Friday, May 21, 2010
St.
Aidan's Annual Parish Picnic This Sunday!
Get ready for some fun! Hamburgers and Hotdogs
will be served along with the side dishes that you bring.
There will be fun and games for everyone…
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Water Balloon Toss, 3 legged race, hop scotch
and Jacks!
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The Boy Scouts will be giving guided tours of
the trails behind the church.
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Plus... our own Covenant Singers will be providing
some entertainment.
Please bring your camp chairs and camping/sports
awnings.
Since Diocesan Confirmation is that afternoon,
we will need your help with clean-up after the event. This is
the perfect opportunity to enjoy food, fun and fellowship! In
case of inclement weather, we will hold the picnic inside!
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The
Rev. Rebekah Bokros Hatch to begin ministry at St. Aidan's
This Sunday
Many of you will remember Rebekah from short term with us this last
December, January, and February. We are pleased to announce that
she will now be with us at St. Aidan’s every Sunday as Assistant to the
Rector beginning this Sunday. Her faith, energy, and
experience will be a blessing to us!
Rebekah graduated from Virginia Theological Seminary in 2004. Most
recently, she’s served as chaplain at St. Paul’s School for Boys in
Brooklandville, Maryland, and as Associate Rector, The Church of the
Good Shepherd, in Towson, Maryland. She and her husband Tony, and
daughter Ruth returned to Atlanta in 2009, and they have recently
welcomed Elias, born March 27.
At this point, Rebekah’s role as Assistant to the Rector will be Sundays
only with some occasional pastoral care. Our parish budget and her
schedule with two young children put understandable limits on what can
be done. However, we have preliminary plans for the scope of her
ministry to increase a bit in the months to come to include more
Christian Education and ministerial responsibilities.
Please help to welcome Rebekah and her family (back) into St. Aidan’s
family.
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Adult Christian Education
Sunday
Adult Forum
Lift High the Cross
celebration and review at 10am.
Weekly Bible Study
The Weekly Bible Study is
on Tuesdays at 9:30am and Wednesdays at 7:00pm. We study the Sunday
Lectionary in advance of the upcoming Sunday.
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NFCC Food Pantry "Item of the Month"
To donate, just purchase
the "Item of the Month" during your regular grocery shopping, and drop
it in the box in the Narthex at any time during the month.
The NFCC Food
Pantry "Items of the Month" for May are:
pasta sauce and dry
pasta (like spaghetti).
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Sabbatical
Details and Frequently Asked Questions
Last week’s Parish Matters
gave details and FAQs of Father Rob’s sabbatical. A copy of that
information is now located on the bulletin board in the narthex and on
our website at www.staidans.org.
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Summer Service Schedule
Summer Service Schedule
begins Sunday, May 30, and continues through Labor Day Sunday, September
5. Service times will be 8:30am and 10:30am with breakfast from 9:00 to
9:45am. There is no Sunday School or afternoon EYC during the summer months,
although special events for EYC may still occur from time to time.
There will be no children’s chapel in June or July.
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Thank Your Sunday
School Teachers This Sunday!
This Sunday will be the
last Sunday School Class and Children's Chapel Service. Sunday
School Classes for the children will resume in September after Labor
Day. Children's Chapel Services will resume Sunday, August 1st.
Teacher Appreciation Banner: Please use the paper provided in the
parish life center lobby to say a thank you to our great team of Sunday
School teachers. Thank You!
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Vacation
Bible School Registration Ends This Sunday!
Tell all your family,
friends and neighbors to come and join the fun!
Date: June
7-11th
Time: 5pm to 7pm, with dinner being served at 7pm.
Ages: Children
4 years of age to 5th grade
Registration fee: $15 for the 1st child and $12 for each
additional child, or $40 per family.
VBS T-shirts and music
CD’s included with registration fee.
You can sign up at the VBS
table in the Parish Life Center or online at
www.staidans.org.
Registration forms and fees may be placed in the offering plate or fees
can be paid through your online giving account. We’re in need of
some donations.
VBS Donations Needed
We are in need of
appliance sized or very large cardboard boxes, rolls of aluminum foil,
and duct tape. Please place items in or near the VBS donation basket in
the Parish Life Center this Sunday. If you are able to donate
these, or any of the other items on our donation list, we would greatly
appreciate it! Thanks a million to all who have donated items thus far.
