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The Chimes Newsletter of First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta
SUNDAY Schedule Sunday, September 4 Sunday, August 28 • Prayer breakfast for Homeless persons - 6:30 am, Fifield Hall • Communion Service 8:30 am, Winship Chapel • Sunday School for all ages 9:00 am • The Mustard Seed Bookstore 9:00 am - 12:00 pm • Worship Service - 10:15 am, Sanctuary • Fellowship Hour - 11:15 pm, Fifield Hall • Excelsis Choir - 1:00 pm
Sunday, september 11 • Prayer breakfast for Homeless persons - 6:30 am, Fifield Hall • Communion Service 8:30 am, Winship Chapel • The Mustard Seed Bookstore 9:00 am - 1:00 pm • Cherub Choir - 9:30 am • Worship Service - 9:00 am, Sanctuary • Sunday School - 10:05 am • Worship Service - 11:15 am, Sanctuary • Fellowship Hour - 12:15 am, Fifield Hall • Excelsis Choir - 1:00 pm • Musica Sacra Concert - 5:00 pm, Sanctuary
September 4 & 11, 2011 Christ at the Center
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hen there are disagreements in the church, I suppose that in most cases, we act much the same way as any other group of people. We choose to ignore the hurt, September 4 Chris Moore-Keish to preach silently nurture our wounds, or wait for an opportunity for revenge. Jesus calls us to respond differently as a household of faith. We are to reach out and to seek reconciliation. In our attempts to offer and to receive forgiveness, we mirror in our own small ways what God has done for us. Here in the church, we are a dress rehearsal for what is going on in the kingdom of God. When we forgive, when we refuse to ignore wrong that has been done, when we humbly confess the wrong we have done and ask to be forgiven, here in our church we become a corner of heaven. I hope that you will join us for worship and live into this prayer: “Lord, teach us to forgive. Teach us not to nurture the hurt once received, but to let it go, to give back our pain to You and let You transform our hurt into an invitation to healing. Teach us to seek reconciliation in all things, to reach out, to risk, to be the first one to act to set things right when things are wrong. Teach us to tell the truth to one another, but first to ourselves, to admit our wrongs, to take responsibility for our sins, then to repent and make things right. Lord, teach us to forgive. Amen.”
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s we prepare f o r Su n d a y, September 11, a day when we will remember the tragic events of ten years ago and reflect on where we are today and where the September 11 Tom Tewell to preach Lord is leading us into the future, I am pleased to announce our FOCUS Preacher/ Speaker is Dr. Tom Tewell, Director of the Faith Based Ministries of the Cousins Foundation. Tom is one of the outstanding preachers in America,was pastor of the Fifth Ave Presbyterian Church on 9/11, 2001 and has preached from our pulpit a number of times, He is married to Suzanne who teaches in our Weekday Pre-School, they have two married sons and four grandchildren, and both Tom and Suzanne have been part of our church family for several years. We look forward to his preaching in the morning (9 and 11:15am) and to his key note address following the 6:30 dinner that evening. So please come join us, and invite your family and friends to come as well!
Faithfully yours,
George B. Wirth
Peace,
Return to Regular Schedule September 11th, Focus Sunday
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8:30 am - Communion Service 9:00 am & 11:15 am - Worship Services 10:05 am - Sunday School for All Ages 5:00 pm - Musica Sacra Concert