Parish Notices for January 14, 2022 |
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Snow Plan for Sunday
MLK Events and Recommendations
Office Closed on Monday
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Annual Parish Meeting
The New Face of Gender
Returning to Our Roots
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Service for Sunday will be online only on Zoom at 10 a.m. |
Due to weather concerns, COVID concerns, and the temperature in the nave, worship Sunday, January 16 will be online only on Zoom at 10 a.m. The link is available on our homepage and below.
Login to Zoom a few minutes early to greet one another.
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Dial: 646.558.8656
Meeting ID: 532 385 901
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Working Towards Dr. King's Beloved Community |
Members of the Epiphany Racial Justice (“ERJ”) Group and the Racial Justice Book (“ERJB”) Group are currently participating in the Episcopal Church’s Sacred Ground program with parishioners from our sister parish Holy Trinity. The Sacred Ground program is part of the Becoming Beloved Community initiative of the Episcopal Church, a long-term commitment to racial healing, reconciliation, and justice in our personal lives, our ministries, and our society. This fills our time, as the ERJ and ERJB Groups have not met since late last summer.
This Monday, January 17 is a federal holiday commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The King Center encourages the world to engage in volunteer service in tribute to his work and life and that of other local Atlanta civil rights activists. This year there are both virtual and in-person events taking place in honor of Dr. King’s life and legacy in building a Beloved Community.
EVENTS
Monday, January 17: Presiding Bishop Michael Curry will be the keynote speaker Jan. 17 at the annual Martin Luther King Day observance organized by the King Center in Atlanta, Georgia, as Episcopalians prepare to join citizens around the United States in remembering the civil rights icon on the holiday that bears his name. The Beloved Community Commemorative Service will be live-streamed on the King Center website from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
On-going through January 30, 2022, Hands On Atlanta mobilizes more than 3,000 volunteers in service as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service including environmental, in- person programming at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, DIY projects for families, and a one-day human rights film festival with virtual access. In addition, here are 3 upcoming events that are part of the MLK, Jr. Crown Forum:
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Thursday, January 20 (11 a.m.), live in person. Topic: Neighbors in a Beloved Community; What is an American Muslim? Speaker: Dr. Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law, Emory University
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Thursday, January 27 (6 - 7 p.m.) (Virtual on YouTube). Building the Beloved Community: The Struggle for Justice in Our Time. This lecture will include remarks by Eric Holder, Former U.S. Attorney General. The discussion panel will include Dr. Carol Anderson (Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies at Emory University), Rev. James Woodall (Former Ga. State Chair, NAACP and Public Policy Associate, Southern Center for Human Rights), Dr. Adrienne Jones (Asst. Professor of Political Science and Director, Pre-Law Program, Morehouse College).
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Sunday, January 30, 2022 (6 - 7 p.m.) (Virtual on YouTube). Book Talk: Reclaiming the Great World House: The Global Vision of Martin Luther King, Jr. The panel will include Dr. Vicki Crawford (Director of the Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection and Professor of Africana Studies), Dr. Lewis V. Baldwin (Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies. Vanderbilt University), Dr. Crystal de Gregory (Research MISU Center for Historic Preservation: Dr. Hak Joon Lee Lewis B. Smedes Professor of Christian Ethics, Fuller Theological Seminary), Dr. Larry Rivers (Professor of History, State University of West Georgia).
In addition to the above the ERJ Group is planning its next steps, possibly including trips to the Atlanta History Center, the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, and to Montgomery to visit the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Civil Rights Memorial. If you are interested please feel free to email Kay Lee.
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Altar Arrangements and the Sanctuary Light |
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The Altar Arrangements and the Sanctuary Light can be given in honor of an anniversary, birthday or in memory of a loved one. Sign up by noon on Wednesdays to be listed in the weekly Friday email.
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The Arrangements at the Altar are given to the Glory of God.
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The Sanctuary Light is given to the Glory of God and in memory of Wister Cook, by Doug Runnion.
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The color and selection of flowers is based on the appropriateness of the liturgical season. However, you may request a particular flower or color be used on the signup. Suggested donation is $75. |
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The light is a visible sign of the presence of the Blessed Sacrament held in reserve in the Tabernacle and burns for seven days. Suggested donation is $6. |
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Adult Formation: On Sunday January 16, from 11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. you are invited to join the Rev. Nicole Lambelet online or in-person as we continue our study on the Gospel of Luke. Because the lectionary will feature readings from Luke this liturgical year, we will spend the first part of 2022 learning about the distinctive features of Luke's witness in the biblical canon. On January 30, New Testament Scholar and adjunct professor at Emory, Dr. Donghyun Jeong, Phd will guest lecture on the topic of "How to Read the Gospels Well." Come learn about how the portrayal of Jesus's life in the Gospels has and continues to shape Christian theology and discipleship.
