• Our first service in the new facility will be Sunday, March 14. Beginning March 14, Sunday service will start at 11:00 AM. There will be no children’s classes on March 14. There will be classes for children on Sunday March 21.
• Our first midweek meeting in the new facility will be Wednesday March 17.  Beginning March 17, midweek will begin at 7:00 PM.

Volunteers Needed

• Eric Robinson am still looking for volunteers for Saturday March 6. There have been a few responses, but we need a lot more.  Keep in mind there are some heavy items that need to be loaded and unloaded (chairs, carpet tiles, ..etc) and ample help is needed on both ends. Contact Eric Robinson at  emrobinson70@gmail.com, or call 678-468-5728. Those meeting at the storage facility need to be there by 9am. Those meeting at the church can arrive around 10am.
• If you are available during the week to paint or clean at the meeting facility please call Mike Pope at 678-860-2457.

Prayer Requests

• Please pray for Jenifer Robinson’s father, Taft Guile, Jr.  He will be having surgery on March 4.
• Please pray for Brenda Robertson.  She  has been house bound due to medical conditions.
• Sharon Jones’ mother suffered a stroke.  Please pray for Sharon’s family and the recovery of her mother.
• Tammy Anderson’s brother and mother were injured in a serious car accident.  Please pray for her brother’s recovery and for her mother’s surgery.

S.T.A.R.S.

• S.T.A.R.S. is a men-focused ministry of encouragement aimed at achieving SUCCESS in and through God’s Kingdom. For more information, please contact Quentin Lynch at quent4321@yahoo.com or Vernon Strickland at vmstrick@msn.com, or  678-480-7805.

CityOnOurKnees Prayer Chain

• Our year long prayer chain continues.   Please contact JoAnn Fisher at 770-696-4359 or joydigest@yahoo.com to sign up!
• Sign up online for the prayer chain at http://cityonourknees.joydigest.com/

The Atlanta Metropolitan Christian Church has a new home. The building is located at 569 Ezzard Street, Atlanta, Ga.  It’s between Edgewood Ave. and Decatur St., just three blocks east of Boulevard.

The first Sunday congregational meeting at the new location will be Sunday March 14 (no children’s classes for this service.).  The first midweek meeting will be Wednesday March 17. Information regarding worship services, lease details, parking, building use, and classroom use will be discussed in detail at the March 7 service.

“I think this will be an extremely good move for our ministry. This is going to help our ministry to deepen our convictions and affect the surrounding neighborhood.” – Scott Kirkpatrick

Volunteers are Needed

Volunteers are needed Saturday February 27 and Saturday March 6 to prepare the building for our first meeting.  The agenda for those weekends includes cleaning, moving equipment, laying carpet and  painting.   Please contact your community group leaders to volunteer.

Features of the New Building

• 12,000 sq. ft.
• 10 Offices plus fellowship hall for classrooms
• 500-600 Sanctuary Seating Capacity
• Huge fellowship hall and kitchen
• 90+ parking spaces.

Map

Announcements

• Sunday February 28 will be community groups for.  Contact your community group leader for details.
• There will be a dating couples devotional on February 28th at the home of Chris and Simone Irving.  Please call (404) 447-5738 for more information.
• The Single Women’s Prayer Breakfast will be this Saturday February 27 at 10:30am.  Contact Danielle Edwards at 404-246-0594 for details.  She needs a head count as food is being prepared.  Please notify your community group leader or Danielle immediately if you plan to attend .
• The children’s ministry is still in need of 7 to 15 teachers.  Please contact Joyce Perkins at joyce.perkins@yahoo.com if you are interested.

Prayer Requests

• Please pray for Jenifer Robinson’s father, Taft Guile, Jr.  He will be having surgery on March 4th.
• Please pray for Brenda Robertson.  She  has been house bound due to medical conditions.
• Sharon Jones’ mother suffered a stroke.  Please pray for Sharon’s family and the recovery of her mother.
• Tammy Anderson’s brother and mother were injured in a serious car accident.  Please pray for her brother’s recovery and for her mother’s surgery.

Baptisms

• God continues to add to our number! 2 people were baptized in the last 2 weeks.

S.T.A.R.S.

• S.T.A.R.S. is a men-focused ministry of encouragement aimed at achieving SUCCESS in and through God’s Kingdom. For more information, please contact Quentin Lynch at quent4321@yahoo.com or Vernon Strickland at vmstrick@msn.com, or  678-480-7805.

