Parish Outreach

Basketball      
Description: OLA Parish sponsors elementary school teams during the Catholic Metro League season
Contact: Toby Cortez tacortez@bellsouth.net
                       
Bridge Club
Description: If you like to play bridge, please join parishioners on a monthly basis in the parish hall.  Monies raised help the Bereavement Food Ministry.
Contact: Gerry Christensen  gerrychristensen@bellsouth.net

Carnival                      
Description: This one day event is a “Fun Raiser”.  Parishioners work as a team to plan games, rides, crafts, and concessions, and entertainment.  
Contact: Linda Javadi  olastewardship@earthlink.net

Dinner Club    
Description: This is a great way to meet other parishioners whether you are new to the community or have been here a while. Members meet on a monthly basis in each others homes, in groups of four couples or pairs.  They rotate from home to home.
Contact: George & Bridget Fenn   bridgetfenn@bellsouth.net

Empty Nesters                       
Description: There is a group for the young and a group for the not so young; now there is a group for US!  If your children are out or almost out of the nest, this is the place to be!  If you do not have children and would just like to “hang out” with your peers, we are waiting for you.  Single or married all are welcome.  Quarterly gatherings and additional activities are held as interest dictates.
Contact: Karol Smith ksmith6771@bellsouth.net
           
Fish Fry          
Description: On the Fridays of Lent, you can gather with other great parish cooks to help prepare this wonderful Lenten meal.
Contact: Jimmy Heath  404-261-5000
                                   
Nursery Volunteers    
Description: Nursery is provided for small children on Sunday mornings from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.  There is an adult staff person who supervises the children along with other adult and teen volunteers.
Contact:            Wikki Lewis  770-908-1418

Parish Life Group
Description: Families of the parish gather about once per month during the school year for various activities.  The annual favorites include the Halloween Costume Party, Pizza Party and Easter Egg Hunt.  Community service projects include Christmas Caroling at a local retirement home and a Lenten charity drive.  Married couples with or without children, and single parent families are welcomed and encouraged to participate.  Activities are designed for a mixture of family participation and adult-only events.
Contact: Laine Watson  laine.l.watson@accenture.com

Scouting for Boys & Girls       
Descritpion: These service organizations help boys and girl’s learn more about themselves, their families, their community and the world in which they live.  Our active scouts participate in camp-outs, contests, service projects, and spirit building activities while learning leadership and life skills.
Contact:            Bob Branford  770-455-4676
Contact: Ellen Whitley ellen@seaoatsgroup.com

Senior Adult Ministry (SAM)  
Description: Senior parishioners are invited to celebrate Mass together on the First Friday of each month.  A brown bag lunch is shared afterward.  The group schedules a variety of activities and field trips.
Contact:            Beck Fratesi   b.fratesi@earthlink.net

Welcoming Committee
Description: Members of this group host a welcome breakfast at the rectory the 2nd Sunday of each month from September thru May. Doughnuts are provided at the 9 and 11:00 a.m. masses on the 1st Sunday of the month.  They also work on special projects as the need arises which allow us to “Welcome” our newest parishioners.
Contact: Linda Javadi  olastewardship@earthlink.net