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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
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There's a lot going on at St. Bede's!
Looking for an activity?
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Sunday, April 12, 2026
The Second Sunday of Easter
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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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The Sunday Adult Formation Class
will be on a hiatus for a few weeks.
We will resume on Sunday, April 19
with the three-week class
Theological Reflections on Images of Christ
For centuries the arts have produced images of Jesus (both the man and the Christ). Because there is no image or record of how Jesus actually looked during his lifetime, all portrayals of him are subject to the artists’ beliefs and creativity. What are the artists saying about him? How have those images changed over the centuries? We will look at the fascinating variety of these images and talk about what they are saying, especially to us today.
This class will be led by Robin Schreiber.
All are welcome!
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15 of our folks participated in the Hunger Walk on Sunday, March 15.
Way to go, St. Bede's!
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Children's Formation
for Children Age 3 - Grade 5
Changes to Children’s Formation beginning this
Easter Season
Beginning Sunday, March 12, we will have one children’s formation time between the 10 am and 1:30 pm worship services, to align with the formation time for adults and youth. We gather the kids during the fellowship time, around 11:45 am in the Commons, and then move to classroom M-102 in the Mission Wing. This formation time focuses on learning about the stories of the People of God and growing in understanding about what we do in church worship. The curriculum used is primarily Godly Play combined with lessons from other resources.
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. Both classes are taught in English.
We need additional teachers/helpers for this age group. Please contact Molly Graves at mgraves@stbedes.org to volunteer or for more information about our children’s faith formation program.
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Prayer Vigil for Extra-Ordinary Times
The prayer vigil will be on hiatus during the season of Easter, and will resume during the season of Pentecost.
Contact Becca Love at rachelrebeccalove@gmail.com with any questions.
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Newcomer and Visitor Coffee
Welcome to all Newcomers and Visitors to
St. Bede’s Episcopal Church!
Sunday, April 19
11:30 am
Room C101
New or visiting St. Bede’s? Join us for the Newcomer and Visitor Coffee on Sunday, April 19 at 11:30 am. We’d love to get to know you! It’s a relaxed opportunity to get to meet clergy, other members of St. Bede’s, connect with other newcomers, and learn more about life at St. Bede’s. Please let us know you’re coming by signing up on the sign-up sheet on the round table in the Commons.
Grab a cup of coffee or tea and head to room C101 near the kitchen. We will have treats waiting for you, as well as lots of conversation.
We hope to see you there!
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ART FROM THE HEART GALLERY OPENING
SATURDAY, APRIL 18
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
COME JOIN US!
Our third “Art From the Heart Galley” show is almost here! This week we will be
receiving the work and next week it will be installed. Our theme, “A Mother’s Love, “with a special section devoted to Mary, mother of Jesus, has excited the imagination of our participants. We have some beautiful and thought-provoking work for you to see.
Our Opening Reception is on April 18, from 5:00 pm. to 8:00 p.m. As before, if would like to bring an hors d’oeuvre to share or would like to volunteer to help the night of the opening, please sign the Volunteer sheet located in the Commons or let me, Lois Shingler, know at lshinglerpc@gmail.com or afthgallery@gmail.com .
Please tell your friends, family and neighbors about the Opening! The more the merrier!
Lois Shingler
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Calling All Men of Bede
Our April Men of Bede’s breakfast is scheduled for this Saturday, April 11 at 9:00 at the Old Hickory House in Northlake.
I am looking forward to seeing everyone again.
Jim Helms
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Mark Your Calendars for
Vacation Bible School
June 15-19
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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Bishop Wright has issued a a pastoral letter entitled: Immigration: Dignity, Solidarity, and Support. This letter calls on us all to view our current immigration crisis through the lens of faith and to seek dignity and compassion for all of God's beloved children.
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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
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 and Molly Graves
Please contact Muriel Diguette at digfam@att.net
if you are interested in joining.
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Help Needed With St. Bede’s Coffee Hospitality!
