PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR ALL OUR SICK, SHUT IN AND THOSE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES IN THEIR LIVES AND FAMILIES
Mr. Charles Flowers, brother of Sister Abena Ajanaku
Hurricane & Earthquake victims Elder Jim Davis Babajide Faoye
Mama Julia Williams Bro. George Tait, husband of Sis. Akosua Tait
Please send your prayer request and prayer concerns to deacons@firstafrikanchurch.org
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Health and Environmental Ministry meeting is scheduled for today, Sunday October 22nd immediately following the 10 am service in the Vanessa Knight Building.
Please join us for our Fall/Winter Bible study this Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 1pm & 7pm. Study Subject: God Walking with Adam and Eve (Adam and Eve walked with God) Study Text: Genesis 3:8-14″. (Lunch & Dinner served 1 hour before class)
FAC’s Kwanzaa Team is filming a brief “What Kwanzaa Means to Me” documentary. Anyone interested in participating, please email Lisa R. Shannon at lshannon2@gsu.edu, by Friday, October 27, 2017.
Please join us for our next New Member’s Class on Saturday, October 28, 2017 with Elder Carvel Bennett in the VGK Building. Please register via email to the church office at fapc@firstafrikanchurch.org No Later than Friday, October 20th so, that we may have an adequate count for training supplies.
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Kijana is an Afrikan Rites of Passage program for boys age 13-17. If you are interested in having a young man in your home of community participate with the next group, please attend an Open House on Sunday, November 12 immediately following our 10am service in the VGK Building. If you have questions, please see Rev. Carlton D. Johnson.
The 24th Church Anniversary Celebration will be Saturday, December 9 and Sunday December 10. The celebration will focus on the church family spiritually reconnecting with God, through a commitment to pray, study, worship and work together as we identify and fulfill our divine call to “Building First Afrikan’s Future Together: Restoring God to the Center of Life.” Mark your calendars and invite family and friends. We will be asking for volunteers from our church family to assist in making this anniversary celebration a success, more to come…..Anniversary Committee Chairs, Rev. Rhonda James-Jones and Elder Doug Gaither.
The First Afrikan Stream Team needs your help! We are looking to grow our team with more individuals who are willing to live stream the Sunday morning Sermons from their phone onto the First Afrikan Facebook Page. Please see Victoria Ferguson-Young or email her for more information at victoriajuanita7@gmail.com.
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Black Parents town Hall Meeting on Educational Excellence, Monday, October 23, 2017 at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 101 Jackson St., Atlanta, Ga. 30312. Get your questions answered have your voice heard. Register Today at WWW.NNPA.ORG/ESSA/ESSA-EVENTS. (ESSA Every Student Succeed Act)
Please join Pilgrims Community Church, 281 Mt. Zion Ave., Atlanta, GA., 30354 404-630-9790 in celebrating the church 17th Anniversary. Theme:” Come and See!” Friday, November 10 @6:30pm, Saturday, November 11, 2017 at 6:00pm (free formal event), Sunday, November 12 @ 10am (African attire).
Kilombo’s 12th Annual Dinner will be November 11th from 6:00-9:00 at the Venue on Redan, 4964 Redan Rd. Attorney Mawuli Davis will be our keynote speaker. Come and enjoy the wonderful sounds of Mausiki Scales and the Common Ground Collective. Join us for a luxurious evening of good food, good company, good music and a soul stirring message as we build our freedom school! If you’d like tickets or you’d like to put an ad in our ad booklet, please call or email me, Aminata Umoja at 404-992-8021, aumoja@comcast.net. Kilombo fosters an academically excellent and culturally relevant education that produces students who are equipped to succeed globally and are committed to social justice.
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