Welcome to St. Bede's E-News!
We hope that this weekly offering will keep you up-to-date
on the latest information from the parish
and from around the Diocese of Atlanta and wider Church.
Our e-newsletters are now being archived on our website.
at the top of the home page to find past newsletters.
The deadline for submission to the E-Newsletter each week is Wednesday at 10:00 a.m.
Please send your submissions ready to go into the newsletter,
text and images attached in an email to the Parish Administrator.
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Sunday, March 13, 2022
The Second Sunday in Lent
Please join us as we gather together
to worship God this Sunday!
Worship in the Nave
in English at 10 am
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Masks are required in the building at all times.
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Worship in the Nave
in Spanish at 5 pm
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CALLING ALL YOUNG PEOPLE!!!
BEDE BAG SUNDAY
Meet us at 9:45 before 10 am worship and help us set up to build Bede's Bags following worship. Then, come together with the rest of the congregation after worship and help to teach the "non-youth group members" how to build a bag, and help send folks on their way and into the world able to feed others.
Supplies will be there, we just need YOU!!
AND...THE WHOLE CONGREGATION IS INVITED
TO JOIN US AFTER 10 AM WORSHIP
TO MAKE BEDE BAGS TOGETHER.
Bede Bags are hospitality bags for folks who are experiencing hunger.
They contain shelf-stable food (crackers, vienna sausages, water, etc)
that can be offered to folks in need
whom we may encounter out on the journey.
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Together Zoom!
This Sunday - March 13 - at 1 pm
I wonder if you've ever come close to a place like the wilderness? Come explore Lent in this interactive, intergenerational event on Zoom this Sunday at 1pm.
Come as you are! Eat your lunch! Sing loudly on mute! This all-ages, intergenerational, kid-centered time is for all of us. Join your wisdom with that of our littlest members for a rich formational experience you can unpack all month.
Craft supplies (available in the bin by the front doors): paper plate, labyrinth template, purple pipe-cleaners.
Information about how to join Together Zoom will be sent out in the Saturday E-News Supplement and will be posted on St. Bede's website.
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EPISCOPAL RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT:
A WAY TO HELP THOSE SUFFERING IN UKRAINE?
As you may know, helping families fleeing violence has been at the heart of Episcopal Relief & Development's mission from the very beginning. In fact, we were established by The Episcopal Church to assist people fleeing Europe during World War II.
Today, we are counting on our faith communities to join us in helping our extended beloved Ukrainian family in need.
Thank you in advance for your compassion, and for praying for those affected by this conflict.
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Yours faithfully,
Robert W. Radtke
President & CEO
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SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF E-NEWS TO READ MORE
ABOUT WHAT EPISCOPAL RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT
IS DOING TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE.
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MEN OF BEDE
MONTHLY BREAKFAST
Saturday, March 12th at 9:00 am
All men of St. Bede's are welcome to join the monthly breakfast at Old Hickory House on Northlake Parkway.
Please contact Jim Helms if you would like more information:
jehelms@comcast.net
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Family Ministries Micropractice
Join our households with
birth through elementary aged children
in this simple intentional practice
as we bring our learning from the lectionary
into our everyday lives.
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CALLING ALL BUNCO-ITES!
Sunday, March 13th
6:30pm on Zoom
Calling all Bunco-ites! We are not planning to play a game but plan to just get together, catch up, and enjoy each other’s company.
A zoom invite has been sent to those on the Bunco list, but if you didn't receive one, or would like to be added to the festivities, you can text Lois Shingler at : (404) 593-9001, or email at: lshinglerpc@gmail.com. You can also check the St. Bede’s website where the zoom meeting invitation information is posted.
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Lent Madness began in 2010 as the brainchild of the Rev. Tim Schenck. In seeking a fun, engaging way for people to learn about the men and women comprising the Church’s Calendar of Saints, Tim came up with this unique Lenten devotion. The format is straightforward: 32 saints are placed into a tournament-like single elimination bracket. Each pairing remains open for a set period of time and people vote for their favorite saint. 16 saints make it to the Round of the Saintly Sixteen; eight advance to the Round of the Elate Eight; four make it to the Faithful Four; two to the Championship; and the winner is awarded the coveted Golden Halo. The first round consists of basic biographical information about each of the 32 saints. Things get a bit more interesting in the subsequent rounds as we offer quotes and quirks, explore legends, and even move into the area of saintly kitsch. It's free!
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FORWARD DAY BY DAY ON LINE
CLICK HERE for the daily meditations found in the Day By Day booklets
You can also find paper copies in the Connect Center in the Commons.
