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January 29, 2017 The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany

This is a series of banners by Elenore Dyck and Pat van Nes, created to illustrate a sermon series on the Beatitudes, entitled "Kingdom Attitudes."

January 29, 2017 St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church welcomes you to our parish community. 8:00 A.M. - The Holy Eucharist, Rite I

10:30 A.M. - The Holy Eucharist, Rite II 3:30 P.M. - Dinka Service

Micah 6:1-8 CLERGY AND STAFF Psalm 15 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Matthew 5:1-12

BULLETIN LINK

The Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany

The Atlanta Falcons and Supply Priest the Parish Meeting The Rev. E. Claiborne Jones [email protected] Not a few brothers and sisters, myself included, Parish Administrator got a little heated at the parish meeting last Muriel Diguette Sunday. There was anxiety expressed about the [email protected] church's long-term financial stability and concern Finance Clerk about whether the next rector's compensation was Brownie Sway affordable and whether there would be [email protected] performance objectives against which the priest Organist would be evaluated. I, for one, got anxious about Mary Lou Rahn the anxiety! I thought and said, "Didn't we have [email protected] these same concerns a year ago and don't we Choir Director realize that on so many measures we are doing Dawn-Marie James great? And don't we understand that a good rector [email protected] works with the vestry as a team of mutual support Sound Ministry and mutual review?" John Harrill [email protected] Our now retired Senior Warden, Rolston Osborne,

Church Office begged to differ with me. We all laughed together Address: 6780 James B. Rivers Dr. and he went on to say that anxiety is not Stone Mountain , GA 30083 inappropriate but that we are in fact in good shape. Phone: 770-469-8551 T'was a wonderful example that our emotions are Fax: 770-696-2185 complex, "both/and." Office Hours: Monday -Thursday Later Sunday, I sat down to watch the Falcons 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 pm Closed on Friday Football game. I don't follow Pro Football and even though I knew this was a big game I didn't yet know that it would determine whether or not Atlanta goes to the Super Bowl. The game began, and I was anxious. Atlanta rolled up score after score and I was anxious. At half-time the score was 24-0 in our favor and I was, yes, still anxious. What? WHAT?

A wise colleague reminded me that "anxiety is often unsupported excitement." I was anxious and wanting to be excited about the Falcon's success, but the game wasn't over yet. Perhaps some of our anxiety as a parish is similar. We want to be excited about a new rector and growing our community, but we're not there yet. So we are anxious as well.

Jesus suggests we "be not anxious about tomorrow." But we are. And yet we could let a little of our excitement about our future give us measures of Holy joy even now!

Yours faithfully,

Reaching the Clergy

The best email address for the Summer Supply Priest, Your 2017 SMAA Vestry Claiborne, is: [email protected]

The email address [email protected] has become infected with so much SPAM that it is not a good means of communication.

You can also call Claiborne on her cell phone, which is 404.488.3379. If you TEXT her, please put your name in the text.

Check out our new website! Front row: L to R, William George, Senior Warden Visit Our Website! Michelle Johnson, Meghan Birdseye, Junior Warden, Peter Brook, Christine Success

PARISH CALENDAR Back row: L to R, Sam Atere-Roberts, Clarke Weigle, Steve Hart, Kathy Moyer

Sunday, January 29 Congratulations! 8:00 a.m. Rite I Holy Eucharist 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 10:30 a.m. Rite II Holy Eucharist The Reverend Donna S. Mote, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Dinka Service preaching and teaching here on

Monday, January 30 Sunday, February 5th 8:00 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous (8:00am, 10:30am, 11:45am) (Lower Beene)

Tuesday, January 31 12:00 p.m. Deadline for announcements and prayers 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts

Wednesday, February 1 7:00 a.m. Narcotics Anonymous (Upper Hensler Hall) Room 4 - Upper Hensler Hall 7:30 p.m. Recovery of the Rock Group (Lower Beene)

Thursday, February 2 7:30 p.m. Marijuana Anonymous (Lower Beene)

Friday, February 3

Saturday, February 4 8:00 a.m. Men of Michael The Reverend Donna S. Mote, PhD, our diocesan Missioner 9:30 a.m. DOK Prayer Gatherine for Engagement and Innovation, joins us to preach 10:30 a.m. Al-Anon at morning services and to meet with those (maybe that's (Lower Beene) all of us?!) interested in learning about innovative ministries we can initiate at St. Michael's. She regularly meets with parishes in transition to help them focus on their own visions for the future of their ministries.

Donna works with the Innovations Fund which makes grants to parishes who desire to do a new work in a familiar place or new work in a new-to-us place. And it's work that some folks agree together needs to be done Stay in touch and that they are willing to do. It's also work that requires with Bishop Wright and Episcopalians to serve alongside non-Episcopalian Episcopalians neighbors for the common good. This is right in line with Around Middle and North Georgia! our Purpose Statement!

Go to this link to sign up for the Diocesan e-newletter, Connecting, Donna is an engaging teacher (having taught at and for Bishop Wright's weekly Sewanne's Episcopal Seminary) and looks forward to message. helping us bring our dreams into focus. She also serves as t h e Episcopal Chaplain to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Go here to sign up International Airport.

Episcopal Church Women of St. Michael and All Angels

St. Catherine's Guild

If you would like to join St. Catherine's Guild of St. Michael and All Angels, please send an email to [email protected] to be added to our email distribution. Meetings are the 2nd Friday and 4th Saturday of each month.