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New 2010 Pictorial Directory
We are working on a new
Pictorial Directory to be ready by September. Our dedicated
professional photographer, Jim Pettit, will be making pictures each
Sunday in the Cathedral Room between church services, beginning this
Sunday, May 23. He will also be available during the Parish Picnic.
We can use the pictures that were in the 2008 Pictorial Directory of
you, or you can get new pictures taken by Jim. This is also a great
time to have a family picture made that you can use for your Christmas
cards, or have enlarged for your home. If you prefer to schedule a
separate setting for your family picture, please contact Jim Pettit at
jim@jamespettitphotography.com.
We would really love to have
YOUR picture in our Pictorial Directory and need YOUR cooperation to make this happen.
Please check the current Directory if you
need to correct or update addresses, telephone numbers, or email
addresses on the existing Directory. If your information is correct,
please initial by your name. There will be a master copy in
Burtenshaw Hall. If you have any questions, please
contact Harmony Kiser at
harmony.kiser@comcast.net or 770-205-7899.
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St. Aidan’s
Green
Team
This Week's
Green Team Tip
We know you wouldn’t use
more paper towels than you need—but what about everyone else?
Engage in some minor guerrilla tactics by ordering a stash of "These
Come From Trees" stickers, available at
http://thesecomefromtrees.blogspot.com/, which you can post on
paper-towel dispensers in public restrooms, or anywhere else paper
products are dispensed, to remind people that, as the sticker says,
“These come from trees.” Each of these little pieces of positive
propaganda, say its creators, save 100 pounds of paper per year.
Plus, they donate their profits to the Sierra Club.
Recycling Reminder
Please
stop and think before tossing your trash! Please use the recycling
containers in Burtenshaw Hall appropriately. The tall slim cans are for
clean, empty plastic bottles and aluminum cans. The small cans in the
classrooms are for clean paper. The
Green
Team appreciates your consideration!
Join the
Green
team!
The St. Aidan's
Green Team
meets the second Sunday of each month after the 11 am service;
all are welcome to participate. If you are
interested in helping St. Aidan’s with its environmental stewardship
(recycling and the like) please contact Father Rob at
fr.wood@earthlink.net.
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Get your youth ministry
updates online!
Youth Blog:
www.staidanseyc.blogspot.com
Facebook Group: St. Aidan’s EYC
This Sunday - May 23
Come out to the Parish
Picnic to help the EYC lead games for the children of the parish!
From sack races to jacks, we’re going to have a lot of fun and you don’t
want to miss it! Meet us on the lawn after the 11am service. This will
close out our Sunday EYC for the 2009-10 school year, so we hope you’ll
be there to celebrate! There will be no 5-7pm EYC.
Congratulations to all of today’s confirmands! We look forward to
seeing you at The Cathedral Sunday afternoon!
Next Sunday - May 30
No EYC during the summer
months (special events held during the summer will be announced in
advance).
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Atlanta Celtic Camp -
Irish Music & Dance
Teaching Irish Fiddle,
Flute, Guitar, Dance as well as Arts & Crafts, Storytelling, Gaelic
Football, Language and History.
June 14 -18th
Monday through Friday -
8am - 2:30pm
Ages 4 - 14yrs.
Sponsored by The Atlanta
Irish Music School -
www.atlantajuniorceiliband.com. Please contact Katherine
Thomas: 678-372-9494 or
atlantairishmusicschool@gmail.com
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Camp
Sew N Sew 2010 Update
June 21-25,
2010, from 9:30am - 12:30pm. Registration is now in progress for
rising 5th through 12th graders who wish to enroll in Camp Sew N Sew
2010. The registration form can be obtained by contacting Martha
Myers or by downloading the form from the St. Aidan's web site.
Please register before June 1st so that we have enough teachers and
machines. If you have a sewing machine that we may borrow for this
camp, or if you would like to help out, please let Martha know.
Contact Martha Myers, 770 642 8985 or email
martha.myers@gmail.com.
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Save
the Date
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June 5 - Blood
Mountain Trail Hike
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June 6 - Sunday
School Teacher and EYC Advisor Recognition
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June 18 - Men's
Group Braves Game
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Financial Update
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Summer
Mission Trip to Honduras
The next mission trip to
work with the LAMB Institute in Honduras will be June 19 - 26,
2010. Join the team to travel with members of several local
Episcopal churches as they support the poor in and around Tegucigalpa.
