eNews for November 21, 2025 | | The weekly parish notices are published Friday mornings at 7:00 a.m.
The submission deadline is Wednesdays at NOON. | |
- Pledge Update
- Advent Devotional Booklets Available
- Atlanta Braves Quilt Bag Raffle
- Emergency Contacts Requested
- Appleton Ministries Offering - 11/30
- Advent Wreath Workshop - 11/30 by rsvp
- Walk in Love Shoe Drive - Shoes Due 12/7
- Advent | Christmas | Epiphany Schedule
- Nativities Display Setup - 12/2-4
- Cooking Baking - 12/6
- Advent Lessons & Carols - 12/7
- Feast of St. Nicholas - 12/7
- ECW Craft & Bake Sale - 12/14
- Advent Mini-Quiet Day - 12/14
| | | 2026 Stewardship Campaign | |
Our Theme: Seeking Shalom
Our Goal: $760,000
% Increase over 2025 giving: 3%
If you have not yet made your pledge, please consider doing so today as the Vestry will soon complete budget planning based on committed expected income.
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3 Ways to Pledge
Click the button below or login to your Realm Account.
Return the pledge card (mailed October 9) by mail or drop it in the plate on Sunday.
Click here for a PDF version of the paper pledge card to return by mail or by plate.
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Emergency Contacts
Emergencies rarely happen at church, but when they do, we would love to know who to contact on your behalf. There is a notebook in the parish hall for you to list your name and emergency contact. The information will be added to your Realm record, but only visible to staff.
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The notebook will be out during coffee hour for you to list your name and emergency contact. Those will then be entered into your record in Realm.
If there is any other emergency information you would like us to have on file for you, email Shea directly and she can add that confidentially to your record. We look forward to partnering with you in this vital — and simple — step to enhance our parish’s care and safety for everyone.
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Adult Formation
11:30 a.m. • parish hall
| | 11/23—Beyond Welcome: Join us for the final part of a three-session adult formation series exploring how our Christian faith informs a practice committed to immigrant justice. Each session will engage themes from Karen González's Beyond Welcome that bring familiar biblical stories into conversation with the realities of immigrant life. In this session we will discuss how Christian faith inspires us to build solidarity in recognition of our shared interdependence. For those who wish to read in advance of discussion, Nov. 23rd's session will draw especially on chapters 2, 6, and 7 of González's book. | |
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Advent Devotional Booklet
free in the narthex, limited supply
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If you are looking for an Advent devotional to read as a spiritual practice during Advent, pick up one of the Living Compass booklets in the gallery: Living Well Through Advent 2025: Practicing Generosity With All Your Heart, Soul, Strength, and Mind.
Prefer a digital practice? A free PDF version is also available at livingcompass.org. You can also sign up to receive a daily email of each reflection for free.
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Art Ministry
now showing for November
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Epiphany’s Art Ministry welcomes quilters Beth Milis and Charlotte Nix. You are welcome to take items from the tables when you pay for them. S
Remember, 25% of all sales benefit Epiphany.
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Braves Quilted Bag
Part of the exhibit this month includes a raffle. The Art Ministry is raffling off an Atlanta Braves Quilted Bag, made by Beth Milis, for $2 an entry. See the display on the dresser under the mirror in the gallery.
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Altar Arrangements & Sanctuary Light Sign Up
- The Arrangements at the Altar and the Sanctuary Light are given to the Glory of God.
Altar Arrangements & the Sanctuary Light can be given in honor of an anniversary, birthday, or in memory of a loved one. Click the button link to reserve dates that have meaning for you.
Click here to choose a date >>
| | | | Solar Panel Installation Update | |
We are delighted to share that our long-awaited solar installation took place this week. The crew from Alternative Energy Southeast (AES) took about three days to complete the installation.
It will still be some weeks before our system is operational since tests and site visits are required to ensure it meets the necessary safety standards. We will continue to keep you updated as the project progresses—including details about a commissioning liturgy to celebrate the completion of the installation and to bless the new equipment.
Thank you for everyone's support in making this vision a reality.
