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st. lukes episcopal church • 435 peachtree st. ne • atlanta, ga 30308 • 404.873.7600 • www.stlukesatlanta.org

A twice monthly newsletterApril 1, 2016

Parish News ................................... 2Announcements ............................. 3Calendar ......................................... 4Birthdays ........................................ 5Christian Education ...................... 6Sojourners ..................................... 6Children & Families ...................... 7EYC.............................................. 8

Alleluia! Christ is Risen! The Lord is Risen Indeed! Alleluia!

When I was in seminary in New York City, I was a member of our school’s Guild of Chimers. This was a group of students who, ten minutes before each Evening Prayer or Eucharist service, would advance up a rickety staircase in our chapel’s bell tower and play hymns on long, loud carillon bells. For our seminary community, this playing was a call to worship, an invi-tation to come to chapel, and a signal to the people at General Theological Seminary (and its surrounding Chelsea neighbor-hood) that we were coming together to praise God.

One of my favorite moments during my three years in seminary was during the Easter Vigil of my second year. During the first part of the Vigil, the church is shrouded in dark-ness as we hear once again “the record of God’s saving deeds in history,” leading up to the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the middle of these readings, there is the great Easter Proclamation – the lights are brought up, Alleluias are shouted, bells are rung, and the church joins together in singing Gloria in excelsis. It is a raucous, joyous, celebratory part of the service.

At that moment of that particular Easter Vigil when I was in my second year of seminary, when the chapel service reached this point in the service, I was up in the bell tower, chiming the Chelsea Changes – a set of musical scales that always started off a chiming session. While Chapel attendees joined the organ in singing out Gloria’s, I got to play these changes so that the rest of our community, as well as the surrounding community, could hear the musical news proclaiming that Christ is Risen.

It was an emotional and spiritual high for me, and as I’ve reflected on it, I’ve thought about how the Easter season might be a bit like this moment. In the bell tower there are about a dozen different bells, each one ringing out a different pitch – so that when struck, these different pitches would combine to make harmony and beautiful music. That particular night during the Easter Vigil, these bells all rang out different pitches, yet they all proclaimed the same message: Alleluia! Christ is Risen!

This Easter season, what if we imagined ourselves like these bells? Every one of us having a unique, distinct, and inimitable style of delivering the same message of Alleluia! Christ is Risen! Each one of us has something – it may be song, dance, poetry, written word, painting, drawing, pottery, sewing, craft-making, laughter, walking, athleticism, listening, or even just sharing your presence with someone else. Whatever yours may be and wherever you go, let your life this season proclaim God’s love and power that saves us from death and gives us everlasting life. Alleluia!

D I G D AYSAt., AprIl 9 | 9 A.m.

Come play in the dirt.

All are welcome!

Staff InformationSt. Luke’s Episcopal Church

404-873-7600

RectorThe Rev. Dan Matthews, Jr.

Beth Elliott, Rector’s Executive Assistant404-873-7610 | [email protected]

2016 Vestry

ClergyThe Rev. Elizabeth Shows CaffeyLiturgy and Senior Pastoral Care

404-873-7612 | [email protected]

The Rev. Heather ChaseChildren’s Christian Education/Formation404-873-7622 | [email protected]

The Rev. Lauren R. HolderOutreach and Pastoral Care


The Rev. Dennis Patterson, Jr.Christian Education & Parish Life


The Rev. David WagnerYouth and Young Adults


StaffMark Simmons, Director of Stewardship &

Membership404-873-7624 | [email protected]

Dr. Arlan J. Sunnarborg, Director of Music404-873-7620 | [email protected]

Charles Higgs, Music Associate404.873.7634 | [email protected]

Colleen Kingston, Assistant for Children’s Music404-735-1933 | [email protected]

Valerie Freer, Receptionist/Admin. Assistant404-873-7600 | [email protected]

Michelle Jemmott, Manager of Office Admin.404-873-7616 | [email protected]

Jean Lamer, Accountant404-873-7617 | [email protected]

David Lowry, Parish Administrator404-873-7663 | [email protected]

Amanda Vaughn, Liturgy Assistant404-873-7614 | [email protected]

Hala Hess White, Director of Communications404-873-7630 | [email protected]

Brian Hummel, Manager of Facilities Support404-873-7647 | (c) 404.291.0059

Kate Kennedy - Sr. Warden

Mignon Crawford, Treasurer Cap Putt, Finance Chair

Robert Long, IV, Chancellor

Debbie BachmannArdith BarrowRussell CurreyHal DanielScott Inman

Phil LamsonSue McAvoyBecky MickBrian OpsahlSusanna Roberts

Greg Vaughn - Jr. Warden

Parish News & Announcements

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A team from St. Luke’s Flower Guild participat-ed in the Cathedral Flower Show recently. Bob Lightsey, Ruth Claiborne, Jeff Ashworth, Mary Hair Graham and John Divine McGee designed and created the flowers for the Cathedral chap-el. Looks like there might be some St. Luke’s red among those roses!

