January 18, 2015 Announcements

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Our period of Shabbat continues for the month of January. Our Shabbat affords us to spend intentional time in family and in community to reflect, mediate and imagine ourselves in a healed world.

For those who are interested, there are a few Shabbat kits left.  Elder Itihari Toure will be at the church on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. to explain the Shabbat materials if anyone is interested in joining us in this community prayer covenant. Kits cannot be distributed without explanation. Our Shabbat ends Friday, Feb. 6, 2015.  We will have a community gathering that final week on Wednesday February 4th at 1:00 p.m. and at 7:00 p.m.

The church office will be closed Monday, January 19th in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

New Officer’s Elect & Leadership training beginning Saturdays, January 10, 17, 24, 31, 2015 9am – Noon.

The Seasoned Women invite you to join us in conversation and delicious pot-luck offerings
Our next meeting will be held Monday, February 9th at Jackie Johnson-Dickson’s home, 3300 Concord Corner, Conyers, GA 30013. Contact Number 770-285-4007. If you have any questions please contact
Dr. Mary Anne Bellinger at 770-322-3409.

First Afrikan Church Author’s Reception-Sunday, February 22, 2015. The Deacon Board and Center for Afrikan Biblical Studies invites all FAC Authors to participate in a book signing Friends and Family Reception after worship service. We would like the entire FAC family to know and experience the gift of books produced by our own members! Each author will have a table with books for sale and an opportunity to sign them. For further information, please see Mama Itihari Toure

Community Announcements:

VICTORY!!!! UPDATE on the proposed Gasification/Biomass Plant for Lithonia, GA
A Victory for Citizens for a Healthy and Safe Environment! (CHASE) expresses sincere thanks to Rev. Lomax, First Afrikan Church members, friends and supporters for your support as we continue to oppose the devastating gasification plant proposed for the Lithonia area. On Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at the Board of Commissioner’s voted to cancel the contract with Green Energy Partners. The contract would have allowed the county to sell wood chips and yard waste to the $60 million plant that Green Energy Partners- DeKalb has been trying to build. The plant will not be constructed with a contract from Dekalb County. CHASE will continue to fight Green Energy Partners efforts to build the plant in Lithonia. According to the contract the plant should have been built two years ago. Kudos from CHASE to you!!!
SAVE OUR COMMUNITIES!!!!!! CHASE meets every 3rd Tuesday @ 7:00 PM at the Lithonia Women’s Club, 2564 Wiggins Street, Lithonia, GA 30058

We invite you to join us at one of the foremost gathering of faith-based activists, clergy, congregants, students, and legacy builders at the annual Samuel DeWitt Proctor conference, February 9-12, 2015. An organization founded by three prophetic voices committed to justice through the life, ministry and scholarship of our great ancestor, Dr. Samuel DeWitt Proctor, the Proctor conference brings together those in church leadership engaged in “frontline” justice work and strategic work sessions on specific community, local, national and global change. The focus: Reclaiming Our Moral Authority: Faith and Justice in the Age of Reinvented Empire. Details for registration on the website: www.sdpconference.info and brochures in the CFABS office. See Mama Itihari Toure for details.

 

 

 

 

2015 Debt Free Class Schedule:

Level II – Get Control
January 24, 2015 – FAC 4:00pm – 5:15pm/ Set the Timer

Level III – Get Ahead
February 7, 2015 – FAC 4:00pm – 5:15pm/ Maximize the Margin
February 28, 2015 – FAC 4:00pm – 5:15pm/ Minimize the Stress
March 21, 2015 – FAC 4:00pm – 5:15pm/ Maintain the Focus

Level IV – Give Back
April 11, 2015 –FAC 4:00pm – 5:15pm/ Invest in others
April 25, 2015 – FAC 4:00pm – 5:15pm/ Ignite DFree Living
May16, 2015 – FAC 4:00pm – 5:15pm/ Impact the Culture

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PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR ALL OUR SICK, SHUT IN AND THOSE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES IN THEIR LIVES AND FAMILIES.
Ms. Helen Purnell, mother of Sis. Kim Purnell-Grady
Please send your prayer request and prayer concerns to deacons@firstafrikanchurch.org