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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.
The deadline for submission to the E-Newsletter each week is Wednesday at 10 a.m.
Please send your submissions ready to go into the newsletter,
text and images attached in an email to the Parish Administrator.
Muriel's email address is mdiguette@stbedes.org
PLEASE NOTE:
Chad is on vacation through Monday, July 31 -
back at work on Tuesday, August 1.
Please contact the parish office at
770.938.9797 or info@stbedes.org
in the meantime if you need a response
from a a member of the clergy.
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Sunday, July 16, 2023
The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Please join us as we gather together
to worship God this Sunday!
Worship in English
in the Nave at 10 am
Worship in Spanish
in the Nave at 2:30 pm
Afternoon worship in Spanish
has moved to 2:30 pm for the Summer.
We will also be streaming our worship live
on
St. Bede's YouTube Channel
Make a gift to St. Bede's
by clicking here.
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Sunday, July 23rd - 10:00 - 5:00 - As summer begins to wind down, before school starts again, we're heading to White Water!! Wear your swimsuits, pack a towel, your sunscreen and a change of clothes and join us for the Dive Bomber, Caribbean Plunge or maybe just hang out with me in the lazy river. Please RSVP by Wednesday, July 19th at noon. Only bring money if you would like to purchase merchandise, entrance to the park and food are covered.
Questions?
Contact Beth Cannon,
Director of Youth and Family Ministries
bcannon@stbedes.org
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POPCORN THEOLOGY
RESCHEDULED
Saturday, August 26 at 5:30pm in the Parish Hall
Pizza and Salad provided
Meal will also include dairy free, gluten free &
vegetarian options
Suggested donation $10 per person
Join us to share a simple meal that will include dairy free, gluten free and vegetarian options, after which we will watch this 2022, Spirituality and Practice Award-winning film, rated PG, running less than 2 hours. A small contribution is requested for the meal.
This a heartwarming, uplifting comedy-drama of how an ordinary woman becomes an extraordinary inspiration to all around her by daring to follow her dreams.
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
PG, 1 hour and 50 minutes
Starring Lesley Manville as Mrs. Harris,
Isabelle Huppert, Jason Isaacs, and Rose Williams
Mrs. Harris is a cleaning woman in London in the 1950’s who falls in love with a haute couture dress, created by Christian Dior, she sees in one of the homes she cleans regularly. Ada Harris (played by Lesley Manville) decides she wants to own a Dior dress so we see her work very hard and deprive herself of bus rides to work and heat in her flat to save the large sum of money she will need to purchase a dress. She travels to Paris and encounters those who think someone like her is not worthy of wearing a Dior dress and some who think it will be good for the House of Dior to open its doors to ordinary
women. With her irrepressible spirit and determination, Mrs. Harris brings healing and transformation to the people of the House of Dior. The film also stars Jason Isaacs, Isabelle Huppert, Lucas Bravo, Ellen Thomas and Rose Williams.
Please sign up on the sheet found on the table in the Commons
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St Bede’s has changed the name of the Community Engagement Fund back to Outreach as it is more indicative of where the funds are allocated. We have divided the funds to be distributed into three categories: local, national,and international.
Recently ERD( Episcopal Relief and Development) have asked for donations to assist the humanitarian crisis that has developed in Poland ,Hungary, and Romania by the influx of refugees from Ukraine. We have donated $500 to ERD earmarked for this endeavor. If you have any questions please contact Karen Werner and/ or Anita Montelione.
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Ingathering of School Supplies
for the Clarkston Community Center
The Outreach Committee is excited to sponsor a school supply drive for the CCC! This will continue through July 30 in preparation for a back to school start date in early August. Many children in Clarkston start school with no supplies. We hope to give them a great back to school start! Thank you for your support. Bins for collecting supplies are in the Commons.
List of needed supplies:
Backpacks
No. 2 pencils
Spiral Notebooks
Color pencils
Pencil Pouches
Hand Held pencil sharpeners
Packs of Wide ruled paper
Reusable Water Bottles
(please DO NOT BRING BOTTLED WATER)
$10 gift cards: Walmart, Target, Kroger
Kleenex tissues
Paper towels
Hand wipes
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El Refugio Visit
on Saturday, August 5th
El Refugio (the refuge/shelter) is a hospitality ministry located in Lumpkin, Georgia about 2+ hours south of Atlanta. Its mission is to support the immigrant detainees who are in Stewart Detention Center, a for profit prison that houses only immigrants, many of whom turned themselves in at the border seeking refuge. El Refugio has a house in Lumpkin where family members of detainees can stay and eat for free while they visit their incarcerated loved one. Those detained at Stewart who do not have family members or friends in this country are visited by volunteers from El Refugio. An inmate is allowed one visit (through plexiglass, speaking on phones) for one hour per week. Stewart Detention Center closed its doors to all visits in March, 2020 as did all Georgia prisons. However, this prison only allowed visits to inmates to begin again this spring after much lobbying on the party of many concerned people. St. Bede’s supports El Refugio in three ways. We send a sum of money every year to support their ministry. We sometimes have special collections (backpacks for those being deported; Christmas cards for inmates). A small group of parishioners has been traveling to Lumpkin once a quarter since 2016 to visit detainees and have fellowship with the families of the detainees. At this time only those people who can speak Spanish are needed for visitations. Our first scheduled visitation since March, 2020 is Saturday, August 5th.