Friends of Crossroads Community Ministries and event chairs John Beane, Peggy Foreman, Jane Long and Mary Perrin

invite you to join us for the 4th Annual Saddle Up Gala.

Celebr a t ing S t an D aw s on’s 16 ye ar s o f s er v ice and le a der ship.

Reserve your tickets, review sponsorship opportunities and find out more information at:

crossroadsatlanta.org or contact Caroline Echols at 404.697.7346 | [email protected]

T H E F O U N D R Y A T P U R I T A N M I L LSteeplechase themed dinner, libations, silent auction and music

Individuals $125 | Patron Couple $500 | Patron table for 8 guests $2,500Corporate Sponsorships and additional Patron opportunities are also available

T H U R S D A Y, A P R I L 2 8 t h

6:00-9:00pm

420 Courtland Street NEAtlanta, GA 30308

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Can We Turn the Other Cheek?Therapeutic, Civic and Spiritual

Responses to Violence April 14 | 6:15 p.m.

We at The Training and Counseling Center at St Luke’s (TACC) are struggling with the violence we see in the news and in our local communities. How can the church, the com-munity, and the individual respond? How can we understand justice and mercy in our world today? Please join us April 14 for a panel discussion on this important topic. We invite you to come for hors d’oeuvres at 6:15 p.m. in the Parish Hall and the panel discus-sion at 7 p.m. Local pastors, mental health professionals, as well as legislative and community activists will share their opinions and experiences. The Rev. Dan Matthews will moderate this discussion. More infor-mation and tickets are available on the TACC website at www.trainingandcounseling.org.

In April we’re collecting CLEANING SUPPLIES

(Swiffer, Cascade, Windex, etc.)for FOREVER FAMILY.

Please place your donations in the Outreach Baskets in the Narthex or the Reception Area.

St. Luke’s Fun RunSaturday, April 16

8 a.m. Piedmont Park

Join us for a continuation of our Heathly Living! Register online. There is a registration fee of $15/person, and 100% of the funds will go toward our group donation to Good Measure Meals. Since 2004, Good Measure Meals (GMM) has been providing good nutrition in ready-to-eat,

healthy, gourmet meal plans. They’ve helped thousands of people achieve weight loss, manage chronic health conditions, or just eat healthy without all the time re-quired to plan, shop, and cook. To learn more about GMM, please visit http://www.projectopenhand.org/s-nutr-good.asp.

St. Luke’s runs

Pre-Marital WorkshopSaturday, May 7 at TACC. Led by therapist Nineshia Mont-Reynaud, the workshop is from 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.. The program is designed to help couples look at themselves and raise important questions around the building of the cove-nant of marriage. This group meeting meets the Episcopal requirement for pre-marital counseling but is open to all denominations. Cost is $125.00 per couple and covers light snacks, booklet, and one counseling session during the first year of marriage. If you have questions or would like to attend, contact Linda Smith at TACC 404 876-6266 x 1 or go to the TACC website www.trainingandcoun-selingcenter.org

The Women’s Cancer Support Group will meet on Thursday, April 7 at noon in the Li-brary. Bring your lunch and we will have bev-erages. Please contact Meg Moye at TACC (404-876-6266, ext. 2003 ) if you would like to attend. Friends welcome.

APRIL 16 | 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. | at St. Luke’sAre you interested in the Episcopal church’s role in the world? Mark your calendar for April 16. The Atlanta Diocese is holding its annual Cele-bration of Global Mission right here at St. Luke’s! Bishop Robert Wright will deliver the keynote speech, followed by sessions on how to do mis-sion work and plan a mission trip. The cost of attending the all day event is $25 and includes lunch. Sign up through the diocese here: episcopal-atlanta.org/Events/2016/04/16/go-a-celebration-of-global-mission/

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From time to time, St. Luke’s publishes names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and photos of church members in the church bulletin, newslet-ter, directory and other church commu-nications. As a policy, we will not use names with photos of children.