We are seeking volunteers to prepare and brew the coffee, clean up, and put away the cups each Sunday. Your Sunday of duty will be on a rotational basis, with the frequency depending on the number of volunteers.
Volunteers are asked to be at St. Bede’s by 9 – 9:15AM to get the coffee started, to lay out the creamer, the sugar, etc., and to prepare the cart of coffee mugs.
We typically prepare 2 pots of caffeinated and 1 pot of de-caffeinated coffee before 10 am worship. Depending on the number of parishioners at church, you might have to refresh the pots of coffee to accompany the refreshment/snacks after worship.
The remaining coffee is left for those arriving for 1:30 pm worship, and others will clean up afterwards.
If you are interested in this hospitality ministry,
please contact Tom Vail (tomvail50@gmail.com)
or Melody Murray (mlmurray2611@gmail.com).
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Outreach Opportunities
Ongoing Soap Drive
Please place new wrapped bar soap in the basket labelled “Bar Soap and Toiletries” in the Connect Center outside the kitchen
March 22 - April 12
Last Sunday to Bring Gas Cards!
$25 Gas Card Collection for El Refugio
April 18
Trip to El Refugio
May 11
NETWorks "Putting Out Hunger" Golf Tournament
June 7
Outreach Committee Meeting
11:30 am
Room C101
October 18
Prepare and serve lunch for Church of the Common Ground
Questions?
See Anita Montelione or Karen Werner
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Gas Cards Needed!
Last Sunday to bring gas cards!
On Saturday, April 18th, a small group of bilingual St. Bedians will make their way to El Refugio and Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia to visit detainees. When we are there we also spend time with the families who stop by the El Refugio house for lunch and a place to rest while awaiting their appointed time to visit their family member. Some who come from farther away arrange to spend the night--all of it at no cost.
We always take $25 gas cards that are passed out to families who visit the house. So much has been taken from these families in the past year that a gas card is a precious gift and a reminder that we love our neighbors. Please pick up a gas card the next time you fill your tank.
You can also give cash or write a check to Karen Werner, Sheila de la Cruz or Claudia Fedarko, and we will buy the gas cards for you. Thank you so much!
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A Request for Prayers
Since traveling to Cuba to attend the conference of the Episcopal Women of Cuba in 2019, I have kept in touch with two of the priests there. As you are aware, the people of Cuba have been experiencing hardships beyond belief in the last year or so. They are worried about their future. One of the priests, Padre Yordanis Acosta, wrote to me the following just before Easter:
"The situation in Cuba is getting more difficult every day. Our people are suffering, and this is very painful for all of us. The only thing left for us to do is to pray and try to provide what we can to the neediest--which is the majority of the people. I ask you to pray for us. We need prayers a lot. Only in Christ can we find the strength to continue. May God bless you."
Please add the people of Cuba to your list of prayers as well as Padre Yordanis Acosta, who ministers to 5 different congregations in Cuba. Muchas gracias!
Claudia Fedarko
| Early Bird Registration is now open for the NETWorks "PUTTing Out Hunger" Golf Tournament! | | As we all watch the tragic events of violence escalate in Iran, 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:
God of surprises,
Your life is never-ending, and your love is stronger than all things.
When it’s hard to find joy or hold on to hope,
help us remember the stories we’ve heard,
the wonder we’ve witnessed,
and the laughter we’ve shared.
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 Wisdom of Solomon.
All are welcome.
6 – 8 pm
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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Mostly Mysteries
Book Discussion Group
Next meeting in person:
Monday, April 20
at 1 pm in Room M108
Our April book selection
is
Theo of Golden
by Allen Levi
You're invited to join members and friends of St. Bede's to discuss favorite mysteries and thrillers.
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Thank you to all who made St. Bede's visit to
Holy Comforter a success!
