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Newsletter of First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta
SUNDAY Schedule Sunday, November 7 Mission Sunday • 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 for Children and Youth - 10:05 am • Combined Adult Sunday school - 10:05 am, Fifield Hall • Youth Contemporary Worship 10:05 am, B111 • Fellowship Hour - 11:00 am Fifield Hall • Worship Service - 11:15 am, Sanctuary • Mission Celebration Luncheon 12:15 pm, Fifield Hall (Free)
Sunday, November 14 Commitment Sunday • 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 • Family Service Day - 11:00 am Fifield Hall • Worship Service - 11:15 am, Sanctuary • Fellowship Hour - 12:15 pm Reception Room
November 7 & 14, 2010 Christ at the Center
November 7 Mission Sunday Dear Partners In Mission, As we gather together for the Annual Mission Conference Sunday, we are looking forward to celebrating our Partnerships in Brazil, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica and Kenya – Partnerships which have developed over the years and bind us together in ministry and mission with our brothers and sisters around the world. As we worship, work and bear witness together with all of those who belong to our international family of faith, we strive especially to lift up the poor, to relieve the oppressed and to seek peace, justice and reconciliation for all of God’s people on earth. So please come join us on Mission Sunday, November 7, during both the 9:00 and 11:15 worship services as members of our Mission staff and lay leaders speak about what mission means to them and to our entire congregation. The theme this year is “Sharing The Love of God In The World,” and the Mission Council hopes and prays that you will be encouraged to financially support and moved to participate in the many mission opportunities to serve, including our mission trips next year. Between the worship services, we invite you to join us for the combined Sunday School program for youth and adults in Fifield Hall, including a special celebration for elementary children. And then we hope you will come to the complimentary celebration luncheon in Fifield Hall at 12:15 to hear an inspirational presentation by leaders of our church and Hillside Church. Thank you for your prayers and for your faithful support!
Gratefully yours,
Doug Orr and Barb Wirth, Co-Chairs, Mission Celebration Sunday
November 14, Commitment Sunday Every year we celebrate Commitment Sunday, and bring our pledge cards forward during the 9:00 and 11:15 am Sunday worship services, making our commitments to the Lord and to all those whom He has called us to serve in ministry and mission. On behalf of this years chairpersons – Eddie Newsom, Stuart Bondurant and Tad Little, together with their entire Annual Giving Campaign Committee I invite you to join us for this grand and glorious outpouring of generosity and gratitude, lifting up our praise to God for all of His blessings, and dedicating ourselves to be and become a blessing to others. Our theme for the Campaign, “In God We Trust,” recocognizes that the motto printed on all of our U.S. currency is actually the spiritual framework of Christian stewardship, summed up in that great hymn of the church: “We Give Thee But Thine Own, What E’er The Gift May Be, All That We Have Is Thine Alone, A Trust O Lord From Thee” I look forward to seeing you on both of these special days – Mission Conference Sunday, November 7 and Commitment Sunday, November 14, as we lift up our hearts to the Lord! And please invite your family and friends to come on along with you!
Faithfully Yours,
George B. Wirth
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