If you do not want us to use your infor-mation in communications, please email David Lowry, Parish Administrator at:

[email protected]

1 John Michael FiererAlex SherrillLindley ColeLeslie BurnsJenny Stevens-ScottKyvonne Blue2 Adam CouvillonMark JonesChassie PostCooper PierceGraham WaldropWilliam CurreyAvery Sherrill Wynn HealanJulianna FaulkenberryLila Faulkenberry3 Martha LokeySydney MeagherReece MeagherDavid GillonGary SamsIan PayneJohn DaleAlly BattyDawn KillenbergDoug BaillieMel MobleyMalcolm PattersonLynn Meyer4 Richard GerakitisPark FowlkesElkin AlstonHarold LaniAndrew YoungKate SilvisEdythe LanierJackson Ledford

5 Christopher BrackenSoheila MehramChris MooreChris McClureTommy LamsonHenry SullivanJim KaltenbachEllie EtueHarlan Stone6 Walt PerrinSarah Saunders Glenn BohanJoseph KingstonJoe GirardotLeonard HayesCharles HiggsSydney Tashlein7 Caroline WesterhoffGrace AnglinCallie HillCharlotte GouldingJohn Divine McGeeFelecia WardJason ByrdKatherine Stice8 Alex KingWilson DobbsKay Van DorenSarah Babin BauerAna Kate de GiveJames Poindexter9 William OkpalaNick ScofieldKaitlyn PoindexterGordon MayMary Cobb

10 Claire MillerPeggy ForemanMichael HortenRosemary O’BoyleWardell Saulsberry McCoyJosh BryanEnoma Osa-Ogbeide11 Yadira PerryRuth OsborneMyra StubbsRick Blanchard12 Elizabeth Hilton HinesPamela OsborneJackie InmanAndrew WoodJonathan LewisLaine Patterson13 Priscilla HopkinsAnna WinerCrawford KennedyFrank Robinson14 Marilyn RosenbergSharon BrownLynn BaxterRobin AlstonElaine SwobeWilliam OzburnZoe WebberWesley ClarkDavid BenedictClark Fitz KennedyJessica Hutchings

15 Bob McKenziePolly DavidsonTom WilliamsCissy AhearnMaureen Southwell16 Grayson PhillipsJarrett WilliamsChristiana Hollis17 Helen AlstonJohn BrewsterSam BoswellRebecca CrumrineMiles Bassett18 Mary KyleElizabeth MooreKate KaneRuth CaproniLeslie Cash19 Katherine LawLen SinclairCharlie ZapfJacob EvansKeith RobertsReid VaccaroPride Forney20 Randy MaxwellJeanne HollisLauren OkulaLisa BoswellCharles BryanChip WallaceSarah PyrdaJason Harrison

April Birthdays

21 Coleman BuddWilliam ArnoldMark FiererJoan SitesCathryn JohnsonWallace PuttPat DusenburyJack ByrdLeigh Ann Allen22 Chuck MartinFahz MoultonElise AlvesJohn Bencich23 Orrie EvansBill MedleyBecky MickJames BoswellStephen KennedyJohn Hipple24 Dora WierBruce HarlanAlex Miller25 Callen InmanCathy EphraimAndrew DiggsMerrily LabartheKathleen Dumi-trescuJim Broome-BlanchardVicoria EvansAimee Mason26 John BeaneJohn FrySam Noland

We celebrate the lives that make up the community of St. Luke’s Church.

Deaths

Comer Jennings

Pattie Weatherly

Charles Felner father of Elizabeth Brown Moore

Harlan Mills, Jr.father of Jennifer Mills Hardy

Dot Pierce grandmother of Jason Barringer

Emma GiffordKatie BrysonScott NelsonBetsy WhittumKatherine EvansErin McFarling27 Katherine HollisBarbara SlickJason NevoitJoseph de GiveWade ThompsonJeanine BroganNora Ann WilliamsMary Helen O’Con-norCaroline RountreeDawn BigginsBettye Lowe28 Tucker GriffinEmma GrahamLexi Bradley29 Ann BarrettSusan StewartChuck HowardJeri DurrettApril LloydHunter Anderson30 Cotten AlstonEve NettlesDavid LangFrank McDonaldIsabel WynnErin KennedyJoann SladenJosephine Ryder

Adult Christian Education

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WORSHIP and LITURGY MINISTRY SPOTLIGHTOn Sunday, April 17 from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. the Evangelism Committee is spon-soring the Worship and Liturgy Ministry Spotlight. These are the ministries which help make the services here at St. Luke’s so very meaningful, beautiful and special. Drop in the Parish Hall, get a cup of coffee and a tasty snack and learn about minis-tries ranging from Acolytes to Weddings. You might even find a ministry to fit your talents and interests. For more information, contact Jeanne Daniels:

[email protected] or 404-895-5959

BULLOCH HALL and optional lunchSaturday, April 2 | 10 a.m.Visit historic Bulloch Hall (Roswell, GA), the childhood home of Mittie Bulloch, who was President Theodore Roosevelt’s mother. After the visit, we will go to lunch at a restaurant to be announced. Cost: $8 pp. ($7 seniors) admission, plus cost of lunch. Carpool from St. Luke’s or meet us there. Sojourner reservation required by March 29. Coordinator: Chris Kinney.

“THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA” AT THE THEATRICAL OUTFITSaturday, April 23 | 2:30 p.m.Join the Sojourners and see the musical “The Light in the Piazza”. This winner of six Tony Awards transports audiences to sunshine-filled Tuscany and into the hearts of some of musical theatre’s most endearing characters. Adapted from the novella by Elizabeth Spencer with a score by Adam Guettel (grandson of composer Richard Rodgers). Cost of tickets is $44 and can be bought online at:

t h e a t r i c a l o u t f i t . o r gBUY YOUR TICKETS SOON! Coordinator: Jackie Lawrence. So-journers reservation required by April 19.

“CHIHULY IN THE GARDEN” AT THE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDENSThursday, May 12 | 7 p.m.Join your fellow Sojourners and tour the gardens to see the glass sculptures as internationally acclaimed artist, Dale Chihuly, returns to the Garden this spring for an encore exhibition of his spectacular works of art! Member tickets are $15.95 and non-member tickets are $21.95. Coordinator: Noreen Horrigan. Sojourners reservation required by Feb.3.

THE MUSIC OF ELTON JOHN CONCERT AND PRE-CONCERT GATHERINGSaturday, May 28 | 8 p.m.Join us to go Enjoy wine and nibbles at the Mays’ condo before the concert, then walk over to Symphony Hall for the Elton John concert. BUY YOUR OWN TICKET TO THE CONCERT IN ADVANCE! Contact the Woodruff box office at 404-733-4900 or go online at www.atlanta symphony.org for details and to buy tickets. Pre-concert gathering across the street 6:00-7:30 pm at the May’s condo in Colony Square. Bring your own beverage to enjoy and share. The Mays will provide the nibbles. Reservations required by May 23. Coordinators: Claire and Gordon May

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED: Sign-up most Sundays outside the Parish Hall, call the St. Luke’s reservation line (404-873-7777, ext. 4), or email [email protected]. Give your name, phone, e-mail, event, and names of all attending.

You can find the complete spring schedule for Sojourners online:

StLukesAtlanta.org /sojourners

Writing the SermonApril 3 | Dennis Patterson Jr.| St. Luke RoomPreaching is art and takes more time and thought than you might imagine. Come listen to how the lessons from The Rev. Gard-ner Taylor, The Rev. Joel Tomlin, The Rev. James Forbes, and The Rev. Fred Craddock have informed me as a preacher and the work that it takes to craft the sermon you think others might want to hear.

Lectio DivinaSophia Brothers Peterman | April 3 and May 1 | Wilmer ChapelLectio divina is a powerful means of reading sacred text for spiritual growth. Join us as we continue the gentle, nonthreatening practice of group lectio divina with short selections of sacred text and poetry.

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution - Part II | Video | Hamilton RoomThis PBS production seeks to explain the role of the very controversial Black PanthersMovement in the community, the nation, and the world at large.

For an up-to-date class schedulebe sure to check the

church website:

StLukesAtlanta.org/adult-education

April 22-23 - Join our great over-night event for 4th-6th graders with a Harry Potter theme. Friends are welcome to come, they just need to be 4th-6th grade. Sign-up is online.

Children’s & Families Ministries

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As welcomed as I may feel at St. Luke’s (I do!), the truth is that I’m still very new. And not just new to this parish, but new to this city. Jay and Charlie and I have established a familiar routine, we have our tricks for commuting to and from work, we know faces and names, we feel at home with the people we work with. And yet, if something hap-pens—something that requires a conversation with a trusted friend I can be real with—I have to pick up the phone and call someone hundreds of miles away. It will be months before I have close friends in this city that I can sit down with and be vulnerable with in that true-friendship kind of way. I’ve got my long distance tribe, but the local tribe will take time.

Is this you too? Do you ever feel that loneliness of just wishing you had a community of trust and support?

Glennon Doyle Melton is an author and blogger and self-proclaimed truth-teller. She actually sees that as her vocation—telling her truth. A group of St. Luke’s women went to hear her speak at an event recently. Our POLO (Parents of Little Ones) group orga-nized the outing, but I’ll tell you there were just as many “par-ents of not-so-little-ones” and “not parents at all” in attendance. Sadly, there was not a great deal of diversity among the 1000 women gathered—I’m just being honest because Glennon chal-lenged us all to tell our truth!

