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The Angelus Monthly Publication of the Church of Our Saviour March 2018 Our pilgrimage through the Desert of Lent is designed to strip us down to the bare essentials. To show us what is important and essential for our common life together. Over the last few months, I have written about discerning Gods plan and vision for our parish. Through a life of Prayer, fre- quent Mass, and Devotion, our lives are conformed more and more by Word and Sacrament into the image and likeness of Christ. Furthermore, I have charged and challenged you to begin praying what I am calling our Parish Prayer, (BCP, p. 280) a prayer that I hope you will continue to pray and if you have not started, I hope you will begin doing so soon. But now, I would like to hear from you. Together, we continue to discern our mission and vision as a parish in the wider community we find ourselves within, and what better time to do this than during the most intentional and deliberate time of introspection and reflection: that of the season of Lent. Therefore, I would like for you to consider the following questions: 1. Why be a Christian? Or alternatively, why are you a Christian? 2. Why is the Church important? 3. What does it mean to be the Church? 4. And where do you see the Episcopal Church, the Church of Our Saviour, and Christianity as a whole in the next five years, ten years, and 15 years? And why? Pray about these questions. Wrestle with them. And then tell me the answers you have discerned. You can either e-mail me, call me, or drop by the office and speak with me, but I would like for you to seriously consider these questions and let me know what you have come up with. I ask these questions for several reasons: First, because I am genuinely interested in understanding the stories about your faith and how you see the Church. And secondly, because your answers, will begin inform- ing the conversations between the Vestry and me, as we continue to discern what it means to be the Church of Our Saviour in the Virginia-Highland Community, the wider Diocese of Atlanta, and the Episcopal Church. Continued on page 4 Dear Faithful of the Church of Our Saviour, As I write this, we find ourselves within the full embrace of our Lenten pilgrimage. We have heard those timeless words on Ash Wednesday in the call to the observance of a holy Lent. A period marked by deliberate and intentional self- examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on Gods holy Word.However, why are we doing this? More and more I find myself reflecting upon what the Catechism calls the duty of all Chris- tians.Found on page 856 in The Book of Common Prayer, we encounter the question: What is the Christian Duty? To which we are given the response: The duty of all Chris- tians is to follow Christ; to come together week by week for corporate worship, and to work, pray, and give for the spreading of the Kingdom of God.However, again, why are we doing this? What does this all mean? To follow Christ? To gather together? And to work, pray, and give for the spreading of the Kingdom of God?

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The Angelus Monthly Publication of the Church of Our Saviour

March 2018

Our pilgrimage through the Desert of Lent is designed to strip us down to the bare essentials. To show us what is important and essential for our common life together. Over the last few months, I have written about discerning God’s plan and vision for our parish. Through a life of Prayer, fre-quent Mass, and Devotion, our lives are conformed more and more by Word and Sacrament into the image and likeness of Christ. Furthermore, I have charged and challenged you to begin praying what I am calling our Parish Prayer, (BCP, p. 280) a prayer that I hope you will continue to pray and if you have not started, I hope you will begin doing so soon. But now, I would like to hear from you. Together, we continue to discern our mission and vision as a parish in the wider community we find ourselves within, and what better time to do this than during the most intentional and deliberate time of introspection and reflection: that of the season of Lent. Therefore, I would like for you to consider the following questions: 1. Why be a Christian? Or alternatively, why are

you a Christian? 2. Why is the Church important? 3. What does it mean to be the Church? 4. And where do you see the Episcopal Church,

the Church of Our Saviour, and Christianity as a whole in the next five years, ten years, and 15 years? And why?

Pray about these questions. Wrestle with them. And then tell me the answers you have discerned. You can either e-mail me, call me, or drop by the office and speak with me, but I would like for you to seriously consider these questions and let me know what you have come up with. I ask these questions for several reasons: First, because I am genuinely interested in understanding the stories about your faith and how you see the Church. And secondly, because your answers, will begin inform-ing the conversations between the Vestry and me, as we continue to discern what it means to be the Church of Our Saviour in the Virginia-Highland Community, the wider Diocese of Atlanta, and the Episcopal Church.

