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Christ also promises that the more connected and involved we are in ministry, the more our faith will grow. So let’s all get connected, and Grow in Faith together!
Rally Day, Sunday, August 17th, officially marks the begin-ning of our new Church year! You might ask, Doesn’t Advent (November 30th) mark the be-ginning of the new Church year?” The answer of course is, “Yes, Advent does mark the beginning of a new liturgical year”, but Rally Day marks the beginning of a new year of church minis-tries and programs! On Rally day, all of our minis-tries, programs, groups and organizations present to the emerging St. B’s community what they do. Booths are set up with displays and information, and everyone is encouraged to stop by and visit each of them to consider how to find an opportu-nity for involvement.
You might be surprised to know that we have over 33 ministries and organizations at St. Bene-dict’s! There is truly something for everyone. We have struc-tured our ministries to accom-modate all parishioners, from those who have very little time to offer to those who desire greater involvement. This infor-mative day at St. B’s will allow you to select an opportunity to serve Christ that will fit your schedule and interests. Christ calls all of us to do ser-vice in His name (To prepare God’s people for works of ser-vice, so that the body of Christ may be built up. Eph. 4:12) Therefore I hope that you will all come out for this festive day to discover how to become more connected and involved in our ministry together.
On your marks, get set…RALLY!
Grow In Faith
St. B’s Welcomes Vocational Discernment Nominee,
Imani Dhakiya
St. Benedict's Episcopal Church
welcomes the placement of a
Nominee in the Diocese's Voca-
tional Discernment Pro-
gram: Imani Dhakiya. Imani
will worship with us and share
her talents on Sunday mornings
beginning on Rally Day, August
17th. She holds a Bachelor's in
Business Administration, a Juris
Doctorate, and a Masters of
Divinity from Howard University
in Washington, D.C. She
comes to us with previous ex-
perience in contemplative
practices and spiritual formation,
having participated in various
programs at the National Cathe-
dral, and she is currently in-
volved in spiritual formation and
Christian education programs at
the Cathedral of St. Philip.
Imani's spiritual journey in-
cludes formation in the Baptist
and African Methodist Episcopal
traditions. We will be forming a
special Discernment Committee
to share insights and guidance
with Imani while she is with
us. Welcome Imani!
S t . B e n e d i c t ’ s E p i s c o p a l C h u r c h August /September 2008
Volume2, Issue 8
Inside this issue:
The Rev. Lang Lowrey
Vicar
Sunday, September 14th
Bishop Neil Alexander
will visit and help celebrate
St. Benedict’s Founder’s
Day. He will teach, preach
and celebrate at our 10:30
service, during which he
will bless and consecrate our
sanctuary cross.
Calendar 2
Sunday Worship 2
Upcoming Events 2
St. B’s Happenings 3
Choir & Transitions 4
More Happenings! Insert
Imani Dhakiya
Vocational Discernment Nominee
Daughters of the King: The St.
B’s Chapter of Daughters of the
King meets on Thurs. at
7:00 pm at St. B’s offices
(through 9/12). Please
contact Tracy Efaw
(tracyefaw@ yahoo.com).
Transitions Group: Our next
Transitions Group will be forming
in September. Contact Rev.
Stuart Higginbotham for details.
St. B’s
Youth:
August 3rd:
Dive in:
Whitewater!
Okay, we’re gonna try this again...
We’ll go to lunch right after church
as a group, then head to Whitewa-
ter. Bring your swimsuit, towel &
sunscreen! (No capes this time…)
St. B’s Women’s Group:
Tuesday, August 19th:
Art from the Heart! Join us for
a fun evening of pottery painting
and fellowship.
Bring your favorite
appetizer to share
with the group.
Please RSVP to
Katie Loadholtes (ktmoon74@
yahoo.com). Watch for your
mailer!
Upcoming Events (come & bring a friend!)
Grow In Faith Volume2, Issue 8
Page 2
August 2008
Sunday Morning
Worship Schedule
St. Benedict’s is now worship-
ping at:
Campbell Middle School
3295 South Atlanta Rd.
Smyrna, GA, 30080.
(directions on our website)
St. Benedict's has the follow-
ing Sunday morning sched-
ule:
9:00 Breakfast
9:30 Sunday School
10:30 Rite II Service
9:00-12:00 Nursery
If you have any questions,
please contact our office at
678-279-4300.
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
July 27
10:30 am
Worship
Youth Event:
Bowling!
28 29 30
31
7:00 pm
DOKing
Aug 1
7:00 am
Men’s
Group
2
3
10:30 am
Worship
Youth Event
Whitewater!
4
6:30 pm
Extended
Family
5
6
7
7:00 pm
DOKing
8
7:00 am
Men’s
Group
9
6:00 pm
Choir Party!