CityOnOurKnees Prayer Chain

• Our year long prayer chain continues.   Please contact JoAnn Fisher at 770-696-4359 or joydigest@yahoo.com to sign up!
• Sign up online for the prayer chain at http://cityonourknees.joydigest.com/

John 15:1-4 “”I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.”

Announcements

• Remember House Church Services on February 28.
• The 2010 Festival of Faith is coming up February 12-14. You can sign up online at http://www.athensfestivaloffaith.org/.   Be sure to check out the online Bible studies to prepare for the Festival.

Prayer Requests

• Please pray for Kathy Lewis as she travels to Illinois.  Her brother passed on Monday1/25.
• Please pray for Kathy Perez.  She had surgery on Wednesday 1/27, and she is home recovering.

CityOnOurKnees Prayer Chain

• We will be having a year long prayer chain, that started on Januaury 1^st.   Please contact JoAnn Fisher at 770-696-4359 or joydigest@yahoo.com to sign up!
• Sign up online for the prayer chain at http://cityonourknees.joydigest.com/

New Christian Classes

• New Christian Classes are held every Sunday before service at 8:45 a.m. Please come to the information table on the 7th floor (outside of the ballroom) to find out what room the meeting is held in.

Parking at the Westin

• Parking vouchers are available to validate Sunday morning parking. You must bring their ticket and get a voucher from either Jennifer Goodwin or the ushers. Take the voucher and your ticket to the person in the motor lobby-valet/cashier booth inside the hotel, and you will get a green ticket that will allow you to get out for free.
• The lot attached to the hotel only has stairs, i.e.isn’t handicap accessible, so those requiring an accessible entrance will have to be dropped off before parking.
• We do have an overflow Central Parking lot on Andrew Young International. There will be ushers in vest to usher people into the lot. It does have an elevator. Vouchers are available to validate parking in this lot as well. You take the voucher and ticket to the attendant in that lot.
• If you park, anywhere else there will be a cost. Please get to church early (we have only allotted 200 spaces, on a first come basis) to take advantage of the free parking.

Philippians 2:14-16

Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you
shine like stars in the universe 16 as you hold out the word of life…

1 Samuel 18:14
In everything he did he had great success, because the LORD was with him

STARS is an acronym for the basic principles of this ministry:

Security
Transcendence
Action
Responsibility
Success
. . . through Jesus Christ

The immediate goal of this ministry is to train and encourage men based on the STARS principles, and then witness, recognize and record the fruit GOD produces.

The STARS ministry kick-off devotional and breakfast will be held on Saturday, January 9, 2010, 8:00 a.m., at the home of Vernon Strickland.  All men are invited.

If you would like to attend, please contact Quentin Lynch or Vernon Strickland no later than Thursday, January 7, 2010, via email at quent4321@yahoo.com or vmstrick@msn.com, or phone at 678-480-7805.

In addition to a monthly event and an annual conference, among other things, the STARS ministry will publish a short weekly focus-letter via email.

Thus, if you cannot attend the kick-off event but would like to participate in the STARS ministry and receive the weekly focus-letter, please inform Quentin Lynch via email at quent4321@yahoo.com.

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. – 2Cor 4:7

Announcements

• New Year’s Eve Party - “From the Beginning to the End”- will be sponsored by Hope- tickets go on sale this Sunday, $30.00 in advance, $40.00 at the door. Cascade Club • 2890 Continental Colony Pkwy • Atlanta , Georgia 30331. Lay-away plan available. Starts at 7pm, dinner will be served at 8pm. Please contact Ron Barnes for more information 404-273-4351.
• Singles Only Midweek Service – Wednesday, December 16th – place TBA.

Parking at the Westin

• Parking vouchers are available to validate Sunday morning parking. You must bring their ticket and get a voucher from either Jennifer Goodwin or the ushers. Take the voucher and your ticket to the person in the motor lobby-valet/cashier booth inside the hotel, and you will get a green ticket that will allow you to get out for free.
• The lot attached to the hotel only has stairs, i.e.isn’t handicap accessible, so those requiring an accessible entrance will have to be dropped off before parking.
• We do have an overflow Central Parking lot on Andrew Young International. There will be ushers in vest to usher people into the lot. It does have an elevator. Vouchers are available to validate parking in this lot as well. You take the voucher and ticket to the attendant in that lot.
• If you park, anywhere else there will be a cost. Please get to church early (we have only allotted 200 spaces, on a first come basis) to take advantage of the free parking.

Prayer Requests

• Please pray for Denise Taliaferro and her family.  Her mother Christine Cooke passed away last week.

New Christian Classes

• New Christian Classes are held every Sunday before service at 8:45 a.m. Please come to the information table on the 7th floor (outside of the ballroom) to find out what room the meeting is held in.

