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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.
You can go to www.stbedes.org
and look under the "Connect With Us" tab
at the top of the home page to find past newsletters.
Please send your submissions ready to go into the newsletter,
text and images attached in an email to the Parish Administrator.
Laura's email address is lpittman@stbedes.org
Chad will be away on vacation from
Friday, May 30 through Saturday, June 7.
If a matter needs immediate attention during this time,
please contact the Parish Administrator,
the Senior Warden (warden@stbedes.org)
or another member of the clergy or staff.
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There's a lot going on at St. Bede's!
Looking for an activity?
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Sunday, June 8, 2025
Pentecost Sunday
One Bilingual Worship at 10 am
We will also be streaming our worship live
on
St. Bede's YouTube Channel
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If you would like to preview the scripture lessons and hymns for the upcoming Sunday, you can find Sunday's bulletin uploaded to the parish website each week on Thursday afternoon. From the home page of the website, scroll down to the colorful "Worship" icon, and click on that. Then scroll to the bottom of the "Worship" page and you will see where the bulletins for Sunday have been posted under "Downloads".
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SUNDAY, JUNE 8
Multilingual Pentecost Worship at 10 am
followed by a Pentecost Potluck Luncheon
St. Bede's will provide drinks, fried chicken,
and a vegetarian option as an entree
and all are invited to contribute a salad, side, or sweet.
If you have special dietary requirements,
please feel free to make a dish to share
that meets your special needs
or just pack a lunch and join us.
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Also on Pentecost...
Do you speak another language
or can you read one phonetically?
Consider joining in reading a portion of the Lesson from the Acts of the Apostles on Pentecost. At one point in the reading of the lesson, members of the congregation will all break out into reading a portion of the lesson on multiple tongues simultaneously - as described in the lesson itself. It will sound like a cacophony of voices speaking multiple languages simultaneously - just like the Pentecost event itself. So, you don't have to be completely accurate or proficient - just willing to give it a try. Please see the link below for more instructions. Paper copies of the suggested translations will be available on the round table in the Commons on Sunday.
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Please be reminded that no member of our parish staff will ever email you asking for money or gift cards. If you receive an email purporting to be from Chad or any member of our staff asking you for money or gift cards, please be alert to the scam. Always check the email address of the sender if you suspect the email may be scam.
Also, please rest assured that our church database and email accounts have not been hacked.
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Sunday Adult formation
is on hiatus for the Summer.
We look forward to resuming in the Fall!
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Regular Sunday Youth Group
will be on hiatus for the Summer
Save the Date - June 13th
Friday Fun Night
Come one, come all and bring a friend for our first gathering of the summer! Join us on Friday, June 13th at the church from 6-10 pm for dinner, fun and frivolity! Feel free to bring a friend and let Beth & Judah know that you’re coming by Wednesday, June 11th.
As always, we pray for peace, love, grace and grooviness for each and all of you.
Beth & Judah
| Summer Campers to Camp Mikell | |
Six St. Bede’s Youth will head to Camp Mikell (our diocesan camp near Toccoa, Georgia) this summer for fun, formation, and other life-changing adventures.
Our Youth will be supported by funds from the Ryan Hayn Memorial Scholarship Fund – a living memorial established by Ryan’s family to help support transformative experiences for the youth of our parish. Much of the need has been met for this year’s camp scholarships, but donations are always welcomed to help support other experiences such as summer camp scholarships, youth travel scholarships, youth service projects, and participation in Diocesan Youth programs such as New Beginnings and Happening. Gifts can be designated for “Ryan Hayn Scholarship Fund” or made through Realm.
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Children's Formation for
Children Age 3 - Grade 5
Children's Faith Formation
Summer Hiatus
Children's formation is on summer hiatus. We invite families to worship all together during the summer and take advantage of the Pray Ground space. We look forward to resuming formation in the Autumn.
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Mark Your Calendars for
Vacation Bible School
July 21 - 25
6 - 8 pm
Our wonderful intergenerational VBS returns this summer!
