Transforming Lives, Transforming the World

 Howard Thurman 

speaks to 21st-century

spiritual pilgrims

 with keynote speaker Luther E. Smith Jr.,…

God calls us to some things we cannot do alone.

   Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta 

Weekly Church Action eNewsletter

Ash Wednesday 2015

1. Welcoming Atlanta is a City of Atlanta initiative to create a more welcoming environment for new arrivals and ensure that immigrants…

God calls us to some things we cannot do alone.

   Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta 

Weekly Church Action eNewsletter

Week of February 9, 2015

1. Musica Sacra at First Presbyterian Church presents Jens Korndorfer on the…

City of Atlanta’s Summer Food Program

The City of Atlanta is preparing for the 2015 Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) in partnership with Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning continuing Mayor Reed’s initiative to provide healthy, nutritious meals for children in our communities during the summer months. The 2015 program will…

God calls us to some things we cannot do alone.

   Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta 

Weekly Church Action eNewsletter

Week of January…

Georgia Budget 2015-2016

The Governor's Recommendation for the 2015 Session

The Georgia Budget shows us the state's priorities. It is quite readable and easy to determine what is new about state programs. It can be found at the website of the Georgia Office of Planning and Budget. An interesting portion of the Governor's budget report includes the performance measures for each department.…

God calls us to some things we cannot do alone.

   Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta 

Weekly Church Action eNewsletter

Week of January 19, 2015…

God calls us to some things we cannot do alone.

Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta

                                                               Week of January 12, 2015

World interfaith Harmony Week is coming up and we will publish events sent to us on our website, check out www.rccatl.org and select Read more under the Interfaith Harmony image on the right hand…

God calls us to some things we cannot do alone.

Winter Studies at Central Presbyterian Church

A Statement from the New Baptist Covenant

We have been called to build God's Kingdom; one in which all people are loved as precious children of God. Recent tragedies in Ferguson, MO and Staten Island, NY have brought national attention to the racial divides that continue to exist in our society and the inequalities that sustain that division, demean God's beloved children, and…

Watch Night

The first Watch Night Service is believed to have been a Moravian service held in 1733 in Germany where participants were encouraged to  contemplate the state of their souls.  John Wesley adopted the practice and subsequently many Methodist churches held these observances.  The…

World Interfaith Harmony Week

an annual event to be observed during the first week of February

World Interfaith Harmony Week was proclaimed by the General Assembly in resolution A/RES/65/5 adopted  October 20, 2010. In the resolution, the General Assembly, points out that mutual understanding and interreligious dialogue constitute important dimensions of a culture of…

Columbia Theological Seminary announced the speakers for its Colloquium 2015 to be held on April 20–22. Titled “The Church Facing the Future: Memory, Hope, and Obedience,” it will feature a lineup of some of its most well-known and well-loved faculty emeriti. The annual event will provide both clergy and laypersons with relevant reflection on God’s mission in the world today.

Walter Brueggemann, the William Marcellus McPheeters Professor Emeritus of…

God calls us to some things we cannot do alone.

   Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta 

Weekly Church Action eNewsletter

Week of November 10, 2014…

Litany for Peace

Let us be at peace within ourselves.

Silence

Let us accept that we are profoundly loved

and need never be afraid.

Silence…

God Spoke the Earth: Stories of Genesis in Prints and Drawings

September 13-December 7, 2014

Michael C. Carlos Museum Emory University…