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.


The deadline each week for submission to the E-News is

Wednesday at 10 am.

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


There's a lot going on at St. Bede's! Looking for an activity?

Click here to view the parish calendar

Sunday, May 12, 2024

The Seventh Sunday of Easter



Worship in English at 10 am


Worship in Spanish at 2:30 pm




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 church 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 bulletin for Sunday has been posted under "Downloads".

Adult Formation on Hiatus

for Sundays, May 12 & 19


We'll take a little break for Mothers Day (so that folk who need to can scoot out for any family lunches or gatherings) and for Pentecost (so that we all may gather for the Pentecost Potluck) and then resume on May 26 for our final regular Adult Formation class until the Autumn.


On Sunday, May 26, we'll pick back up with the second installment of the class on discovering your spiritual type. Please see information below.


What is Your Spiritual Type?


On Sunday, May 26, we will continue our conversation begun on Sunday, April 28 around a tool called the Spirituality Wheel. This tool was published in the book “Discover Your Spiritual Type”, by Dr. Corinne Ware. Dr. Ware was an Assistant Professor of Ascetical Theology at Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas.


From the book’s preface “The purpose of this book is to enlarge the reader’s consciousness of God, of others who worship God, and of oneself. Specifically, it asks why some people worship one particular way, while others choose a very different way of expressing religious devotion.”


In these 2 Adult Formation Classes we will discover what are the actual differences we have in expressing our religious devotion, our spirituality, if you will. The first class (April 28th) looked at how this tool divides spirituality into 4 groups or “types”. At the end of the first class the Spiritual Type Selector Test was given out for the participants to do at home.


In the second class (May 26th) we will discuss the 4 Spiritual Types, what they imply, and how can we use them see a little clearer our own individual ways of our spirituality. This handout is available on the church website and by clicking the button below. You don’t have to share your own Spiritual Type indicated by the test.


If you have questions, please contact Raz Schreiber

at (404) 790-1367 or Raz.Schreiber@gmail.com.

Click here for the Spirituality Wheel assesment tool handout from the class on Sunday, April 28

Children's Faith Formation

offered during 10 am Worship


Instead of Sunday School being either before or after worship, children will be invited to gather together during the time of the Sermon and the Prayers of the People for a special story or activity that is tailored just for them. Children will come to worship with their families and will be invited to process out for this special time during the signing of a hymn. They will then return at the Passing of the Peace to join their families and the congregation for Communion.


All 3 year olds through 5th graders are welcome to join us. Older children are welcome as helpers and younger children may join with a parent, grandparent, or other caregiver. 


Please know that children are always welcomed to remain with their families for the full worship service if that is their preference.


Insight into our final

regular Youth Group gathering

of the 23-24 School Sear


The youth group celebrated our end-of-the-year by creating 200 Bede's Bags, the largest number we've done to date. It was a small but mighty force that made the trek to the Embry Hills Kroger and purchased the supplies to make all of the bags. There were quite a number of looks from fellow customers and the look on our cashier's face when our bag makers pushed all three shopping carts through the line was priceless.


Between the shopping time (29 minutes) and the actual putting together of the bags (1 hour 53 minutes), Lucy, Vanessa, and Odette (with a wee bit of help), created 200 bags, that we ask the members of St Bede's to now help us distribute to those in need of a meal. We placed several in the Connecting Area and have additional back up bags when the need arises.


Bede's Bags fun facts from May 5, 2024:


-It took at total of 2 hours and 22 minutes to shop and create all of the bags.

-The shopping and putting together of the bags was done by Lucy Vaughn, Odette de la Cruz, and Vanessa Fraga. 


They were responsible for: 

  • Comparing prices,
  • Figuring out that sometimes the cost difference between individual items and bulk items isn't as good as you would think, 
  • Asking for help from Kroger employees to find items
  • Loading and unpacking all of the supplies
  • Organizing and setting up the "assembly line" to put the bags together


-Chad and Orisha helped the group by putting a prayer in each bag and stapling them closed.


-The money we received from 9 parishioners and the Outreach committee helped us cover 87% of the total cost of $331.51 (or only $1.66 a bag).


Please grab some Bede Bags and keep them in your car to hand out to those whom you encounter who may benefit from a shelf-stable meal!


Have a safe and super summer! See you all in September


Peace, prayers, love, grace and grooviness,

Beth & Judah



Click here to see more photos of Bede's Bags Sunday!

Save the Date for VBS 2024!

(Vacation Bible School)

July 15 - 19


Join us for a bi-lingual, intergenerational event

celebrating five Saints of the Church


July 15-19, 6-8 pm


We will have dinner, storytelling, crafts, games, and music



All households – neighbors, friends, and families are welcome!




We need your help with VBS!



Do you enjoy crafts, cooking, acting, playing games,

singing, or playing an instrument?


Are you available weeknights July 15-19,

or perhaps 1-2 evenings that week?


Or maybe you can help shop for supplies in advance?