Anglican Cycle Prayers

January 29

Psalm: 93 Prov. 1: 2-7 Lichfield - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Michael Ipgrave Lichfield - Shrewsbury - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Mark James Rylands Lichfield - Stafford - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Geoffrey Peter Annas Lichfield - Wolverhampton - PRAYER IN ST. MICHAEL'S PARISH (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Clive Gregory Prayer is a central element in our discipleship and is daily as well as on Sundays, individual and corporate. Our Book of Common St. Michael and All Angels Prayer has liturgies for morning and evening prayer as well as Prayers briefer devotions for individuals and families (BCP 137), prayers for Various Occasions (BCP 251) and specials Prayers and We pray particularly this week for: Thanksgivings (BCP 810).

Jess, Jack, Peggy Jo, Steve and When a person is added to our Sunday prayer list, that person's Claire, Nelly, Mary, Doug, Maude, name is also added to the group prayer list of the Daughters of the Charles, Elaine, Lorraine, Linnette, King. This prayer list is coordinated by Faustina Ward-Osborne Kyle, Jose, Dianne, Ginny, Regina, whose new email is [email protected]. Steve, Olive, Lovel, the Lashley Family, Merle, Denzel, Roslyn, Valma, We are currentlly updating our Sunday prayer list to remove those Samuel, Evelyn, the Howell brothers, who were place on it for a circumstance which has resolved. If Betty Lee, Lyleith Williams, Ann, Glenn you would like to continue to have a person in our Sunday & O'Loughlin family, Colton Newkirk, prayers, pleases contact Muriel at Yvonne, Lel, Ruby & Cecile, Ann, Lili & [email protected] or you may circle the name our CTKE family, Stevie's family, on the Sunday bulletin's intercessions and hand it to Claiborne. Rocky Holt, Otilia, Reynaldo,

Steve, Pam, June, Bob, and Mary. Let us pray without ceasing!

Please call the parish office at HAGIOGRAPHY, HEALING 770.469.8551 or email Muriel at [email protected] to request AND HOLY EUCHARIST prayers to be put on our prayer list. Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.

Please join the 10:30 a.m. Wednesday service. We will be observing one of the holy (hagios in Greek) people in our church calendar. We will learn a lot of interesting facets of discipleship through the centuries. The service will be a Eucharist with special prayers for healing as well.

Our E-newsletter is now archived under NEWS on the St. Michael's website. So if Like us on Facebook you miss an issue, please go to www.stmichaelstonemountain.org and you can see all the latest news!

If you did not receive offering envelopes, please call Muriel in the Parish Office. We still have some available. EDUCARE - to bring out or lead forth (Latin/Old French)

ADULT EDUCATION Opportunities will abound at St. Michael's beginning January 8th at 9:15 a.m. Hoping these offerings will bring you out to participate and lead us all forth into greater faithfulness.

KATHY MOYER will continue her study in Room 6 of Upper Hensler, from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. Please join us this Winter as we consider a study "Walking with God in the Desert". The study provides insight and preparation for hard times that come whether it be the loss of a loved one, unemployment or a crisis of faith. During those desert times, it is easy to think that God has disappeared. Instead, discover that it is only when we are totally dependent on Him that we find Him closer than ever and can experience God's amazing grace. If you would like more information about the class or the study, please contact Kathy Moyer by phone at 770-931- 3677 or email at [email protected].

The Rev. CLAIBORNE JONES will lead a conversation in room 4 of Upper Hensler about the lessons for each Sunday: Old Testament, Psalm, Epistle and Gospel. Bring your bulletins! All are welcome to either of these classes!

21 Days Until the Winter Wonderland Dance Saturday, February 18th

Winter Wonderland Dinner Dance sponsored by St. Catherine's Guild Hensler Hall 6:00 pm cocktails, followed by dinner and dancing until 11:00 p.m. Dinner Menu: Rosemary Chicken Roast Beef Roasted Potatoes Wild Rice Rolls Bourbon Bread Pudding with Ice Cream $60 per person Tickets on sale ~ see Michelle Porter, Michelle Johnson, Leslyn Weekes, Dawn Charles, or Shirley Edwards

Servants for Sunday, January 29nd

Vestry Person of the Day:

Acolytes: 8:00 a.m. Andrew Tetteth 10:30 a.m. Adolphos Grimes, Anessa Grimes, Vanessa Grimes, Kieron Johnson (Gospel Bearer)

Altar Guild: Bobbie Unger, Terri Griffith, Sonia Lowe, Marvis Black

Chalice Bearers: 8:00 a.m. Meghan Birdseye, Leticia Cuence 10:30 a.m. Sunday School Youth

Lay Readers: 8:00 a.m. Leticia Cuence 10:30 a.m. Sunday School Youth

Prayers: 8:00 a.m. Meghan Birdseye 10:30 a.m. Sunday School Youth

Ushers: 8:00 a.m. Bobbie Unger, Jim Unger 10:30 a.m. Hazel Success, Arlington Success

Sunday School Teachers: Pre-School & 1st: Marvis Black 2nd-6th: William George 7-12th: Andrew Tetteh

Happy Birthday to you ! Birthdays This Week!

Aaron Garner - 1/26 Joyce Rose - 1/27 Zoya Williams - 1/31 AnnMarie Plummer-Bailey - 2/2 Anya Parkes - 2/4 Charles Gardner - 2/5

If we miss your birthday, please call Muriel in the parish office. It will only be because we don't have the date!

Thank you for your active involvement in our Parish Family at St. Michael & All Angels. Please look for more event emails in the coming weeks.