Two of our parishioners at Terra Bella Senior Living on Epps Bridge Pkwy (who do not drive) have voiced a desire to attend Sunday School at 9:15 am. Currently there are drivers that can bring them to the 10:30 church service but not to Sunday School. Alternatively, they would be willing to come to the 8:00 service and stay through Sunday School. Please contact Tammy Bowman at 706-296-8876 (voice/text) or via email if you could be part of a team of drivers to assist with this. Thanks!
Family Promise—Help Needed!
Family Promise reports that they are currently experiencing more requests for assistance than they can meet. They have requested grocery gift cards from either Kroger or Walmart. If you would like to help, you can give cards or money for cards to Annette Bates or leave them with Kendall in the office. Thank you for your continued generosity!
Family Promise is an organization dedicated to helping families experiencing homelessness achieve independence. For more information, please visit their website at https://www.familypromiseathens.org/.
Annual Council Service Project
The Diocesan Youth Commission and our parish EYC invites you to take part in this year’s Annual Council Service Project: “We Will, With God’s Help.” In partnership with El Refugio, this project supports immigrant families impacted by detention, poverty, and displacement.
You can participate by donating gift cards and supplies and/or writing notes of encouragement.
Delegates will work with the Youth Commission to assemble supplies at Annual Council (Nov
7-8). Donations and notes of encouragement can be mailed ot the Cathedral of St Philip or dropped off at St Greg's to be delivered by our parish delegation. The donation deadline is November 1. Learn more and get involved at eycdioatl.org/service-project.
Family Promise, October 5-11
Our next and last Family Promise commitment for 2025 is October 5-11. Here's what we need help with:
1) dinner preparation Weds Oct 8, delivered by 6:30 p.m., more details to follow
2) help at the day center Sat Oct 11, 1:00-5:00 p.m., have one helper, need one more for all or part of the time
3) donation of hygiene supplies like laundry detergent, Clorox wipes, and women's hygiene supplies; boxes in the narthex and parish hall buildings.
If you can help, please contact Annette at bateskannette@gmail.com or 706-255-5839. Thanks so much!
Barnett Shoals Elementary School Clothing Drive: October 1-November 2
Every Fall, St. Gregory’s sponsors a parish-wide clothing drive to support our neighbor, Barnett Shoals Elementary School. Again this year, school personnel have devoted extra time to reviewing prioritized clothing needs for the schools’ clothes closets. Your contributions of any of the following items will make a difference:
DESPERATELY NEEDED: boys’ and girls’ pants and shorts - All sizes, but especially youth sizes 4-10. Need easy to wear, elastic waist shorts, pants and girls’ leggings.
ALWAYS NEEDED: girls’ underwear, especially sizes 4/5 and 8-16, S-XL; boys’ underwear, sizes 4-16, XS-XL.
NEW REQUESTS: New or lightly-used, closed-toe kids’ shoes. Boys’ and girls’ sizes 10/10.5-3 (younger kids) and 3.5-7 (older kids). Unopened toiletry items (toothbrushes, toothpaste, hand soap, deodorant, shampoo, etc.).
NOTE: Socks and shirts are not needed this year. We have done a great job of supplying those in previous years.
Donations will be collected from Wednesday, October 1 through Sunday, November 2 in the boxes located in the lobby of the Parrish Hall. If you have any questions, please contact Gail Eilers, eilersgail@gmail.com, or Jane Sheridan, jsheridan@friendlycity.net. Thank you, in advance, for your support.
National Suicide Prevention Week
National Suicide Prevention Week is September 7th-13th. St Gregory's will be hosting the following events throughout the week in recognition:
Monday, September 8 at 6PM - QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) Training
Wednesday, September 10 at 6PM - Our usual Healing service will be adapted slightly and focus on the issue of suicide and mental health.
Thursday, September 11 at 6PM - Keep/Watch Training. Holle Tubbs, Youth Missioner for the Diocese of Atlanta and co-author of Keep Watch: Suicide, Christ, and Community will be offering a workshop on Keep/Watch, the suicide prevention program for the Diocese of Atlanta.
Friday, September 12 at 6PM - Suicide Prevention Vigil.