Enjoy the opportunity to share God's grace with children at the
residential home and live out St. Aidan's mission "To Know Jesus Christ
and Make Him Known."
Mission trips to Honduras
are a spiritual journey open to parishioners of all ages, including
teens age 15 or older. Team members become part of a “building”
mission: building community, building relationships and “being” the
Church. The cost is $400 plus airfare. Some team members use
frequent flyer miles to offset the airfare cost, which runs about $700.
For additional
information, contact Joey Sargent,
jfsargent@gmail.com or 770.335.5244.
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Please Note Your
Contributions Clearly!
To make sure we properly
credit your contributions, please make note on your check if your
contribution should be credited to Lift High the Cross. Without a
check notation, we credit your contribution to your regular pledge.
If you write one check for both your regular pledged giving and Lift
High The Cross, please note on the check how much of the total goes to
each. We appreciate your stewardship, and want to make sure your
contributions are accounted for properly.
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Preschool/Mother's
Morning Out
We are now registering for the 2010-2011 school year. We
still have a few openings in each class. Call the preschool
office for more information at 678.743.3590.
|
18-24 mo. |
Monday/Wed |
9am-12 noon |
$150/mo |
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Tues/Thurs |
9am-12 noon |
$150/mo |
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2 yr. old |
Mon/Wed |
9am-1pm |
$185/mo |
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Tues/Wed/Thurs |
9am-1pm |
$215/mo |
|
3 yr. old |
Tues/Thurs |
9am-1pm |
$185/mo |
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Tues/Wed/Thurs |
9am-1pm |
$215/mo |
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4 yr. old Pre-K |
Mon-Thurs |
9am-1pm |
$265/mo. |
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Camp
Mikell 2010 Summer Schedule
Camp Mikell is
the Diocese of Atlanta’s Camp and Conference Center in Toccoa, Georgia. Each summer, many kids make the trek to Mikell to reconnect with each
other and with God. Speak to Fr. Rob or one of many Mikell alums
about it, and make Camp Mikell part of your summer plans.
Mini Camp - May 21st-23rd,
Rising 1st and 2nd Graders; $325.00
(Includes cost for camper and parent/guardian)
Kid Camp 1 - May 26th-June 1st,
Rising 3rd-5th Graders; $395.00
Youth Camp - June 4th-June 10th,
Rising 10th-12th Graders; $395.00
Performing Arts Camp - June 13th-June 19th,
Rising 4th-9th Graders; $420.00
Intermediate Camp - June 22nd -June 28th,
Rising 8th and 9th Graders; $395.00
Junior Camp - July 2nd-July 8th,
Rising 6th and 7th Graders; $395.00
Kid Camp 2 - July 11th-July 17th,
Rising 3rd-5th Graders; $395.00
Work Camp - July 24th-July 29th,
Rising 10th Graders-Just Graduated; $285.00
Emmaus House - August 1st-August 5th,
Emmaus House Summer Program
Guest Camp - September 3rd-September
6th, Children, Adults, and Families of all Ages
OUTDOOR CAMPS
Outdoor Intermediate - May 26th-June 1st,
Rising 8th and 9th Graders; $395.00
Outdoor Youth - June 13th-June 19th,
Rising 10th Graders - Just Graduated; $395. 00
Outdoor Junior - July 11th-July 17th,
Rising 6th and 7th Graders; $395.00
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Online
Giving at St. Aidans!
Don’t forget - you
can make contributions to St. Aidan’s online! Just go to our
website at www.staidans.org and
look for the online giving link. Online payments can be for anything
from pledge to youth trips and can be a one time or recurring payment.
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Pill Bottle Collections
We have resumed
collecting empty pill bottles for the Mathew 25 Ministry. We will
continue with this outreach as long as funding allows. Please place your
donations in the bin located outside of Burtenshaw Hall. Thank you for
your previous contributions. Any questions, contact MaryAnn Masson
gymsail@earthlink.net.
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Covenant Groups at St. Aidan's
- Currently, we have 5 active Covenant Groups at St. Aidan's. If you
would like more information about them, or you would like to be a member
of a group and you did not sign up, please contact Don Frank at
678-297-0885.
Centering Prayer
Harmony Kiser -
harmony.kiser@comcast.net
Joe Rich -
joer123@bellsouth.net
Lunch Bunch
Ken Adcox -
Ken.Adcox@comcast.net
The Seekers
Joe Rich -
joer123@bellsouth.net
Mommy and Me
Natalie Ferber - 770-888-6871
Retired Men
Don
Frank - 678-297-0885
Covenant Singers
Tom McDonnell - 678-807-8975
Betty Hood - 770-720-6171
If you
have interest in or ideas for starting a group, please contact Don
Frank.