Musical based on Priscilla and Aquila – “A Better World”

• The Atlanta Metropolitan Christian Church presents “A Better World, A Musical Based on the Conversions of Aquila and Priscilla”
• Written by Linda Wilder,Featuring Musical Talents of Keith Wilder (Heatwave), Angela Altman, David Bridgett, Darryl Hall, David and Biancia Tauriac, Voices of the Spirit (Youth Choir), Hugo and Karen Augustine, Nana Ofori-Atta and more.
• Friday, January 8 and Saturday, January 9 at 8PM
• South Gwinnett High School, 2288 E. Main Street, Snellville, GA 30078
• Get your ticket today!
  • Friday January 8 – Adults $15
  • Friday January 8 – Pre-Teens, Teens, Campus $10
  • Saturday January 9 – Adults $15
  • Saturday January 9 – Pre-Teens, Teens, Campus $10

A Musical Based on the Conversions of Aquila and Priscilla

Friday, January 29 and Saturday, January 30 8PM

Atlanta Church of Christ at Cobb 285 Victory Dr. Marietta 30060

Written by Linda Wilder

Featuring Musical Talents of Keith Wilder (Heatwave), Angela Altman, David Bridgett, Darryl Hall, David and Biancia Tauriac, Voices of the Spirit (Youth Choir), Hugo and Karen Augustine, Nana Ofori-Atta and more.

Online Ticket Sales are Closed

See you at the show. Remember to bring a copy of your PayPal receipt to present for will call.

“I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.  It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart; for whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me. God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus..”- Philippians 1:3-8

Sermon

• Ben Barnett’s sermon “Help Wanted” is available for download.

Announcements

• There will be a teen outing, Friday, November 20th, Exodus 2009
  “EXPLOSIVE YOUTH EXPERIENCE IS BACK TO BRIDGE THE GAP” from 7:00PM – 11:00PM at Center Stage. This is a free event, but you have to have a ticket to attend. Please see Mike or Shelly Pope for more information.
• Anyone interesting in participating in the 7th Annual Flag Football tournament on January 15-17, 2010 you can go to www.playmakersbowl.com or contact Mike Bryd at 770-362-7175 for more information.
• Men in White Meeting each week. Contact Levi Young for more details at 404-593-9077.
• There will be Y.E.A.H. practice each week through December.
• We need volunteers for the sound crew. Please contact Jennifer Goodwin at churchlady1999@yahoo.com if you are interesting in serving.

Parking at the Westin

• Parking vouchers are available to validate Sunday morning parking. You must bring their ticket and get a voucher from either Jennifer Goodwin or the ushers. Take the voucher and your ticket to the person in the motor lobby-valet/cashier booth inside the hotel, and you will get a green ticket that will allow you to get out for free.
• The lot attached to the hotel only has stairs, i.e.isn’t handicap accessible, so those requiring an accessible entrance will have to be dropped off before parking.
• We do have an overflow Central Parking lot on Andrew Young International. There will be ushers in vest to usher people into the lot. It does have an elevator. Vouchers are available to validate parking in this lot as well. You take the voucher and ticket to the attendant in that lot.
• If you park, anywhere else there will be a cost. Please get to church early (we have only allotted 200 spaces, on a first come basis) to take advantage of the free parking.

Prayer Requests

• Please pray for Monique Brown; she has been sick for two weeks.
• Please pray for Eric Robinson and his family; they were in a car accident.
• Please pray for Kim Proctor; she has been ill.
• Please pray for Kit and Terrie’s son Justin; he returns from Iraq in one week, but is currently on a dangerous mission.

New Christian Classes

• New Christian Classes are held every Sunday before service at 8:45 a.m. Please come to the information table on the 7th floor (outside of the ballroom) to find out what room the meeting is held in.

Missions Contribution

• We will be collection Mission Contribution for local and global missions on Sunday, November 22, 2009.
• David Gaskill doing $20 oil changes to raise money for the special contribution.  Contact him for more details.
• Victoria Powell and Simone Irving are having a Walk-A-Thon around Stone Mountain Park Saturday, November 21^sr. Please email Victoria at vic_toripower@yahoo.com to sign up.

Musical based on Priscilla and Aquila – “A Better World”

• The musical has been postponed until a later date.
• We still need help finding a location with a stage with a curtain. Please contact Sharon Jones if you have any suggestions for a place at 770-714-5005.

