Joining Hands for Justice in Palestine and Israel
You are invited to a discussion and book signing “What Jerusalem Means to Us: Christian Perspectives and Reflections” with Carole Monica Burnett, Ph.D. and Father George Makhlouf, Sunday, September 16, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m., Harrington Center Auditorium, Columbia Theological Seminary, 701 S. Columbia Dr., Decatur 30030. Enter Campus from Inman Dr. Park in parking lot on the left behind the library. R.s.v.p. by Thursday, September 13, to Rev. Fahed Abu-Akel by text (404) 441-2702 or fabuakel@gmail.com
Carole Monica Burnett, Ph.D., is the editor of the Fathers of the Church series, an expanding collection of early Christian texts translated from Greek, Latin and Syriac (Catholic University of America Press). She has taught Church History at the Ecumenical Institute of Theology of St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore, as well as Greek and Latin at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. Currently she serves on the Theology Committee of Friends of Sabeel North America. Her spiritual home is the Antiochian Orthodox Church.
Father George Makhlouf, born in West Jerusalem before the Nakba (literally “Catastrophe” the 1948 Palestinian exodus and dispossession) and raised in East Jerusalem, is a retired Orthodox priest who was ordained in Jerusalem in 1985 and has served in Ramallah and New York. He received his education in Terra Sancta School in East Jerusalem and College des Freres in Bethlehem, followed by theological studies in Jerusalem, France and Lebanon. As Pastor Emeritus, he is attached to St. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Church in Atlanta and lives in Duluth, GA.
The Church at Chapelhill - Atlanta Campus Saturday, Dec. 19, 10a.m.-12.
4330 Washington Road, Atlanta, GA
DeKalb County will host its latest free food distribution event this weekend, handing out a total of about 3,700 boxes of meat and produce to residents in need.
Each package of food will include a 20-pound box of fruit and vegetables and a bag of ground beef or chicken hindquarters.
Locations
Former K-Mart store parking lot
5597 Buford Highway NE, Doraville
Buck Godfrey Stadium
2817 Clifton Springs Road, Decatur
James R. Hallford Stadium
3789 Memorial College Ave., Clarkston
New Birth Missionary Baptist Church
6400 Woodrow Road, Stonecrest
email ecarter@rccatl.org
2715 Peachtree Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30305
“Blessed Are the Peacemakers” Bible studies from the New Baptist Covenant for adults, youth and children to remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his work for justice. Download these free Bible studies here.
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