PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR ALL OUR SICK, SHUT IN AND THOSE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES IN THEIR LIVES AND FAMILIES
Bro. Fred Bonaparte
Deacon Delphyne Lomax
Sis. Ester Mayfield
Ms. Luvenia Tucker, Sis. of Bro. Joseph Tucker.
Please send your prayer request and prayer concerns to deacons@firstafrikanchurch.org
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
osram ne nsoromma_ love, faithfulness, harmony
Shabbat 2016-Discerning God’s Gifts and God’s Purpose—As a faith community, we practice the discipline of Shabbat. A focused time of prayer, scripture reading and reflection. We invite you to refrain from the routine chatter and sit still within the Presence of Our Creator. During Shabbat there are no church meetings from January 13-January 31, 2016.
The Second Ujamaa Exchange (Community Give Away) will take place on Saturday, February 6, 2016 from 10am -2pm on the church 
grounds. We are asking you to please bring your extras, your gently used items (clothes, books, household, automotive, electronic goods, etcetera) that could be of use to someone in the community for a FREE exchange. If there is an item that you need…freely give and freely receive. All un-exchanged items will be returned to their owner until the next Ujamaa Exchange. Please see Minister Rhonda Jones after church today or call her at 678-782-9050.
“The FAC Ujima Men’s Ministry will host a ministry kick-off super bowl event on Sunday, February 7, 2016, location TBD. For details please contact Elder James Marble, Deacon Akintunde Lebechi, Brother Curtis Grier or Brother Mel Christopher. Please hold the date.”
Parents: (Ayodele)-Children, Youth and Teens Choir will rehearse every 2nd Sunday immediately after worship 
service and 9am on 3rd Sundays commencing February 14th, 2016. Please contact coordinators Elder Pauline Marshall & Min. Rex Houston for information. Thank you and we look forward to full participation.
African people it’s planning time for the “2016 FAC Youth Lock-In” (April 22nd & 23rd) and we need your gifts, talents, and participation to help make this year’s Lock-In incredible for our youth. Our first planning meeting will be held in the Vanessa Knight Educational Building after service on Sunday, February 14th. Please join us for our kick-off planning meeting at that time. All are invited. Please see Minister Chinasa, Bro Molefi or Elder Pauline for details. See you soon!
Please join us for our first New Member’s Class in 2016 on Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 10am in the Vanessa Knight Building. Please 
RSVP to the church office (fapc@firstafrikanchurch.org) NLT February 12, 2016 so that we can prepare enough materials and refreshments for class.
Witness in Washington: The keynote Speaker for Compassion Peace and Justice Training Day, in Washington DC, April 15, 2016 is The Rev. Dr. Mark A. Lomax. “Lift Every Voice: Racism, Class and Power” Advocacy Training Weekend April 15-18, 2016
Community Announcement:
Citizens Trust Bank in partnership with Mayor Deborah A. Jackson and the City of Lithonia presents Dreams, Resources & Results Homeownership and Small Business Development Resource Fair on Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 6920 Main Street, Lithonia, Ga, Interested participates must be 18 years of age or older. Register at 404-575-8364 or by email at marketing@ctbatl.com. For more information call Citizens Trust Bank at 678-406-4000
Calling Young Men & Their Parents…You are invited to M.E.E.T (Males Empowering & Educating Today) Offering Young Men Constructive Ideas Today to Help Them Become the Strong Leaders of Tomorrow. Saturday, January 30, 2015 from 8am-5pm, Cost $20. Per child at the First Christian Church of Atlanta, 4532 Lavista Road, Tucker, GA 30084. For more information call 770-939-4358
Join over 2000 Faith based Activists in Houston for the Annual Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference (SDPC) February 15-18, 2016. The SDPC is the largest gathering of church leaders, clergy, students and scholars committed to global healing and liberation. A network on long term and productive work in all areas of injustice. Our own Dr. Itihari Toure is one of the presenters and seminary instructors for the conference. See her for more details.
The Afrikan Community Sustainability Collective welcomes you to the first online (virtual) Black Sustainability Summit beginning January 28 and ending on February 1. It will focus on serving members of the Afrikan diaspora and connecting with leaders in sustainability on the continent. Keynote sessions are built around the most pressing issues in the Black community and will feature members who are doing the work. There will be over 28 presenters. Strategic areas of focus will include: sustainable food production and preservation, alternative energy, water purification and Irrigation, eco friendly building practices, current sustainable communities within the African diaspora and the African Continent, survival/preparedness/protection, and historic Black Townships. Registration is free but ends on January 27, 2016. For further information call 678.805.7063 or go to www.blacksustainabilitysummit.com to register.
You and your children are invited to participate and attend the 2016 Children’s Jubilee of Reading on Saturday February 20th, 2016 from 10AM until 2PM— Culmination of the African-American Family Reading Club–at Scott Candler Library-1917 Candler Road, Decatur, GA 30032. #404.286.6986, part of the Doris K. Wells Heritage Festival, Black History Month, Family (All Ages) Let’s READ! Sign-up for the Family African-American Read-In and win great prizes. Families with a DeKalb County library card are eligible to participate. Sponsored by Friends of Scott Candler Library and P.A.C.T Book Club. Register at the branch beginning January 4 during branch hours. January 4 through February 20, 2016
 Saturdays, February 6th , 13th , 20th & 27th , 2016 from 1PM—2PM– 7th Annual Alpha Kappa Alpha Psi Diamonds & Pearls’ Black History Month Reading Relay at Gwinnett Libraries–Join members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity in honoring the many contributions of African Americans, past and present, with a community reading event. Guest Readers will share their favorite books with children in celebration of Black History Month every Saturday in February at four different libraries each Saturday:
The 25th Annual Malcolm X Banquet will be held Saturday, February 20, 2015 at 7p.m. at Paschal’s Restaurant, 180B Northside Drive, Atlanta, Georgia. The keynote speaker will be Newspaper columnist and community organizer, Jamala Rogers. The Kujichagulia Award will be presented to Ahmed Obafemi . The Ujima Award will be presented to Nobantu Ankoanda.
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