SHARE Our Stories on First Sundays!!! First Afrikan Church presents “Our Children—Our Stories.” Children ages 4-8 and ages 9+ are invited downstairs to the Community Room after Harambee until Zawadi for “Our Children, Our Stories.”  See: Sister Angela Reid at angelyr@yahoo.com or Sister Janice Harper at jnh2005@netzero.net
Season of Birth Bible Study  (Wednesdays, February 10-April 13, 2016) 1:00 p.m. (lunch served at 12:30 p.m.) and 7:00 p.m. (dinner served at 6:30 p.m.) “Go Tell It—Witnessing Work—Giving Evidence to the Worthiness of Our Faith, Our Families and Our Fight”  Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” This Bible Study series is designed to equip participants with Biblical stories that speak to our responsibility to internalize God’s purpose and share it to others (Bearing Witness). The study situates the practice of witnessing in the different contexts of our Bible, our family, our church life and our global struggle for liberation. Please complete the registration flyer and leave downstairs in the basket in the community room or in the narthex. Study Binders & Meal for adults $20.00 & Children $5.00 for the entire series. Participants will engage in witnessing work through multiple mediums including oral and written, photographic and digital. If you have a smart phone, bring it to the class sessions.
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.
In October 2015, the moderator of the Presbyterian Church USA, Dr. Heath Rada, issued a denomination-wide Call to Action – urging Presbyterians to take bold and immediate steps to reform the church and rebuild trust among its members. Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary (JCSTS), with the support of the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta, we will host the first stop of anation-widetour. The event will take place on Friday, March 4 at 7:00pm at The First Afrikan Presbyterian Church at 5197 Salem Rd, Lithonia, GA 30038 where Rev. Dr. Mark “Ogunwale” Lomax is pastor. Dinner will be served beginning at 6:00pm. FAC members are strongly encourage to participate in this discussion. Registration is required if dinner is desired NLT Friday, February 26, 2016. For registration or if you have any questions, please contact JCSTS Administrative Officer Carlton Johnson at 770-367-6098. Please come and join in the conversation on the Call to Action!
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
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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS:
 Contract Work with V & L Research:  If you are interested in monthly, flexible part-time contract work conducting Mystery Rides, please call Delphyne Lomax at (404) 218-8413.
Join over 2000 Faith based Activists in Houston for the Annual Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference (SDPC) February 15-18, 2016. Â 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. Â See her for more details.
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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