If so, we can use your help!


Join us for a brief meeting

Sunday, May 19, around noon

(after the potluck lunch) in room M-110

for more information about volunteer opportunities.


Can’t make the meeting on May 19 and want to participate?

Contact one of the VBS coordinators:


Molly Graves mollygraves724@gmail.com (404-234-3605)

Judah Sali judahs26@gmail.com

Junior Abraham jrabraham1953@gmail.com

A mother’s love can be the ultimate standard by which all other love is measured. The members of Amethyst Baroque share music that evokes compassion and adoration in an honorable nod to our mothers and other motherly figures in our lives. This concert will include music by Bach, Caccini, Scarlatti, Barsanti, and more. Adrin Akins (countertenor), Jody Miller (recorder), Marcy Jean Brenner (viola da gamba), and Alexandra Dunbar (harpsichord and organ).

Saturday,

May 11, 2023

7 PM

St. Bede's Episcopal Church

2601 Henderson Mill Rd NE, Atlanta GA 30345


$20 donation requested; $10 for discounted categories;

no one turned away due to inability to pay


About Amethyst Baroque


Amethyst Baroque Ensemble, named for the official state gem of Georgia, was formed by Co-Directors Dr. Alexandra Snyder Dunbar (harpsichord) and Jody Miller (recorder). Their offical debut as a duo was sightreading recorder sonatas at a music shop in 2018. The following spring, Adrin Akins (countertenor) and Marcy Jean Brenner (viola da gamba) joined the ensemble as core members for Amethyst’s debut concert of Italian Baroque music. Claiming Atlanta and Athens as the ensemble’s dual home bases, Amethyst performs regularly in both cities and has appeared on multiple concert series.

Learn more about Amethyst Boroque Ensemble


It's Tea Time!

St. Bede's 14th Annual High Tea

Saturday, May 11

2 - 4 pm


Thank you to all who have made this year's High Tea ticket sales a success. We have sold all available tickets.


Thank you also to all who are working to make Saturday's High Tea run smoothly and successfully.


SAVE THE DATE - SUNDAY, MAY 19

for 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 desert.


Please register by Monday, May 13 so that we will have a number for food. You may register on the Google Forms link below or on the paper form in the Commons.


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. 

Click here to register for Pentecost Potluck

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.


Pentecost Multilingual Reading Instructions
Click here for some suggested translations

Calling all 2024 Graduates!!


We will be honoring all of our graduates and want to make sure that you are included. Please email Laura Pittman and let us know from where you are graduating and what your plans are for the future (further study, career plans, etc.) This can be a graduation from any kind of school or study program. We will list all our grads in E-News.


lpittman@stbedes.org


Online worship opportunity

with the Community of Aidan and Hilda

for St. Julian of Norwich

on May 11 at 2:30 pm


St. Bede's member Paul Martin

invites you to an ecumenical online worship offering

celebrating Julian of Norwich - May 11 at 2:30 pm.


(This observance is transferred to the following Saturday for greater participation. Julian's Feast day is actually May 8.)


Contact Paul Martin at voyager804@gmail.com with questions

Click here to learn more about the Community of Aidan and Hilda

Thank you to all who have returned

their 2024 "Offer to God" pledge cards!


As of May 9, we have received

87 pledges totaling $454,000.


Thank You!


If you have not already,

we hope that you will prayerfully discern

your response to God's gifts in your life

and make your pledge of financial support

to all that God is doing

in and through St. Bede's.


If you need a pledge packet,

please contact the parish office at:

info@stbedes.org


Find More "Offer to God" Pledge Campaign Information Here
Click Here to Pledge Online

Thank you, Connie and Claudia!


We ended another great year of our ESOL program on Tuesday evening, May 7 with a joyous fiesta in Parish Hall. We celebrated with delicious food and celebrations honoring our fabulous students.


We also honored our amazing directors, Connie Coralli and Claudia Fedarko, who have faithfully run the program since 2012. After this year, Connie and Claudia will step down as directors. Never fear, though! They will still remain in the program as teachers!


When Connie and Claudia took over the program, there were 4 levels of English proficiency and about 20 students. They even kept the program running during Covid by coordinating students and teachers to continue via Zoom. In August 2023 we had an unprecedented registration of over 80 students in 6 levels of proficiency! In addition to English classes, the program has offered childcare for children of our students. Running the ESOL program is a big job!


Many thanks to Connie and Claudia for their hard work and dedication to the program which not only teaches language skills, but facilitates community across the languages.


¡Muchísimas gracias, Connie y Claudia!

Click here to view photos of ESOL End-of-Year Celebration

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.


In addition to our prayers, St. Bede's has also transmitted a gift of $500 to Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) for relief efforts related to the travesties of this conflict. Sadly, one of ERD's strongest and longest-standing partners in the Diocese of Jerusalem is the Al Ahli Arab Hospital - the Anglican hospital in Gaza that was severely damaged by explosion and where hundreds of people were killed. Please keep relief workers on the ground in your prayers as they attempt to offer care and relief.


