WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY, SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM, COMMON GROUND, MPC COUPLES GROUP, YOUNG ADULT MISSION OPPORTUNITIES, NEW MEMBER SUNDAY, AN EVENING OF SONG, MISSION CAMP AT MPC, COFFEE & CREAMERS COLLECTION, CONGRATULATIONS TO, KEEP IN YOUR PRAYERS, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, CHRISTIAN EDUCATION, CALENDAR

Life@Morningside

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Sunday, July 12, 2009

Preaching - The Rev. Joanna Adams

Sermon Series - Four of the Strangest Books in the Bible

III: "Philemon"

Texts: - Isaiah 42:1-7; Philemon 17-18

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SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
Lily Brooks Woolley will be baptized this morning. Lily Brooks is the daughter of Charles and Tish Woolley and the granddaughter of Charlsie Woolley.

COMMON GROUND
This is Pick-a-Pan Sunday! Take home an empty pan and return it to the church by 10 a.m. this Tuesday, July 14 filled with the requested item. Thank you for supporting our monthly efforts to provide lunch for 40 men attending the Common Ground program at AIDS Alliance for Faith & Health. Please come in via our new entry and leave your pan on the table outside of the Session Room 103.

MPC COUPLES GROUP
Please join Joanna and Al Adams, Kathy and Alan Bremer, Mardee Rightmyer and Julie Green, Michelle and Guerry Mashburn and other MPC couples for refreshments and a brainstorm session on Friday, July 17, at 7 p.m. Wine, cheese, and dessert will be served at Kathy and Alan Bremers', 785 Cumberland Rd. The hope is to form a couples group which will begin in the fall of 2009.

YOUNG ADULT MISSION OPPORTUNITIES
All Morningside Young Adults are invited to participate in two upcoming mission opportunities in the community. This Saturday, July 18th, we will volunteer at the Atlanta Food Bank from 9 a.m. to noon, then head to lunch at George's Restaurant in Virginia Highlands.  To sign up for the Food Bank, please contact Anna Garcia at garcia.miguel@Comcast.net or Ashley Filip at ashleyfilip@gmail.com. On Saturday, July 25th, we will be grilling out for the guests at Clifton Sanctuary Ministries beginning at 5:45 p.m. If you want to help serve or can provide a side item or dessert, please contact Shannon Harris at shannonlharris@gmail.com.

NEW MEMBER SUNDAY
If you have been thinking about joining Morningside on our next New Member Sunday, July 19, plan on coming to the Inquirers' Class at 9:45 a.m. in the Session Room.  The Session will meet immediately afterward to receive new members.  Please be in touch with Joanna Adams via email or 404.876.7396 x11 to let her know of your interest.

AN EVENING OF SONG
On Tuesday, July 21 at 7:30 p.m. you are invited to hear MPC's Walter Huff, pianist, and Katherine Murray, mezzo-soprano perform songs by Handel, Schumann, and DeFalla. The program will be held at Trinity Presbyterian Church (3003 Howell Mill Road, Atlanta 30327) with a reception following. Suggested donation is $10.

MISSION CAMP AT MPC
Our first ever mission camp, July 27-31, will be for those children who have completed 1st-5th grade. Registration forms are available in the narthex and on the website. See the display in the narthex for volunteer needs or contact Melinda.

COFFEE & CREAMERS COLLECTION
Throughout the month of July, we will be collecting ground, caffeinated coffee and coffee creamers for our mission at Common Ground.  Please support this wonderful mission that provides daily spiritual, emotional, and practical support to people living with HIV and AIDS. 

CONGRATULATIONS TO:
- Helen and Ed Albright on Ed's retirement as Executive Presbyter of the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta. What a marvelous job Ed has done! While a search committee looks for the next Executive Presbyter, Bill Nesbit, Elder from the Roswell Church and himself recently retired as a Colonel in the US Army, will serve as the Transition Head of Staff. Let's keep all the staff members of the Presbytery in our prayers. Mardee Rightmyer, Elder at Morningside, serves as Director of the Resource Center.
- Will Frampton, son of Nancy and Mac Frampton, who was recently awarded the Southeastern Region Emmy for Best Documentary. His award-winning documentary focuses on Afghanistan.

KEEP IN YOUR PRAYERS:
- Angie Keller's mother, who has recently had heart surgery.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
The Presbytery of Greater Atlanta is looking for people who would like to serve as volunteer receptionists during each week day at the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta. Please let Anna Best know if you are interested, and she will put you in touch with the right person. CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AT MORNINGSIDE

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

The Bible Class
Great Prayers of the Old Testament
Next Sunday, July 19, Morningside's Bible Class will continue a study based on Professor Walter Brueggemann's book, Great Prayers of the Old Testament. Each week, we read and discuss two prayers contained in the Old Testament, followed by a conversation about how these words might inform and inspire our own prayer life and our faith. Next week, we will study the prayers of two very different Old Testament characters: Solomon and Jonah. Come to learn from and be inspired by these moving prayers from our faith ancestors! The Morningside Bible Class meets each Sunday at 9:45am in Room 201 and is taught by Associate Pastor Chris Henry.

SUNDAY, JULY 12
9:30 a.m. Coffee & Conversation
9:45 a.m. Church School
11 a.m. Worship/Baptism
12 noon Fellowship Hall
12:15 p.m. Global Concerns

MONDAY, JULY 13
9:30 a.m. MPP Camp
7 p.m. Mandolin Society
7:30 p.m. Nicotine Anonymous; MLPA

TUESDAY, JULY 14
9:30 a.m. MPP Camp
10 a.m. Common Ground
6:30 p.m. Weight Watchers

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15
9:30 a.m. MPP Camp
7:30 p.m. Venture Crew

THURSDAY, JULY 16
9:30 a.m. MPP Camp
6:30 p.m. Prayer Group
7 p.m. Handbell Choir

FRIDAY, JULY 17
9:30 a.m. MPP Camp
5 p.m. Pittman Wedding Rehearsal
7 p.m. Couples Group

SATURDAY, JULY 18
9 a.m. Young Adults to Food Bank
9:30 a.m. Weight Watchers
3:30 p.m. Pittman Wedding

SUNDAY, JULY 19
New Member Sunday
9:30 a.m. Coffee & Conversation
9:45 a.m. Church School
11 a.m. Worship
12 noon Fellowship Hall