ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Boys Rites of Passage, Saturday, February 7th at 1:00 in the Church Community Room.
The church office will be closed Monday, February 16th in honor of President’s Day.
New Officer’s Elect, Leadership and ABLE Training will be held on Saturday, January 31st from 9am-Noon at Oakhurst Baptist Church, 222 East Lake Dr., Decatur, Ga 30030, If you are ready to take action and make a change in 2015. For More information Contact Sis. Sandra Samuels 678-334-4390
First Afrikan Church Author’s Reception, Sunday, February 22nd. The Deacon Board and Center for Afrikan Biblical Studies invites all FAC Authors to participate in a book signing Friends and Family Day Reception after our 10am 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. We will need a photo and the title of your book if you plan to participate no later than Friday, January 30, 2015.
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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.
Help is needed with sprucing up the Church Nursery. If you are interested please see Sis. Laurel Mustafa.
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
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Community Announcements:
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Spelman College Sisters Chapel presents Arise, Awake and Act Against Sex Trafficking, Tuesday, January 27, 2015 11:00am – 6:00pm (for Clergy, Lay Leaders & Students) at the Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby, Ed.D. Academic Center Auditorium at Spellman College. For more information and RSVP please call 404-270-5729. Lunch $5. – Parking $3.
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.
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2015 Debt Free Class Schedule:
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
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR ALL OUR SICK, SHUT IN AND THOSE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES IN THEIR LIVES AND FAMILIES.     Â
      Mrs. Lydia Forrest, mother of Deacon Andrea Keith
      Ms. Helen Purnell, mother of Sis. Kim Purnell-Grady
Brother Robert Fuentes, friend and neighbor of Mama Esther Mayfield (Deacon Sharon Munajj’s)
Please send your prayer request and prayer concerns to deacons@firstafrikanchurch.org
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