Prayer Resource from American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem
Prayer Resource from Sojourners
Read updates on Episcopal Relief and Development's relief efforts on the ground in the war.
Caring for God's Creation


Go Green with Your Cleaning Routine 


Here are some eco-friendly tips to start cleaning with safer ingredients, cut down on household waste, and save money in the long run: 

  • Swap plastic bottles for glass 
  • Opt for reusable cleaning cloths 
  • Try homemade cleaning solutions 
  • Switch to eco-friendly laundry detergent 
  • Repurpose old toothbrushes 
  • Switch to natural sponges 
  • Substitute dryer sheets for reusable alternative 
  • 

Click HERE for details on how to accomplish each of these eco-friendly practices. Try incorporating one or two of them at a time into your cleaning routine. Happy Spring Cleaning!



Please contact Martha Robert at marthabob59@gmail.com or 404.374.7643 with ideas, suggestions, or questions about the Caring for God's Creation.

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:


God of life, thank you!

Like a tree planted by a peaceful stream, we have all we need in you.

Whether spring, summer, fall, or winter, may we stay rooted in your nourishing, life-giving love.

Amen.



Wednesday Night Adult Bible Study

Has Resumed!


Join with others for a study of the Book of 1st Kings.

All are welcome.


Bring whatever translation of the Bible you like.


6: – 8 pm on Wednesday nights

on the 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of each month

in the Commons Hallway Classroom

(across from the Julian of Norwich Center)


Contact Fred Murphy for more information.

Note the date change!


Healing Our Racism

Book Discussion Group


Next meeting:

Monday, June 17 at 2:00pm on Zoom


(There will be no meeting in May.)


June's selection is

Born A Crime

By Trevor Noah


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.


Email Muriel for the Zoom link to join the discussion.

Mostly Mysteries

Book Discussion Group


Next meeting:

Tuesday, May 28 at 7:00 pm on Zoom


May's selection is

Stranger Diaries

By Elly Griffiths



Meeting Time: Normally the 4th Monday of each month at 7 pm on ZOOM, but note the date change for May.


You're invited to join members and friends of St. Bede's to discuss favorite mysteries and thrillers.


Email Cathe Echterhof for the Zoom link to join the discussion.

McLemore's Musings


We hope you are enjoying this feature in St. Bede's E-News - McLemore's Musings. Many of you have met the Rev'd Bill McLemore who has joined the St. Bede's community. Bill has been a priest for over 57 years and has served parishes all over the Episcopal Church. Bill is the former archivist of the Diocese of Atlanta and authored the 100th anniversary book on the history of the Diocese. Bill is also an artist and has used his artistic skills and sense of humor for many years to draw hundreds of cartoon that comically comment on life in the Episcopal Church. Each week we will share a cartoon here that Bill selects from his collection. Enjoy!

Would you like to receive

a brief Morning Devotion each day?


I have been emailing them to about 100 Episcopalians from churches I have served across the country. Currently, there are five monthly themes: Baptismal Covenant, Gospel of John, Hymns, Paul’s Epistles, and the Psalms. They only take 3 to 5 minutes of your time and they are free to all who wish to receive them. If you would like to receive them, send your email address to me at:


bmclemore@stbedes.org



God’s blessings,


Bill McLemore +

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:




Prayer has been requested on a more long-term basis for:

Al and Regina Studwell

Sarah Jane and Jim Ohl

Mary Rodriguez

Helen Abraham

Aree Bancroft

Laura Ribas

Hilda Bell

Nancy Waring

Frances Bowen

Ann Foote

Robin Schreiber

Cameron Maddox

Peg Harriss

Sue Ellen Lampros

 

Prayer has also been requested for these in our wider community:

Jessica Pursley, friend of Larry Bing

Fay Key, friend of the St. Bede's community 

Eleanor Pearlman, granddaughter of Gwen Heaton

Allen Townes Cunningham, sister of Rob Townes 

Anne Jones, sister of Claiborne Jones

Elizabeth Graham, friend of Toni Graney


We pray for those who have died:

Raymond Walker, Sr., grandfather of Raymond Walker, III

Dorine Celestine Webster, grandmother of Orisha Parsons

Guillermo Romero, grandfather of Jelani Valdez


We give thanks for those serving our country in the military:

Josh Bowers

Will Grimm


We give thanks for those celebrating birthdays this week:

5/10 Muriel Diguette

5/11 Kelcie Sellers

5/11 Elijah Blackburn

5/12 Beth Shupbach

5/12 Andrew Callaway

5/14 Rob Townes

5/14 Victoria Esquivel

5/15 Taylor Graves

5/15 Judah Sali

5/17 Melanie Alexander

5/17 Ellis Crowell

5/18 Leslie Webster






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and the wider Church...

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on activities throughout the Diocese of Atlanta,

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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


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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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