Friday, February 29, 2008
Alpharetta Marathon Road Closure notice for Sunday,
March 2.
(click map to enlarge)
As you come to church on March 2, please find an alternative route to
the Windward parkway/Hwy 9/Cogburn route. There will be significant
delays there due to the marathon. (Coming to church from the North, down
Cogburn, should be normal because the Marathon does not come by St.
Aidan’s.)
Expect the following issues:
GA 400 and WINDWARD PKWY: Entrance ramp to GA 400 Northbound and
Exit ramp GA 400 Southbound at Windward Pkwy completely closed. (If that
is your route, use Exit 12 instead, going from McFarland to Hwy 9, then
south, eventually turning right onto Bethany Bend, then left onto
Cogburn toward church.)
Windward Parkway: One lane closed in each direction.
EXPECT HEAVY DELAYS AT THE INTERSECTION OF WINDWARD PKWY AND Hwy 9/N.
Main.
You may even need to cut-through the Wal-mart parking lot.
We suggested going further North on Hwy 9, past Frye’s, and turning left
(West) onto Webb Road. Then take a right (North) onto Cogburn, and come
to church.
Or use Bethany Bend further north, and then come down Cogburn (South) to
church.
Or come “the back way” along Hopewell Rd, turning Rt. Onto Bethany Bend,
and then Right onto Cogburn (at King’s Ridge) and then to church.
Hwy 9/Main Street: Pace vehicle leading Southbound traffic from
Cogburn Rd. (at the old Ingles shopping center) to Canton St. Extension.
EXPECT HEAVY DELAYS. One Southbound lane closed from Canton Street
Extension to Milton Ave.
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There
are very few spaces left. Registration Fee is $90. Classes offered are
as follows:
18-24 months
Tues/Thurs
9-12 $140/month
2 year olds
Tues/Wed/Thurs 9-12
$195/month
3 year olds
Tues/Wed/Thurs 9-1 PM
$205/month
If you have questions,
call the director, Bobbi Seymour at 678-520-3827
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Camp
Mikell Summer Camp Registration has begun!
Camp Mikell is the Diocese
of Atlanta’s Camp and Conference Center in Toccoa, Georgia. It’s
week-long summer camps allow youth to meet other youth from around the
diocese, enjoy the NE Georgia Mountains, play, and build their faith.
You can find out more at
www.campmikell.com.
The Summer Camp
Schedule is:
Mini Camp
May 23rd-May 25th;
Rising 1st and 2nd Graders; $305.00
Kid Camp 1
May 28th-June 3rd;
Rising 3rd-5th Graders; $375.00
Youth Camp
June 6th-June 12th;
Rising 10th-12th Graders; $375.00
Performing Arts Camp
June 15th-June 21st;
Rising 4th-9th Graders; $400.00
Intermediate Camp
June 24th-June 30th;
Rising 8th-9th Graders; $375.00
Junior Camp
July 3rd-July 9th;
Rising 6th-7th Graders; $375.00
Kid Camp 2
July 13th-July 19th;
Rising 3rd-5th Graders; $375.00
Work Camp
July 26th-July 31st;
Rising 10th - Just Graduated; $265.00
Guest Weekend
August
29th-September 1st; children & adults of all ages
Outdoor Camps
Outdoor Intermediate
May 28th-June 3rd; Rising
8th-9th Graders; $385
Outdoor Junior
June 6th-June 12th;
Rising 6th-7th Graders; $385
Outdoor Youth
July 13th-July 19th;
Rising 10th-12th Graders; $385
Summer Counselor
Applications Available
Summer camp changes the lives of countless people,
and not just campers! Summer staff, permanent staff, counselors, and
other volunteers all benefit from the camp experience. If you are a
rising 10th-grader through recent high school graduate and you would
like to give back to this place that we all love, please apply to be a
counselor! Counselors give one week of their summer in exchange for
food, lodging, and an amazing experience with the campers. To apply,
print and complete the Counselor Application Form (available at
www.campmikell.com) and
return it before the deadline of March 7, 2008. And if you know of a
promising high schooler who fits the bill, please pass on this article;
we're always looking for new faces in our leadership!
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Stewardship Note
Please remember to keep your
pledges and/or contributions current. Envelopes for Sunday offerings and
Lift High the Cross offerings are in the narthex—and can be mailed to
you upon request.
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Altar
Flowers / Tabernacle Light in 2008
If you would like to
donate altar flowers or have the tabernacle light candle burn for one
week in honor of someone, please sign up in the binder in the narthex.
You will be able to list who the donation is from, who it is to, and any
dedication notes (i.e., in memory of, in thanksgiving for, etc.) or
special requests (type of flower, color, etc.) on the form in the
binder. The cost for altar flower donations is 45.00, and there can be
two donations per Sunday (each for $45). The tabernacle light donation
is $10. Please be sure to make a note on the memo portion of your check
stating the date and if donation is for altar flowers or the tabernacle
light.
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Daughters
of the King Preparation Classes
DOK stands for the Order
of the Daughters of the King. Worldwide, it is an order for the lay (or
ordained) woman who, by the reaffirmation of the promises made at
Baptism, pledges herself to a lifelong program of prayer, service, and
evangelism, dedicated to strengthening of the spiritual life of her
parish.