Forward Movement, a ministry of the Episcopal Church , grew out of the determination of the General Convention in 1934 to counter a period of anxiety, distrust, and decline in the Episcopal Church with a "forward movement" charged to "reinvigorate the life of the church and to rehabilitate its general, diocesan, and parochial work."
We are best known for the popular daily devotional Forward Day by Day, which provides daily meditations based on scripture readings appointed by the lectionary and Daily Office. Forward Day by Day is published in English, Spanish, large print, audio cassette, and Braille editions, and the daily meditation is available online.
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The 2022 Annual Pledge Campaign
for St. Bede's
THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
THANK YOU!
Thank you to all who have already
prayerfully considered and returned
your 2022 pledge of financial support to St. Bede's.
As of March 10, we have received pledges
from eighty-six folks/families totaling $416,000.
If you have not already made a financial pledge
to support St. Bede's for 2022,
we would love to hear from you.
We hope that you will prayerfully consider
your pledge to St. Bede's
and return your pledge card
or use the link below to pledge online.
If your pledge packet never arrived in the mail,
please call or email the church office
and we will get one sent out to you as soon as possible.
Thank You!
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Gathering Going Forward
Guidance for the Parish
The Gathering Going Forward Group continues to encourage all eligible St. Bede’s parishioners to get vaccinated and keep up-to-date with 3rd doses (for the immunocompromised) and boosters - which have now been authorized for all adults. We would love to be a parish that models Christ’s call to love our neighbors and the most vulnerable among us by being a community that is as fully vaccinated as it can be.
Please remember that the Delta and Omicron variants of the COVID-19 virus spread more aggressively and can be spread by both unvaccinated and vaccinated people (even if they do not know that they are transmitting the virus and have no symptoms themselves). Vaccination is the best and most effective mitigation strategy and even it should still be combined with secondary layers of protection such as masking when indoors or keeping appropriate distance when outdoors.
SO REMEMBER:
GET VACCINATED - AND BOOSTED!
(as you are eligible and able)
WEAR A MASK IN PUBLIC
(even if you are vaccinated)
AND CONSIDER UPGRADING
TO WELL-FITTING
MEDICAL GRADE MASKS
SUCH AS N95, KF94, or KN95 MASKS
(cloth masks do not seem to offer
sufficient protection for you or for others
against the latest variants)
KEEP WASHING YOUR HANDS
SOCIALLY DISTANCE AROUND OTHERS
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Healing Our Racism
Book Discussion Group
Monday, March 28.
Meeting Time:
4th Monday of each month at 2:00 pm
on ZOOM
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
In Morrison’s acclaimed first novel, Pecola Breedlove—an 11-year-old Black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others—prays for her eyes to turn blue: so that she will be beautiful, so that people will look at her, so that her world will be different. This is the story of the nightmare at the heart of her yearning, and the tragedy of its fulfillment.
Please join Muriel Diguette and other members/friends of St. Bede's to discuss current books pertaining to the issues of racism and white privilege.
We will meet the 4th Monday of each month at 2:00 pm.
If you want to go ahead and order books for future discussions:
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Race Matters by Cornell West
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Slavery By Another Name by Douglas Blackmon
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Mostly Mysteries Book Group
March 28th at 7pm on Zoom
Meeting Time:
4th Monday of each month at 7:00 pm
on ZOOM
The Mostly Mysteries Book Group is continuing to meet on Zoom. If you would like to take part, please contact Connie Coralli and she will send you the link.
The February selection is A Little Bird by Wendy James.
A homecoming snares a young woman in a dangerous tangle of lies, secrets, and bad blood in this gripping novel by the bestselling author of An Accusation.
Running from a bad relationship, journalist Jo Sharpe heads home to Arthurville, the drought-stricken town she turned her back on years earlier. While some things have changed―her relationship with her ailing, crotchety father, her new job at the community newspaper―Jo finds that her return has rekindled the grief and uncertainty she experienced during her childhood following the inexplicable disappearance of her mother and baby sister.
Returning to Arthurville has its unexpected pleasures, though, as Jo happily reconnects with old friends and makes a few new ones. But she can’t let go of her search for answers to that long-ago mystery. And as she keeps investigating, the splash she’s making begins to ripple outward―far beyond the disappearance of her mother and sister.
Jo is determined to dig as deep as it takes to get answers. But it’s not long before she realises that someone among the familiar faces doesn’t want her picking through the debris of the past. And they’ll go to any lengths to silence the little bird before she sings the truth.
