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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 24, 2023
17th Sunday after Pentecost
Please join us as we gather together
to worship God this Sunday!
Bishop Wright will join us for
Bilingual Worship
in English and Spanish
at 10 am
and also
A Special Choral Compline
at 8 pm
(see announcement below)
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 24
join us in the Nave at 11:30 am for
a forum with Bishop Rob Wright
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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!
Sunday, September 24th
Bishop Rob Wright will be visiting us at St. Bede's.
Join us after 10 am worship for light refreshments in the Commons
followed by a forum in the Nave with Bishop Wright.
Sunday, October 1st - 11:30 - 2:30
Come one, come all!! The time has arrived and WE ARE DOING IT!! Join us between the 10:00 and 2:30 services for the clearing and cleaning of the playground area. We have arranged for folks from both services, including of course of any and all youth to assist in knocking down and removing the old play structures, cleaning the small plastic play pieces, filling in holes and all sorts of other fun things.
As always, please send any questions, comments or thoughts to:
Beth Cannon at bcannon@stbedes.org
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Come to Compline at St. Bede's
Sunday, September 24, 2022
8 PM in the Nave
Sung by the Schola Cantorum of St. Bartholomew's (Atlanta), a contemplative service of Compline will be offered this Sunday, Sept. 24 in the Nave.
Compline has its origins in the Benedictine monastic tradition and is the service sung before bedtime. Full of imagery of peace, rest, sleep, and yes, even death in a comforting way. Almost entirely sung by a choir in a candlelit contemplative atmosphere. Surround yourself with peace and relaxation in the presence of God.
The service will feature music of William Byrd, Thomas Tallis, Tom Whittemore, Howard Helvey, and Jacob Handl. Also included will be music composed by two members of the choir, John Whitt (Responses) and Gavin Drummond (The Lord's Prayer).
Compline is sung every 2nd and 4th Sundays, September through May, normally at St. Bartholomew's. St. Bede's is pleased to host this service in the series, owing to conflicting events at St. Bart's. For more information on Compline at St. Bartholomew's, click here.
We look forward to your joining us for this moment of peace in our busy world.
O Lord, support us all the day long,
until the shadows lengthen and the evening comes,
and the busy world lies hushed,
and the fever of life is over, and our work is done.
Then in thy mercy grant us a safe lodging,
and a holy rest, and peace at the last.
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The struggle between good and evil sets the stage for this program of Baroque music that includes works by Telemann, Dowland, Veracini, Marais, and others. Whether a fall from grace or an opportunity for redemption, Amethyst Baroque members Adrin Akins (countertenor), Jody Miller (recorder), Marcy Jean Brenner (viola da gamba), and Alexandra Dunbar (harpsichord), take the listener through music depicting the conflict—at least according to composers of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Saturday, September 30, 2023
7 PM
St. Bede's Episcopal Church
2601 Henderson Mill Rd NE, Atlanta GA 30345
$20 donation requested; $10 for discounted categories;
no one turned away due to inability to pay
About Amethyst Baroque
Amethyst Baroque Ensemble, named for the official state gem of Georgia, was formed by Co-Directors Dr. Alexandra Snyder Dunbar (harpsichord) and Jody Miller (recorder). Their offical debut as a duo was sightreading recorder sonatas at a music shop in 2018. The following spring, Adrin Akins (countertenor) and Marcy Jean Brenner (viola da gamba) joined the ensemble as core members for Amethyst’s debut concert of Italian Baroque music. Claiming Atlanta and Athens as the ensemble’s dual home bases, Amethyst performs regularly in both cities and has appeared on multiple concert series.
amethystbaroque.com
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Left to right: Jody Miller, recorder; Marcy Jean Brenner,
viola da gamba; Adrin Akins, countertenor;
Alexandra Dunbar, harpsichord
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Join Us for
Sabor Latino
(Taste of Latin America)
October 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
It’s almost time to enjoy the delicious Sabor Latino festival here at St. Bede's! This festival features delicious dishes prepared by our Hispanic community, as well as other fun activities. Stop by St. Bede's on Saturday October 7 between 10am and 3pm and join us for this celebration!
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SACRED GROUND CIRCLE
A New Group is Forming in October
Beginning in October a new Scared Ground Circle group will be forming to explore the intersection of faith and justice. The group will meet approximately every two to three weeks on Monday nights on Zoom (6:30 - 8:30pm) to explore a program developed by the Episcopal Church called Sacred Ground: A Film Based Dialogue Series on Race & Faith.
