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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 1, 2025
The Seventh Sunday of Easter
Worship in English at 10 am
Worship in Spanish at 1:30 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 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 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.
And also, please join us on Sunday, June 1st for Diocesan Confirmation - Join us at the Cathedral of St Philip for the Liturgy of Diocesan Confirmation at 4 pm. We will pray for, stand with and reaffirm our own baptismal vows with our confirmands as they make a mature public affirmation of their faith, recommit themselves to the responsibilities of their baptism, and receive laying on of hands by the bishop.
These St. Bede's Youth will be presented as candidates for Confirmation:
Ashley Martinez Cabrera
Odette De la Cruz
Vanessa Fraga
Melissa Santana
Caroline Spires
Fabian Suarez Pedraza
Jency Segovia Luna
Oliver Segovia Luna
Itzehl Vega
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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SAVE THE DATE - SUNDAY, JUNE 8
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 sweet.
Please register by Monday, June 2 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.
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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.
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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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Calling all 2025 Graduates!
We are honoring all of our graduates and want to make sure that you are included. Please email Laura Pittman and let us know from what institution or program 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 here in the E-News.
lpittman@stbedes.org
So far, we are aware of the following graduates:
Tyler Busch, B.S. in Public Relations from Georgia Southern University. Tyler will be working for the Presbyterian Church (USA) in Montreat, NC.
Nicolas Cáceres, M.B.A .and M.F.A. in Film and Television Producing from Chapman University in Orange, CA
Odette De La Cruz is graduating from DeKalb Early College Academy. She will be attending Kennesaw State University.
Anna Graves, M.S.W. from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
B. Alex Kottke is graduating from Atlanta International School. He will be attending Northwestern University in the fall.
Ben Padgett, B.A. in Linguistics (magna cum laude) from University of Georgia. Ben will be working on his Master’s in Linguistics at UGA.
Luke Pearlman, B.S. in Geography from University of Georgia
Sam Pittman, J.D., Columbia Law School; Associate at Debevoise & Plimpton, New York
Melissa Santana is graduating from Norcross High School.
Congratulations to all of our graduates!
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Attention All Coffee and Tea Lovers!
If you love coffee and tea before church on Sunday, we have a great opportunity for you. We have a new way for you contribute to hospitality on Sunday mornings. We are looking for 4 teams of people who would enjoy setting up the coffee service and making coffee on Sunday morning to be ready around 9:30-9:45.
Each team would serve one Sunday of the month. Clean up is not necessary as the coffee service is left out for the 1:30 service. Training (it’s very easy) is available.
If you would like more information or are willing to serve in this role, please contact Connie Coralli at (404) 218-6668 or conniecoralli@gmail.com.
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Let's Help Our Friend, Carmen Camiro! | |
Pupusa Sale!
Price by donation
Sunday, June 1
11 am - 3 pm
Location: Emperador Event Hall
2410 Lawrenceville Highway, Suite D
Lawrenceville, GA 30044
Many of you know that our beloved Carmen Carmiro has been undergoing medical treatment for an aggressive cancer. Friends of Carmen are holding this festive Pupusa Sale to help benefit Carmen's medical care and help with her medical bills. There will be yummy food, a DJ, games (including Lotería) and lots of fun.
Please feel free to come, have fun, brings friends,
and support our friend Carmen!
For more information, contact Martha Padrón at (470) 939-0385
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Finding Healing
for Our Divided Country
Now meeting weekly
on Monday evenings on Zoom
from 6:30 to 8 pm.
And new!
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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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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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, 2025
Outreach Committee Meeting (C101)
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.
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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Wednesday Night Adult Bible Study
Join with others for a study of the Minor Prophets.
All are welcome.
6:30 – 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)
Please note that we have moved to the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month. Our next meeting will be Wednesday, May 28.
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
Next meeting in person:
Monday, June 23
at 1 pm in M108
Our June book selection
will be announced soon
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:
Scott Sadler
Carmen Camiro
Kay Howington
Lynn Williams
Jim Handsfield
Barbie Olsen
Dixie Snider
Prayer has been requested on a more long-term basis for:
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
Bill Edgar, Beth Cannon's father
Viola Jones, Jerry Simmons' mother-in-law
Nancy and Don Voshall, family of John and April Whitt
Carol Guthrie, sister of Ann Foote
Andy Matia, friend of Ann Foote
Kim Custin, cousin of Lynnsay Buehler
Charlie Heilig, Doris and Jim Bushart's brother-in-law
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:
William O. White, cousin of John Branan
We give thanks for those serving our country in the military:
Josh Bowers
Jonathan
We give thanks for those celebrating birthdays this week
5/30 Greta Grimm
6/1 Alex Tate
6/3 Carlos Santana
6/4 Nancy Ward
6/5 Toni Graney
6/6 Julie Meiburg
6/6 Al Studwell
6/6 Mark Foote
6/7 Lizbeth Dison
6/7 Jean Tate
We pray for those preparing for confirmation on June 1 at the Cathedral of St. Philip:
Ashley Martinez Cabrera
Odette De la Cruz
Vanessa Fraga
Melissa Santana
Caroline Spires
Fabian Suarez Pedraza
Jency Segovia Luna
Oliver Segovia Luna
Itzehl Vega
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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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