10
10:30 am
Worship
11 12
13
14
7:00 pm
DOKing
15
7:00 am
Men’s
Group
Articles for
Newsletter Due
16
Grower’s
Playdate!
17
10:30 am
Worship
18
The B-Hive
is Alive!
19
7:00 pm
Women’s
Group
20
21
7:00 pm
DOKing
22
7:00 am
Men’s
Group
23
24
10:30 am
Worship
25 26 27
28
7:00 pm
DOKing
29
No Men’s
Group
30
St. B’s Men’s
Group:
Our weekly
Episcopal
Men’s Group
meets Fridays from 7:00-8:00
a.m. at Houston’s Restaurant on
Northside Drive @ I-75. If you are
interested in joining this group,
please contact Bo Keatley
Note: Men’s group will not meet
on August 29th.
Let’s Rally!
E-cast is now available through
the St. Benedict’s website! If
you haven’t seen our website
lately, please take a few minutes
and have a look. Our webmas-
ter, Carol Kirshner, has worked
her magic over the last few
weeks and given us an updated,
high tech, user friendly site to
keep you in the know.
St. B’s Happenings
Grow In Faith Volume2, Issue 8
Page 3
Jonathan Daniels Pilgrimage
There will be a celebration of the life and death of Jonathan Myrick Daniels on Sat., Aug. 9, 2008 in Hayneville, AL. Jonathan Daniels was an Episcopal seminarian who was shot and killed in Hayneville while working in the Civil Rights Movement in 1965. The General Convention of the Episcopal Church in 1991 designated Jonathan Myrick Daniels a martyr, and he is commemorated in the calendar of the Episcopal Church on Aug. 14th. On Sat., Aug. 9, 2008, you are invited to gather on the Courthouse Square in Hayneville at 11:00 AM. There will be a procession to the jail, to the store where he was martyred, then returning to the memorial on the square. At each site, there will be prayer, scripture readings and singing, then everyone will go into the Courthouse where an ecumenical celebration of the Holy Communion will be celebrated. Contact?
St. B’s People Directory:
Round 2!
Our second publication of our St.
Benedict’s People
Directory will be on
October 15th. This time
it will be a pictorial direc-
tory. You can submit a
summer vacation family photo or
we will take one for you at the
Church on Rally Day, August
17th. Please contact Heather
Werner (registrar@mysaintb.
org) if you need to update your
information for this upcoming
publication.
New Flower Guild Chair!
We welcome Emily Murphy as
the new chair of St. B’s Flower
Guild, and thanks so much to
Cheryl Waybright for initially
creating this organization. Emily
has graciously offered her gifts
and talents to head up this im-
portant ministry for our church,
which adds so much to feel and
appearance of the Holy Space
we create at Campbell Middle
School each Sunday. If you are
interested in assisting Emily with
any of the Flower Guild duties,
on a regular or “as needed” ba-
sis, please contact her at emily.
murphy@mindspring .com.
St. Benedict’s
Episcopal Day School
We are very excited that St.
Benedict’s will be partnering
with Vinings Academy to start
a new day
school (for
children ages
2 through K,
and later
through 5th). The school will
be located at our new Church
property on Atlanta Rd., and we
are working toward a fall 2008
start-up! If you are interested in
getting more information about
the school, or have questions
about ways you can volunteer
please contact Janet Rau
Sanctuary Flowers
in Memorial and Thanksgiving
We invite you to make a donation of
flowers for our Sunday service. You
may either 1) bring your own flowers
or greenery arranged by your or your
florist, 2) donate flowers arranged by
our florist ($85), or 3) donate
greenery arranged by
our florist ($50). Contact
Emily Murphy for
information & scheduling
(emily.murphy@mind
spring.com)
Memorial/Thanksgiving Gifts
Thanks to our members, friends
and family who have donated gifts
of sacred vessels, furnishings, etc.
to St. Benedict’s. We have begun
dedicating, blessing and putting
these items into service. If you are
interested in making a gift please
visit our guest table or our website
for details.
Come for Breakfast!
St. B’s Café will feature a Youth
Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser
to kick off
Rally Day on
August 17th!
You will need
lots of energy
(carbs) for the Rally Day festivi-
ties, so...we will feed you! Pro-
ceeds will benefit the Youth ski
trip in January 2009. If you’d like
to help out by donating food
items please contact Lynn Strick-
land at 770-778-4438 or (lynn@
strickland.com).
Newcomers’ Get Together
Our Newcomer’s gatherings will
resume at the end of the summer,
and we hope to see lots of new
faces! The next get-together will
be held on Sunday, August 17th
from 5:30-7:30 pm at the home of
Elizabeth and Tony Tatum.