If you would like to explore the website and watch a short video about the program, please click here
In our exploration together we will read the books, Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman and Waking Up White, And Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debby Irving. We will also watch videos together, and read articles and essays from many different writers.
Muriel Diguette, Molly Graves, and Miriam Needham will co-facilitate this group beginning with an opening retreat in person at St. Bede’s on Saturday, October 14th beginning at 10:00am. We will then meet every two to three weeks on Monday nights through May, with a closing retreat in person in early June. We will meet predominantly on Zoom, but will discuss meeting occasionally in person as the year unfolds.
Space is limited so please let us know if you are interested soon.
If you are interested in making a commitment or have any questions, please contact one of the three co-facilitators.
Muriel Diguette digfam@att.net
Molly Graves mollygraves724@gmail.com
Miriam Needham maneedham@yahoo.com
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NETWorks Late Summer Food Drive
Extended to September 24
Let's see if we can make it to 3,000 pounds!
As of September 19, the generous people of St. Bede’s had donated 3,414 pounds of food or 1.7 tons to the NetWorks food pantry! And we still have this final Sunday ingathering to collect even more food. Thank you, thank you wonderful people of St. Bede’s! Your incredible generosity is helping feed so many families in our Tucker/Northlake area. In the first four weeks of our food drive, 1,276 households had been served by the NetWorks food pantry. And this included over 2,100 children! We are making an important contribution to our community! Thank you!
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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Taste of Tucker is Seeking Volunteers!
Saturday, October 7
1 - 6 pm
Taste of Tucker brings great fun and fellowship to our community while benefiting NETWorks, Camp Kudzu, and the Old Town Tucker Merchants’ Association. As usual, there will be a great lineup of food, vendors, and entertainment. Event organizers are in need of
volunteers in the following areas:
1. General Taste of Tucker Volunteers. Help with things like setup, greeting folks as they arrive, assisting with the Kroger/TFUMC Kids’ Zone, and more. Full descriptions are available at Volunteers | Taste of Tucker or people can signup at this link: 2023 Taste of Tucker Volunteers — Signup Sheet | SignUp.com
2. NETWorks Volunteers. Folks are needed who are familiar with the NETWorks mission and programs to help staff their information booth. It’s a great way to experience the event and help at the same time! This link will take you right to the sign-up form: https://signup.com/go/cXxOghW
3. Ticket Sales Volunteers. Volunteers are needed to sell tickets involving cash and/or credit card transactions. This is a fast-paced environment where you can talk to lots of people! Sign up here: https://signup.com/go/GsNZFHJ
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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. | |
"I thoroughly enjoyed your visit to our center. I appreciate you enduring the inconveniences of space and the heat. Thank you so much for your generous donation of 5k dollars. We are going to be able to return this into an investment into the lives of people who have no affordable access to Healthcare. Accept our sincere gratitude. I am truly grateful for your contribution."
Dr. Gulshan Harjee ( '82 Emory Med / IM '85 )
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Episcopal Relief and Development
Assists with Libya and Morocco Relief
The Outreach Committee is happy to report that Episcopal Relief and Development has now partnered with the International Blue Crescent R&D (IBC) to assist Libya and Morocco in their crises. IBC has over 20 years of experience responding to crises in remote and hard to reach villages also known as “last mile” communities.
St. Bede's has made donations of $500 to Morocco to aid earthquake victims and $1,000 to Libya to aid flood victims.
If you wish to make a gift toward this effort, you may place a check in the collection plate marked for aid to "ERD Libya and Morocco". You can also make an online donation using the ERD link below.
Anita Montelione
Karen Werner
Chairs of Outreach
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A Reflection on the
El Refugio Trip
on Septemer 2
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
has been postponed
until Monday, Oct. 23rd 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:
Jodi Collins, cousin of Sarah Jane Ohl
Lisa Frank, friend of Larry Bing
Jennifer Meyers, sister of April Whitt
Elizabeth Ashworth, friend of April Whitt
Susan Semple, sister of Kim Padgett
Mel Stills, brother-in-law of Gwen Cordner
Ron Lillie, brother of Loretta Vail
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
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:
Mary Eleanor Harrigan Parsons, mother of Orisha Parsons
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:
9/24 Frances Bowen
9/24 David Gowler
9/24 Erica Valdez
9/25 Victor Cáceres
9/25 Sarah Jane Ohl
9/25 Sherry Poland
9/26 Sue Ellen Lampros
9/27 Wilsie Kottke
9/27 Amanda Vaughn
9/28 Suzanne Shapiro
9/29 Max Kottke
9/29 Dee Weems
9/30 Elizabeth Flanagan
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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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