December 15th is Youth Sunday! Join us to celebrate our youth members as they lead worship at both 8am and 10:30. They have an interesting sermon, music selection, and a few special prayers prepared for you.

On Wednesday evenings in December, Gene Ruffin will lead a program on contemplation and Advent (December 4, 11, 18). The program will reflect on Advent as an opportunity to be present in the moment rather than simply waiting for something to occur. Through the practice of stillness we are arrayed more deeply to the arrival of the season.  

We will have a simple supper at 6pm and the program will begin at 6:30pm.  

St. Gregory's Book Club meets the first Friday of the month in the library @ 7PM ongoing for the foreseeable future.  Email Lois Alworth if you are interested in participating.

On Wednesday evenings in December, Gene Ruffin will lead a program on contemplation and Advent (December 4, 11, 18). The program will reflect on Advent as an opportunity to be present in the moment rather than simply waiting for something to occur. Through the practice of stillness we are arrayed more deeply to the arrival of the season.  

We will have a simple supper at 6pm and the program will begin at 6:30pm.  

Threads of Prayer meets on the 1st Tuesdays of the month @1PM! We meet outside if the weather is good and inside the Christian Ed building if the weather is bad. Email Annette Bates if you are interested in participating. All knitters and crocheters welcome!

St Gregory's offers a monthly Ceilidh service (pronounced kay-lee) on the 3rd Friday of the month. Based on a Gaelic tradition of celebrating community and hospitality, a folk liturgy complete with live folk music and a meal will be offered in the Christian Education building at 6:30PM. Foot washing and hand anointing will also be available before or after (not during) these services for anyone who wants to take part, starting at 6PM. Food will be provided, but we always accept more dishes to add to the table if anyone wishes to bring something! Any musicians that are interested in helping to provide the music for these services, as well as anyone with questions about the service, are encouraged to reach out to Wade McGlamery.

Blindspot Group Our 20s and 30s group meets on the last Thursday of each month at 6:30PM and the 2nd Sunday of each month at 6PM for dinner and a small group study (usually off-site of the church). We also meet at least once a month for game nights, dinner and drinks, movie nights, and more. Newcomers are always welcome! Contact Wade McGlamery, 770-624-4837 for more information.

Men's Group: 9AM on Saturdays. 1st & 3rd Saturdays at St. Gregory's library and 2nd & 4th & 5th Saturdays at the Somerville's house ! Email Peter Rice

Threads of Prayer meets on the 1st Tuesdays of the month @1PM! We meet outside if the weather is good and inside the Christian Ed building if the weather is bad. Email Annette Bates if you are interested in participating. All knitters and crocheters welcome!

Men's Group: 9AM on Saturdays. 1st & 3rd Saturdays at St. Gregory's library and 2nd & 4th & 5th Saturdays at the Somerville's house ! Email Peter Rice

St. Gregory's Book Club meets the first Friday of the month in the library @ 7PM ongoing for the foreseeable future.  Email Lois Alworth if you are interested in participating.

Make plans to join the St. Gregory’s family for a fun Halloween fellowship. This evening will consist of carved/painted pumpkins & trunk-or-treating! If it rains, we’ll move the trunk-or-treat inside. In Preparation: All Gregorians are encouraged to bring your Halloween treats of choice to distribute from your own car trunk in the parking lot. If you don’t have a trunk, we will give you an assigned space to hand out your goodies. Carve or paint your own pumpkin to bring for the pumpkin display. Invite your friends and neighbors!

If you do not plan on attending, but wish to contribute candy for the Trunk-or-Treat, you can drop off bags of candy in the copier room across from Kendall's office.

St Gregory's offers a monthly Ceilidh service (pronounced kay-lee) on the 3rd Friday of the month. Based on a Gaelic tradition of celebrating community and hospitality, a folk liturgy complete with live folk music and a meal will be offered in the Christian Education building at 6:30PM. Foot washing and hand anointing will also be available before or after (not during) these services for anyone who wants to take part, starting at 6PM. Food will be provided, but we always accept more dishes to add to the table if anyone wishes to bring something! Any musicians that are interested in helping to provide the music for these services, as well as anyone with questions about the service, are encouraged to reach out to Wade McGlamery.

St. Gregorians and all members of the greater Athens area are invited to a Candlelight Vigil during National Suicide Prevention Week, in order to raise awareness, share resources, and practice remembrance. Tuesday, Sept. 10 from 7:30-9PM.

Labyrinth

In honor of National Suicide Prevention Week, we will have the labyrinth out in Parish Hall for anyone to walk between Monday, Sept. 9 and Thursday, Sept. 12.

First DnD Night of the school year! Meet up in the youth room at 6pm for DnD and pizza will be provided! Make sure to bring your favorite snack with you. 