The St. Aidan’s chapter of DOK has 30-plus members and meets one
Saturday per month at St Aidans. All women are welcome to attend the
meetings. A requirement to become a daughter is to attend preparations
classes. These classes run about 8 weeks. We are planning to start
preparation classes this spring.
For more information, please check out
www.dok-national.org or
ask questions of Becky Sullivan or any other Daughter. If you are
interested please contact Becky Sullivan 404-626-3156 or
rssullivan5@gmail.com. You
can also talk to other daughters at St. Aidan’s.
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NFCC
Food Pantry Needs Dry Beans!!
This
is easy! Just purchase any size bag of dry beans - preferably pintos -
and drop them in the collection box in the narthex. They can use any
size bag - the larger bags are divided into quart size bags by
volunteers at the pantry. Thanks so much!
Loose Plate Offering
The Loose Plate offering from Sunday March
2 supports our mission to Honduras. Please give prayerfully today
because our gifts give us all ownership of the work being done by the
volunteers going in our name.
Lenten
Program: Lent and God’s New Creation
On
Wednesday nights in Lent, Fr. Keith will discuss new ways to experience
Lent. This week’s topic: How to Live Together as a Community of
Repentance.
A
simple soup supper begins at 6:00, with the program from 6:45 to 7:45.
There will also be childcare for younger children and a supervised,
seasonally appropriate video for older children.
Lenten Soup
Making
We
need 8-10 pots of soup each night, so please plan to bring your favorite
soup once or twice! Feel free to bring your own soup bowl and spoon.
Call Barb Mitchell 770.664.2901 or sign up in the narthex. Thanks to
Publix for their donation of bread and cookies.
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Spring
Landscape Day
Spring is approaching!
Please join us on Saturday, March 8th starting at 8:00 AM for our Spring
Landscape Day. We will be spreading pine straw and mulch around the beds
and possibly doing some small plantings in preparation for Easter.
Please bring your gloves, shovels, rakes and wheelbarrows if you have
them. We plan to be finished by noon. Contact Joan Cowart or Richard
Schuetze 678 777-3994 for details.
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The
Outreach Committee Wants You!
We invite you to consider
joining the Outreach Committee by attending its first meeting today
after the 10:30 service. The mission of the Outreach Committee will be
to Reach Outside the Church Walls. The Committee's function will be to:
-- Encourage and coordinate direct parish volunteer work
-- Recommend projects and programs for parish Outreach
funding
-- Communicate Outreach projects to the community
-- Explore new ministry opportunities and evaluate current
efforts
If you have any questions please contact Betsy Jones at 404.694.6633 or
at betsyjones@charter.net.
If you are participating in the Hunger Walk but would like to learn more
about joining the Outreach Committee, please let Betsy know.
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Easter Day Services
March 23rd — Special
Times 9 & 11:15 AM
Full Music and Choir at both Services. We know that 8 am is early to
start for many, especially those with younger children. There’s also a
history of full seating at the 10:30. Our hope in moving the times up
is that some who normally come to 10:30 AM will come at 9 AM instead
to balance out attendance. And you can always come to the Easter Vigil
the Saturday night before Easter at 8 PM and have that “count” as
Easter much like Christmas Eve “counts” as Christmas Day.
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Honduras
Mission
This Sunday is the last
Sunday before our first group representing St. Aidan's leaves for
Honduras on March 9.
Thank you for supporting
this outreach to very needy kids in Tegucigalpa. The loose plate
offering today goes to building materials used to construct a group
living community for street orphans of Tegucigalpa.
Come by the table in
Burtenshaw Hall to add bricks to the house we are building and to
purchase raffle tickets for the wonderful items made or contributed by
our outreach team. The raffle items are on display today and will be
back a couple of times before our second group leaves in April. The
raffle drawing is scheduled for a Sunday in April when both away
groups are back to give a report on the work St. Aidan's accomplished
in Honduras.
If you would like to
join an away team for 2009 or take a more active role in the home
team, look for an organization meeting of the outreach committee in
May. See the St. Aidan's
Honduras WEB link for more information.
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Easter
Lily Donation Envelopes now available
Donations for Easter are
a wonderful way to honor and remember a loved one or to express your
thankfulness for someone or something in your family or parish life.
Fill out Donation Envelopes on the table in the narthex, enclose your
donation and return to the alms basins or the church office. Your
remembrances will appear in the Easter bulletin.
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Hunger Walk
– March 2nd
-
Supporting
the Episcopal Charities Foundation - 2pm at the Turner Field Blue Lot
Wear your Hunger Walk
T-shirts! Some of us will be heading to Taco Mac on Windward
parkway after the Hunger Walk for dinner. We would certainly love anyone
else to join us.
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Tweeners
Tweeners (those age
30-55). Join us for dinner out on Saturday March 15th. Childcare will
be provided at St. Aidan’s so we can dine on Japanese food together
along Windward Parkway. Exact time and place of our dinner
reservations coming soon, so save the date. If you have questions,
contact Laurin Lausier at
laurin_eaddy@merck.com or 678-297-0120.