Please let us know if you’d like to
attend! Contact Michael Kirshner
(mkirsh@ bellsouth.net) for infor-
mation, or to host a future party!
YACs!
Our next YAC (Young
Adult Community) get-
together will be held on Sunday,
August 10th from 5:30-7:30 pm at
the home of Katherine and Pierce
Lowrey. This is a casual evening
of fellowship and fun where you
can visit with friends and make a
few new ones! Please let us know
if you’d like to attend! Contact
Courtney Vaughn for information,
or to host a future party!
Membership? It’s Easy!
If you are interested in officially
becoming a member of St.
Benedict’s Church please con-
tact our Registrar, Heather
Werner. We have a letter that
you may fill in with your transfer
information, or you may have
your previous church send us a
letter of transfer. Either way,
we’re happy to have you as a
member of St. Benedict’s!
Introducing the B-Hive!
What is the “B-Hive”? The B-
Hive is a modular village we
have designed in order to start
our new St. Benedict’s Episco-
pal Day School! It is scheduled
to officially
open on Au-
gust 19th,
2008. We will
plan to christen
the B-Hive on
Rally Day,
August 17th,
right after the
church service. Please join us to
celebrate this important St. B’s
milestone! For more information
on the school, please visit our
website at www.MySaintB.org.
2900 Paces Ferry Road
Building D, Suite 200
Atlanta, GA 30339
www.MySaintB.org
Phone: 678-279-4300
Fax: 678-279-4309
www.MySaintB.org
The mission of St. Benedict's
Episcopal Church is to come
together as a community to
grow in faith and share
Christ's love with an ever-
changing world.
S t . B e n e d i c t ’ s E p i s c o p a l
C h u r c h
St. B’s Bohemian Choir
9:30 Sunday morn-
ing “drop-in” contin-
ues - why not give it
a try? Wednesday
rehearsal will resume on Aug.
27th at a new location - Vinings
Academy! Also, Robin and Mary
Cahill-Roberts are throwing an-
other choir party! On Sat., Aug.
9th at 6:00 pm they will host a
cook out at their home for exist-
ing and potential choir members.
Please bring a favorite drink or
side dish to share. RSVP to Les-
lie at [email protected]
or 404/668-1734.
St. B’s Children’s Choir
St. B’s Children’s Choir will re-
sume rehearsal on Aug. 27th for
children ages 6 & up. If your
child is interested, contact Leslie
Boyette at 678/358-8597 or email
Transitions:
Birth:
Ansley Grace
New was born on
Tues., July 8th at
6:36 pm. 7 lbs. 8
oz., 21 inches!
Gray Louis Kimel
was born on July
24th at 4:05 pm. 8
lbs. 21 1/4 inches!
Passing:
Boice McGrew, brother of Dan
McGrew, returned home to the
Lord on July 15th after a lengthy
battle with illness.
Please keep the
McGrew family in your
prayers.
Frank Houser, father of Hank
Houser, rejoined the Lord on
July 27th after living with Alz-
heimer's. Please remember the
Houser family as you pray in the
coming weeks.
Confirmation Classes
Sept. 14th-Nov. 23rd, St. B’s will
hold classes for both youth and
adults interested in confirmation,
reception or reaffirmation. All
youth 7th grade or higher are
invited to attend the youth confir-
mation class, coordinated by
Courtney Vaughn (Courtney@
MySaintB.org). Confirmations
will take place on December
14th at 4:00 at the Cathedral of
St. Philip. Contact the Rev. Stu-
art Higginbotham (Stuart@My
SaintB.org) for additional infor-
mation concerning the classes
and materials.
Achievement!
Congratulations to
Oscar Rivera,
awarded 2008 Most
Improved Swimmer
on the “Smyrna
Sharks” Swim Team! Way to go
Oscar - You totally rock!
Behold Who You Are: A guided silent retreat with
St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church Do you not know that you are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells within you? I Corinthians 3:16 St. Augustine of Hippo gives us a deeply reflective and challenging image to describe our identity as the Beloved Children of God. In life, we often strug-gle to find a time to rest in the richness of our identity. Whether we are strug-gling with grief, family issues, health concerns, or the basic “busyness” of life, we can find hope and peace in this simple and profound prayer: “Behold Who You Are.” On Thur., Aug.. 28 please join us for a guided silent retreat at the Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center at 6700 Riverside Drive, NW, Atlanta, GA 30328. It runs from 9am - 4pm and costs $25 per person (includes drinks, snacks & lunch). Register at www. MySaintB.org or call The Rev. Stuart Higginbotham at 678.279. 4303. Please mark your checks for “Behold Who You Are Retreat”.