Afterwards, a few of us went out to debrief. We mostly talked about all the ways we do NOT have our stuff together. And the pressure we feel to keep up appearances.

Church ought to be the safest place in the world to not have it together. Church ought to be the place where we can let our wounds breathe after cov-ering them with Band-Aids all week. And it can be. Each of us has a part to play in making this a safe space, starting with showing up just the way we are. If you feel like you can’t keep it together, come on over. If you feel like you may not fit in with a certain group here, come on anyway. If you think, “Gosh, I’d hate for my priest to know that about me,” come speak your truth.

Because the truth is none of us have it all together. And the sooner we admit that to ourselves and to each other, the sooner we can experience the kind of deep relationships we’re lonely for and the meaningful growth we’re hoping for. Jesus visited the disciples after his

resurrection and showed them his wounds. We worship a wounded Lord. So come on with your hands and hearts open, wounds and all. We will all be a better church for it.

- Lauren Holder

O N B E I N G N E W

Join us June 13 – 17 for Vacation Bible School. We are very excited to announce that we will be offering a half day or full day track this year at St. Luke’s. Our theme this year is Discover God’s Love and our curric-ulum is “Deep Sea Discovery: God is With Me Where Ever I Go.” Each day will be filled with the discovery of God. There are still opportunities for you to get involve. We could use helpers with leading activities, the nursery, group leaders and a coordinator for our Sunday celebration on June 19. All registrations will be done online this year. Register now for a fun-filled week. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Heather Chase ([email protected]).

Sign up and get involved in our week of Discovery & Fun!

www.surveymonkey.com/r/vbsstlukes2016VBS Registration through April 17

Our Sunday School Teachers are amazing. They volunteer their time to teach our young children each Sunday asking for nothing in return. They share their compassion, kind-ness, and patience with our children, and for that, we are grateful. Please help up show our appreciation by donating fresh cut flowers and greenery that will be used to create special gifts for them.

When: May 1 (before the 9 a.m. service)What: Various types of fresh cut flowers and greeneryWhere: Drop flowers off in the kitchen adjacent to the Hamilton Room

Thank you for your donations!-The Parent Teacher Team

“Wherever you are on your spiritual journey, St. Luke’s welcomes you.”

Pastoral Crisis or Concerns?Call Beth Elliott at 404-873-7610, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., weekdays: X To connect with our Pastoral Care staff for such things as illness, hospitalization, miscarriage, divorce, unemployment;X To add a name to our parish prayer list or;X To have someone placed on the St. Luke’s Intercessory Prayer list to be prayed for daily.

After-hours & on weekends, call the church at 404-873-7600 to get the name and number of the priest on call.

May God bless you and comfort you in your difficult times as well as your joyful ones.

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or call 404-873-7630 to submit articles.

Deadline for the April 15issue is:

Wednesday, March 30by noon.

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SENIOR (as in graduating) RECOGNITION SUNDAY

On Sunday, May 1, we’ll celebrate with our youth who are preparing to reach a milestone in their journeys: High School Graduation! A youth will deliver the sermon that Sunday, and we’ll have a celebration ceremony during the 9 a.m. service for all high school graduates.

As we prepare for our service, we are asking families with high school graduates to send us the following information:• Full name (first, middle, last)• Photo (a senior pic would work great!) • Parents’ names• High School graduating from• Post-High School plans /college attending • Ring size (we will have a ring sizer at St. Luke’s, so next time you’re at

church, please see The Rev. David Wagner to measure; there are also online ring sizers that you can use).

TO SUBMIT INFORMATION: Fill out the form on the St. Luke’s website under the Sign Up tab and email your digital image to us or email all the information to:

[email protected]

DEADLINE: Monday, April 11 - it will be here sooner than you think!

Photo Issues?If you do not have a digital image you can send to us, we would be happy to scan a photo for you.

All you need to do is put the photo in an envelope and leave it in the

“Senior Photo” box at the Reception Desk. Be sure to put your name and your child’s name on the envelope.

We’ll scan the photo and have it waiting at the Desk for you to pick

up the following Sunday. If you have questions, email Hala or give her a call at the church.

SAVE THE DATES IN MAY

Sunday, May 1Senior Sunday celebrating our

graduating seniors5th Grade Celebration and Bible presentation

POLO Cinco de Mayo Party

Sunday, May 15 - PentecostConfirmations and Baptisms

Bishop Whitmore visitsSandwich Build for Crossroads

Sunday 2.0 Cookout and Messy Games

Saturday, May 28 Pig in The Park

Sunday, May 29Mass on the Grass

Parish Picnic

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