Also a dispute arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest. Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors. But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves. For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves. You are those who have stood by me in my trials.”  Luke 24:24-28

A Note from Ben Barnett

• Please pray for Ben Barnett and his family as they mourn the passing of his uncle last week. Ben sent the following note regarding the passing of his uncle.

Good evening,

I know that some of you might have tried to contact me today.  For starters, my cell phone is barely working.  In addition, I received some bad news today.  On Sunday I shared how I had the chance to video/interview my uncles this summer, and I got to spend all afternoon on Friday watching childhood videos of my mother (now deceased).  Well, my uncle died today.  It was certainly a shock considering he is only 55 years of age.  His wife does not know if it was a blood clot or heart attack.

I am just really sad because he (Mitchell Valentine) was my favorite uncle—more like an older brother than anything else.  I am grateful to have spent Friday afternoon with him, just the two of us, looking at pictures and watching videos.  When I left he told me he loved me, and I told him I loved him too.  Then he stood at his garage door, waving as I drove away.  Wow, I thank God I had those last moments with him.

Sermon

• Scott Kirkpatrick’s sermon, “I Won’t Complain” is available for download.

Announcements

• There will be a leaders meeting this Sunday, November 8th at 1pm in room 1203. Lunch will be provided, please bring $3.00 (exact change).  We need an accurate headcount, so email Jennifer Goodwin at churchlady1999@yahoo.com to let her know if you are coming.
• The children’s ministry is in need of 16 volunteers for the upcoming rotation. It will begin November 1, 2009 and end January 31, 2009. 26 teachers are still needed! Parents, if you have not taught yet this year, please register for this rotation. Please see Robynee Brown or Joyce Perkins if you are interested.
• The young marrieds will be having a pot-luck on November 15, 2009 @ 5pm at the home of the Ben and Tammy Barnett’s. Please contact Cynthia Waller 404-695-8189 or Anisiha Nyarotho 770-365-3750 for details
• There will be a brief presentation on hypertension by Patricia Walker on November 15th. Blood pressure screenings will be done after the presentation.
• Men in White Meeting each week. Contact Levi Young for more details at 404-593-9077.
• There will be Y.E.A.H. practice each week through December.
• We need volunteers for the sound crew. Please contact Jennifer Goodwin at churchlady1999@yahoo.com if you are interesting in serving.

Parking at the Westin

• Parking vouchers are available to validate Sunday morning parking. You must bring their ticket and get a voucher from either Jennifer Goodwin or the ushers. Take the voucher and your ticket to the person in the motor lobby-valet/cashier booth inside the hotel, and you will get a green ticket that will allow you to get out for free.
• The lot attached to the hotel only has stairs, i.e.isn’t handicap accessible, so those requiring an accessible entrance will have to be dropped off before parking.
• We do have an overflow Central Parking lot on Andrew Young International. There will be ushers in vest to usher people into the lot. It does have an elevator. Vouchers are available to validate parking in this lot as well. You take the voucher and ticket to the attendant in that lot.
• If you park, anywhere else there will be a cost. Please get to church early (we have only allotted 200 spaces, on a first come basis) to take advantage of the free parking.

Teen Service Event – Discovery Program @ Parklane Elementary

• There is a teen service project thru Hands on Atlanta on November 14.
  Location: 2809 Blount St East Point, GA 30344 (Fulton – South)
  Time: 9:45AM – 12:00PM
  Description: Parklane Elementary Discovery is a Saturday morning tutoring program that offers one-on-one and small group enrichment activities for at-risk children. Volunteers lead activities and help with reading and math skills for students in kindergarten through 5th grades. Volunteers who speak Spanish are especially needed.
• Please see Mike or Shelly Pope for more information.

Prayer Requests

• Please pray for Amanda Chambers father. He has been diagnosed with cancer.

New Christian Classes

• New Christian Classes are held every Sunday before service at 8:45 a.m. Please come to the information table on the 7th floor (outside of the ballroom) to find out what room the meeting is held in.

Missions Contribution

• We will be collection Mission Contribution for local and global missions on Sunday, November 22, 2009.
• David Gaskill doing $20 oil changes to raise money for the special contribution.  Contact him for more details.
• Victoria Powell and Simone Irving are having a Walk-A-Thon around Stone Mountain Park Saturday, November 21^sr. Please email Victoria at vic_toripower@yahoo.com to sign up.
• The Harrington Family Group will be selling items at the Flea Market at the Starlight Drive on November 7^th from 7am-3pm.

