Faith Community Event Calendar Reminders

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May 10, 15. John Smoltz in Starting and Closing: Perseverance, Faith, and One More Year tells his story. Smoltz delivers insights into modern major league baseball, its place in popular culture, and the value of competition, and writes with unwavering honesty about becoming a true Christian and finding in his beliefs the peace and strength to stay focused. This memoir is an inspirational story of spiritual growth and family values, from a man who believed not just in himself but also in God's plan for him…and one more year. May 10 at Barnes and Noble in Buckhead and May 17 at Books-A-Million at Discover Mills Mall.

May 18. Breaking the Shackles Benefit Concert, May 18, 7 – 9 p.m., Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, 955 Johnson Ferry Road, Marietta. To help youthSpark's AFNAP campaign in the fight against child sex trafficking, Wheeler High students Cameron Harris and Karina Perez organized this benefit concert.  Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door or in advance via www.itickets.com.

May 18. Is there a young person in your congregation destined to be a leader? The Fulton County Office of Children and Youth in the H HS Department seeks young people, 9^th to 11^th grades in Fulton County schools, interested in becoming community leaders.  The deadline for submission is Friday, May 18, at 5 p.m. Students accepted into the program will affect policies and legislation, interact with elected leaders on the local and state levels, and speak out on behalf of all Fulton County youth.  Submit applications to Reginald Crossly, Fulton County Youth Commission, 5600 Stonewall Tell Road, Suite 200, Atlanta  30349. For more information, contact Reginald Crossley at 404-612-7386 or email [e-mail]. 

May 19. SPARC Sickness Prevention Achieved Through Regional Collaboration is  coming to a neighborhood near you. Services include immunizations for infuenza, tetanus, pneumonia, and hepatitis, mammography, and Pap Test referrals, screenings for STD / HIV, cholesterol, blood pressure, blood glucose and more. Medicare / Medicaid and some private insurance accepted. Please have card with you. No one will be turned away! Services are for Adults ONLY! For more information, contact the Office of Aging at 404-613 - 6000 Saturday, May 19, 9 to 12, Helene S. Mills Senior Multipurpose Facility, 515 John Wesley Dobbs Ave., Atlanta  30312

May 19. A live webcast featuring a conversation about mission between Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and Archbishop Desmond Tutu will be carried at 3:30 p.m. (EDT) Saturday, May 19, on the website of the Episcopal Church www.episcopalchurch.org and will be available on demand afterwards.

May 19-20. 47th Mid-East Food Festival featuring the renowned performer Joseph Bishara with Haitham Zbib on keyboard and the Band. Saturday May 19 starting at non and Sunday until 5 p.m. Divine Liturgy at 10:30 on Sunday.  Free Admission, Middle Eastern Food, Desserts, Church Tours, Arts, Music, Dance, Children's Activities and Cultural Items.  St. John Melkite Church, 1428 Ponce de Leon Avenue, NE, Atlanta   30307.  Festival Contact Info: 770-310-1232 www.stjohnmelkite.org

May 19. Concert with a Cause, the Raleigh Ringers, May 19, 7:30 p.m., in the sanctuary of Central Presbyterian Church, 201 Washington Street, SW, Atlanta 30303, across Washington from the Georgia State Capitol.. Since its founding in 1990, The Raleigh Ringers has been dazzling concert audiences with unique interpretations of sacred, secular, and popular music, including famous rock ‘n’ roll tunes arranged just for handbells. Visit their website at www.rr.org.

 

May 20. The Rev. Thomas L. Brackett is the featured speaker May 20 on “Day 1.” Brackett’s sermon, based on Jesus’ prayer in John 17:6-19, is entitled “This Prayer That Won’t Let Me Go.” In it he describes a shift in his faith, which had earlier been deeply influenced by this prayer. He says. “I was being asked to look for the Spirit in all the wrong places. I was being asked to move from the life of strict theologies I’d inherited to a life of curiosity about where God might show up next. Instead of sniffing out the newcomer for their orthodoxy, I was learning to ask them for their stories of the heart—stories of God surprising them with unconditional love and affection.”