Continued on page 4

Dear Faithful of the Church of Our Saviour, As I write this, we find ourselves within the full embrace of our Lenten pilgrimage. We have heard those timeless words on Ash Wednesday in the call to the observance of a holy Lent. A period marked by deliberate and intentional ‘self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word.’ However, why are we doing this? More and more I find myself reflecting upon what the Catechism calls ‘the duty of all Chris-tians.’ Found on page 856 in The Book of Common Prayer, we encounter the question: What is the Christian Duty? To which we are given the response: “The duty of all Chris-tians is to follow Christ; to come together week by week for corporate worship, and to work, pray, and give for the spreading of the Kingdom of God.” However, again, why are we doing this? What does this all mean? To follow Christ? To gather together? And to work, pray, and give for the spreading of the Kingdom of God?

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Events and Feast Days

Parish Luncheon March 4, 2018

Sunday, March 4, 2018, our monthly luncheon will immediately follow the 11:00 am service. Those with last names beginning in A-H are asked to bring a vegetable or side dish, I-R a dessert, and S-Z a main dish.

Laetare Or Rose Sunday March 11, 2018

Like the Third Sunday in Advent (Gaudete Sunday), Laetare Sunday, the fourth Sunday in Lent, comes as a mid-season break in a peniten-tial season. Flowers may be used on the altar, and rose vestments, rather than purple, are worn. The name comes from the first words of the traditional introit, which in Latin are “Laetare, Jerusalem.” In English, the introit is: “Rejoice, O Jerusalem: and come together all you that love her: rejoice with joy, you that have been in sorrow: that you may exult, and be filled from the breasts of your consolation. I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: we shall go into the house of the Lord. Glory be to the Father.”

Passiontide Begins March 18, 2018

The last two weeks before Easter, called Passiontide, are a transitional time, part of Lent and yet not a part of Lent. During Passiontide the focus of Lent moves from an examination of one’s personal relationship with God to a prolonged meditation on, and, in a sense, a par-ticipation in, the death and final days of Jesus. This transition may have arisen because the season of Lent probably came about as a combi-nation of a forty-day period of fasting and prayer immediately after Epiphany (in imitation of Christ’s forty-day period of preparation for his

ministry) and a shorter period of fasting and preparation for Easter. Passiontide is the time of preparation for Easter. The two Sundays before Easter were once called the First Sunday of the Passion and the Second Sunday of the Passion. Since the tradi-tional gospel for the First Passion Sunday ends with “Jesus hid himself and went out of the tem-ple” (John 12:36), it is customary that during Passiontide, all images, all crucifixes, and pic-tures of Our Lord are covered with purple dra-pery. If you wish to help, please contact Chris McGehee at 404-873-3729 for further details.

Palm Sunday March 25, 2018

Our Palm Sunday festivities will start with the 8:30 am Traditional Holy Eucharist with Distribution of Palms. Then we will gather in the Church garden (weather permitting), the Parish Hall otherwise, for distribution and bless-ing of Palms at 10:45 am. This will be followed by an 11:00 am Procession to the Church, the singing of the Passion, and a Solemn Eucharist.

Annunciation Transferred

Normally we celebrate the Annunciation on March 25, but this year Palm Sunday takes precedence. Annunciation has been moved to April 9, 2018.

Holy Triduum March 29 - April 1, 2018

Traditionally, the last days of Holy Week are called are called the Holy Triduum: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday. We encourage all to join us for all services: the joy of Easter is more meaning-ful if you understand the sorrows that went before. Our schedule for services is on the facing page.

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(Continued from page 1) I leave you to your prayerful and intentional dis-cernment, and I leave you with a few passages from Holy Scripture to meditate upon as you begin answering these questions: “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God…” (1 John 4:1) “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths…” (Proverbs 3:5-6) “And this is my prayer, that your love may over-flow more and more with knowledge and discern-ment to help you determine what is best, so that in the day of Christ you may be pure and blameless, having produced the harvest of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God…” (Philippians 1:9-11) I look forward to hearing your responses very soon!

Grace and Peace, Father Christopher Miller

United Thank Offering

One of the traditional disciplines of Lent is almsgiving, or donating (usually money) to the poor. Last year, the Stewardship Committee introduced the “little blue box” and the United Thank Offering of The Episcopal Church to the parish. This year, we again want to encourage everyone to use a “little blue box,” giving thanks daily for God’s blessings and giving alms as part of your Lenten observance.

