Announcements July 26th, 2015

PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR ALL OUR SICK, SHUT IN AND THOSE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES IN THEIR LIVES AND FAMILIES

 

 

Ms. Pauline Dunkley, mother of Elder Lorraine Brackery

 Mr. Timothy Reid of Fayetteville, NC brother of Sis. Angela Reid

 Sis. Patricia “Lioness” Tracey

 Ms. Gloria Turner, mother of Deacon Delphyne Lomax

 Mr. Doug Pack, former FAC Drummer

 Sis. Khadejah Verdell, daughter of Sis. Kim & Bro. Ray Grady

 Bro. Larry Wilson, friend Deacon Sharon Munajj

 Ms. Sophie Akiele, her parents Mrs. Sharon and Mr. Basile Akiele. and family. Friends of Deacon Lynn Young

 Min. Inger Anderson

 Min. Matthew Williams, wife Sis. Alexis and children Sage & Zuri.

 Sis. Shelly Clopton is participating in a study abroad in Hong Kong China as a Master’s student at Georgia State University.

 

 

Bereavement:
Mr. Arnie “Mac” Morris of Virginia, cousin of Sis. Mary Lee (Elder James) Davis made his transition last Friday in a tragic motorcycle accident.

 

 

Please send your prayer request and prayer concerns to deacons@firstafrikanchurch.org

 

 

 

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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

 

 

 

 

 Thank you for joining us for our “Friends and Family Celebration” today. Lite Refreshments will be served following the 8am    & 10am worship service in the Community Room downstairs. Congratulations to everyone that celebrates a Birthday or  Anniversary in the month July.

 

PLEASE JOIN SEASONED WOMEN AS THEY CELEBRATE THEIR FIRST YEAR. We began to meet at the church on Tuesday, August 11, 2014. Thanks to the women who continued to offer their homes for us to gather. SEASONED WOMEN will meet August 3, 2015 at the home of Jackie Jackson Dixon in Conyers at 7:00p.m. Directions: traveling from Atlanta, I-20 east to Exit 84. Exit 84 to Salem Rd, right on Salem Rd. to Old Salem Rd. You will pass Flat Shoals Rd. Pass Ingles on right, pass McCalla Rd., and turn right onto Old Salem Rd. Take Old Salem Rd. to Salem Lane (Salem Lake). Turn left onto Salem Lane, drive one block. House is on right 3300. Look for Liberation Flag in front of the house. Phone: 410-960-1662 (Cell.) 770-285-4007.

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Community Announcements

 

Citizens For A Healthy And Safe Environment (CHASE) will meet with the DeKalb Board of Commissioners on July 28, 2015 at 6:30PM. The meeting will be held at 1300 Commerce Drive, Decatur, GA 30030. The Board will vote as to whether or not they should allow an Asphalt and Paving Plant to be constructed in Lithonia in the Rogers Lake Road area. Rogers Lake Road is inundated with dangerous polluting industries. They are too close to residential areas. CHASE supports healthy sustainable economic development. We encourage industries that promote clean air and water.

Please come to this very important meeting. Save our communities!!

Renee Cail 617-320-3910 or Sandra Samuels 678-334-4390.

 

The Remnant of Atlanta Inc. will be hosting its second annual Back to School giveaway/drive on Saturday, August 1, 2015 at Cosmopolitan AME Church, 170 Vine Street, Atlanta, Ga., For more details on how you can help contact Sis. Saidah Obijiofor saidahoh@yahoo.com”

 

Big Miller Grove Baptist Church invites you to our Men’s Week Concert. Theme: Gospel Train, Saturday, August 1^st at 5:15pm at Big Miller Grove Baptist Church, 3800 Big Miller Grove Way, Lithonia, GA 30038. Sponsored by the BMG Men’s Ministry. Master of Ceremonies Evangelist Deborah Williams. Featuring Gospel Generals of Augusta, Ga 23 year old You Tube sensation Trajan Clayton of Macon, Ga, 16 year old Cynterricka McCord of Norman Gove, Men of Judah of Conyers, Voices of Genesis of Baxley, Ga., Testimony Ex-Convict Felons of Decatur, Ga., and many more!

 

20^th Anniversary –The Million Man March, Atlanta L.O.C. (Atlanta Local Organizing Committee), Saturday, October 10, 2015, Washington, DC. Meetings every Tuesday at 7pm, First Iconium Baptist Church, 542 Moreland Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30316. Convener Rev. Timothy McDonald III, and Co-Convener: Student Minister Abdul Sharrieff Muhammad. For more information visit www.justiceorelse.com, 800-590-5035

 

Conference Volunteers Needed: Be a Part of History – Share Our Stories – Connect Be an Atlanta ASALH Volunteer September 23 – 27, 2015, Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, 165 Courtland Street, NE, Atlanta, GA  30303. ASALH depends on a strong team of volunteers to support our conference. The application to participate in this Centennial Conference is below. Come out and make new friends and support the Atlanta community and ASALH conventioneers. The next volunteer information meeting will be on Sunday, July 26 & Sunday, August 23 at The Shrine of the Black Madonna. Help us share Atlanta hospitality and history with more than 1,000 scholars, educators, community members, students, researchers and active citizens from around the world who will participate in more than 200 fascinating presentations and informative dialogues about African life and history.

 

 

 

CD”S are available for sale in our media room in the Narthex for $7.00