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March 1 - 31, 2003 St. John’s Episcopal Church 404-761-8402
SPECIAL EVENTS
MARCH BIRTHDAYS
ODYSSEY OPEN HOUSE The Odyssey Counseling Center will have an open house at St. John’s on March 21 from noon – 2 p.m. If you would like to come see their facilities, you are most welcome. LENT SCHEDULE Shrove Tues. Pancake Supper: Mar. 4, 6:00-7:30. Come get ready for Lent by feasting and singing “Goodbye to Alleluias.” Ash Wednesday (Mar. 5) services are at noon and 7:00. Wedneday Night Programs: Each Wednesday night after Ash Wednesday, we will gather for a light supper at 6:00, followed by a program, then (on alternating weeks) the Stations of the Cross or Holy Communion. Our programs will be:
TRANSITIONS We welcome new members: Brian Carver, 2475 Jefferson Terrace, East Point, 30344 (404/766-2354); Angela Joyner, 1835 Grove Ave. East Point, 30344 (404) 768-4801). Love and sympathy to the families of D.R. Harris and Reid McAlister who died recently. May the souls of the faithful departed rest in God’s nearer presence.
HUNGER WALK The Annual Hunger Walk will be on March 16. Our youth (and anyone else!) will participate. (Look for details.) Please make a contribution to support our walkers. See one of our Youth, or Robbin or Becky. FROM THE HENRY W. GRADY FOUNDATION On behalf of the Henry W. Grady Foundation, Inc., I would like to extend my profound gratitude for you for your donation of toys. Support by organizations like yours is always humbling. I am most inspired by the willingness and enthusiasm of those involved to give so much of their time, energy, and resources to benefit our patients. I hope that we can depend on your support of our programs and services in the future, for it is surely needed. With kindest regards, Janice D. Williams, NEW DIRECTORY We are in the process of making a new phone directory. Please check the draft (located in the back of the church and Bott Hall) to be sure your information is there and accurate. Call the church if you can’t check it in person. We want to get it right! CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
From the Pritchetts We want to thank you for the wonderful celebration of our fifth anniversary at St. John’s, and especially for the gift you made in our name to the Camp Mikell Swimming Pool fund. We were deeply touched by both and thank God for the many blessings we have received by being in your midst.
FROM FAMILY LIFE Precious Friends: What a joy it is for me to be able to say thank you for your gifts to Family Life. We have strived to be good stewards as the needs of others were met. I pray for you and ask God to bless you. How can I say thanks for the things you have done for others through the ministry of help at Family Life? Our doors are open each morning at 9:00 am and we invite you to visit if possible and share a cup of coffee or hot tea with us. While you are here, you will be blessed to see God in action through our volunteers being People Helping People. May God bless you and yours. The Rev. Jane Gunter
The Episcopal Peace Fellowship Training The Episcopal Peace Fellowship is offering facilitator training on March 13-16 in Atlanta. “We're looking for Episcopalians who have a passion for nonviolence, have experience or the capacity to facilitate groups, and have the time to promote and run workshops and retreats.” For more information, visit their web site: www.episcopalpeacefellowship.org. Applications are available at the Episcopal Center (404) 601-5352.
BISHOP SPONG TO SPEAK On Saturday, March 22, Bishop Spong, the controversial retired bishop of Newark, will conduct a workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 at All Saints’ (Atlanta). The cost is $20 (includes lunch). Call the church office (404/881-0835) to register or for details.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR We will have a work day on Saturday April 5th from 8 until noon. Plan to come help us get ready for the Easter Season! EASTER FLOWERS It’s time! Just mark your check “Easter Decorations” and tell us if it is a thank offering or a memorial.
FROM RUTH HEALY Needed – LEM2’s “We no longer see the church as a community gathered around a minister, but a community of ministries gathered around the Lord," (from a manual for Lay Eucharistic Ministers). Certainly one of our most important ministries is to take the sacrament and our companionship to those who are unable to attend services. With these thoughts in mind the Episcopal Church instituted the role of lay persons as bearers of the (already consecrated) Eucharist to those who are unable to participate in worship in the church. We call these lay people Lay Eucharistic Minister II’s, or “LEM II’s” (LEM I’s are licensed to administer only during church services). You have probably seen us send them forth from Sunday worship with the prayer, “We send you forth bearing these gifts that those to whom you go may share with us in this Holy Communion.” LEM II’s are trained by the clergy and licensed by the Bishop. They do not take the place of visits from clergy, but fill an important role because the clergy simply cannot meet the demand, and because the task of pastoral care should never be viewed as the exclusive job of the clergy. St. John’s has responded faithfully to this call over the years. But, with an increase of elderly and homebound, and a decrease in LEM2’s, the need for more people to respond to this call is clear! We aim to provide communion to folks at least once a month. If any of you are interested in sharing in this ministry, please call me and I will talk over details with you. I can only add that the opportunity and challenge in the work of building up the Body of Christ by bringing Eucharist to those who want it is a gift to this community, and blessings flow to both giver and receiver.
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