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Children’s Formation will NOT take place in January due to lack of staffing over pandemic concerns.
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Youth Formation for January will discern and identify the vision and goals of Epiphany’s youth ministries for the coming year.
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Youth Group
Except for the first Sundays of the month,* Youth Group is held on Sundays from 5-6 p.m. The first half is dedicated to games and social time, while the second is set aside for prayer and formation.
*First Sundays are Pizza Night with the youth at Holy Trinity Parish.
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Morning Prayer at 9 a.m.
Weekdays via Zoom
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Weekday Morning Prayer takes place each morning at 9 a.m. on Zoom. Login at 8:45 a.m. for coffee hour. THE LOGIN LINK IS NOT PUBLIC. Email the parish office to receive the login information.
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Tuesday Morning Prayer 7 a.m.
Holy Eucharist 1st Tuesdays
The Tuesday Men’s Group meets each Tuesday morning at 7 a.m. for Morning Prayer (Holy Eucharist 1st Tuesdays) followed by a time of fellowship before heading on their way for the day. Contact: John Yntema.
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Wednesday Noonday Prayer & Eucharist
In the nave
Noonday Prayer takes place at 12 p.m. in the parish hall. Healing with Eucharist follows at 12:15 p.m.
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Choir Rehearsal
Wednesdays in the Music Suite
The Epiphany Choir rehearses weekly on Wednesdays from 6:45-8:30 p.m. in the Music Suite. New members are always welcome. Contact: Julie Ryder
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The Flex & Stretch class— which is the basic SilverSneakers class—meets online on Thursdays and the Chair Yoga program meets on Tuesdays and Fridays. For the link, email Ellen Mintzmeyer.
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Parish Office Closed 1/17 |
The office will be closed in observance of the Martin Luther King Day holiday. |
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Annual Parish Meeting - 1/23 |
All members of the parish are encouraged to join us in the church at 11:15 a.m. for this important meeting in the life of our church. The Rev. Amy Dills-Moore and members of the Vestry will report on the state of the parish in 2021, and look ahead to what’s planned for 2022. We will also appoint new vestry members and thank the retiring ones. No formation programs will meet this day.
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The New Face of Gender - 1/31
Monday, January 31 from 6 - 7:30 p.m.
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This presentation will be offered in-person and online. |
As part of our Baptismal Covenant, we strive for justice and peace among all people and respect the dignity of every human being. Please join Epiphany parishioner Amy Shipp (she/her) and her colleague, Beck Schillizzi (they/them), for an engaging presentation on gender diversity. Through videos, activities, and discussion of personal experiences, you will learn to use gender affirming language, increase your understanding of gender identity and expression, and identify the impact of discrimination on the well being of transgender people within your community. Amy and Beck have presented together on this topic for the past five years to a variety of audiences at the local, state, and national level. Workshop participants have included social work graduate students, mental health professionals, and school counselors. |
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Amy Shipp (she/her) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years of experience serving children and families, with a particular focus on children who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation. She is currently the Director of Advocacy Services at the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy. Amy serves as a consultant to Children’s Advocacy Centers of Georgia and their statewide child sex trafficking response team, where she provides training and peer support for family advocates throughout the state, and she is active in the statewide human trafficking task force. Amy is also a part-time instructor in the MSW program at the University of Georgia School of Social Work and is currently enrolled in the Doctor of Social Work Program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. |
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Beck Schillizzi (they/them) is a clinically focused Master of Social Work graduate with over 10 years of experience providing intersectional advocacy and support for marginalized communities with a specialty in LGBTQ populations. After earning their MSW, Beck worked for Veritas Collaborative where they provided treatment to adolescents with severe eating disorders. During their time at Veritas, Beck provided staff training on topics including crisis management and LGBTQ issues. Most recently, Beck was employed at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta where they served as Membership and Social Justice Coordinator. Currently, Beck works as a stay-at-home parent in Tallahassee, FL. |
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The Grief Pastoral Care Group - 2/3 |
The Grief Pastoral Care Group meets on Zoom 1st Thursdays at noon for a healing and faith based conversation around grief and loss. Led by parishioners Megan Fraijo-Paul and Nancy Thompson, both trained psychotherapists. Contacts: Megan or Nancy. |
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Join us Sunday mornings February 6 - April 3 for a series entitled: Returning to Our Roots: Exploring Who We Are as Episcopalians. Led by the Rev. Amy Dills-Moore and the Rev. Nicole Lambelet along with several guest presenters from around the diocese and beyond. The class with explore the history of Global Anglicanism, current issues within the Episcopal Church, and the basic theologies and spiritualites indicative of our tradition. Participants in this series will be eligible for confirmation on March 26. Contact: The Rev. Nicole Lambelet. |
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Society of Saint Anna the Prophet - 2/5 |
The Society of Saint Anna the Prophet, a vowed, dispersed community of Episcopal women over the age of 50, will hold The Holy Eucharist and Vow Ceremony service at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in Atlanta on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, at 11 a.m. Installation of our second Superior, Peggy Courtright, also will occur during the service. All are invited!