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Primetimers
Save this date! April 26
at 6PM we will have a shrimp boil at St. Aidan's. Don't like shrimp?
This low-country meal can be made without the shrimp...just sausage, red
potatoes, and corn. More information in a few weeks. As many of us are
in foyers I thought you could avoid scheduling for this night. Father
Ogier, previously from St. David's, will be our cook. Food will be
prepared on site but outdoors. Hope many of you will plan to attend. For
more information, please contact Charles or Bonnie Olentine at
770.446.1847 or taxi920@aol.com.
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St. Aidan's Singles (NOT
JUST GALS!!)
The next meeting of
singles will be at 9am breakfast in Burtenshaw Hall on March 16th. Come
join us for fellowship and planning of future activites. Look for our
special table. For questions contact Wendy at 770-396-0018 or
wfkuehn@bellsouth.net.
Next
baptism dates
The
next baptism dates
are
March 22 (at the Easter Vigil) and May 11 (the Day of Pentecost).
See Fr. Rob for details.
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Sunday, March 2
Sunday is the Hunger Walk!
EYC is meeting at the cottage at 9:30 and leaving by 9:45 to go to the
Emmaus House service. We will then walk to Turner Field, stopping at
Taco Bell/KFC along the way. Bring a sack lunch or $$ for lunch at Taco
Bell/KFC, $$ for drinks at the hunger walk, and any donation $$ you have
been collecting. Wear your Hunger Walk T-shirt and comfortable shoes.
Returns will be coordinated by cell phone.
Wednesday
6:00 - 7:30
Join us for dinner, fellowship, and a Lenten focused lesson. If you
are able to provide dinner, please email Carrie Kozel
(cfrederickson@gmail.com)
as soon as possible.
EYC Sunday March 9 -
INTERNET SAFETY
5:00 - 7:00
This is a very
important event. Both groups will meet at the cottage. The juniors will
learn about the dangers of chatrooms, while the seniors learn about the
dangers of identity theft. Please bring $4 for dinner!!
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A letter from Deacon Carole
Maddux
Dear People and Vestry of St. Aidan’s,
Thank you so much for the lovely going away party and generous love
offering—not to mention the Honduras scholarship! You have all given me
so much over the years. I am richly blessed.
It has been a great privilege and pleasure to serve St. Aidan’s in a lay
and ordained capacity. You have formed me and given me the “talents” I
need as I take Christ’s Word to the world, and I thank you for it.
Looking forward to the next time our journeys cross.
IHN,
Deacon Carole
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Please
Pray For ...
Prayers
of Thanksgiving for the birth of Brooks Davis Mullen,
born to Lisa and John Mullen.
Shirley
Bearden,
Lisa Young’s mother, for strength, courage and healing
Jan
Quackenbush,
for God’s strength and
comfort after the death of her father
Marilyn
Rich,
for God’s strength after the death of her step-father, Frank Damato
Bob
Carniroli and family
in their grief after the
death of Bob’s father, Henry.
Sophie
Gall,
mother of Carol Cardosa,
for comfort and courage following hip surgery
Carol
Sabine,
mother of John Sabine, for
strength in recovery from illness
Martha
Coggins,
friend of David Freeman,
for strength and healing
Lila
Stevens,
friend of Jerry and Betty
Hood, for strength, healing and comfort
Ian
Mixon,
foster son of Beth and Steve Burns, for healing and freedom from pain
Jerry
and Janice Tedford,
friends of Don and Marianne Walker, for comfort and strength
Scott
Reinhardt and family,
by Marty McPherson, for healing, comfort and peace.
Albert
Kline,
father of Carlotta Ford, for healing
Harmony
Kiser,
for healing, patience and
strength
Kim
Andrews,
friend of June & Jim Grigg, for strength and healing as she battles
cancer
Tandy
DeNegre,
son of Harry & Bonnie, for
strength, healing as he battles cancer
Anne
MacDowell,
grandmother of Carrie Kozel, mother of Lynda Frederickson, for healing
Janet
Geuter,
Lynn Oglesby’s sister, for
peace, courage and wisdom.
Philip
Rogers,
for continued healing
Tommy
Gall,
brother of Carol Cardosa,
for healing and comfort
Tom
Glaza,
for comfort and healing
John
Prianti,
for God’s strength and comfort
Fran
Wellstead,
daughter of Joye and Ted
White, for comfort and peace
Joan
Spratt,
for comfort and healing
Wyatt
Barbee,
for God’s strength and comfort
Mark
Ledford,
for comfort and peace
All those serving our
country at home and abroad, especially Katie Laundon, Travis Mann, Eli
Nagle and Gregory Sinnott.
For those who died and for
those who mourn.
PRAYER
REQUESTS
There are several ways you
may make a request: fill out a request card and put it in the Prayer Box
in the Narthex, call the church office, visit the church website or you
may contact Camille Johnson at
camillejj@comcast.net. Prayers will be in the above list for 3
weeks and will then be removed unless otherwise requested.
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