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Those of you who dedicated lilies, please take them home, or to someone who might enjoy them! They are in the Parish Hall entranceway. |
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PASTORAL CARE COMMITTEE
The Pastoral Care Committee will meet this Sunday, April 24, in the library, immediately following the 10:30AM service.
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The Taizé prayer service returns as an in-person service next Wednesday, April 27, at 6PM in the sanctuary! |
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Easter Reflections
What a wonderful celebration of Easter for the St. Gregory family. On behalf of the Children's Ministry, I want to say thank you to everyone who contributed candy for the Easter bags. Thank you to Alice Mohor for helping fill the bags and providing the "confetti eggs;" to Jenifer Marquardt and Rheena Campbell for assisting with the flowering of the cross; to youth and Pete Nicholls for hiding eggs; to Jenifer Borg for collecting found eggs and exchanging the bags of goodies; to Mtr. Nikki for including the children in the presenting of the offerings; and to everyone else who played a role in helping our children learn to celebrate Resurrection. It truly was a joy to be gathered together in worship and fellowship afterwards -- after so many months of distancing. Indeed, it was a symbolic resurrection of our shared connection as the family of God.
We will resume this Sunday with Children's Sunday School at 9:15, as well as Children's Chapel. I hope that all of the children who hunted for eggs can join us soon.
Blessings -
Mr. Doug
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Welcome to
Adult Spiritual Formation
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After a 2-week break, Adult Spiritual Formation group will resume this Sunday, April 24 with our exploration of the Gospel of Luke in the 4th Chapter. All are welcome in the Parish Hall from 9:15 to 10:15. Bibles are available but feel free to bring your own favorite.
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MONTHLY PARISH MOVIE NIGHT!
Join us as we bring back the monthly parish movie night! Movie nights will be held on the third Friday of each month in Parish Hall and begin at 7pm. Our first movie night will be May 20th and we will be showing the 1985 classic, Back to the Future!
BLINDSPOT MOVIE NIGHT
Calling all those in our Blindspot (20s and 30s)! Join us at University 16 cinemas to see Dr. Strange: Multiverse of Madness on Friday, May 27! (time TBD)
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GAME NIGHT
All youth (6th-12th grade) are invited to a monthly game night in the youth room at 6pm on the first Saturday of each month, beginning on June 4th. Come, bring your friends and a favorite snack!
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POETRY + 2
Please join us for a poetry reading from our new books! Rebecca Baggett’s The Woman Who Lives Without Money (Regal House Publishing) and Sarah Gordon’s The Lost Thing (Mercer University Press) both appeared in March of 2022, and we are eager to share our work with the St. Gregory community. The joint reading will be held in the Parish Hall at 7:00 on May 7, and it’s free and open to the public. Hey, even if you think you don’t like poetry, we’ll convert you! Note that we are not allowed to sell our books at the reading, but they are both available in local bookstores, on bookshop.org, and Amazon. PLEASE DO WEAR YOUR MASKS!
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assured
alleluias
we gladly raise
with 50 days
of easter praise
joyous within
beauty without
god’s love for us
our spirits shout
empowered now
to prepare for
our commission
to go do more
to share with all
our neighbors here
and send to those
who live in fear
alice mohor
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Blindspot Group Chat
Send your name and phone number to Wade McGlamery at 770-624-4837 to be added to the group chat for our 20s and 30s group! Make sure you have downloaded WhatsApp.
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Now that we are back to worshiping in person (yay!), Saint Gregory's is in need of volunteers to serve as ushers during our 10:30AM service. Additionally, we need a kind soul to serve as a coordinator for the ushers. If you would like to volunteer, and/or coordinate, please contact Anna Hiers, vestry liaison to the Worship Committee, via email or @ 706-340-9799. Training will be provided.
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Wanted: Bread Bakers !
You may have noticed we no longer are using Styrofoam wafers during Communion. Lane Norton and Brad Hankins have been baking bread for us to use as Communion bread. If you enjoy baking and have 2 hours a month you would like to smell fresh baked bread, consider joining Lane and Brad as we eliminate Styrofoam from our environment. Each baker would supply bread one Sunday per month. If you are interested, contact Brad via email or 706 255-2313.
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Coffee Hour!
Join us in the Christian Education building on Sundays after both the 8AM and 10:30AM services for our weekly coffee hour! Grab a coffee, tea, or hot chocolate, and a light snack. Come get to know some of the St. Gregory community! If you are able to host or bring a baked item for a future coffee hour, contact Melissa or Catrina to sign up. A sign up sheet will also be posted at the event.
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Athens Area Emergency
Food Bank
Athens Area Emergency Food Bank is in specific need of boxes of macaroni and cheese! Please help us fill the little red wagon!
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Instructions for Live Streaming
- Just go to the St. Gregory the Great Episcopal Church
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Near the time for service, underneath our channel logo, you will see our video for that day, with the word ‘live’ on it. The page will look like this:
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If you don’t immediately see the video that says ‘live’, (for instance, if you opened YouTube before the service begins) keep refreshing it. To ‘refresh’ go up to the top of your screen and on the left or right of the web address you will see this image (little curvy arrow to the right -->). Click on it to ‘refresh.’
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When you see the video square that says ‘live’, click on it.
Welcome to worship!
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Meeting Opportunities
Parish community offerings via Zoom or in person:
*Spring Hatha Yoga Class (Jan 10 – May 30, 2022) in person Mondays, 6:00-7:00 PM, Parish Hall or Zoom Passcode: 509230
The class is free, donations to the church are welcome
*Please bring a yoga mat*
Stacie Court hosts "Let's Chat!" for women of the parish. The days and time vary, and not everyone can join every time, but everyone is welcome to join whenever they can! Email Stacie!
Book Club first Friday of the month @ 7PM ongoing for the foreseeable future. Email Lois Alworth if you are interested in participating.
Lectionary Discussion Group via Zoom, every Thursday at 6:00pm. Email Ken Taylor if you are interested in participating.
*Threads of Prayer is back in person, 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month @1PM! We'll meet outside if the weather is good and inside the Christian Ed building if the weather is bad. Email Annette Bates if you are interested in participating. All knitters and crocheters welcome!
* group(s) now meeting in person
Other groups have been meeting via Zoom as well, so if you've got a group already meeting in Zoom rooms, and want to widen your circle, let Kendall know so we can get the word out there!
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