in person at St. Bede's. The year concludes on Monday, May 20th, the Monday before Memorial Day.
The mentors for the group are The Rev. Lynnsay A. Buehler and Dr. Jo Marie Lyons. Each mentor has over 30 years experience in guiding an EfM group.
Click on the flyer below for more information about the EfM group at St. Bede's. This year the tuition will be $325.00. If you'd like to register, please speak with Lynnsay and she will be glad to answer your questions.
The Rev. Lynnsay A. Buehler
770-938-9797 ext. 27
lbuehler@stbedes.org
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Altar Flower Dedications
Many of you notice and compliment the beautiful floral creations that enhance our worship space on Sundays. But did you know that the work is done by volunteers? A faithful group of twelve parishioners dedicates hours each month to the selection, conditioning, and arrangements of the flowers. St. Bede's Flower Guild is solely dependent financially on your generous contributions and dedications each week. Thanks to all who have supported this ministry in the past and it is hoped that many more of you will consider. honoring special people or events in your lives with a donation. A suggested amount is $60, but any offering is appreciated.
To make a dedication, fill out a Flowers Dedication envelope found at the Connection Center, note your check for flowers, and leave the envelope in the collection plate. Or you may email our Parish Administrator, Laura Pittman, at lpittman@stbedes.org with your information and follow up with your offering later.
Again, thank you for your continued support,
The Flower Guild
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It's Bunco Time!
The next Bunco party will be held at the home of Pat Pickett on Sunday, September 17th from 2-5 pm. The address is 2493 Pine Cove Drive, Tucker, 30084.
If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Pat Pickett:
678.438.2427
pat103pic@aol.com
Work those dice throwing hands and get ready to Bunco!
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Outreach Meeting
This Sunday, September 10 at 11:30 am
Our Outreach Committee will have our next meeting on Sunday, September 10, at 11:30 (following the 10 am worship) in room C101.
If you have an interest in Outreach, please join us!
Outreach CoChairs
Karen Werner wernerksw@comcast.net
Anita Montelione ammontel12@gmail.com
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NETWorks Nuggets
104,933 meals were provided by NETWorks between January and May 2023.
226 counseling sessions were held between January and May 2023.
4,436 individuals were served by the pantry between January and May 2023.
1,522 cubic feet of space are available in our walk-in cooler/freezer.
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NETWorks Late Summer Food Drive
This week, as our food drive for NetWorks continues, we delivered 492 pounds of food from St. Bede's. That's a total of 1,439 pounds of food so far! Your generosity is outstanding, St. Bede's! Thank you so very much for helping to feed our neighbors. A list of needed food items is below and lists are available in the Commons on the table. Food donations can be left by that table. The food drive continues through September 17. That's 2 more Sundays to meet or exceed our goal of one ton of donated food!
SHOPPING LIST
CANNED PROTEINS
Fish/Poultry/Meat:
such as Tuna, Salmon, Sardines, Chicken,
Spam, Potted Ham, Vienna Sausage
NON-PERISHABLE MICROWAVEABLE MEALS
SpaghettiOs
Ravioli
Hearty Soups/Stews (not condensed)
Hormel Complete Meals
Ramen & other Noodle Meals
that come in Single Serve Microwave Containers
Canned Chili
OTHER ITEMS
Bags of dried black beans and canned black beans
Canned Fruit
Granola or Cereal Bars
Masa Corn Flour
Salt and pepper
Diapers size 3 and 4
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NETWorks Church Partners Trivia Night!
Did you know that NETWorks Ministry is blessed with 21 church partners?
Are you interested in joining in a St. Bede's trivia team to compete against other church partner teams?
Teams will compete for prizes, have some fun, and show off your smarts!
When: Saturday, September 23, 2023
Doors open at 6:00pm Trivia begins at 7:00pm
Where: Holy Cross Catholic Church Parish Hall
3733 Chamblee Tucker Road
BYO beverages and food
Choose a theme and make plans to decorate your table!
10 Rounds of Trivia, Games, Prizes, & More!
Prizes awarded for Trivia Champions, Best Table Decor & Trivia Spirit!
Cost: $225 for a table of 8 or $35 for an individual
If you are interested in helping form a St. Bede's trivia team for this event,
contact Laura Pittman in the church office by Tuesday, September 12.