May 21- July 29. The Auburn Avenue Research Library will host thephotographic exhibition Resettled: Clarkston, Georgia, Monday, May 21.-Sunday, July 29. This exhibition chronicles the life of Arbai Barre Abdi and her family since their resettlement in Clarkston from a Kenyan refugee camp in 2004.. The library is at 101 Auburn Avenue NE,  Atlanta 30303

 

May 21. The Concerned Citizens for the Educational Advancement of Atlanta Public Schools  Students, a coalition of retired Atlanta Public school system educators and concerned citizens, will host a public meeting on Monday, May 21, from 6 -8 pm at Frederick Douglass High School, 225 Hamilton E. Holmes Drive. The goal of the coalition is to offer proposals to enhance the state of the school system through improved discipline creating an increased educational atmosphere conducive to learning. This public meeting will be one of many designed to develop recommendations to members of the board of education and superintendent.

May 22. SPARC Sickness Prevention Achieved Through Regional Collaboration is  coming to a neighborhood near you. Services include immunizations for infuenza, tetanus, pneumonia, and hepatitis, mammography, and Pap Test referrals, screenings for STD / HIV, cholesterol, blood pressure, blood glucose and more. Medicare / Medicaid and some private insurance accepted. Please have card with you. No one will be turned away! Services are for Adults ONLY! For more information, contact the Office of Aging at 404-613 - 6000 Tuesday, May 22, 10 to 2, St. Paul AME, 1540 Pryor Road SW, Atlanta  30315

May 24.  Community planning for the 9th Annual Walk/Run for a Cure HIV/AIDS will begin tomorrow, May 24, at 6 p.m., at The Greater Piney Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Room 207, 1879 Glenwood Ave., S.E., Atlanta 30316

 

May 24, Dr. Dwight Andrews takes us behind the scenes to view the Talladega murals created by the late Hale Aspacio Woodruff.   The High Museum of Art in collaboration with Talladega College in Alabama embarked on a two-year project to restore, research, and exhibit Woodruff’s Talladega murals.  The murals will be on view at the High Museum of Art from June 2 – September 2, 2012.  The murals consist of 6 panels that vividly portray scenes related to the Amistad revolt, the Underground Railroad, Registration at Swayne Hall, and the construction of Slavery Library. You can see an encore presentation on Thursday, May 24, at 9:00 a.m. and Saturday at 12:30 p.m.  

 

May 27. The Rev. Dr. Thomas G. Long  is the featured preacher May 27 and June 3, Pentecost and Trinity Sundays, on “Day 1” with host Peter Wallace, the nationally syndicated radio program also accessible online at Day1.org. Long’s message for Pentecost Sunday, May 27, is entitled “What’s the Gift?” “The gift we get on Pentecost is the one gift we most desperately need and the world needs,” he says. “Strangely enough, the gift of Pentecost is the gift of something to say, a Word to speak in the brokenness and tragedy of the world that is unlike any other word.” His sermon for Trinity Sunday, June 3, “The Start of the Trail,” is based on John 3:1-17. For more information, call toll free 888-411-Day-1 or check the program’s Web site, http://day1.org.

 

May 28-June1. The Church of God in Christ will hold their National Women's Conference and Convention in Atlanta, May 28 thru June 1, at the Georgia World Congress Center.  If you want to know more about his group contact Ms. Elizabeth Wilson, Vice President of Church of God in Christ (COGIC) Urban Initiatives at  404-344-2601.

 

May 31. AMERIGROUP Community Care presents Atlanta Fire Rescue Child Safety Seat Program, Thursday, May 31, 3:00 – 6:00 p.m., Wal-Mart, 6149 Old National Hwy, College Park, 30349. Free car-seats while supplies last. Health Screenings, Give-A-ways, Games, and much more! Fun for the entire family. Call [phone] to let them know you will attend. 

