PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR ALL OUR SICK, SHUT IN AND THOSE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES IN THEIR LIVES AND FAMILIES
Deacon Elaine Hall
Please send your prayer request and prayer concerns to deacons@firstafrikanchurch.org
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
VOLUNTEER to READ and 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. Books for various ages are available or bring your own to share. See Sister Angela Reid or Sister Janice Harper in the Community Room Today
Monday, May 2nd and May 16th at 7:30 pm at FAC in the fellowship hall there will be a worship planning meeting for those interested in helping to plan and implement worship.
4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6 There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work” (1Corithinans 12) .Spring Bible Study-Our Call, Our Purpose, Our Identity…Registration is required in the CFABS office and online . Registration fee $10.00. Please mark your calendar and plan to attend this study on our call, spiritual gifting and who we are in God’s reigndom. There will be a 1pm and 7pm class starting Wednesday, May 4th. Class begins with a devotional and whole group session in the sanctuary then two break-outs downstairs. Lunch and Dinner served 45 minutes prior to class.
FACAT (First Afrikan Community Action Team) would like to thank all members who attended the ABLE Spring Leadership Training. We hope that you gained some clarity about what we are doing in relationship with the ABLE ORGANIZATION. FACAT will continue the Voters Registration Drive. Our kick off day is TODAY after the 8:00 & 10:00 am services. This registration is for all those who want to vote in the November, 2016 elections, and also for absentee voters, first time voters and change of address voters.
On May 3, 2016, at 7:30pm FACAT will have its monthly meeting. We will continue our plans to educate the church and the community about Opportunity School District (O.S.D.) there are decisions being made for our children’s future and education by one man Governor Deal. If you want to affect positive change, please join us and learn the truth about O.S.D. At this same meeting we are fortunate to have Dr. Opal Ware who will speak to us about the ins and outs of voters’ registration. This will take place in the small community room. For more information, please see Sis. Sandra Samuels or Sis. Renee Cail.
“Archetypal Dreamwork: The Healing Theatre,” facilitated by Minister Grace Cheptu, meets every 2nd and 3rd Sunday in the Vanessa Knight Building following the 10:00 AM service. Exception: There will be no meeting May 15, 2016.
The next Seasoned Women’s gathering will be on Monday, May 9, 2016 at 7pm at the home of Sis. Frankie Hudson, 901 Fourth Street, apartment 324 in Stone Mountain, (770) 873-1494. Please join our “Table Top Conversation” and share your very special presence. Come enjoy one another: no set agenda, no theme, just us enjoying and sharing with one another.
Over a decade ago Renee Gaither graciously made banners displaying the Ankh for First Afrikan. Those banners are color coded and consistent with the First Afrikan liturgical calendar. They hang prominently on the cross in front of the sanctuary. We are so thankful for Renee’s talent and for her offering to the worship life of First Afrikan Church. Brothers Philogene Vilmar and Jihad Uhuru have collaborated on constructing a wooden Ankh to take the place of the cross. The Ankh they’ve created is absolutely beautiful. The First Afrikan Governing Council has approved replacing the cross with the Ankh. The Ankh is a very ancient Kemetic or Egyptian symbol for life and living. It not only predates the cross it also conveys a principle consistent with the message of Jesus and the mission and ministry of First Afrikan Church. There will be a service of dedication once the Ankh is in place. Thank you in advance for your prayerful support.
In the spirit of honoring our ancestors, Creation Care have created beautiful ancestral bricks and benches for purchase. Please contact Sis. Marshall Honeywood for further details
The Worship Life Council selected Saturday, May 21, 2106 from 9:00 am to 12 noon as the time for our Worship Life Mbongi. All members of Worship Life i.e., Music Ministry, Tamba Issa,, Ngoma Lungunda, Drummers, Tana Dhari, Ushers, Sanctuary Choir, Harambee Greeters, Media Ministry and both Youth and Children’s Church Leaders as well as those who are interested in serving as liturgists are strongly encouraged to attend. It will be in FAC fellowship room.
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Those persons who are interested in the Ghana trip hosted by Bro. Lewis King. Please see him following the 10am Worship Service.
FAC is invited to join Big Miller Grove Baptist Church in a Community Yard Sale and Cook-off on Saturday, May 21, 2016. Vendors you can bring your own tables for a $25. Fee or use one of Big Miller tables for $30. Extra tables 45. (first come first serve basis) .You can also enter a BBQ & Chili cook off and Cake contest for $25. and be eligible for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place prizes. If interested email cfbinns@aol.com to participate.
The Southeast Region, National Black Presbyterian Caucus will hold its biennial Conference on July 15-17, 2016 at the Crowne Plaza Jacksonville Airport Hotel, 14670 Duval Road, Jacksonville, FL. We are pleased that we have been able to negotiate an excellent rate of $95.00 per night, per room. In order to receive this rate, you must register for the conference and reserve your room by June 1, 2016.
The conference will begin on that Friday at 1:00pm. The theme is “Responding to the Signs of the Time in the Southeast Region – Trusting in God” (2 Tim. 3:1, 14-17) A planned intergenerational program that we hope will be spiritual, joyful and educational; one that we hope will enhance the spiritual growth of each attendee. Workshop topics include:
- Growing Churches/Evangelism
- Challenges for African American Congregations (The State of the Church)
- Social Justice (Societal Issues Facing the African American Community – guns, drugs, etc)
- Church Polity – The Ordination Process; Responding to Marriage Equality
Registration cost is $175.00 for Adults ($200.00 after June 1), and $50.00 for youth and seminary students. This fee includes conference materials, the luncheon on Saturday, and the Lawrence Bottoms Award Banquet. The deadline for registration is June 30, 2016. There will be no on-site registration. Elder Carvel Bennet, Clerk of GCE
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