If you speak Spanish and are interested
in joining this ministry, contact:
Claudia Fedarko 703.819.4127
fedclaud@gmail.com
or
Deacon Iñaki Guevara 404.418.2608
iguevara@stbedes.org
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Honduras Mission Trip Opportunity
John and Kay Entrekin will be heading back to Honduras with HOI (Honduras Outreach International) again this November 11th-18th. They will be helping with vacation bible school, mixing cement for home floors and wash basins, and preparing a United States style Thanksgiving dinner for the Honduran HOI staff (about 60 people).
If you are interested in joining John and Kay in this ministry, John invites you to speak with him at church or contact him at jentre23@bellsouth.net, or at 678.677.1350.
Speaking Spanish is not required to participate.
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COMMUNITY BOOK READ
Kelly Gissendaner was the only woman executed in Georgia. Before her execution in 2015, she studied theology and graduated from Candler's prison school of theology.
July - August - Read You Shall Not Condemn: A Story of Faith and Advocacy on Death Row by Jennifer McBride
August 26. 3:00 p.m. - In-person meeting at St. Phillip's Cathedral for a discussion. Dr. Rev. Jenny McBride (author) and Mary Catherine Johnson (New Hope House) will be the moderators for a panel discussion with Senator Rev. Kim Jackson and Susan Casey (lead defense attorney for Kelly Gissendaner)
Buy the book for a 10% discount at Buy book here
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Laura Pittman
called as
Parish Administrator
I am pleased to announce that I have called St. Bede’s own Laura Pittman to serve as Parish Administrator effective upon the retirement of Muriel Diguette at the end of July. Laura will assume this role after most recently serving as the front desk manager for St. Benedict’s Episcopal School and Church in Smyrna for the past year-and-a-half. Prior to that, Laura taught for sixteen years in the DeKalb County School System – mostly at Briarlake Elementary (where St. Bede’s first began worshipping back in 1960). Laura comes from a family of folks who have worked in the Church and she herself holds advanced degrees in theology and religion from Columbia Theological Seminary and Vanderbilt University. Laura’s first language is English and she also speaks conversational Spanish. She has taught in our ESOL program for several years. Laura’s introduction to St. Bede’s occurred when one of her students at Briarlake asked Laura to be their godparent at their baptism at St. Bede’s. Please join me in welcoming Laura to this new role.
Peace,
Chad
Laura’s first day in the office will be Monday, July 24. She and Muriel will overlap for a week and Muriel will wrap up around the first of August (you will hear more later about how we will celebrate Muriel’s ministry with us). Until the week of July 24, please continue to contact Muriel for any Parish Administration needs. Laura’s email will be: lpittman@stbedes.org and the Parish Administrator can also be reached by emailing: info@stbedes.org.
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Pledge Campaign Update
Thank you to all who have returned their 2023
"God's Blessings Flow" pledge cards!
As of June 15, we have received
90 pledges totaling $438,000.
Thank You!
If you have not yet made your pledge
to support the mission and ministry
of St. Bede's in 2023,
we would love to hear from you.
If you need a pledge card,
they are available on the table
near the Parish Office
or you can use the link below to pledge online.
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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.
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Healing Our Racism
Book Discussion Group
Monday, July 24 at 2:00pm on Zoom
Pride: A Pride and Prejudice Remix by Ibi Zoboi
Meeting Time: 4th Monday of each month at 2 pm on ZOOM
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.
If you want to go ahead and order books for future discussions:
Homecoming by Yaa Gyasi
The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelo
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Mostly Mysteries Book Group
Monday, July 24 at 7 pm on Zoom
The Mostly Mysteries Book Group meets on the 4th Monday of each month at 7 pm on Zoom. If you would like to take part, please contact Cathe Echterhoff and she will send you the link. jechterhof@aol.com
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McLemore's Musings
We hope you are enjoying a new 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!
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St. Bede's Prayer List
Prayers have been requested for:
Alice Vaughn
Donareen Oakley
Samantha Cannon
Mari Balbona Elosequi, friend of Larry Bing
Mary Eleanor Harrigan Parsons, mother of Orisha Parons
Michelle Schultz, sister of Doris Bushart
Paige Bushart, sister-in-law of Doris Bushart
Helen Hernandez and her son Derek, ESOL Student
Kath and Ken Turner, friends of Claudia Fedarko
Marge & Sharon Emerling, friends of Helen Loeb
Philip Needham, brother of Miriam Needham
Margie Klein
Kay Howington
Dixie Snider
Eleanor Pearlman, granddaughter of Gwen Heaton
Diana Segovia, cousin of Zulma Gutierrez
Caroline Spires
Brian Metcalf, brother-in-law of Susan Reef
Timothy Knapp, friend of Susan Reef
Denise Benson, friend of Susan Reef
The Sujia Family
Robin Schreiber
Allen Townes Cunningham, sister of Rob Townes
Mellie Frippen, friend of Nora Cruz-Diaz
Anne Jones, sister of Claiborne Jones
Joan Davis
Carmen Graciaa, friend of Laura Martin
Jim Poulos, husband of Carol Kemker
Helen Abraham
Fay Key
Aree Bancroft
Laura Ribas
Jane Wiggins
Hilda Bell
Nancy Waring
Jim Ohl
Frances Bowen
Sydney Lund
Ann Foote
Cameron Maddox
We give thanks for those serving our country in the military:
Joshua Bowers
Will Grimm
We pray for those who have died:
Betty Strauser, aunt of Loretta Vail
Olive Koporec, mother of Kevin Koporec
We give thanks for those celebrating birthdays this week:
7/16 Martha West
7/19 Jennie Couture
7/20 Cathe Echterhoff
7/22 Barbara Helms
7/22 Julie Mizell
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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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Support the Cathedral Book Store.
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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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