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Disaster News from U.S. Small Business Administration

Loans for Homeowners, Renters and Businesses of All Sizes

SBA Disaster Assistance – Field Operations Center- East – 101 Marietta Street, NW, Suite 700, Atlanta, GA 30303

SBA Offers Disaster Assistance to Georgia Residents Affected by a Tornado on Sept. 5th

Residents and businesses affected by the tornado that occurred on Sept. 5, can apply for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, SBA Administrator Karen G. Mills announced today.…

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Happy Birthday KJB

A few wonderful essays occasioned by the 400th birthday of the King James Bible

The Good Book's Great Prose Lessons The Good Book’s Great Prose Lessons by Robert Alter WSJ

The King James Bible at 400 by Virgil Klinkenborg NYT…

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A Game Plan for Older Adults to Prevent Diabetes

Diabetes is one of the most serious health issues facing older adults in Atlanta.

Among the Medicare population ages 65 or older living in Atlanta, it is estimated that more than 30,000 have undiagnosed diabetes and 80,000+ have prediabetes. Diabetes can often be prevented, and those found to have diabetes can take steps to control it—if they know they have it. The first step is to visit your health care provider or clinic and get screened.…

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Cokesbury offers a guide to Bible Translations

Guide to Popular Bible Translations

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Church Action eNewsletter Week of August 22, 2011

God calls us to some things we cannot do alone.

This newsletter is reaching into September so get out your calendar. We will be on vacation next week.

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Church Action Newsletter Week of August 15, 2011

God calls us to some things we cannot do alone.

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Church Action eNewsletter Week of August 8

God calls us to some things we cannot do alone.

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1. The artists at Friendship Center at Holy Comforter have created more art than they have room for . . . so they are having a special… Continue

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Action Ministries Volunteer

Action Ministries-Atlanta (formerly named Atlanta Urban Ministries) is a 48-year-old, faith-based nonprofit which operates a daily Community Kitchen for homeless women, an Emergency Assistance and Empowerment Program for families on the verge of homelessness and Children’s Programming for children and youth in Atlanta’s homeless shelters. To sign up to serve a weekday meal for homeless women and children, email Katherine Bailey at kbailey@actionministries.net.

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9/11 Tenth Anniversary Commemoration Resources and Events

Local events

Dr. Courtney Cowart, a Ground Zero volunteer in the months following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that she witnessed, is the • featured preacher ten years later, Sept. 11, 2011, on a special edition of…

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Labor Day 2011

This has been a tough year for American workers and working families. How can you and your congregation show your support? Plan a Labor Day weekend worship service or educational experience that celebrates and honors the people who teach our kids, care for the sick, keep our streets safe, serve our food, build our cars, and help make our communities and our country a better…

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Church Action eNewsletter Week of August 1, 2011

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Church Action Weeky eNewsletter Week of July 25, 2011

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Church Action eNewsletter Week of July 18, 2011

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A New Harmony, the Spirit, the Earth, and the Human Soul, a day with J. Philip Newell, Saturday October 8, 2011 J. Philip Newell is internationally acclaimed for his work in the field of Celtic spir…

A New Harmony, the Spirit, the Earth, and the Human Soul, a day with J. Philip Newell, Saturday October 8, 2011

J. Philip Newell is internationally acclaimed for his work in the field of Celtic spirituality. With a passion for peace in the world and a fresh vision for harmony between its great spiritual traditions, Dr. Newell will be exploring the theme of New…

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Christian Witness in an Interreligious World

The World Council of Churches, the World Evangelical Alliance, and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue have issued a joint statement on appropriate missionary conduct entitled “Christian Witness in a Multi-Religious World: Recommendations for Conduct.” These three bodies joined together to respond to the increasing interreligious tensions and conflicts in the world today in which Christians are sometimes involved, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, either as those who…

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Weekly Church Action Newsletter Week of July 11, 2011

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Week of July 11, 2011

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Weekly Church Action eNewsletter Week of July 4, 2011

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Faith Community Event Calendar Reminders

Faith Community Event Calendar…

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Church Action eNewsletter Week of June 27, 2011

God calls us to some things we cannot do alone.

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The Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta is a partner in C.H.I.P. an interfaith and community-based…

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Church Action eNewsletter -- June 20, 2011

God calls us to some things we cannot do alone.

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Church Action eNewsletter

Week of June 20, 2011

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