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SUNDAY Schedule Sunday, May 15 Children’s Sunday
May 15 & 22, 2011 Christ at the Center
• The Mustard Seed Bookstore 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
MAy 15, Children’s Sunday We expend a great deal of energy teaching children how to do the right thing. Consider May 15 - David Florence how often we recoil to preach from complexity and just say to our children, “Be good!” We may remember our grandparents sharing wisdom in a nutshell: “A stitch in time saves 9,” “Waste not, want not.” Beyond proverbs, we often feel compelled to drive the message home by summing up stories with a moral about being good. Jesus’ way of teaching was not as straightforward. He grew up with Jewish law, but found its counterpoint in grace. His riddle-like parables invited puzzlement and discovery. It’s almost impossible to summarize an inner discovery or an “Ah ha!” moment. Our text, the Prodigal Son, is a familiar one, but it invites us to discover something. Dr. Wirth and I will deliver our sermon together in a dialogue form with room for the child in all of us to puzzle and discover.
• Worship Service - 9:00 am, Sanctuary
• 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 • Children’s Sunday Worship Service - 9:00 am, Sanctuary • Sunday School for all ages 10:05 am • Parenting Seminar 10:05 am, Fifield Hall • Children’s Sunday Worship Service - 11:15 am, Sanctuary • Good-bye Reception honoring Rev. David Florence - 12:15 pm Reception Room
Sunday, May 22 Disability Awareness Sunday • Prayer breakfast for Homeless persons - 6:30 am, Fifield Hall • Communion Service 8:30 am, Winship Chapel
• Sunday School for all ages 10:05 am • Youth Contemporary Worship 10:05 am • Worship Service - 11:15 am, Sanctuary • Fellowship Hour - 12:15 pm Fifield Hall
David C. Florence
May 22, Disability Awareness Sunday As we prepare to celebrate Disability Awareness Sunday on May 22, I am delighted to welcome May 22 - George Wirth to our worship to preach services Ms. Subie Green, President of the Center for the Visually Impaired, and Mrs. Jenny Pomeroy, Executive Director of Prevent Blindness Georgia. The focus of our liturgy that Sunday morning will be “The Gospel of Imperfection” as we recognize that people with disabilities, including sight impairment, can actually help us “see” things that many of us cannot see…and that all of us have different kinds of disabilities which bind us together as “imperfect members” of God’s family. Following both worship services, we will offer the opportunity for everybody to interact with leaders from both CVI and PBG in Fifield Hall as we demonstrate the realities of living with disabilities. So please join us at 9:00 and 11:15 in the sanctuary on May 22 – I look forward to seeing you in worship, and hope that you will invite your family and friends to come on along!
Faithfully Yours,
George B. Wirth