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Thanksgiving at Home Bags Delivered
Thank you to (L-R middle picture) George Ross, Linda & Paul Parisi, Mark McDonald, and MaryAnn Anderson for delivering the 135 bags donated by all of you to Emmaus House yesterday morning.
With Epiphany's help and through the generosity of churches across the diocese, Emmaus House plans to provide a complete Thanksgiving meal to 350 families this year.
| | Group Meetings Next Week & Ongoing Programs Schedule | | |
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The Community of Hope’s Circle of Care—Last Monday of the month
11/24—Members gather to pray, learn, and provide each other with mutual support as they reflect on their emotional and spiritual responses to pastoral encounters. If you or a loved one would like to receive a pastoral visit or home communion by one of the trained caregivers, please contact Ann Fowler.
Men’s Breakfast Group—Tuesdays following the 7:00 a.m. service
11/25—The Men’s Breakfast Group gathers for breakfast and discussion following the 7:00 a.m. Tuesday service and are typically on their way by 8:00 a.m. Contact John Yntema with any questions.
Trivia Group—Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. • Wild Heaven Avondale
11/25—All are invited to join the Epiphany Trivia Group. Trivia begins at 7:00 p.m. and ends by 9:00 p.m. Questions? Contact Edie Brush or Jacob Geiger.
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Social Justice Action Group—Virtual Group
This social advocacy group promotes social and cultural change. The group identifies community events in which we can participate, and also provides a curated list of local community happenings via Realm Groups. If you’d like to be part of this virtual group, join via Realm to view current opportunities of social justice action in our area.
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Office & Building Closure
11/26-28—Staff will not be present on Wednesday, November 26 and the office will be closed on Thursday, November 27 and Friday, November 28 for the Thanksgiving Holiday.
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Looking Ahead
12/4—Grief Pastoral Care Group—1st Thursdays at 12:00 p.m. • Zoom
12/4—Young Adults Small Group Meeting—Every other week • 7:00 p.m.
12/4—Fireside Sit & Sip—Once a month at 7:00 p.m. • Courtyard
12/8—Epiphany Book Group—2nd Mondays at 7:00 p.m. • varies
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12/8: Appetizers & Dessert at 5:30 p.m. at the home of Wallace & Jeff McGrath.
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1/12: A Spool of Blue Thread, by Anny Tyler (Zoom).
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2/9: A Man Called Ove, by Fredrik Backman (Zoom).
12/9—ECW—2nd Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. • Kitchen and lunch out
12/10-12—Gateway Shelter Meal Ministry—2nd Fridays • Parish Hall/Kitchen
12/12—Caregiver Support Group—2nd Fridays at 11:45 p.m. • Zoom
12/16—Epiphany Earth & Soul—3rd Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m. • Room 201
12/16—Community of Hope’s Circle of Care—Last Mondays of the month
12/17—The Munch Bunch—3rd Wednesdays at 1:00 p.m. • Thinking Man Tavern
Click here for a description of these groups and programs >>
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Walk in Love Annual Shoe Drive
now through December 7
| Now through 12/7—Epiphany continues its tradition of collecting shoes for our friends at Church of the Common Ground (churchofthecommonground.org). Donations of new men's and women's shoes of any size will be accepted, and there is a particular need for men’s sizes 10 to 13. | | We will be collecting shoes through December 7. Our youth will be packing them up for delivery, so please take shoes out of their boxes and tie their shoelaces together to make it easier for them. You can drop shoes off at the church on Sundays between 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and during weekday office hours. | | | | |
Donate a Nativity Scene
now through December 14
| The Episcopal Church Women are asking for small gentle used nativity scenes that will be used as table decorations for the Emmaus House Christmas Luncheon that the ECW hosts each year for the Senior Program participants. The nativities will be raffled away to participants along with other items at the end of the event. There is a basket in the narthex for your donations. | | |
Toy Drive for Emmaus House
bring unwrapped gives by December 15
| This Christmas, we have the opportunity to share God’s love with the children and families of Peoplestown. Our donations of unwrapped gifts or gift cards for infants through teenagers can help bring joy to the over 500 children served by Emmaus House. Bring unwrapped gifts to Epiphany by December 15. | | | | | |
Christmas Flowers & Music
submit names by Monday, December 15
| If you would like to make an offering in thanksgiving or memory of someone for Christmas, please fill out the form at epiphany.org/Christmas-flowers-music. From there you can choose to make your donation via online giving, or if you can also mail a check payable to Church of the Epiphany noting Christmas Flowers and/or Christmas Music in the memo line. | | To be printed in the Christmas Eve bulletins, submissions must be received in the parish office by 9:00 a.m. on Monday, December 15. | |
Building Security
Over the past several weeks, the double red doors and the double doors to the parish hall from the courtyard have been left either propped open or unlocked during business hours, as well as after church on Sundays. This poses a safety risk for our staff, parishioners, and visitors. If you unlock or prop open a door for a meeting or an event, or while loading or unloading a vehicle, please take care to secure the door again when your event is over or when you are finished. Thank you for helping keep our community safe!