SSAP was founded in 2005 in Atlanta by our first Superior, the Rev. Nancy Baxter, and is recognized as a Christian Community under the canons of The Episcopal Church. The mission of SSAP is Godly aging, and ministry with the young and old, particularly with those not able to participate in a parish church.
Inspired by Anna, the only elder woman mentioned in the New Testament, we are lay and ordained, single, married, partnered and widowed, retired and still employed. We are dedicated to diversity in our membership . We live in our own homes, in care centers and at a distance. Our vows to simplicity, creativity and balance are life changing.
For more information or to contact us, visit our website at www.annasisters.org, or write to Marilyn Hughes, Director of Provisionals and Novices at SSAP, P.O. Box 15118, Atlanta, GA, 30333. Applicants must be confirmed Episcopalians, over the age of 50, with a heart for ministry to elders and children, a passion for discovering the gift of their own aging and a longing for intentional community.
St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church is at 1790 Lavista Road, Atlanta, GA, 30329.
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Epiphany Book Group - 2/7 |
The Epiphany Book Group meets 1st Mondays at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom. All are welcome. February Selection: An Invisible Man Ralph Ellison. Contact: Linda Ryder-Wolf.
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Episcopal Church Women - 2/8 |
The Episcopal Women (ECW) meet on 2nd Tuesdays at 11 a.m. in the parish hall. This month, after the meeting we will adjourn to Melton’s App and Tap for lunch on their patio. Contact: Laura Keys.
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Feeding Ministry - 2/9-11 |
The Feeding Ministry cooks at Epiphany and then services the meal at Gateway Shelter once a month. Please volunteer to help with one or more of the following activities:
- Wednesday - Food Shopping
- Thursday - Chopping Veggies
- Friday - cooking from 2–5 p.m., serving from 5–7 p.m. or helping clean up after the volunteer dinner at 7 p.m.
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Second Sundays for Young Adults - 2/13 |
Every Second Sunday of the month at 6:15 p.m. young adults are invited to gather at Epiphany for a potluck meal, community time, and prayer. Come join us on February 13! Contact: The Rev. Nicole Lambelet. |
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Godly Play Training - 2/25 |
Christ Church Norcross will host the Core Godly Play Training, February 25 and 26, and March 5 from 8:30-5:30 p.m. each day. If you are interested in getting trained in Godly Play and/or volunteering in the Godly Play classrooms at Epiphany this spring, email The Rev. Nicole Lambelet.
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A project that Nancy Thompson began before she retired just got a spotlight as a CDC Success Story.
"Following a CDC funding announcement aimed at fostering use of technology to eliminate barriers to care for people with epilepsy, Dr. Nancy Thompson, a clinical psychologist and professor emeritus at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health, conceived of a distance-learning depression management intervention for adults with epilepsy that could be implemented online or by phone.
Developed in 2006 with CDC funding, Project UPLIFT (Using Practice and Learning to Increase Favorable Thoughts) aims to empower people with epilepsy to improve their mental health by teaching mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral skills in a group setting."
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In addition to the DeKalb County curb recycling that we participate in, we also have had designated bins in the kitchen for several years for folks to bring their spent batteries, used corks and used up markers. If someone would like to volunteer to take the batteries, corks and markers to a recycling center, then we will continue making the bins available. However, if we don't have volunteers to empty the bins for us, then we will discontinue being a recycling drop-off. Please contact the parish office if you would like to handle this ministry for the parish.
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Interfaith Group in the Works
by Evan Gibbs
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When the Ismaili group visited Epiphany, I met a young professional whose girlfriend studies pre-law. I later had lunch with the two of them and shared insights about law school and my life as a practicing attorney. After the conversation and learning more about her story, I was also able to connect her with internship opportunities at my firm. She is planning to apply this Spring!