If you have questions, please contact Molly Graves at mgraves@stbedes.org.
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Finding Healing
for Our Divided Country
Now meeting weekly
on Monday evenings on Zoom
from 6:30 to 8 pm.
In person every Thursday morning
9 to 10 am
at Mint Coffeehouse
3926 Lawrenceville Hwy in Tucker
An RSVP to Muriel for this in-person meeting is kindly requested.
A discussion group, grounded in prayer, for those who have questions, concerns, and emotions that feel too big, and need a safe place to process with others.
We will see what participants need from this group. Perhaps it will just be a place to express what you are feeling, or maybe some will want to know what action can be taken.
And we will pray together.
Some questions to consider:
How are you doing, and what are you feeling?
Where are you in terms of processing changing public policy?
How can we live the values of our faith
in the face of conflicting public policy?
Facilitators: Muriel Diguette, Molly Graves, and Miriam Needham
Please contact Muriel Diguette at digfam@att.net
if you are interested in joining.
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Thank you to all who have supported our
2025 Caring for One Another Pledge Campaign!
As of May 8,
we have received 84 pledges totaling $422,000.
Our budget goal for 2025 is $460,000.
If you have not yet made a pledge
of financial support to St. Bede's
we would love to hear from you.
If you have made a pledge
but are able to increase your pledge
to help us meet this goal,
your additional generosity
would be greatly appreciated.
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Sweet(s) Summer Sundays
The Hospitality team will be taking a break this summer, but treats are always welcome during the coffee hour after our worship service. If you would like to provide cookies or any other snack to share, please sign up in the Commons.
Thanks!
– Nancy Ward nlbward@comcast.net
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Outreach Opportunities
June 1 - 22
During the month of June we will be collecting breakfast bars and monetary donations for Red Cards for Casa Alterna to distribute to immigrants.
Collection bins are located in the Commons.
Our goal is a collection for 3,000 cards for $285.
July 6 – 27
We will be collecting school supplies and recruiting volunteers for NETWorks Back 2 School Store.
Donation list and details coming soon.
Friday, October 10
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
World Day Against the Death Penalty -
Multifaith Event and Press Conference
Trinity United Methodist Church,
265 Washington St SW, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
Have Questions?
Contact Anita Montelione (ammontel12@gmail.com)
or Karen Werner (wernerksw@comcast.net)
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Trip to El Refugio
Saturday, May 17
Many, many thanks!
Once again, the St. Bede's community has come together to help our families who have loved ones at Stewart Detention Center. We set a record, not only for St. Bede's, but I am pretty sure for donors to El Refugio! We donated 61 gas cards worth $25.00 each, totalling $1525! Many thanks to each and every one of you! This past Saturday at El Refugio we were thanked over and over again by the many people who stopped by, ate a meal and took a gas card. It may seem like a small gift, but it means the world to these families whose lives have been torn apart.
| On Tuesday, May 20, Networks Cooperative Ministry held a ribbon cutting ceremony to introduce their hydroponic farm. They will be able to grow and harvest fresh food all year round. Volunteers are needed to help the farm work. Please click on the button below to volunteer. | |
Putting Out Hunger Golf Tournament
New Date!
Monday, June 16
| As we all watch the tragic events of violence escalate in Jerusalem and Palestine, it is so important to keep the people of the Holy Land in our prayers. | | |
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.
You may wish to conclude this micro-practice with this prayer:
With-us-God,
You hold us together in your love.
When we feel left out or angry, divided or annoyed,
help us remember we belong to each other.
Shape our words with kindness, our hearts with compassion, and our actions with love.
Amen.
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Invitation to Prayer Shawl Ministry
Prayer shawls are used to provide comfort, acknowledge joy or appreciation, say goodbye, or any other reason to share God’s love. They may be used in prayer, and the act of making them is prayer. Making them with friends is church.
Currently, a prayer shawl group meets one morning and one evening a month. You are invited to attend one or both meetings.