How It Works Give thanks for the good things that happen every day: for little things like a good parking spot on a busy day, sunshine for your family picnic, or a birthday card from a friend; for big things like recov-ery from serious illness, a new job, or forgiveness and reconciliation after a long dispute. As you give thanks, put some coins or dollars into a United Thank Offering Blue Box. Return your box or a check desig-nated “UTO” at ingathering on Easter Day.

What It Provides One act of prayerful, tangible thanksgiving at a time has a wider impact than you can possibly imag-ine. Your thanksgivings unite with others’ prayers and quarters, dimes, and dollars from across the Episcopal Church to support God’s mission around the world: your sunny family picnic builds a senior commu-

nity center in Louisiana; your new job supports career readiness training

in Haiti;

Get Started Little blue United Thank Offering boxes are available from the table at the back of the church. More information on last year’s grants, the history of the UTO, and more can be found at www.episcopalchurch.org/uto.

Lent by Jean M. Watt

Lent is a tree without blossom, without leaf, Barer than blackthorn in its winter sleep, All unadorned. Unlike Christmas which decrees The setting-up, the dressing-up of trees, Lent is a taking down, a stripping bare, A starkness after all has been withdrawn Of surplus and superfluous, Leaving no hiding-place, only an emptiness Between black branches, a most precious space Before the leaf, before the time of flowers; Lest we should see only the leaf, the flower, Lest we should miss the stars.

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March 4 - Third Sunday in Lent 8:30 Eph McLean 11:00 Kathy Davis March 11 - Fourth Sunday in Lent 8:30 Chris McGehee 11:00 Bill Gatlin March 18 - Fifth Sunday in Lent 8:30 Suellen Henderson 11:00 Roger Davis March 25 - Palm Sunday 8:30 Derek Jones 11:00 Alexis Leifermann

March 29 - Maundy Thursday 7:00 Oreta Campbell March 30 - Good Friday 12:00 Roger Press Dowman Wilson March 31 - Easter Vigil 8:00pm TBA April 1– Easter Day 8:30 Eric Henken 11:00 Kathy Davis

Coordinator: Roger Press 404-636-7654

Lectors for March

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Saint for March John Donne

By Berkeley Strobel

This year we celebrate Easter Vigil on March 31, but in most years, on March 31, we give thanks to God for John Donne, priest. In some ways Donne is a bridge from the middle ages to modern times. Donne was born during the reign of Elizabeth I, of a Roman Catholic family. Theirs was a prosperous merchant family in London, iron mongers and linen drapers. Donne was educated at Hart Hall, Oxford (1584-1587) and probably Cambridge (1587-1590), both fertile ground for the sons of prosperous yeoman families to make good connections with the nobility and the old and powerful families. Donne then studied law at Lincoln’s Inn, London, and by 1592 had estab-lished himself with all the right people in London. Donne had long tried his hand at poetry and essays, as many of his social class did. Most of his early work was circulated in manuscript form among his friends and associates. His Satires and Songs and Sonnets started this way, circa 1592-1596. During this period (1594) Donne abandoned the Roman Church and, perhaps for political expedi-ency, became an Anglican. In 1596 Donne attached his future to the career of the Second Earl of Essex, Robert Devereux (1566-1601), who had been under the guardianship of William Cecil, Baron Burghley, and subsequently had served under his step-father, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, both court favorites. As Devereux’s star rose with the Queen, John Donne was drawn into Devereux’s circle, and accompanied him on the successful military expedition against the Spanish at Cadiz in 1596. By the time Devereux fell from grace over failures in Ireland, Donne had moved on, and by the time Devereux was executed (1601) for an attempted rebellion against some of Elizabeth’s counselors, John Donne was firmly established as private secretary to the Keeper of the Great Seal,