A new school year has begun for youth, college students, and adults! 

To mark this new beginning, we invite everyone to bring his/her own backpack/briefcase/diaper bag to worship this Sunday, August 18, for special blessings and prayers. 

St. Gregory’s is offering a Guided Labyrinth Walk from 6:30-8:00 pm on Palm Sunday in the Parish Hall. Special meditative music will be provided by Dr. Grace Huang on piano.

The cloth labyrinth will also be out in Parish Hall from Saturday, March 23 through Maundy Thursday, March 28. Please come and walk the labyrinth at your leisure, when other events are not going on in Parish Hall, during Holy Week.

To Those for Whom Christmas Hurts:

You are not alone. You are invited to our Blue Christmas Healing Eucharist, on Wednesday, December 20 at 6PM, a special holiday service of worship designed for those for whom the holidays might be difficult. This Eucharist will include laying on of hands and anointing for those who wish to receive this particular sacrament. And wherever you are in your faith journey, all are welcome to receive communion. If you have undergone a painful loss, transition, life change, or if life has simply been hard for a while, the church cares about you and invites you to a special time for healing and peace.

Conversations on Grieving: While many Gregorians experience the holidays with joy, others find the holidays a time of challenge, struggle, and sadness. Come join us as we learn more about the grieving process and ways to respond to it in ourselves and others, with Mother Nikki, Gina Defalco, and Rhonda Packer facilitating. This session will also be interpreted for the deaf, and lunch is provided. Sunday, Dec. 3 from 12:30-2:30PM.

If you need childcare, please let the church office know no later than Friday, Dec. 1 at 12 noon.

The flower guild will be meeting to green the church for Advent on Thursday, Nov. 30 at 10AM. All are invited to join us and to bring evergreen branches!

Our beloved deacon Doug Adkins will be ordained to the priesthood on Saturday, June 24 at 2:00 p.m. at The Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta. If you are unable to attend in person, please join us via the livestream link provided by the Diocese at https://episcopalatlanta.org/event/ordination/ and hold Doug and his fellow ordinands in your prayers.

We always said, “Some church will be lucky to have Doug as their priest.” Well, that lucky church is US! Doug will return to St. Gregory’s as Associate Rector, and there will be a celebratory reception after the 10:30 service on July 2,

The Easter Celebration continues with the Trey Clegg Singers rockin’ God’s House with a gospel music service the Sunday following Easter Sunday…that’s April 16, at our ONE service that Sunday 10am. April 16, 10am. Come get your holy groove on, and let’s raise the roof!

The Right Rev. Porter Taylor (retired) will be here at the 9:15AM adult discussion group in the parish hall on Palm Sunday to do a reading and book signing for his new book, Are You Persuaded? In and Out of Being a Bishop. 

This Lent, LeeAnne Krause will be reprising the "Seven Deadly Sins in Media" class that was so rudely interrupted by COVID in 2020. Reflection and repentance are cornerstone disciplines during the holy season of Lent, but how do we accomplish this? How do we identify shortcomings in our own behavior? The ancient grouping of objectionable sins into the "Seven Deadly Sins" is a useful framework to begin this practice. We will be discussing the sins themselves, defining them and identifying common manifestations. Then we will watch video clips from feature films, TV, YouTube, and even cartoons, discussing the behaviors of the characters, identifying which, if any, sins they are committing. Examining the behaviors of fictitious characters is more objective and friendly than criticizing each other in the first or second person. Don't worry, we won't be watching anything very racy or violent! If you have any questions, contact LeeAnne Krause, Ellen Richardson, or Ron Balthazor.

PLEASE NOTE: If you need childcare, you must let the office (Kendall) know by the Monday prior to the Wednesday you are attending the class.

This Lent, LeeAnne Krause will be reprising the "Seven Deadly Sins in Media" class that was so rudely interrupted by COVID in 2020. Reflection and repentance are cornerstone disciplines during the holy season of Lent, but how do we accomplish this? How do we identify shortcomings in our own behavior? The ancient grouping of objectionable sins into the "Seven Deadly Sins" is a useful framework to begin this practice. We will be discussing the sins themselves, defining them and identifying common manifestations. Then we will watch video clips from feature films, TV, YouTube, and even cartoons, discussing the behaviors of the characters, identifying which, if any, sins they are committing. Examining the behaviors of fictitious characters is more objective and friendly than criticizing each other in the first or second person. Don't worry, we won't be watching anything very racy or violent! If you have any questions, contact LeeAnne Krause, Ellen Richardson, or Ron Balthazor.

PLEASE NOTE: If you need childcare, you must let the office (Kendall) know by the Monday prior to the Wednesday you are attending the class, or just let her know by February 27.