Trinity Sunday

We celebrate the feast of the Most Holy Trinity this coming Sunday. "Trinity" comes from the Latin tri, “three,” and unitas, “unity.” The term was devised by Tertullian to express the mystery of the unity-in-diversity of God. Trinity means “threefold unity" and describes the perfect relationship of love in which neither unity nor distinctness of the divine persons is compromised. God’s life is understood to be dynamic, loving, and available to be shared in relationship with humanity for salvation.

Almighty and everlasting God, you have given to us your servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of your divine Majesty to worship the Unity: Keep us steadfast in this faith and worship, and bring us at last to see you in your one and eternal glory, O Father; who with the Son and the Holy Spirit live and reign, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.



Welcome Deacon Ed

This Sunday, 4 June

This Sunday, 4^th June, Deacon Ed will be back with us as our special guest preacher! Father Tripp will be away and Deacon Ed will be here to preach at both Masses as we celebrate the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity. Mark your calendars and plan to come to church on 6/4 to say hello to Deacon Ed. Service times are the same though the summer months (8.30 & 11.00 am)

Vacation Bible School

June 19-23, 2023

9am-Noon

VBS Week launches in just 40 days! Join the week of games, music, Bible lessons, and fun. VBS is for all children Pre-K through 5th grade. We also invite all middle/high school teens and adults to serve as volunteers to lead groups, serve as snack coordinators, assist with music, photographers, and help throughout the week. You can sign up online anytime. The cost for children is $40 for the first child ($15 for additional children from the same household). The deadline for registering is THIS Friday, 9th June.

Take Me Out To the Ballpark!

June 8th

7.05pm Game Time

St Columba's heads to the ballpark on June 8th for a fun evening with the Gwinnett Stripers. The plan is to gather at the church at 5.30 pm and leave by 5.45 pm. Game time is 7.05pm. Although the deadline for the group ticket discount has passed, it is not too late to plan to attend. For more information, contact Richard Petree for more information and to make your reservation: richardpetree@hotmail.com

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 our verger, Jerry Adams, after Mass with any questions.

We would love to have more volunteers in all positions!!

A Note About This Sunday's Music

The organ is an extremely flexible instrument in part because of the variety of pitches of its ranks (sets of pipes). Each rank is given a name along with the approximate length of its lowest pipe. Ranks in which the lowest pipe is approximately eight feet tall and whose stops are labeled “8” play at unison pitch, that is, the same pitch as the corresponding keys on the piano and the exact pitch written in the music. 4’, 2’, and 1’ ranks are one, two, and three octaves higher, respectively, while 16’ and 32 ’ (the ranks which produce frequencies that are felt as much as, and sometimes more than, being heard) are one and two octaves lower. Some very large pipe organs even contain 64’ ranks. There are also Mutations which sound pitches in between the octaves. F or example, playing a C key with a 1 3/5’ rank will sound an E just over two octaves higher.

As Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck did not specify which stops were to be used in his Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, its four variations allow the organist the opportunity to explore several of these pitches alone and in combination. The first variation, a hymn - like setting, uses the 8’ Principal (true organ tone). The second, a bicinium (setting for two voices), sounds one octave higher than written by playing on a 4’ F lute. With the hymn melody in the tenor, the third variation is played on the 8’ Oboe combined with a different 4’ Flute. The final variation is played on Principals at 8’, 4’, and 2’ pitch and crowned with two of our organ’s Mixtures, groups of ranks sounding even higher octaves and fifths and activated by a single stop.