Laura Pittman
lpittman@stbedes.org
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Tutoring Volunteers Needed
Once again, many thanks to all of the generous people of St. Bede’s who made our back to school supplies ingathering a huge success! To give you some idea of what we delivered for the kids, we had a total of 45 back packs, 82 packs of No. 2 pencils, 86 spiral notebooks, 64 packs of lined paper and 100 packs of colored pencils. The staff and families of students were immensely appreciative!
Now that school has started, there is an after school program that is run at the Clarkston Community Center, on Monday - Thursday 3:30 pm - 6 pm. The age groups are K - 8th grade, and provides help with homework tutoring and then supervised free time. The Center is actively looking for volunteers to join them on afternoons that you are available.
If you are interested in volunteering, please contact:
Melody Murray
224.223.0321
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A Note of Thanks from
Clarkston Community Health Center
| Do you remember the St. Bede's 13th Annual High Tea? The proceeds went to the Clarkston Community Health Center. We received the following lovely letter of apprecation from Dr. Gulshan Harjee. | |
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Many St. Bede's members worked hard to make the 13th Annual High Tea a success and the proceeds went to help improve the lives of others through the Clarkston Community Health Center. | |
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A Reflection on the
September 2 El Refugio Trip
from Claudia Fedarko
"About 15 minutes into my one-hour conversation with Carlos, a young man from a Central American country that is besieged with corruption, climate change fallout that made his job irrelevant and incredible despair, I had the strangest thought. "This is exactly where I am meant to be right now." I was at Stewart Detention Center, talking on an old-style phone receiver and looking at Carlos through thick Plexiglas. He recounted his story and said to me, "I don't want to be rich. I just want to be able to provide for my family." His wife and children are back in his home country. He described what those of us who visit immigration detainees at Stewart hear regularly.
Stewart Detention Center is run by a for-profit company: Core Civic. They make money when the beds are full, so often detainees feel totally forgotten. The food is horrendous. Carlos described rice that tasted horrible (how can you screw up rice?), and the milk is often on the verge of turning sour. One improvement he mentioned was that instead of waking them up at 4:00 a.m. for breakfast, it is now 5:00 a.m. Lunch is at 10:30 and dinner is at 4:30. Carlos has been at Stewart for 3 months following a month in 2 different facilities in Texas and a harrowing journey to the border. There are no diversions, no classes, nothing much that a detainee can do. Little wonder that Carlos is very depressed and finds it hard to make it through the day.
St. Bede's supports the work of El Refugio in many ways. The Outreach Committee has designated funds for this nonprofit ministry of welcoming the stranger. You also contributed over 20 backpacks and 29 gas cards (worth $725). The backpacks are filled with clothing and toiletries and given to a detainee when he or she leaves the facility, whether to be deported or to travel to family in the U.S. The gas cards are given to families who visit their loved ones behind bars. While Rev. Iñaki Guevara and I were talking with our fellow life travelers at Stewart, Karen and Paul Werner were welcoming strangers to the El Refugio house where family members of the detainees can eat well and spend the night in a lovely home at no cost whatsoever.
Thank you for your support of this valuable ministry, and remember that welcoming the stranger and releasing the captives is what we are called to do."
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Family Ministries Micropractice
Join our households with
birth through elementary aged children
in this simple intentional practice
as we bring our learning from the lectionary
into our everyday lives.
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Healing Our Racism
Book Discussion Group
will not be meeting in August
Monday, September 25 at 2:00pm on Zoom
Meeting Time: 4th Monday of each month at 2 pm on ZOOM
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.
Email Muriel for the Zoom link to join the discussion.
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Mostly Mysteries Book Group
Monday, September 25 at 7 pm on Zoom
Meeting Time: 4th Monday of each month at 7 pm on Zoom
If you would like to take part, please email Cathe Echterhoff and she will send you the link. jechterhof@aol.com
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McLemore's Musings
We hope you are enjoying this feature in St. Bede's E-News - McLemore's Musings. Many of you have met the Rev'd Bill McLemore who has joined the St. Bede's community. Bill has been a priest for over 57 years and has served parishes all over the Episcopal Church. Bill is the former archivist of the Diocese of Atlanta and authored the 100th anniversary book on the history of the Diocese. Bill is also an artist and has used his artistic skills and sense of humor for many years to draw hundreds of cartoon that comically comment on life in the Episcopal Church. Each week we will share a cartoon here that Bill selects from his collection. Enjoy!