 

June 1. A Time to Let Go Sabbath Rest Silent Retreat, noon to 4 p.m., Friday, June 1, Ignatius House, 6700 Riverside Drive, Sandy Springs 30328. The cost for the afternoon including lunch is $22. Host Dan Hayes tells us that a generous donor has made it possible for anyone who can not afford this charge to be scholarshipped. Just email Becky Shoaf, blocked::mailto:[e-mail]" href="mailto:bshoaf@outof..., for more information.

 

June 1-10. Every three years, all of those diverse L’Arche cultures of the International Federation of L’Arche Communities come together for a week to share, provide mutual support, and deepen and renew a sense of mission and solidarity.  From June 1- 10, 2012, over 500 women and men (100 of whom will be persons with an intellectual disability) will come together in Atlanta at Agnes Scott College in the Decatur for this unique assembly. L’Arche communities provide residential homes, work programs, and a network of long-term friendships that enable persons with intellectual and development disabilities to contribute creatively to their own society. If you are interested in volunteering housing for some visitors, please contact Isaac Baroi at [e-mail] Find out more about L’Arche here…  

 

June 1-2. Free Help to Avoid Foreclosure June 1-2. Read details in English and Spanish at RCCAtl.org

 

June 2. A one-day Introduction to Centering Prayer Workshop will be held at St. Mary’s Sewanee, June 2, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Register at  CenteringPrayer  for a time away from the bustle and hurry in the beautiful mountains just above Chattanooga.

June 3. The Rev. Dr. Thomas G. Long  is the featured preacher May 27 and June 3, Pentecost and Trinity Sundays, on “Day 1” with host Peter Wallace, the nationally syndicated radio program also accessible online at Day1.org. His sermon for Trinity Sunday, June 3, “The Start of the Trail,” is based on John 3:1-17. For more information, call toll free 888-411-Day-1 or check the program’s Web site, http://day1.org.

 

June 3. The leadership of Atlanta Interfaith Leaders Fellowship extends to you a warm invitation to participate in Art and Interfaith. For more information about the guiding principles of this work click here. The   Interfaith Arts Workshop will be at the Breman Museum, 1440 Spring Street NW, Atlanta 30309, on June 3, 3:00-5:00 p.m. This workshop will be led by Flora Rosefsky   Pre-registration is required for this event because space is limited. Register by e-mail to Bill Voss mailto:[e-mail]" href="mailto:[e-mail]... with your name and the names of any guests. You will receive a confirmation by return e-mail. Late registrations may be made by telephone to 603-387-8113 and are subject to space availability. No pre-teens please! There is no charge for participation.

June 3. Mirabai Starr will be at First Baptist Church Decatur, 308 Clairemont Ave, Decatur, on Sunday, June 3, at 6:30 p.m., for a talk and signing of her new book, “God of Love: A Guide to the Heart of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.”  Starr introduces us to the exploration of spiritual truths at the core of every religious tradition.  This program is sponsored by Georgia Center for the Book in partnership with the First Baptist Church Decatur Conversations Ministry. No tickets or reservations required.

 

June 4. Georgia Center for the Book presents The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities. As a son of a sharecropper, Will Allen never thought that he would one day become a farmer himself.. A pioneering urban farmer and MacArthur "Genius Award" winner points the way to building a new food system that can feed--and heal--broken communities. Allen will be at the Decatur Library for a book signing on Monday, June 4, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

 

June 7. A communion service will be held at the Cathedral of St. Philip, 5:30 p.m., Thursday, June 7, as a part of the L’Arche Assembly. Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will preside at this service.  All interested people are invited to the worship service.  The church is in Buckhead at 2744 Peachtree Road.

