A letter to Atlanta area clergy from Brenda Fitzgerald, M.D.,

commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health

Dear Faith Community Leader,

As the Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health and the State Health Officer, I am writing to share my concerns about Zika virus infection. I am asking you to help disseminate important information about protecting against mosquito…

Tex Sample, a world renowned storyteller, author, pastor, and servant will be giving three lectures as part of the Trail Mix Lecture Series at Sandy Springs Christian Church, June 17-18. Sandy Springs Christian Church, 301 Johnson Ferry Road, NW, Sandy Springs, has a long tradition of bringing nationally sought-after preachers and speakers to our area in this lecture series. “A Christian Justice, the first lecture, is 6:30-9:00…

If your congregation, agency, or ministry works with education programs, people returning to community after incarceration, people who do not speak English, or refugees you will be interested in this material from the Federal Trade Commission, Division of Consumer & Business Education.  …

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and we have featured many events and resources over the last few weeks concerning mental health. The C.H.I.P. Tool Box for Mental Health Ministry is an important resource for congregations. Even churches with small staffs can effectively welcome and include those with a mental illness as full members…

Our latest give-away from Allied Faith and Family is The Finest Hours, an heroic action-thriller based on the extraordinary true story of the greatest small-boat rescue in Coast Guard history. In 1952, a massive winter storm strikes off the coast of Cape Cod, ripping a T-2 oil tanker in half and trapping more than 30 sailors inside its rapidly sinking stern. When word of the disaster reaches the U.S. Coast Guard, four men led by Captain Bernie Webber (Chris…

God calls us to some things we cannot do alone.

Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta

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Church Action eNewsletter Week of April 25, 2016

1. Scholarships for the 2016 Wildgoose Festival are available for first call pastors or seminarians and their families. Apply for the LEAD NOW cohort!…

God calls us to some things we cannot do alone.

Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta

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Church Action eNewsletter Week of April 18, 2016

1. Introduction to Co-Listening, led…

God calls us to some things we cannot do alone.

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Church Action eNewsletter Week of April 4, 2016

1. The Choir of St. John’s College,…

God calls us to some things we cannot do alone.

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Church Action eNewsletter Week of March 28,…

Journal of Pastoral Care Publications Inc. moves into cyberspace. The Greater Atlanta Region is blessed with many organizations offering specialized care and counseling that integrates religion/spirituality and psychology in order to achieve healing – and many of those organizations also train persons who wish to specialize in providing this kind of care and counseling (chaplains, pastoral counselors, marriage & family…

God calls us to some things we cannot do alone.

Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta

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Church Action eNewsletter Week of March 21, 2016

1. The 36th annual…

God calls us to some things we cannot do alone.

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Church Action eNewsletter Week of March 14, 2016

1. Community Day…

 The 36th annual Ecumenical Good Friday Pilgrimage (Urban Way of the Cross) sponsored by the Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta’s Office of Justice & Peace Ministries is  Friday, March 25,  9 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

This year’s theme is Do you see me? What will you do? We will begin with an opening…

God calls us to some things we cannot do alone.

Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta

Church Action eNewsletter Week of March 7, 2016

The “An Appeal to…

The “An Appeal to Christians in the United States” (see below) reflects a growing alarm that our country is entering a very dangerous period in which some political leaders and some media are directly challenging our most fundamental Christian convictions. The Appeal is consequently a theological affirmation written by Christians to Christian brothers and sisters across the United States.

As of March 2, 2016, there were some 2940 signers of the Appeal. The…

God calls us to some things we cannot do alone.

Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta

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Church Action eNewsletter Week of February 29, 2016

1. Easter…

God calls us to some things we cannot do alone.

Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta

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Church Action eNewsletter Week of February 22, 2016

1. Lake Oconee Community Church’s Celtic Lenten Observation continues…

Many churches offer opportunities to pray the Stations of the Cross during Lent. Among them is Northside Drive Baptist. Come to the chapel, now through March 27, and simply follow the instructions attached to the walls and walk the Way of the Cross

The stations offer a special form of devotion which originated in medieval Europe when wars prevented pilgrims from going to the Holy Land. Artists created works depicting scenes of Christ's journey to Calvary to help…

God calls us to some things we cannot do alone.

Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta

Church Action eNewsletter Week of February 15, 2016

Ash Wednesday

1. Thirty Seconds or Less is the world’s shortest podcast, a flash mob of ideas, hundreds of voices exploring each book of the Bible with reflections on the good news they contain.  If you can’t say it in thirty…

The Center for Lifelong Learning at Columbia Theological Seminary is hosting a new exhibit, Witness to Faith: The Biblical Art of Sadao Watanabe, featuring original works of graphic art by Japan's foremost Christian artist of the 20th century. The exhibit is on display now through April 25, 2016 in the Harrington Center. The Columbia Seminary campus located at 701 S. Columbia Drive, Decatur, GA near Atlanta. The event is open to the public.

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