If you are interested in receiving the Zoom link, please email Connie Coralli
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St. Bede's Prayer List
Prayers have been requested for:
Jai Haithco, son of Robin Brown-Haithco
Danny Fenwick, brother of Fran Snider
Clifton Lewis, brother-in-law of Dixie Snider
Pollyann Matson, friend of Nina Daniel
Joy Sims, daughter of Nina Daniel
Jack Raymer & Ginnie Ferrell
Brian Couch, friend of Lisa Main
Myles Metcalf, nephew of Susan Reef
Carmen Graciaa, friend of Laura Martin
Jim Poulos, husband of Carol Kempker
Helen Abraham
Mac Thigpen
Fay Key
Lisa Maloof, daughter in law of Anita Maloof
Kevin Maloof, son of Anita Maloof
Donareen Oakley
Bill Edgar, father of Beth Cannon
Sarra David
Rosalene Larson, mother-in-law of Michael Daniel
Aree Bancroft
Laura Ribas
Jane Wiggins
Hilda Bell
Willie Diaz
Tim Waring
Ray Lampros
Maggie Williams
Mary Rodriguez
Hollis Pickett
Margie Klein, mother of Jody Klein
Lynn Edgar, mother of Beth Cannon
Nancy Waring
Kerry Penney
Andy Matia, friend of Ann Foote
Jim Ohl
Frances Bowen
Max Carpenter, grandson of Sarra David
Judy Penney, sister-in-law of Kerry Penney
Sydney Lund
Ann Foote
Cameron Maddox
For those who have died:
Callie Thessen McCarter, cousin of Lynnsay Buehler
We give thanks for those celebrating birthdays this week:
3/13: Aree Bancroft
3/13: Gerard Ulloa
3/14: Alexis Zuniga
3/14: Liam Vergara
3/17: Jeroham Bonilla
3/17: Glenn Boatenreiter
3/19: Jody Klein
3/19: Fatima Rodriguez
3/19: Himelda Galindo
3/19: Luis Piedra-Sujia
3/19: Yeily Romero
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Community Emergency
Assistance Fund
In addition to all of the wonderful ways that the Community Engagement Team is leading us in supporting community ministry partners (locally, churchwide, and globally) during this critical time, the Vestry has established a Community Emergency Assistance Fund to help people within the greater St. Bede's community with food assistance during the current public health crisis. This fund will be administered confidentially by the clergy in a similar way as their normal discretionary funds, but will be used exclusively to help with food assistance during this crisis.
We have collected around $10,500 and distributed over $9,000 in assistance though food and utility support for individuals and families so far during the current public health crisis. The current balance of the fund stands at around $1,600 and new needs continue to present themselves. A dedicated group of members work with Fabio to help identify need and deliver food. Thank you to all who have contributed!
If you have questions about this offering to the greater St. Bede's community or if you are in need of food assistance or know someone who is, please contact either the Rev'd Caroline Magee or the Rev'd Fabio Sotelo.
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Your Amazon purchases can support St. Bede's
through Amazon Smile
If you shop on Amazon, consider accessing Amazon through
and designating St. Bede's as your charitable beneficiary.
To find St. Bede's in the beneficiary list,
you must search for "St Bedes Episcopal Church"
(without the apostrophe)
and choose the one located in Atlanta.
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From around the Diocese
and the wider Church...
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Pathways
the magazine of the Diocese of Atlanta
The new Pathways is now available online! Through original photography, articles, and interviews, Pathways shares inspiring stories from Middle and North Georgia — examples of spiritual growth.
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Bishop Wright's Weekly Podcast
Did you know that Bishop Rob Wright has a weekly podcast? You can take a spiritual "deep dive" each week with Bishop Wright and his special guests and grow deeper in faith and understanding as you listen and learn.
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Support the Cathedral Book Store.
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Friend in Christ,
As violence escalates in Ukraine, over one million people have already fled the country — and the borders are flooded with many more people desperate to leave.
Almost all of them are women and children who have had to seek safety on their own, leaving their husbands, fathers, brothers and sons behind.
As this crisis continues to evolve, we are working with Anglican agencies and our other partners to provide humanitarian assistance, and urgently ask for your help.
Your emergency gift today will support our immediate response, providing cash, blankets, hygiene supplies and other needs as this crisis unfolds.
Our faith networks are currently on the ground in the border areas of Poland, Hungary and Romania, and we will continue to coordinate with them in order to help those who have been displaced. Specifically, our partner ACT Alliance is helping families on the Hungarian border, and our Anglican partners are mobilizing both an immediate and long-term response in Poland, Romania and Hungary.
Yours faithfully,
Robert W. Radtke
President & CEO
Episcopal Relief & Development
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You can also sign up to receive For Faith, which is a weekly devotional podcast from Bishop Rob Wright sent by email on Fridays. To sign up for either or both, click here
Quick Links
To schedule events, please contact our
Muriel Diguette
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