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Appleton Ministries Offering
11/30—The Thanksgiving Offering for Appleton Ministries is collected the Sunday following Thanksgiving and designated for Appleton Episcopal Ministries. This Diocesan ministry funds food pantries, community feeding programs, tutoring programs and community ministry programs throughout the Middle GA Convocation. All cash offerings will be designated to them that day. You can also give online at www.epiphany.org/ways-to-give or via check, marking “Appleton Ministries” in the memo field.
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Advent Wreath Making Workshop
reservation required
| | | | 11/30—The Flower Guild will lead an Advent Wreath-Making Workshop after the service in the parish hall. The cost is $20 for materials which includes everything that is needed for making an advent wreath: (1) oasis wreath, (4) candles with holders, and greenery. | | |
The Nativities Display
Help set up our annual display
12/2-4—This year, in addition to the main exhibit in the narthex and gallery of the stories of Luke and Matthew, we will be setting up a smaller curated selection of the rest of our collection in the parish hall.
We are looking for volunteers to help set up the display the first week of December. Then we’ll need folks to help pack it all back up on January 7 and 8.
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Contemplative Book Group
Next five-week study starts Thursday, December 4 • Room 201
12/4—Join us for discussion of Richard Rohr’s book, The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage as we learn to live compassionately in a time of violence and despair. Using the Hebrew prophets as models, Rohr sets out a wholehearted model of movement from rage to pathos and lamentation, and then to compassion for the world’s suffering. Using what he calls “sacred criticism,” Rohr shares a distinct approach to confronting evil and injustice that acknowledges the wholeness of history, our interconnectedness, and the reality of a divine and universal love.
Click here to sign up for this book series >>
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Cookie Baking
Saturday 12/6 from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. • parish hall
12/6—Children and youth and their parents are invited to join us in Epiphany’s kitchen and parish hall to bake cookies and talk about Advent together! We will decorate the cookies the following evening after Lessons & Carols.
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Feast of St. Nicholas
Sunday, 12/7 at 11:30 a.m. • Room 203
12/7—On Sunday, December 7, our children's formation classes will celebrate the feast of St Nicholas! Children ages 3 to 5th grade are welcome to join this event taking place in 203. Youth are invited to attend and to help stuff children's shoes with clementines and chocolate coins.
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Advent Lessons & Carols
5:00 p.m. with a reception following • cookie decorating will be happening!
12/7—The Epiphany Choir, Beginning Choristers, Junior Choir, and Epiphany Ringers will present Advent Lessons & Carols on Sunday at 5:00 p.m. in a liturgy much like Christmas Lessons & Carols made popular in the 20th century by Kings College, Cambridge. The promise of the coming Messiah is told in lessons from the Old and New Testaments interspersed with Advent carols, hymns, and choir anthems. The service takes place in the nave followed by a reception in the Parish Hall.
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Family Eucharist & Service Project
All activities take place in the parish hall
12/9—We look forward to seeing you for this family and kid focused celebration of the Eucharist. Please arrive at 5:00 p.m. for the service project, 6:00 p.m. for pizza (RSVP at epiphany.org/rsvp), and 6:15 p.m. for the start of the service.