 

June 7. Effective, July 1, new changes to the mandatory reporting law will take effect.  Interfaith Children’s Movement will offer two trainings in the metro area on how these changes will affect the faith community. You can register for one at the links below.  Contact Pamela Perkins Carn at Interfaith Children's Movement with any questions.  http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=5lrwmwjab.0.vch8fzjab.qva89lcab.96&... 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m

 

June 8. Reserve your space for Healthy church strategies for websites, social media, email and personal & congregational communication from the Center for Congregational Health now. Registration is limited for this June 8 learning opportunity at Mercer University in Atlanta. See the details   or contact Robin Danner at [e-mail] or 336-716-9722. 

 

June 9. Hands Around the Hill 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, June 9, 8:00 a.m., through historic downtown Atlanta and Grant Park.  All Proceeds will benefit Central Night Shelter and Central Outreach and Advocacy Center.  Register at www.ACTIVE.COM (Hands Around the Hill).  No race day registration.  All entrants receive a race T-shirt and food/beverage discount at the Post Race Party at Dakota Blue, Grant Park.  First Place winners receive a plaque.

June 9. Free Youth Festival and Music Showcase, June 9, at Church of the Master, 3400 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Atlanta 30331. Starting at 10 .am., the festival will provide fun family entertainment. The Festival is divided into themed Family Adventure Zones and exciting activities. Entertainment will include Clowns, Air Jumpers, Games, Weird Science, and from Disney and Nickelodeon Live radio remote. With programming carefully aimed at specific age groups and interests, there is adventure and fun for everyone.

June 9. Annual Food Co-Cp Gospel Festival Fundraiser at Georgia Avenue Community Ministries, June 9. Read more about the Georgia Avenue Food Co-Op which has become a model for other food co-ops around town at  GACM . The music starts at 4 at 645 Grant Street SE, Atlanta 30312

 

June 10. Dr. Davis Chappell, senior pastor of First United Methodist Church, Lawrenceville, is the featured preacher June 10 on “Day 1” with host Peter Wallace, the nationally syndicated radio program also accessible online at Day1.org. Chappell has served churches in the North Georgia Conference for the past 29 years and has been at Lawrenceville First since 2001. His message for June 10, based on Acts 15:1-31, is entitled “A Good Church Fight.”

June 11. The Job Networking group that meets at Roswell United Methodist Church held its fourth Mini-Job Fair on May 14.  Twelve local employers  brought a combined total of 200+ employment opportunities to the 225+ job seekers in attendance.  Employers who wish to attend the next 50-minute Mini-Job Fair on Monday, June 11, should contact Katherine Simons at [e-mail]. The meeting will be sponsored by the Roswell Rotary Club. See www.rumcjobnetworking.com for the complete program. 

June 19. Effective, July 1, new changes to the mandatory reporting law will take effect.  Interfaith Children’s Movement will offer two trainings in the metro area on how these changes will affect the faith community. You can register for one at the links below.  Contact Pamela Perkins Carn at Interfaith Children's Movement with any questions.  http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=5lrwmwjab.0.wch8fzjab.qva89lcab.96&... 5:30 - 7:00 p.m 

June 20. One refugee without hope is one too many.  Visit our website for some ideas for observing World Refugee Day one a Sunday near June 20.   You may want to use a special prayer or liturgy in your worship service or maybe plan something educational. See some resources  .   

 

June 23.  First Annual Welcome Home Veterans Event for Catholics and friends, hosted by the parishes of the North Metro Deanery of the Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta: Saturday, June 23, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Social networking begins one hour before and continues for one hour after. Come when you can, leave when you must. St. Peter Chanel Catholic Church, 11330 Woodstock Road Roswell 30075, behind the Home Depot on Hwy 92.  Be a part of welcoming home our veterans, helping to forge bonds among the veterans in our community, networking for support resources and learning about the unique gifts our Faith offers for both service members on active and veterans in transition from combat to peace. Mass and Confession will be available for those who desire it. For more information, contact us at [e-mail]

 