Thomas Egerton. During these years Donne, who continued to write his poems and songs, was best described by one source as a “lighthearted adventurer and challenging poet.” Though Donne continued with his poetry while working for Egerton he met Egerton's niece, 16-year-old Anne More. Had he confined himself, at 28, to his poetry and his career, life would have been very dif-ferent for him; but he fell in love with Anne More, and she with him. In their day and social class, marriage was a matter of great social, financial and political importance, to be arranged by parents. Historic alle-giances of families, financial arrangements, and espe-cially the dowry, were central considerations. Dow-ries supplied by the bride's parents were designed to be a sort of insurance, so that no matter what hap-pened to the husband’s fortunes, at his death there would be money for the support of the widow, since under law there was no inherent right of widows and unmarried daughters to any of the estate. But Donne and his beloved Anne were married in secret, a gross violation of propriety of the day. When the marriage was discovered, Donne was summarily dismissed, and the newly married couple were in severe straits. Through the kindness of a cousin, they were provided a cottage out of the way, in Pyrford. Times were hard. Donne struggled to support his wife and subse-quent children through writing, primarily pamphlets against Roman Catholic dogma. Slowly he began to gain notice of men who did similar, if less effective, work. His skills did not go unnoticed, and Thomas Morton, an active pamphlet writer, gave Donne work, and finally hired him as legal counsel. Egerton relented somewhat, and gave Donne a small pension. In 1610 Donne wrote a longer work, Pseudo-Martyr, in which he persuasively argued that a Roman Catho-lic could remain faithful to the Church and still take an oath of allegiance to the Crown. James I was favorably impressed. James, born and reared in Scotland, had limited understanding of Englishmen, but he knew first hand and disliked Calvinist Puritans, and was well aware that Roman Catholic forces in Europe would gladly see him sent to the Tower. The gunpowder plot was still fresh in everyone’s memories. James was deeply concerned that the Crown and the Anglican Church could not survive separately and that many able men were leav-ing the Church for either Rome or Geneva. Far too many of the Anglican clergy were dull, contented, complacent, or arrogant.

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James sought young priests to rival the opposi-tion. To the commons he declared “... If our Church were as busy to persuade the right way as the bold Jesuits and Puritans and other sectaries are to supplant and pervert, we should not have so many go astray on both sides.” James targeted young men for ordination who had shown eloquence in support of the Anglican Church. These were the times when the eloquence and persuasiveness found in Lancelot Andrewes was rare. Donne was one of the men approached by the Crown to accept ordination. He was ordained in 1615, and appointed chaplain to James I. He quickly became divinity reader for Lincoln’s Inn, and rector of several parishes. He had finally gained some degree of prosperity to properly support Anne and their six children. In the midst of all this success, his beloved Anne died prematurely in 1617. Donne held himself responsible for taking Anne from a comfortable and secure life and subjecting her to poverty, and believed he had hastened her death. His excellence in writing and preaching did not abate, though perhaps he con-centrated on sin and repentance. Donne continued as before, and as Dean of Saint Paul’s London, perhaps the most influential positions in the Church below bishop, had great influ-ence, directing many onto the firm path of the via media. Donne's health began to fail, though he contin-ued almost to his death both his writing and his preaching. Most of his writings were not published until after his death in 1631. Fashions change, and with the eclipse of the Anglican Church under the Puritans, even Donne's writing was attacked and denigrated. It has taken nearly three centuries for his literary reputation to regain some of the appreciation due it. As for his eloquence in the pulpit and within those thousands of quiet conversations among associates, we are not privy. But we do know that an ambitious, seemingly feckless, worldly young man, through the changes of life and fortune and the Grace of God, became an outstanding figure of faithful priest. Like all of us, his last days were not the last of his life. It is never too late in this life to turn, to do God’s work, and to survive all that the prince of this world may put in our way.

Blessed John Donne, priest, pray for us.

Daylight Saving Time

Sunday, March 11, is the day we once again “spring forward” and switch to Daylight Saving Time. Remember to set your clocks one hour ahead when you go to bed on Saturday so that you’ll be on time for Sunday services.

New Parish Administrator Announced

We are happy to announce that Austin Clark, our Organist-Choirmaster, has agreed

to add another title to his name, that of Parish Administrator. He will be in the office Monday through Thursday, 9 am until 4 pm. We are eagerly looking forward to him making the church office run as smoothly as he now has the choir functioning.

Wilt Thou Forgive? By John Donne

Wilt Thou forgive that sin where I begun,

Which was my sin, though it were done before?

Wilt Thou forgive that sin, through which I run, And do run still, though still I do deplore?

When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done,

For I have more.

Wilt Thou forgive that sin which I have won Others to sin, and made my sin their door?

Wilt Thou forgive that sin which I did shun A year or two, but wallowed in a score?