On Wednesday, March 18th, Julia Dalbom, Shane Hunziker and Laura Martin, with the generous contributions of 15 parishioners, provided a dinner to 25 congregants at Holy Comforter. Holy Comforter serves those with intellectual disabilities, and it was truly a meaningful experience to join them in worship before sharing a meal of hearty beef casserole, macaroni and cheese, leafy green salad, homemade cookies and brownies, and their favorite beverages of iced tea and La Croix. Many of the diners retuned for seconds, and several requested wrapped leftovers to take home. We also were able to provide all the paper products for the meal and contribute the extras to their supply for future meals.
A heartfelt thank you to all who contributed. We appreciate you!
Laura Martin
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New Digital Assisted Listening System
for St. Bede's Nave
Thanks to a a generous grant, we have upgraded our Nave sound system with a new digital assisted listening server. This digital server will stream the Nave audio directly to your smartphone and, from there, it can be delivered through wired headphones, Bluetooth devices, or, if you have smart phone enabled hearing aids, the audio can be streamed directly into the hearing aids. Our hope is that this system can improve speech intelligibility for any who have a difficult time hearing or understanding the spoken word in the Nave.
The FIRST STEP to use the new system is download the "ListenWIFI" app onto your smartphone by clicking on one of the links below. The app is free and does not require any type of registration or password (thank goodness!). The app will not work until you are at St. Bede's and connected to our Wi-Fi network.
The SECOND STEP is to arrive at St. Bede's and connect to the new "St. Bede's - Guest" Wi-Fi network which is an open network that requires no password (thank goodness, again!). The system will not work if you connect to the old "stbedes" password protected network.
Please let us know if you need help connecting!
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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
Prayer has been requested on a more long-term basis for:
Susan Cáceres
Jim Helms
Martha Robert
Claude Oakley
Miriam Needham
Claiborne Jones
Margie Klein
Michele Heller
Lynn Williams
Jim Handsfield
Barbie Olsen
Dixie Snider
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:
Zoe Bushart, granddaughter of Jim and Doris Bushart
Lawrence Pinson, father of Laura Sellers
Jeremy and Aila Craig, family of Helen Loeb
James Smythe, great nephew of Molly Graves
Larry Sullivan, friend of Joan Greer
John Borden, friend of Joan Greer
Kayt Hoch, daughter-in-law of Martha and David West
Reagan Koski, friend of Beth Cannon
Bill Edgar, father of Beth Cannon
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:
Nancy Aldrich Cunningham, friend of Lynnsay Buehler and Rob Townes
Kim Jorgensen Custin, family of Lynnsay Buehler and Rob Townes
Alma Dawson, aunt of Orisha Parsons
Serleen Elaine Jordan Walker, aunt of Raymond Walker, III
We give thanks for those serving our country in the military:
Josh Bowers
Jonathan
We give thanks for those celebrating birthdays this week
4/10 Rob Townes
4/10 Corin Warlick
4/10 April Whitt
4/11 Cheryl Murphy
4/11 Kayson Abraham
4/12 Caroline Spires
4/12 Deborah Wilkens
4/14 Connie McCullough
4/14 Stephen McClean
4/16 Tony Sellers
4/18 Katelyn Vaquero
The flowers on the altar for Sunday, April 12
will be given to the glory of God
and in celebration of the 70th birthday of
Rob Townes by Lynnsay
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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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Save the Date for
Spring Sessions at Camp Mikell
April 7-9, 2026 Mindfulness at Mikell
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Calling All Parents and Grandparents: Is there a child in your home or community who would benefit from getting out into nature, building community, encountering God, and learning about themselves?
Camp Kanuga has been a trusted and transformative summer camp program for 95 years, with Episcopal roots, accredited by the ACA, and open to rising 2nd- through 10th-graders. Located in Hendersonville, NC and operating between June 4th and August 3rd, it’s a place where kids gather and experience belonging, grow in their faith, and have a lot of fun.
The Camp Kanuga team would love to hear from you and talk more about how it may be a good fit for your family. Visit CampKanuga.org to connect and learn more.
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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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