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

Chad will be away on vacation from

Friday, May 31 through Saturday, June 8.

If a matter needs immediate attention during this time,

please contact the Parish Administrator,

the Senior Warden (warden@stbedes.org)

or another member of the clergy or staff.

There's a lot going on at St. Bede's! Looking for an activity?

Sunday, June 9, 2024

Third Sunday after Pentecost

Worship in English at 10 am

Worship in Spanish at 2:30 pm

We will also be streaming our worship live

on

St. Bede's YouTube Channel

If you would like to preview the scripture lessons and hymns for the upcoming Sunday, you can find Sunday's bulletin uploaded to the church website each week on Thursday afternoon. From the home page of the website, scroll down to the colorful "Worship" icon, and click on that. Then scroll to the bottom of the "Worship" page and you will see where the bulletin for Sunday has been posted under "Downloads".

Sunday Adult Formation is on hiatus for the summer.

We look forward to regrouping after Labor Day!

Children's Faith Formation

Summer Hiatus

Beginning May 12, Children's Faith Formation during 10 am worship will be on summer hiatus. We invite families to worship all together during the summer and take advantage of the Pray Ground space. We look forward to resuming formation during the 10 am worship after Labor Day.

Happy Summertime!

The St. Bede's Youth Group is currently on summer hiatus and will resume regular activities after Labor Day. Although regular meetings are on hiatus, there will be some fun events during the summer, so be sure to check this space!

Don't forget to mark your calendars for Vacation Bible School July 15-19 from 6-8 pm. We hope to see you there!

Peace, prayers, love, grace and grooviness,

Beth & Judah

Congratulations to the following graduates:

Violet Kottke from The Galloway School will be headed to Georgia College and State University

Savannah Spires from Lakeside High School will be headed to Georgia Tech

Glenn Carroll Boatenreiter from Education for Ministry

Carol Kemker from Education for Ministry



Lynnsay Buehler from Education for Ministry (for the 9th time!). Lynnsay has now completed 36 years as a mentor which is 9 4-year cycles!



We want to recognize all of our graduates and want to make sure that all are included. If you know of additional graduates in our community that need to be added to the list above, please email Laura Pittman and let us know from where they are graduating and what their plans are for the future (further study, career plans, etc.) This can be a graduation from any kind of school or study program. We want to recognize all of our grads in E-News.

lpittman@stbedes.org

Save the Date for VBS 2024!

(Vacation Bible School)

July 15 - 19

Join us for a bi-lingual, intergenerational event

celebrating five Saints of the Church

July 15-19, 6-8 pm

We will have dinner, storytelling, crafts, games, and music



All households – neighbors, friends, and families are welcome!



We need your help with VBS!

Do you enjoy crafts, cooking, acting, playing games,

singing, or playing an instrument?

Are you available weeknights July 15-19,

or perhaps 1-2 evenings that week?

Or maybe you can help shop for supplies in advance?

If so, we can use your help!

Couldn’t make the volunteers' meeting on May 19 and want to participate?

Contact one of the VBS coordinators:

Molly Graves mollygraves724@gmail.com (404-234-3605)

Judah Sali judahs26@gmail.com

Junior Abraham jrabraham1953@gmail.com

Thank you to all who have returned

their 2024 "Offer to God" pledge cards!

As of May 30, we have received

88 pledges totaling $455,000.

Thank You!

If you have not already,

we hope that you will prayerfully discern

your response to God's gifts in your life

and make your pledge of financial support

to all that God is doing

in and through St. Bede's.

If you need a pledge packet,

please contact the parish office at:

info@stbedes.org

Sweet(s) Summer Sundays

The Hospitality team will be taking a break this summer, but treats are always welcome during the coffee hour after our worship service. If you would like to provide cookies or any other snack to share, please sign up in the Commons.

Thanks!

– Nancy Ward nlbward@comcast.net

As we all watch the tragic events of violence escalate in Jerusalem and Palestine, it is so important to keep the people of the Holy Land in our prayers.

In addition to our prayers, St. Bede's has also transmitted a gift of $500 to Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) for relief efforts related to the travesties of this conflict. Sadly, one of ERD's strongest and longest-standing partners in the Diocese of Jerusalem is the Al Ahli Arab Hospital - the Anglican hospital in Gaza that was severely damaged by explosion and where hundreds of people were killed. Please keep relief workers on the ground in your prayers as they attempt to offer care and relief.

Caring for God's Creation

The Centers for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHaRM)

has a new location!

Got “stuff” you no longer use but don't want to just throw it away?  

The answer just got a lot closer to home! Remember reading a few months ago about CHaRM--the Center for Hard to Recycle Materials? Well, there’s a new location at 1225 Columbia Drive in Decatur that is opening on June 12 and will begin receiving your items—by appointment only!--on Wednesdays and Fridays!

