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Come visit your classroom, meet your teachers, and share breakfast. We will celebrate the new year with games and an inflatable. Here is our line-up: 3 years old - 1st grade - Godly Play 2nd - 5th grade - Fantastic Journey 6th - 8th grade - Middle School 9th grade - Confirmation Class 10th - 12 - High School Class |
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at Amicalola Falls State Park The deadline for registration is August 15. The Parish Retreat is the final piece of the Rector's Lilly-funded sabbatical. The Lilly Foundation will cover $5,000 of the costs of the retreat, including the cost of the storytelling troupe, Friends of the Groom, who will provide programming for adults, children, and youth. This will also cover the cost for all childcare (for children five and under) and will supplement some of the food costs (the children's meal Saturday night will cost $5 for St. Mark's parishioners, instead of the $15 charged by the State Parks). If you are interested in transportation to and from the retreat, please contact the church office. Finally, if you are looking for a way to make the weekend more affordable, consider recruiting some roommates to share a cabin. The two-bedroom cabins have four double beds housing up to eight people. Thus, four singles, two couples, or even two families of four could split the $144/night price. The cabins also have working kitchens, so meals could be prepared and shared among many families. Considering that we will be in the beautiful Georgia mountains during peak leaf season, this is a steal. If you have any other questions about the retreat, do not hesitate to call the church office or Rick Powell, the chairman of the planning committee. This is going to be fun! |
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The Rector and Vestry are currently forming a search
committee for St. Mark's new Organist/Choirmaster.
Look for updates in the near future.
Also, plans are now being made for ways to honor James' ministry among us as we bid farewell and Godspeed to the Holyer family. Stay tuned for details. |
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It's time for a new St. Mark's pictorial directory! Olan
Mills will be taking photographs and producing this
year's directory. Photographers will be at the church
on the following dates:
Friday, August 15 from 3:00 to 9:30 PM Saturday, August 16 from 10:00 to 5:00 PM Friday, September 5 from 3:00 to 9:30 PM Saturday, September 6 from 10:00 to 5:00 PM There will be a sign-up sheet at the church for scheduling appointments. Parishioners may also schedule appointments online, through this link. Additionally, we welcome digital submissions of any church-related photographs (VBS, youth activities, Sunday school, quilting, DEO, blessing of the animals, whatever!) for inclusion in the "activities" photo pages. Every household photographed will receive a free 8x10 photograph and a directory. Please come and be included in the new St Mark's directory! |
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DEO CLINIC: Did you know that DEO clinic is
experiencing amazing growth in the number of
patients being seen in recent months?. In less than a
year, DEO, in its new location, is now seeing around
20 patients at every clinic. In each of the last three
months, DEO served between 70 and 125 patients
and delivered between 175 and 375 services during
the 6 to 7 and a half hours we are open monthly. DEO
is staffed by Dr. Rod Rodriguez and a second
volunteer
physician as well as two nurses, a nurse practitioner,
a physician's assistant, and 19 hard-working non-
medical Board members and volunteers. Thank you
for your support of this much needed community
Outreach.
Needed supplies include: small or travel sizes of deodorant, shaving cream, foot powder/baby powder, lotion, Q-tips, razors, toothbrushes, and white athletic-type socks. Please place donated items in the DEO bin near the church office. Thank you! FOOD PANTRY: The food pantry is in need of the following items: canned soup, vegetables, meats (especially chicken), fruit, and nonfat dry milk. Keep the food pantry in mind as you shop, or simply write a check to St. Mark's and note in the memo line "food pantry." FAMILY PROMISE: The next community-wide Family Promise meeting will be Monday, August 4 at 6:00 p.m. in St. Mark's parish hall. Join us to learn how you can help make this worthwhile ministry which provides hospitality to homeless families a reality in Whitfield County. First-timers are always welcome! |
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The Diocese
of Atlanta will send a medical mission team to the
Diocese of Ecuador Central Oct.