June 25-30 Peacebuilders Camp has opened registration for this summer. This overnight summer camp, June 25-30, is based at Koinonia Partners, in Americus, GA. Peacebuilders Camp is a small camp for campers ages 10-14 who will learn about peace and justice activism by visiting with local peacemakers and living in community. Camp includes water play, swimming, hiking, campfires (with s'mores), movie night, and other activities. If you would like to learn more about Peacebuilders Camp, the best thing to do is look at the photos and videos from 2011  Peacebuilders Camp at http://www.peacebuilderscamp.org. There are some scholarships available. See registration  

 

July 2. NAMI Basics to be offered in Cumming this summer. The new signature education program is for parents and other caregivers of children and adolescents living with a serious mental illness or emotional disturbance including ADD or ADHD with or without a formal diagnosis. The course is taught by trained teachers who are parents or caregivers of individuals who developed emotional problems prior to the age of 13 years. The course consists of six classes each lasting for 2 ½ hours. All instruction materials are FREE.  Click here for video and additional information about the NAMI Basics Course.  Cumming class will be Mondays, July 2 - August 6, 2012, 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. Preregistration is required. Seating is limited. Register by E-mailing Faye Taylor @ [e-mail] or calling 770-781-8325.  For more about NAMI Forsyth Dawson Lumpkin visit NAMI(National Alliance on Mental Illness)

 

July 16-19. “Worship Educationally ~ Educate Worshipfully” is the theme for the 2012 Korean Worship and Music Conference. This conference will explore the educational significance of Christian worship experience, as well as how teachers’ spirituality is nurtured in worshipful hearts and minds during educational experiences. Conference sessions are offered in both Korean and English. On campus guest rooms for this event: $32 (per person per night, 2 people in room, plus 7% tax) OR $49 (per night, single occupancy, plus 7% tax - if available). Off-campus housing options will be provided for families. $50.00 deposit ; $150.00 program fee.  Contact [e-mail] with questions. Columbia Theological Seminary Harrington Center, July 16 - July 19. Click here to register online. Click here to register with by mail with a check

 

July 15-21. Save the Date for the 3rd Annual Summer Institute on Addiction, July 15-21, 2012, The Lodge at Simpsonwood, Atlanta. The mission of the Southeast Institute on Chemical Dependency  is to provide addictions education and resources to congregations and communities throughout the Southeastern United States. Visit SICD at www.thesicd.org 

 

July 22 – 27 Immersion Experience: An Invitation to a Deeper Spiritual Life (CSF) at Columbia Theological Seminary.  This course will explore the origins of the Christian Spiritual Tradition. Participants will study the formative elements of Biblical Spirituality, Monastic Spirituality, and Reformed Spirituality. This course is the starting place for the Certificate in Spiritual Formation. Participants not enrolled in the Certificate in Spiritual Formation are welcome! Read More…  

 

September 20. Sacred Acts is available now at Cathedral Book Store, 2744 Peachtree Road NW.  And, author Mallory McDuff will be the speaker at the Annual Jane Baird Lecture at the Cathedral of St. Philip this fall, September 20. This is a free event but reservations are required. More on that later. Mallory’s narrative on the church’s role in environmental issues is rich in story and detail as she recounts how churches are working to protect God’s creation.

 

Sept 22.  The 5th Annual Run for Recovery at KSU is planned for September 22, 8:00 a.m. Registration is now open at Active.com There will be cash awards and sponsorship opportunities are available. The Hope Homes Collegiate Run for Recovery 5k at Kennesaw State University is a run to heighten community awareness about those recovering from alcohol and drug addiction and to raise funds to support the Hope Homes Collegiate Scholarship Fund. If you are interested in being involved contact Kelly Moselle at [e-mail] For more information about Hope Homes Collegiate visit www.Hopehomesrecovery.org 

 

October 18. Pastors you can start making plans to attend the Annual Pastor Appreciation Event. FaithTalk 970 WNIV announced this week that preregistration is open. This year’s event will be held on Thursday, October 18 at the Marriott in Alpharetta.  Special Guest Speaker this year is Alistair Begg from Truth for Life.     Please be sure to register early to reserve your spot; space is limited.