When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done,

For I have more.

I have a sin of fear, that when I have spun My last thread, I shall perish on the shore; But swear by Thyself, that at my death Thy Son

Shall shine as he shines now, and heretofore; And having done that,

Thou hast done; I fear no more.

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Readings for March Year B

March 4, 2018 Exodus 20:1-17 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 John 2:13-22 Psalm 19 March 11, 2018 Numbers 21:4-9 Ephesians 2:1-10 John 3:14-21 Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 March 18, 2018 Jeremiah 31:31-34 Hebrews 5:5-10 John 12:20-33 Psalm 51:1-13 or Psalm 119:9-16 March 25, 2018 (Palm Sunday) Isaiah 50:4-9a Philippians 2:5-11 Mark 14:1-15:47 or Mark 15:1-39, [40-47] Psalm 31:9-16 March 29, 2018 (Maundy Thursday) Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13:1-17, 31b-35 Psalm 116:1, 10-17 March 30, 2018 (Good Friday) Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Hebrews 10:16-25 or Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 John 18:1-19:42 Psalm 22 March 31, 2018 (Easter Vigil) Romans 6:3-11 Psalm 114 Mark 16:1-8

Greeters, Ushers, and Oblation Bearers (or GUOBs for short)

Why are we changing what works? The short answer: So we can make it better. And actually, not that much is changing. We’ve always had, or were suppose to have, greeters and ushers (to take up collection) at both services, and oblation bearers at the 11:00 am service. We’ve added oblation bearers at the 8:30 am service and are now asking the ushers at the early service to assist in the orderly flow of people going up for communion. Yes, all the regulars at the early service are used to going up for communion without any prompting by a third party. But, keep in mind that newcomers, whether new to the Church of Our Saviour or new to the 8:30 service, don’t know that. And if you’re one of those newcomers and like to sit up front, you suddenly find yourself holding up the line as people are waiting for you to go up to the communion rail. Another reason for having ushers direct the “traffic” during communion is so that people are able to stay in their pews and reflect, say additional prayers or whatever they like to do to get ready to receive the body and blood of Jesus, rather than standing in a line of 10, 15 or more people shuffling up to the communion rail. Overall, the goal is to make everyone feel welcomed and assured that they are doing what is generally done at a service. (Again, try to imagine what a newcomer experiences when they come to Our Saviour.) The last change we are making with the greeters, ushers and oblation bearers is that we are scheduling people to fill these roles rather than having it be the “who feels like doing __________ today” roulette that we have been experiencing for way too long. We are a small neighborhood church, but that doesn’t mean we have to have a haphazard feel to our services. We hope everyone will give these changes a chance and allow them to begin to feel more like a normal part of the services. When people come to church they should be afforded the opportunity to focus on the service, and not spend their time wondering who is going to get up and take care of what when.

Lastly, we are looking for more people, especially at the 11am service, to volunteer to be greeters and ushers. If you would like to volunteer, please contact me at [email protected] or 770-401-0415.

- Mary Sommers

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(Like other children of my generation, John 3:16 is the first Bible verse I learned “by heart.” The text always brings to mind the beautiful musical set-ting within The Crucifixion, Sir John Stainer’s orato-rio and a fixture of the English choral tradition. If you are not familiar with it, I commend St. Paul’s record-ing on YouTube.) Returning and adapting St. Ignatius Loyola, the Rev’d Prebendary Alan Moses reminds us that “Lent is about spiritual exercise. It involves making more time for being with Jesus in his prayer, fasting and temptation. It means making time for study and for good works. So it is a season for both giving up and taking up. “Fasting and abstinence make us more con-scious of what we consume. They remind us of our dependence on God and others for our daily bread. They bring to mind those who go hungry. The Church links them with almsgiving. The money we save by giving up things during Lent is not to be used to improve our bank balance – although reformed habits can have that effect – but to be given to those in need. The contents of our Lent boxes are a sacra-ment of our disciplines.” “His is not the love that arises in response to ours, nor does His love wilt when ours fails,” wrote the Rev’d Leslie Kingsbury. “It is a love which, being of the nature of God, will awaken ours, take it, trans-form it, and make it His. ‘We love Him because He first loved us’ (I John 4:19), and do what we will, we cannot escape from that love. The Passion of Jesus is the passion of God’s love. And so Jesus goes through humiliation and death itself rather than renounce that love; indeed, He will go into hell for us.” (Forty Nights: Readings for Lent on the Anima Christi. London: A.R. Mowbray & Co., 1959. 57-58.)

