Citizens for a Healthy and Safe Environment and Supporters will be going to the DeKalb County Board of Commissioner’s office on September 17, 2014 at 10:00AM. We will deliver a copy of the study, “Trees, Trash and Toxics, by Mary S. Booth, PhD. We will also discuss the follow up meeting the CEO May has yet to schedule. We are still in the battle against the gasification plant! We are not giving up. Our community and surrounding communities will suffer the ill effects of this gasification/biomass plant. We must hold our County Commissioners accountable! If you are interested in protecting our Senior citizens, our children, our grandchildren, great-grandchildren then please meet us at the DeKalb Board of Commissioner’s office1300 Commerce Drive, Decatur, Ga.
Fall Bible Basics Study this Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 1:00pm & 7:00pm.
Let the voices of our children ring out in the Sanctuary. Parent(s)/Guardian(s), you are invited along with your child(ren) to meet with Elder Bennett (FAC – Minister of Music) on Sunday, September 14th, 2014, immediately after the 10:00 a.m. service in the large community room. We are planning to have our Choir once again as our children use their talents to praise the Creator through song. Parent(s)/Guardian(s) our children want this and your input is needed to make it happen. For more information, please contact Elders Pauline Marshall or Cassandra Pannell.
CFABS Invites you to engage in remembering, reclaiming, recovering “Loss-A Difficult Lesson of the Heart–Grief–An Act of Justice” Grieving loss is a part of life. How do we experience it? How do we honor its purpose? What do we do with one of the most difficult consequences of love—losing it? First, we honor it by participating in a Grief ritual led by Sis Sobonfu Some; then, we seek understanding in a round table conversation on Grief as an act of Justice GriefRitual—Friday, September 26 at 6:30 p.m. at First Afrikan Church, Lithonia Georgia led by Sis Sobonfu Some
Sacred Conversation on Grief as an act of Justice Saturday, September 27, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. in the Franklin Auditorium on the Interdenominational Theological Center Campus (ITC) with Sobonfu Some, Emmanuel Lartey, Carolyn MCCrary, Stephanie Pearson Robinson, Willie G-dman as guides of this sacred conversation
Please join Rev. Dr. Mark A. Lomax and the FAC Choir on Sunday, September 28, 2014 at 3:00pm, for Thankful Missionary Baptist Church 132nd Church Anniversary Celebration, 830 W. College Avenue, Decatur, GA 30030, 404-373-5157 Theme: Still Standing, Dr. F. Keith Slaughter, Pastor
Please join Rev. Dr. Mark A. Lomax and the FAC Choir on Monday, September 29, 2014 at 6:45pm for Radcliffe Presbyterian Church, 2014 Fall Revival, 286 Hamilton E. Holmes Dr., Atlanta, GA. Theme: #Transform, Renew, Rev. Dr. Andrew L. Stephens, Jr, Pastor
The Nominating Committee is seeking members who are willing to serve the office of Elder or Deacon of First Afrikan Church. Pray that God will lead you to nominate people who have gifts for ministry leadership. You may also nominate yourself. If interested, qualifying information is available in the narthex and downstairs on the table across from CFABS office. Paper applications can be submitted to any member of the Nominating Committee. The deadline to submit applications for Elder or Deacon in any venue is Sunday, September 22, 2014. ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD AT THE CONGREGATIONAL MEETING SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
All Current Ministry Chairs: An electronic copy of the qualifying information for newly elected Ministry Chairs will be emailed to you on/by September 6, 2014. In addition, a few copies will be available in Narthex and downstairs. Please note all ministries should hold elections before October 5, 2014 so the newly elected Ministry Chair will be in place to attend the series of Newly Elected Leadership Training beginning on October 18, 2014
WEEK SEVEN / “LET’S BURN THE MORTGAGE!! As a part of our becoming debt free, FAC is kicking off a campaign to retire the rehab loan on the Vanessa Knight Building. We need at least 100 families/people to give $10 per week over and above their normal tithes for 17 weeks starting August 3, 2014. Please note in the memo section on your checks or on the bottom of the offering envelope “Burn the Mortgage”.
Our Children, Our Stories will be held TODAY and each First Sunday at First Afrikan for two groups: Children (4-8 year olds and 9-12 years old). Parents may send or bring your children downstairs after HARAMBEE. They will come back upstairs for ZAWADI. TEENS are welcomed to help facilitate either group.
Volunteer as Storytellers and Story Readers to share with/read to Our Children in the community room(s) during morning service on First Sundays. Books are available in the CFABS office or you may bring your own. If you haven’t completed Boundary Training, you may pair with someone who has to participate. Contact Sister Angela Reid at angelyr@yahoo.com or #404.435.3873 or Sister Janice Harper at jnh2005@net.zero to sign up or for more information.
Community Announcements:
Dear Concerned Citizens: The City of Lithonia, in cooperation with CrossRoadsNews and the South DeKalb Improvement Association, is hosting a forum about school choice on Tuesday, September 16 from 6 to 8:30 pm. The forum will be held at Overcomers Christian Fellowship Church, 7373 Covington Highway, Lithonia 30058. This is an important issue for the community. Come and learn what is being proposed and what options are available to ensure our children receive a quality education.
Citizens for a Healthy and Safe Environment and Supporters will be going to the DeKalb County Board of Commissioner’s office on September 17, 2014 at 10:00AM. We will deliver a copy of the study, “Trees, Trash and Toxics, by Mary S. Booth, PhD. We will also discuss the follow up meeting the CEO May has yet to schedule. We are still in the battle against the gasification plant! We are not giving up. Our community and surrounding communities will suffer the ill effects of this gasification/biomass plant. We must hold our County Commissioners accountable! If you are interested in protecting our Senior citizens, our children, our grandchildren, great-grandchildren then please meet us at the DeKalb Board of Commissioner’s office, 1300 Commerce Drive, Decatur, Ga.
Kilombo’s Annual Fish Fry is this Saturday, September 20, 2014, from 11:00-6:00. Come see us at our new location, 1879 Columbia Drive, Decatur. Asante sana, thank you First Afrikan for your ongoing support! As a result of your consistent generosity, Kilombo Academic and Cultural Institute is able to educate our children and employ our people Kilombo is born out of the vision of First Afrikan Church and the work of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement. We will be starting a program for 3-4 year olds by early October. Call us if you are interested, 404-992-8021.
The Arts Exchange is the Southeast Community Cultural Center, a multicultural, multidisciplinary, intergenerational arts center committed to artists as agents for positive social change. To celebrate their 30th anniversary, they are planning a Galabration weekend September 20th and 21st which includes a “Beyond the Hype” concert, Open House, photographic exhibit and Galabration celebration. For more information, to be a vendor or to display your business card in their Galabration commemorative program contact Malkia M’buzi Moore at 404 629-7578 or see Deacon Lynne Young
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR ALL OUR SICK, SHUT IN AND THOSE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES IN THEIR LIVES AND FAMILIES
Ms. Chasma Greenidge daughter of Bro.Cuthbert & Sis. Eva Maria James.
Dr. Georgene Bess Montgomery
Bereavement:
Jared Elam, cousin of Sis. Regina Elam, died in St. Louis, MO.
Mrs. Carolyn Williams, mother of Deacon Carlton Williams made her transition on Thursday, August 28, 2014. A memorial service for Mrs. Williams will be held on Saturday, September 13, 2014 at Granberry Mortuary, 8806 Jennings Station Road, St. Louis, MO 63136 / 314-867-8837
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