Monthly Prayer Shawl Meeting Times and Locations
First Monday Prayer Shawl Meeting: 10 -11:30 am in room M108.
Email Junior Abraham at jrabraham1953@gmail.com with questions.
Fourth Thursday Prayer Shawl Meeting: 6:30-8 pm in off site locations.
Email Cheryl and Fred Murphy at murphyfbfm@gmail.com with questions.
Note that you can participate at home on your own as well.
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Wednesday Night Adult Bible Study
Join with others for a study of the Minor Prophets.
All are welcome.
6:00 – 8 pm on Wednesday nights
on the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of each month
in the Commons Hallway Classroom
(across from the Julian of Norwich Center)
6:00 light supper
6:30 Bible Study
Contact Fred Murphy for more information.
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Healing Our Racism
Book Discussion Group
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Next meeting:
Monday, June 16, 2025
at 2 pm on Zoom
June's book selection is
The Personal Librarian
by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
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 meet on the 3rd Monday of each month on Zoom.
Email Muriel for the Zoom link to join the discussion.
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Mostly Mysteries
Book Discussion Group
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Next meeting in person:
Monday, June 23
at 1 pm in M108
Our June book selection
is All the Colors of the Dark
by Chris Whitaker.
You're invited to join members and friends of St. Bede's to discuss favorite mysteries and thrillers.
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St. Bede's Prayer List
A note about our prayer list:
We have reorganized our prayer list and are trying to make it more manageable going forward. Names will remain on the prayer list for 3 weeks unless otherwise requested. If you have placed someone on the prayer list and you would now like that person removed, please notify the office. Please request removal only for names which you have placed on the list. We are always happy to request prayer for our parishioners and our extended community.
Please contact Laura Pittman in the church office to add or remove names from the prayer list.
Laura Pittman
lpittman@stbedes.org
In our St. Bede’s community, prayer has recently been requested for:
Carmen Camiro
Scott Sadler
Prayer has been requested on a more long-term basis for:
Lynn Williams
Jim Handsfield
Barbie Olsen
Dixie Snider
Connie Coralli
Michele Heller
David Boyd
Debhani Hernandez
Al and Regina Studwell
Sarah Jane and Jim Ohl
Mary Rodriguez
Helen Abraham
Cameron Maddox
Aree Bancroft
Nancy Waring
Frances Bowen
Ann Foote
Sue Ellen Lampros
Prayer has also been requested for these in our wider community:
Art Haecker, Helen Loeb's brother
Nancy and Don Voshall, family of John and April Whitt
Carol Guthrie, sister of Ann Foote
Andy Matia, friend of Ann Foote
Mary Robert, sister of Martha Robert
Wright Coleman, son of Jennie Couture
Fay Key, friend of the St. Bede's community
Eleanor Pearlman, granddaughter of Gwen Heaton.
Anne Jones, sister of Claiborne Jones
We pray for those who have died:
Kay Howington
John Martin West, nephew of David West
We give thanks for those serving our country in the military:
Josh Bowers
Jonathan
We give thanks for those celebrating birthdays this week
6/3 Kelsey Murray
6/6 Julie Meiburg
6/6 Al Studwell
6/6 Mark Foote
6/7 Lizbeth Dison
6/7 Jean Tate
6/8 Fred Willard
6/8 Karen Parey
6/8 Beckham Blackburn
6/12 Christie Pettitt Schieber Hamilton
6/12 Janna Marley Rios Sujia
6/13 Mousa Ackall
6/13 Naser Ackall
6/14 Stephen Wankel
We celebrate and hold in prayer
Janna Marley Rios Sujia
who will receive the sacrament of baptism
on Sunday, June 8
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From around the Diocese
and the wider Church...
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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.
Explore For People, Bishop Wright's Podcast, Here
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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.
Read Pathways Here
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Would you like to keep up with news from around the broader Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion? Episcopal Journal and Cafe is a convenient place to find out things going on around the Church. You can even subscribe to get news sent to your email inbox.
Click Here for Episcopal Journal & Cafe
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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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