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Around the Diocese
2010 Pilgrimages
Since the 4th century…
Man has sought God on the worn paths and narrow roads that lead to
Europe’s holy sites.
That journey continues today… Join us.
Christian
Pilgrims primary mission is to increase the number of people who join
the age old practice and discipline of pilgrimage. We encourage, invite
and lead people in this process.
Sept. 9-22
Cammino di San Francesco
(Italy)
For more information call
Dr. Stan Beecham at 770-262-5556,
info@ChristianPilgrims.org
or
http://www.christianpilgrims.org.
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On
the Web
Check the St.
Aidan's website for weekly updates: Sunday Server
Schedule, recent sermons, Sunday readings, Parish Matters, coming
events, and much more!
Check out the
Photo Gallery
for new photos and slide presentations of the recent events.
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Diocesan Connecting Newsletter
For MORE information - News Briefs; Art, Music; Workshops, Classes and
Seminars, and more.
Click here. Updated Weekly!
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Please
Pray For ...
Shelley, Andrew and Ella Smith,
for
peace, faith and strength
Conrad Portillo,
for
healing and faith
Jane Skinner,
mother of Jim Skinner, for God’s healing and comfort
Kathy Brewster,
for
strength and healing
Family of John Westerman,
friends of John Ray, for comfort and peace
Aubree White,
newborn son of Kathryn & Brian white (friends of the Willefords) for
healing
Marlene and Rich Jacobs,
friends of Carolyn Glaza,
for hope, courage and strength
Joe Eltrich, friend
of
John Ray, for comfort, strength, healing and peace
Nancy,
friend of Betty Hood, for healing, comfort and peace
Daralene Pondo,
friend of Scotti Bozeman, for healing, strength and comfort
Tera Morris, Robin & Becky Fricton and the entire Morris
family,
for
comfort, peace and healing
Don and Emogene Kolar,
uncle and aunt of Earl Bozeman, for healing, strength, and comfort
Matt Sullivan,
brother of Becky Sullivan, for healing
Max & Dominga Mendoza,
grandparents of Anna McCarthy, for comfort strength and healing
Gail Harper,
sister of Cozy Ledford, for comfort, strength and healing
Robert Ledford,
father of Terry, for healing and strength
Renee,
niece of Ron & Nadine Pearce, for comfort, strength and healing
Barbara Monaghan,
mother of Mike Monaghan, for strength and healing
Barbara Lanning,
mother of Cathy Schlecht, for healing, strength and comfort
W.D. Bledsoe,
father of Christy Elliot, for strength, healing and comfort
Alice Folsom,
aunt of Judy Reardon,
for comfort strength and healing
Joe Wooten, father of Michele Hutnick,
for
continued courage, strength and God’s healing
Mark and Marsha Bryant and family,
for
comfort, strength and healing
Jan Dennis,
friend of Ann West, for comfort, strength and healing
Elizabeth McIntyre,
friend of Joey Sargent, for comfort, strength and healing
Joe Beaty,
submitted by Jean Beaty, for strength
Virginia Kahn,
for
comfort and healing
Joe and Marilyn Rich,
for
strength and healing
Anne Prianti,
strength, courage, peace of mind
Tommy Gall,
for
healing and comfort
Kevin,
for
peace, strength and faith
Darrell Quinley,
for
healing and strength
Olivia Mechlowitz,
for
continued recovery
Beverly Williams,
for
healing & comfort
Earlene Ledford,
for
healing and comfort
Barbara Hall,
for
comfort, strength & healing
Mark Ledford,
for comfort and peace
Joan Spratt,
for comfort and healing
Wyatt Barbee,
for God’s strength & comfort
Cindy Vega,
for
comfort strength & healing
Alison Moyer,
for
healing, patience & strength
All
those serving our country at home and abroad, especially
Katie Laundon,
Travis Mann,
Gregory Sinnott,
Eli Nagle, Mathew Latonis, Richard Matyskiela, Jeff
Cleary, Manuel Aviles, and Max Sullivan.
For the children of Honduras and India,
especially Anita and other sponsored children
For
those who died, especially Mary Pluta, 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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