18-25, and additional volunteer physicians,
physicians' assistants or nurse
practitioners are needed. Knowledge of Spanish is
not required.
The clinic will be located at Buen Pastor in Quito Sur. Currently participants on the team represent three parishes: All Saints', Warner Robbins; St. Catherine's, Marietta; and St. Matthew's Snellville. Lynn Alexander, pediatric nurse practitioner and wife of Bishop Alexander, will be part of the team. To inquire about volunteering, contact: Dr. Bruce Perry, iop1973 at bellsouth.net or Gini Peterson, ginireid at bellsouth.net. |
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The Daughters of the King will meet Wednesday
afternoon, August 6th, at 4:30 in the library. Our
special guest will be Dr. Lee Humphreys who will
speak on The Book of Esther. All women are invited to
join us for an interesting and enlightening meeting!
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The Quilting for Others ladies have given 12 quilts and
gift bags to foster children. Thank you to Jean Tinsley
who made the bags and got them to the children.
Using scrap material and batting, they made about 10
pads for the Humane Society's Wade Adoption Center.
The pads are washable and reuseable and will be
used in the animal's cages.
They are now collecting quilts for Cherokee Estates
Girls Home. June Sparks is coordinating this effort.
Quilting for Others meets each Monday morning in the Parish Hall. Contact Joann Williams for more information. |
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William Knox Carpenter was born July 3 to Emily and Kit Carpenter . Williams grandfather is Wim Williams; great-grandparents, Roger and Joann Williams; Great-aunt and uncle, Allyson and Allan Faulk; and Cousins, Matt and Will Faulk. WEDDING Amanda Michaels and Christopher Brown were married Saturday, June 21st at All Saints Chapel, Sewanee, Tennessee. DEATH St. Mark's parishioner William Floyd "Bill" Dawkins died on Friday, July 25 in Augusta, GA. A memorial service will be held Thursday, August 7 at 4:30 pm at St. Mark's Episcopal Church with the Rev. Dean Taylor officiating and the Rev. Elizabeth Roles assisting. Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord: And let light perpetual shine upon them. May their souls, and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. |
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Mark your Calendars now with these upcoming dates: March 6-8, 2009 - Women's Retreat at St. Mary's Retreat Center |
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Members of St. Mark's Community Who Need Your Prayers: Geneva and Marion Albertson, Alicia Alderman, Mike Andersen Family, Robb Andersen Family, Joan & Paul Anderson, Ruth Baker, David Blackburn, Idawee Bowen, Charlotte Bryant, Betty Carlson, Carey Craig, Melba Greene, Jane Harrell, Bud Hawkins, John and Cathy Houser, Yvonne Howalt, Nick Hull, Janet Johnson, Tanc and Joan Lidderdale, Celia Looper, Rick Martin, Alicia Kemp McCormick, Troy Moses, Alice Oosterhoudt, Ann Powell, Patsy Rains, Cindie Robinson, Doris Shoemaker, Glenn Smail, Kathryn Smith, Lo Veasey, Suzanne Ward, Virginia Weaver, Connie Woodward. The St. Mark's Pastoral Care Committee would appreciate your assistance with updating the church staff of any pastoral needs among our congregation. During regular business hours, please contact the church office at 706.278.8857. For after-hours needs, please contact one of the people listed below (contact in the order listed): Dean Taylor, Rector (706-226- 2345 home, 706-264- 2345 cell); Elizabeth Roles, Assistant to the Rector (cell: 706.537.8908), Chris Stearns, Senior Warden (home: 706.278.4837), Cindy Sarratt, Vestry-Pastoral Care (home: 706.278.6097). The St. Mark's Prayer Chain continues to actively serve the prayer needs of our parish community. If you have a prayer request, contact the prayer chain leader, Barbara Yarbrough (226-4147). |
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We hope you enjoyed the August edition of
The
Banner. Feel
free to contact the church office if
you're having trouble
with this email newsletter.
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
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