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Newsletter of First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta
SUNDAY Schedule Sunday, May 29 • Prayer breakfast for Homeless persons - 6:30 am, Fifield Hall • Communion Service 8:30 am, Winship Chapel • The Mustard Seed Bookstore 9:00 am - 12:00 pm • Sunday School for all ages 9:00 am • Worship Service - 10:15 am, Sanctuary • Fellowship Hour - 11:15 pm, Fifield Hall
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May 29, 2011,
Rev. Craig N. Goodrich will preach “The Laid down Life.”
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his Sunday we begin our summer schedule with communion in the chapel at 8:30, Sunday school for all ages at 9:00 and worship in the Sanctuary at 10:15. The Scripture lessons this Sunday are 2nd Samuel 23:8-17 and John 15: 12 -17. The first tells the story of David’s three mighty warriors who upon hearing David say longingly that he desires a drink from the well of Bethlehem, break through enemy lines and return with water from the well. When David realizes what they have done, he pours out the water “to the LORD” exclaiming “[c]an I drink of the blood of the men who went at risk of their lives?” (2nd Samuel 23:17).
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In the second passage Jesus is with his disciples on the eve of his death. He gives them a new commandment, “to love one another as I have loved you,” and continues, “no one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” (John 15:12-13). And, of course, this is exactly what Jesus did. On this Memorial Day Weekend, our themes are love and devotion, risk and sacrifice. We remember with gratitude those who have given their lives in the service of our country. And we know that sometimes love calls us to sacrifice our own comfort and security. So let’s ask ourselves this question, where is the love of God in Jesus Christ calling us? Might it be to a place of risk and sacrifice? How might we be called to lay down our lives in his service? The sermon is entitled “The Laid r e down Life.” m Sum ule d God bless you this Memorial sche ins beg y! Day Weekend. da Sun
6:30 am – Prayer Breakfast for Homeless Persons, Fifield Hall 8:30 am – Communion Service, Winship Chapel 9:00 am – Sunday School for All Ages 10:15 am – Worship Service, Sanctuary 11:15 am – Fellowship Hour, Fifield Hall
Faithfully Yours,
Craig