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Birthdays: Mar. 2: Mary McCoy 3: Kelly Alexander 4: Suellen Henderson 6: Kerry Lee Henderson 13: Alexis Leifermann 18: Emily Grace Kirk 20: Patrick Rosenzweig

No Anniversaries

St. Ignatius of Loyola begins his Spiritual Exercises stating the first principle and foundation permeating his exemplary way of life, “God created human beings to praise, reverence, and serve God, and by doing this, to save their souls. “God created all other things on the face of the earth to help fulfill this purpose. “From this it follows that we are to use the things of this world only to the extent that they help us to this end, and we ought to rid ourselves of the things of this world to the extent that they get in the way of this end. “For this it is necessary to make ourselves indifferent to all created things as much as we are able, so that we do not necessarily want health rather than sickness, riches rather than poverty, honor rather than dishonor, a long rather than a short life, and so in all the rest, so that we ultimately desire and choose only what is most conducive for us to the end for which God created us” (Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola [23]. Tr. Elder Mullan, S.J.; ed. Rick Rossi, March 2015). Through the course of our lives, we are stew-ards of God’s good gifts – life itself, character, and material resources. We choose how to use these gifts, ultimately defining the character of our life and the depth of our spiritual understanding. “Stewards see everything good as gifts received from God and they respond in gratitude. … Stewardship is a conversion journey of receiving God’s love and returning love to Him.” (Office of Stewardship. “The Pillars of Parish Stewardship”. Wichita, Kansas: Catholic Diocese of Wichita, May 2004.) “The conversion to stewardship as a way of life is a journey of the individual, the family, the parish, the diocese, and the Universal Church. What makes such conversion possible? As stated above, it is God’s love for us that lies at the heart of such conversion.” The familiar words of John 3:16, which we will hear again on Laetare Sunday, the Fourth Sun-day in Lent, encapsulate the depth of this love: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begot-ten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

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Monthly Duties and Regular Meetings...

Saint Anne’s Altar Guild March 3 James Carvalho & Dan Grossman

March 10 Julie Roberts & Jennifer McGlynn

March 17 Chris McGehee

March 24 William Gatlin & Kerry L. Henderson

March 29 Donald Hinamon & Meg Pagán

March 30 TBA

March 31 TBA Coordinators: Chris McGehee 404-873-3729

Hosting After 11:00 Service March 4 Covered Dish Luncheon March 11 Stephanie Fox & Charla Allen March 18 Laura & David Stable March 25 William Gatlin & Mary Sommers

Coordinator: Kathy Davis 404-874-4256

St. Bernadette's Flower Guild March 4 no flowers March 11 Soojeong Herring March 18 no flowers March 25 TBA March 31 TBA

Coordinator: Mary Hallenberg 678-409-2939

Serving at the Altar

Mar. 4: Amy Dills-Moore, deacon Dowman Wilson, subdeacon Mike Miller, crucifer 11: Amy Dills-Moore, deacon Eric Strange, subdeacon 18: David Stabler, subdeacon Leonard O'Brien, chalice-bearer 25: Dowman Wilson, subdeacon Edgar Randolph, chalice-bearer Mike Miller, crucifer 29: (Maundy Thursday) David Stabler, subdeacon 30: (Good Friday) Roger Press, server Dowman Wilson, server 31: (Great Vigil of Easter) Dowman Wilson, subdeacon Leonard O'Brien, chalice-bearer Chris McGehee, crucifer

Coordinator: Dowman Wilson 404-816-4374

Saint Fiacre’s Garden Guild The Guild gathers on the second Saturday of

each month to work on the grounds and garden of the parish. So, please come by between 9:30 am and noon on Saturday, March 10, 2018, and offer your skills for as much time as you can spare.

Coordinator: Kathie Spotts 770-216-9985

Hosting After 8:30 Service

March 4 Victoria & Eric Henken March 11 Soojeong Herring March 18 Eve & Pat Rosenzweig March 25 Chris McGehee April 1 Eve & Pat Rosenzweig

Coordinator: Eve Rosenzweig

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