Musical based on Priscilla and Aquila “ A Better World”

• The musical has been moved from, October 17th , to December 4th and 5th will be held at South Gwinnett High School. Rehearsals are on Thursday if you are interested in attending a rehearsal for a “sneak peak”.
• We need help finding a location with a stage with a curtain. Please contact Sharon Jones if you have any suggestions for a place at 770-714-5005.

“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice
and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free
and break every yoke?

Is it not to share your food with the hungry
and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—
when you see the naked, to clothe him,
and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

Isaiah 58:6-7

By fasting we petition the Lord, and we remind ourselves to think of others. Sign up for the Prayer and Fasting Chain to prepare for the upcoming Missions Contribution. Use the form below to choose a day.

Philippians 4:8-9 “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.”-

Announcements

• The children’s ministry is in need of volunteers for the upcoming rotation. It will begin November 1, 2009 and end January 31, 2009. 26 teachers are still needed! Parents, if you have not taught yet this year, please register for this rotation. Please see Robynee Brown or Joyce Perkins if you are interested.
• The young marrieds will be having a pot-luck on November 15, 2009 @ 5pm at the home of the Ben and Tammy Barnett’s. Please contact Cynthia Waller 404-695-8189 or Anisiha Nyarotho 770-365-3750 for details
• Lucita Lyons will be moving back to North Carolina and needs men to help load a “POD” on, Saturday October 31st from 9-12. Please contact her at 919-710-6916.
• A Church-wide Singles Devotional will be hosted by the ACOC at Gwinnett on Friday, October 30, 2009 at 7:30pm at Winfield Hall.  Please contact Geraldine Young at 404-314-3365 for more information.
• There will be a brief  presentation  on hypertension by  Patricia Walker on November 15th.  Blood pressure screenings will be done after the presentation.
• Men in White Meeting each week.  Contact Levi Young for more details at 404-593-9077.
• There will be Y.E.A.H. practice each week through December.
• We need volunteers for the sound crew.  Please contact me at churchlady1999@yahoo.com if you are interesting in serving.

Daylight Savings Time Ends

• Don’t forget to set your clocks back one hour this Saturday night. You will get an extra hour of sleep.  Daylight Savings Time will next start the second Sunday in March 2010.

Parking at the Westin

• Parking vouchers are available to validate Sunday morning parking. You must bring their ticket and get a voucher from either Jennifer Goodwin or the ushers. Take the voucher and your ticket to the person in the motor lobby-valet/cashier booth inside the hotel, and you will get a green ticket that will allow you to get out for free.
• The lot attached to the hotel only has stairs, i.e.isn’t handicap accessible, so those requiring an accessible entrance will have to be dropped off before parking.
• We do have an overflow Central Parking lot on Andrew Young International. There will be ushers in vest to usher people into the lot. It does have an elevator. Vouchers are available to validate parking in this lot as well. You take the voucher and ticket to the attendant in that lot.
• If you park, anywhere else there will be a cost. Please get to church early (we have only allotted 200 spaces, on a first come basis) to take advantage of the free parking.

Teen Service Event – Discovery Program @ Parklane Elementary

• There is a  teen service project thru Hands on Atlanta on November 14.
  Location: 2809 Blount St East Point, GA 30344 (Fulton – South)
  Time: 9:45AM – 12:00PM
  Description: Parklane Elementary Discovery is a Saturday morning tutoring program that offers one-on-one and small group enrichment activities for at-risk children. Volunteers lead activities and help with reading and math skills for students in kindergarten through 5th grades. Volunteers who speak Spanish are especially needed.
• Please see Mike or Shelly Pope for more information.

Prayer Requests

• Lenore Baggalio’s daughter is sick.  Please pray for her.
• The couple that leads the singles in the Lexington Church is having complications with their pregnancy, please pray that their baby is healthy.
• Please pray for Charles Goodman’s mother. She is in the hospital with phenomena.
• Please pray for Tammy Willingham and her family.  Her cousin passed away yesterday and her grandmother is very ill.
• Please pray for Amanda Chambers father.  He has been diagnosed with cancer.

New Christian Classes

• New Christian Classes are held every Sunday before service at 8:45 a.m. Please come to the information table on the 7th floor (outside of the ballroom) to find out what room the meeting is held in.

Missions Contribution

• We will be collection Mission Contribution for local and global missions on Sunday, November 22, 2009.

Musical based on Priscilla and Aquila “ A Better World”

• The musical has been moved from, October 17th , to December 4th and 5th will be held at the North River Church of Christ. Rehearsals are on Thursday if you are interested in attending a rehearsal for a “sneak peak”.
• We need help finding a location with a stage with a curtain. Please contact Sharon Jones if you have any suggestions for a place at 770-714-5005.