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St. Bede's Prayer List
Prayers have been requested for:
John Montelione, brother of Anita Montelione
Beth Cannon
Jennie Couture
Bob Bruce, brother of Nancy Bruce
Dave and Robin Hering, friends of Larry Bing
Darlene Smith, friend of Larry Bing
Victoria Hendrix, sister of Connie Coralli
Balbona Family, friends of Larry Bing
Jean Petersen
Donareen Oakley
Mary Eleanor Harrigan Parsons, mother of Orisha Parsons
Carter Garrett, family member of Sarah Jane Ohl
Jim Baldy, friend of Susan Reef
Cindy Robinson, friend of Susan Reef
Michelle Schultz, sister of Doris Bushart
Paige Bushart, sister-in-law of Doris Bushart
Helen Hernandez and her son Derek, ESOL Student
Kath and Ken Turner, friends of Claudia Fedarko
Marge & Sharon Emerling, friends of Helen Loeb
Margie Klein
Kay Howington
Dixie Snider
Mary Rodriguez
Andy Matia, friend of Ann Foote
Eleanor Pearlman, granddaughter of Gwen Heaton
Diana Segovia, cousin of Zulma Gutierrez
Caroline Spires
Timothy Knapp, friend of Susan Reef
Denise Benson, friend of Susan Reef
The Sujia Family
Robin Schreiber
Allen Townes Cunningham, sister of Rob Townes
Mellie Frippen, friend of Nora Cruz-Diaz
Anne Jones, sister of Claiborne Jones
Joan Davis
Carmen Graciaa, friend of Laura Martin
Jim Poulos, husband of Carol Kemker
Helen Abraham
Fay Key
Aree Bancroft
Laura Ribas
Jane Wiggins
Hilda Bell
Nancy Waring
Jim Ohl
Frances Bowen
Sydney Lund
Ann Foote
Cameron Maddox
We pray for those who have died:
Pat Sarle, cousin of Anita Montelione
Mike Powell, father of Ray Lampros
Philip Needham, brother of Miriam Needham
We give thanks for those serving our country in the military:
Joshua Bowers
Will Grimm
We give thanks for those celebrating birthdays this week:
9/8 Lewis Anderson
9/8 Stephen Platto
9/9 Ruth Avila
9/12 Connie Aylor
9/16 Chad Vaughn
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From around the Diocese
and the wider Church...
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Bishop Wright's Weekly Podcast
Did you know that Bishop Rob Wright has a weekly podcast? You can take a spiritual "deep dive" each week with Bishop Wright and his special guests and grow deeper in faith and understanding as you listen and learn.
Explore For People, Bishop Wright's Podcast, Here
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Pathways
the magazine of the Diocese of Atlanta
The new Pathways is now available online! Through original photography, articles, and interviews, Pathways shares inspiring stories from Middle and North Georgia — examples of spiritual growth.
Read Pathways Here
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Would you like to keep up with news from around the broader Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion? Episcopal Journal and Cafe is a convenient place to find out things going on around the Church. You can even subscribe to get news sent to your email inbox.
Click Here for Episcopal Journal & Cafe
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Friend in Christ,
As violence escalates in Ukraine, over one million people have already fled the country — and the borders are flooded with many more people desperate to leave.
Almost all of them are women and children who have had to seek safety on their own, leaving their husbands, fathers, brothers and sons behind.
As this crisis continues to evolve, we are working with Anglican agencies and our other partners to provide humanitarian assistance, and urgently ask for your help.
Your emergency gift today will support our immediate response, providing cash, blankets, hygiene supplies and other needs as this crisis unfolds.
Our faith networks are currently on the ground in the border areas of Poland, Hungary and Romania, and we will continue to coordinate with them in order to help those who have been displaced. Specifically, our partner ACT Alliance is helping families on the Hungarian border, and our Anglican partners are mobilizing both an immediate and long-term response in Poland, Romania and Hungary.
Yours faithfully,
Robert W. Radtke
President & CEO
Episcopal Relief & Development
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To learn more about the programs and offerings
of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing,
click on the link below.
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