Sign up for Pizza on 12/9 >>
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ECW Christmas Craft & Bake Sale
purchase homemade goodies & crafts
| | | | 12/14—The Episcopal Church Women (ECW) will hold their annual Christmas Craft & Bake Sale Sunday December 8 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Please stop by the parish hall before or after the 10:00 a.m. service. The proceeds from the bake/craft sale support our service projects during the year. Login to Realm to contact Kathleen Rinehart if you would like to contribute an item to this event. | | |
Advent Mini Quiet Day Sunday, December 14
Choir Loft from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
| | | | 12/14—Advent is a season of quiet wonders: questions, awe, despair, curiosity. Come. You are welcome: Sunday, December 14 from 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. to join others in quiet and shared reflection and prayer. Let’s discover ‘how it’s working out’ – the season, you, family, decisions, life with God. Guided by the Rev. Dr. Bobbi Patterson. | | |
Emmaus House Seniors Luncheon
hosted by the Episcopal Church Women (ECW)
| | | | 12/18—The ECW we will host a luncheon for the Emmaus House Seniors. This is an annual event and a lot of fun for the seniors and the ECW Members. Login to Realm to contact Kathleen Rinehart if you would like to help with this event. | | |
Education for Ministry
Courses starting in January
| Esther Harbert is looking for a co-mentor for an EFM group that would start in January 2026 and end in December 2026. We will only meet for 36 out of 52 weeks in 2026. If interested, please contact Esther. | |
Liturgical & Event Calendar Through Epiphany | | | |
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For members who are bidding our prayers: Carol Fuller • Chris Braden • Larry Wilcox • Brandon Laird • Joy Boyden • Jewel Allen • Mike Curry • Wes, Kelly & Lillian Wright • Laraine Fraijo-Paul • Evelyn Stewart • Chris Miller • Ellen Mintzmyer • Philip Anderson • Bruce & Ann Fort • Louise Bedrossian (wife of Bob Thompson) • Barbara Belcore • Esther Harbert • Veta Smith (mother of Cecilia Democko) • Sally Brockington
For friends and family: Joseph Johns Jr., nephew of Kathleen Rinehart • Hugh Smith, father of Lynda Smith • Greta Corcoran, mother of John Corcoran • Sally Williams, daughter of Susan & Loren Williams • Betty Gardner-Tuzzalino, aunt of Loren Williams • Isabel Mintzmyer, great niece of Ellen Mintzmyer • Alan & Lucy Hinman, parents of Johanna Hinman • Tom & Jennie Smith, family of Pam Tipton• Mark McCord, cousin of Pam Tipton • Kay Harris, mother of Rebecca Webb • Ray Piper, husband of Charlotte Piper • Danny Nodine, brother of Larry Nodine • Mark Thornhill, uncle of Kurt Erskine • Louise Peters, grandmother of Tristen Webb • Sherri Sharpe, cousin of Terri Lawrence & Julie Ryder • Dave Tipton, brother of Pam Tipton • Isabel, granddaughter of Mike & Beth Towers
For members who desire our continuing prayers: Jewel Allen • Mary McCall Cash • Wende Crowe • Pat & Bill Graves • Esther Harbert • Robin Hairston • Rod MacLeod • Sally McClintock • Chris Miller & Ron Hutcheson • Tom Mundy • Ann Rowles • Pat Spivey • Beth Towers • Michael Towers, Jr. • Wayne & Judy Urban • Anne Warner • Larry Wilcox • Colleen
For those who have died: Joel Burrow, father of Shannon Burrow
For those celebrating anniversaries the week of 11/23-29: Stephanie Everett & Jason Wiles • Laraine & Megan Fraijo-Paul
For those celebrating birthdays the week of 11/23-29: Shona Harbert • Carolyn Cook • Nduva Hartman • Charlie Gibbs • Zane McKinney • Rowen Morrisey • Peggy Palmiter • Ann Lynn • Riley Davis • Maggie Schweizer • Maria Braswell
For our Haitian siblings and the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti.
For social justice: For a just and compassionate health care system in which all your children can receive the healing they need.
For our fragile and beautiful Earth: For the ongoing restoration and preservation of Peavine Creek, a small creek in the Emory Village area, flowing into Peachtree Creek.
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