Click HERE for all the info you need: 

A list of items of the items they’ll accept includes the usual recyclables plus appliances, bikes, books, chemicals, textiles, electronics, mattresses, musical instruments, and much more! 

How to book an appointment online or by calling 

Since 2010 Atlanta-based Live Thrive has worked to improve our local environmental health by encouraging reuse/repurposing of materials as well as diverting thousands of pounds of household hazardous waste and other hard-to-recycle items from Metro-Atlanta landfills, water systems, and air. Along with two CHaRM centers, the nonprofit offers educational programs and STEAM grants to local schools. Learn more about Live Thrive HERE. 

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.

You may wish to conclude this micro-practice with this prayer:

God of the universe, thank you!

Nothing is too big or too small for you.

Your never-ending love flows between stars and planets

the same way it flows between the beats of our hearts.

How cool is that!

Amen.

Wednesday Night Adult Bible Study

Has Resumed!

Join with others for a study of the Book of 1st Kings.

All are welcome.

Bring whatever translation of the Bible you like.

6:30 – 8 pm on Wednesday nights

on the 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of each month

in the Commons Hallway Classroom

(across from the Julian of Norwich Center)

Contact Fred Murphy for more information.

Note the date change!

Healing Our Racism

Book Discussion Group

Next meeting:

Monday, June 17 at 2:00pm on Zoom

June's selection is

Born A Crime

By Trevor Noah

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.

Mostly Mysteries

Book Discussion Group

Next meeting:

Monday, June 24 at 7:00 pm on Zoom

June's selection is

State of Terror

By Louise Penny and Hillary Rodham Clinton

Meeting Time: The 4th Monday of each month at 7 pm on ZOOM,

You're invited to join members and friends of St. Bede's to discuss favorite mysteries and thrillers.

Email Cathe Echterhof for the Zoom link to join the discussion.

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!

Would you like to receive

a brief Morning Devotion each day?

I have been emailing them to about 100 Episcopalians from churches I have served across the country. Currently, there are five monthly themes: Baptismal Covenant, Gospel of John, Hymns, Paul’s Epistles, and the Psalms. They only take 3 to 5 minutes of your time and they are free to all who wish to receive them. If you would like to receive them, send your email address to me at:

bmclemore@stbedes.org



God’s blessings,

Bill McLemore +

St. Bede's Prayer List

A note about our prayer list:

We have reorganized our prayer list and are trying to make it more manageable going forward. Names will remain on the prayer list for 3 weeks unless otherwise requested. If you have placed someone on the prayer list and you would now like that person removed, please notify the office. Please request removal only for names which you have placed on the list. We are always happy to request prayer for our parishioners and our extended community.

Please contact Laura Pittman in the church office to add or remove names from the prayer list.

Laura Pittman

lpittman@stbedes.org

In our St. Bede’s community, prayer has recently been requested for:

Carmen Camiro



Prayer has been requested on a more long-term basis for:

Debhani Hernandez

Al and Regina Studwell

Sarah Jane and Jim Ohl

Mary Rodriguez

Helen Abraham

Aree Bancroft

Laura Ribas

Hilda Bell

Nancy Waring

Frances Bowen

Ann Foote

Cameron Maddox

Peg Harriss

Sue Ellen Lampros

Prayer has also been requested for these in our wider community:

Wright Coleman, son of Jennie Couture

Eva Lopez, family of Sean Kilpatrick and Pat Miller

Fay Key, friend of the St. Bede's community 

Eleanor Pearlman, granddaughter of Gwen Heaton

Allen Townes Cunningham, sister of Rob Townes 

Anne Jones, sister of Claiborne Jones

Elizabeth Graham, friend of Toni Graney

We pray for those who have died:

Alice Hadler, sister-in-law of Claudia Fedarko and Steve Hadler

Sharon Kilpatrick, family of Sean Kilpatrick and Pat Miller

Jane Wiggens

Bob Lauter

Carolee Fish, friend of Peg Harriss

We give thanks for those serving our country in the military:

Josh Bowers

Will Grimm

We give thanks for those celebrating birthdays this week:

6/7 Jean Tate

6/8 Beckham Blackburn

6/8 Karen Parey

8/8 Fred Willard

8/9 Esmeralda Callejas

6/12 Christie Pettitt-Schieber

6/13 Mousa Ackall

6/13 Nasar Ackall

6/13 Lesly Bello

6/14 Stephen Wankel

6/15 Jonathan Bowers

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from Bishop Rob Wright

sent by email on Fridays.

Love. Always.

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the magazine of the Diocese of Atlanta

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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