This meaningful connection has inspired me to try and create an interfaith professionals group so that professionals from different faith communities have a space to learn more about one another's faith commitments, while also making valuable professional connections. Too often individual faith traditions are taboo in professional settings, but I think our varied backgrounds are an important part of who we are.
I wonder if there are others in our Epiphany community who might feel the same way and who also might be interested in forming a group focused on discussing our faith values and experiences from our professional lives. We are already in conversation with our Ismaili friends and other faith communities about how to get this idea off the ground. If you are interested in participating or learning more about this group, please email Evan Gibbs.
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Welcoming a Refugee Family |
Epiphany is sponsoring a refugee family this year. We do not yet know who our family is and what their particular needs are, but we need to do some pre-planning so that we are able to help them as soon as we are introduced to them (probably early February).
We think that the family will already have been set up in an apartment with some of the basic furnishings (though that is not certain). But they will need many other items to make their living quarters comfortable. So we are asking if you can supply either of two things.
First, if you are able to make a monetary donation, this will allow the family to shop and choose items for themselves that they have identified as needed. Money may be donated online to Epiphany at https://www.epiphany.org/ways-to-give and we will use the money to buy needed items and to take the family shopping. Please choose “Outreach” as the fund, and when you are making your payment, write “Refugee Family” in the memo line.
Second, if you have household items that you would like to donate, please send a list of these items to Carol Newsom who is coordinating the apartment setup. Since we don’t know when we will be able to identify the family’s needs and to deliver items to them, it’s most helpful if you can hold onto the items until we determine this. But we can also store the items at the church, if that is better for you. Also, it might be possible to arrange pick-up, if there are items you cannot deliver. If our sponsored family does not need the items you wish to donate, we will arrange with New American Pathways to make them available to other refugee families being settled in Atlanta this spring.
Please let Lisa Daily or Erin Braden know if you would like to help the family settle into their new life in Georgia.
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Required Trainings for Staff & Lay Leadership
If you are not sure of your training status, contact the parish office.
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Dismantling Racism is offered by the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing, and runs from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Click here for dates and to register.
Safeguarding Training: The New Inclusion Module OR the Healthy Boundaries and Preventing Abuse Module via Zoom is required for people who need re-certification for either Safeguarding God's Children or Safeguarding God's People as well as people who have never had either training. Click here for dates and to register.
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- The alarm automatically arms in the evenings. If you need to be in the building in the evening for an unscheduled reason, please let the office know.
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Please do not share your door code with anyone. If you do not yet have a new door code for your area of ministry, please contact the parish office.
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We use Realm, an online ministry platform for online giving, directory, and event registration.
If you haven’t already, please sign up for an account to manage your personal information, control your giving, register for events, and keep in touch with the people and groups that matter to you.
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Send prayer requests to the parish office.
- Names of our friends and family remain on the list for four weeks.
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The Anniversary & Birthday List for the month can be found here.
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For members who are bidding our prayers: Jewel Allen • Joy Boyden • Sally Brockington • Rod MacLeod • Sally McClintock • Colleen • Neela Ram • Jennie Richardson • Ann Rowles • Ida May Shaw • Pat Spivey • Larry Wilcox
For friends and family: Isabel, granddaughter of Mike & Beth Towers • Betty Porter, relative of Christen Erskine • Dave Tipton, brother of Pam Tipton • Rosalind, sister of Katharine Hilliard-Yntema • Nicky Cullen, friend of Linda Ryder-Wolf • Laura Sinyard, niece of Laura Keys • Susie Boyko • Keren Clay, neighbor of Susan & Richard Messner
For members who desire our continuing prayers: Alma Fuller • Tom Mundy • June Sparks • Pat Spivey • Kathy Walmsley
For those who have died: Kitty Wilson, mother of Shelle Bryant • Jerry Holladay • Carter Stocks, mother of Kelly Stocks • Emilio Zeller, father of Amy Zeller • Bruce Johnson, friend of Linda Ryder-Wolf
For those in the armed forces: Henry Laird • Stewart Mundy
For those celebrating birthdays for the week of 1/16-22: Joanne Deocampo • Chris Miller • William Monk • Blake Freeman • Stephanie Thompson • Andrea Carpenter • Dexter McKinney • Kathleen Rinehart • Matilda McNeely • Derek Yeager • Philip Anderson
Did we miss your anniversary or birthday? Send your full date of your anniversary and/or your date of birth to the parish office so that we can update our records.
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The weekly parish notices are published Friday mornings at 7 a.m.
The submission deadline is Wednesdays at NOON.
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