August 12, 2010
Life@Morningside - August 15, 2010
By MPC
Morningside Presbyterian Church, Atlanta
WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY, FLOWERS IN THE SANCTUARY, THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR, THORNWELL OFFERING, FALL SERMON SERIES, MISSION WITH CHILDREN, ATTENTION PARENTS OF CHILDREN AGE THREE AND UP, WOMEN'S ROUNDTABLE, ADULT STUDIES THIS FALL, NEW MEMBER SUNDAY, OPENINGS FOR PRESCHOOL, CHURCH DIRECTORY, CHURCH RETREAT TO MONTREAT, PRAYERS FOR NASHVILLE TRAVELLERS, SYMPATHY TO, CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AT MORNINGSIDE, THIS WEEK AT MORNINGSIDE, EMERGENCY INFO, GIVING UPDATE
Life@Morningside
Preaching – Christopher Henry
Liturgist – Mary Miller Brueggemann
“Burning Questions for 21st-Century Christians” Sermon Series
Sermon #1: “Can Christians be Spiritual but not Religious?”
Text: Ephesians 4:11-16
Key Verse: But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is
the head, into Christ, Ephesians 4:15
WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY
Welcome to worship at Morningside Church. Please complete the information in the Friendship Pad at the end of the pews and pass the pads down and back again during The Concerns portion of worship. Worship notebooks and books for children are located on the kiosk outside the sanctuary. Nursery for infants is in Room 105; toddlers 18 months through 2 years are in Room 012. Children ages 2-11 are invited to leave after the Dedication for special classes. Threes, fours & fives are in Room 011; K - 1st grade in Room 001; 2nd - 3rd grade in Room 003; 4th - 7th grade Room 005.
Flowers in the sanctuary
The flowers in the sanctuary are given in honor of all the children, parents, and educators in our church community by the Barnette family. May all our journeys be rich with wonder, wisdom and new adventures.
THE New school year
Join us here at Morningside Presbyterian as we dedicate the new school year, celebrating and honoring not only the teachers, volunteers and students here, but throughout our communities.
From preschool to graduate school, special education teachers to professors, and everyone in between, we are thankful. We also pray for students around the world, as we grow our relationships with the children at the Thornwell Home, the boys at St. Joseph’s in Haiti, and preschoolers at Decatur’s Our House.
Thornwell Offering
This morning, we invite you to participate in a special offering for Thornwell Home for Children in Clinton, SC. This Presbyterian outreach serves at least 100 children each year from toddlers to teenagers. Some stay for only a few months, others grow up there.
Fall sermon series
This morning, Chris Henry begins a five-week sermon Series on Burning Questions for 21st Century Christians. Each week's sermon will consider one of the most pressing questions that Christians face as we seek to live out our faith in the contemporary world. Next week, we continue with the question, "Who Will Be Saved? A Theology of World Religions." May we all grow deeper in faith this fall as together we struggle to understand how God speaks in our time and place.
Mission with children
Mission Camp may be over, but our children can still reach out to those in need. Elementary age children are welcome to a mission hour at 9:45 a.m. in Room 001 next Sun., Aug. 22. Please let Rachel Spears rachelespears@yahoo.com know that your child will be attending.
Attention parents of Children age three and up
Please come to one of our Sunday School Volunteer fellowship and training sessions Sun., Aug. 22, 12:30 - 2 p.m. or Wed. Aug. 25, 6 - 7:30 p.m. We appreciate your help in your child's class and want to make that time the best it can be. There will be time for fellowship, a light meal, and a short discussion on how to get the most out of your experience and what to expect when you assist in the classroom. RSPV to Jill Davis jsamail@yahoo.com or 404.687.0617
Women’s roundtable
All women of Morningside Presbyterian Church are invited to the Women's Roundtable as it resumes Mon., Aug. 23, 6:30 p.m. at the home of Amy Jarratt (1067 N. Pelham Rd., 30324). Ginny Fergus has a delicious supper planned but would love to hear from you to volunteer to help with food in the future ginny@vsfergus.com. Email office@morningsidepc.org with your reservation by Aug. 16. Grace Hawkins, executive director of the Global Village Project, an international school for girls at Decatur Presbyterian Church, will be the speaker.
Adult Studies this Fall
Beginning today and through Advent, the Discipleship Ministry Team has prepared excellent study opportunities for all adults at MPC. Each Sunday at 9:45a.m. there will be two offerings -- one focused on the Bible and what it means for us today and the other focused on issues faced by Christians in the 21st century. The Morningside Bible Class meets in Room 201; the Faith Issues Class meets in the Session Room 103. The Menu for all of these opportunities is available in the Narthex. Pick one up today!
NEW MEMBER SUNDAY
Are you thinking about joining Morningside Presbyterian Church? Aug. 29 is a great time to do it! Plan on coming to the Inquirers' Class that Sunday at 9:45 a.m. in the Session Room. Please be in touch with Chris Henry to let him know of your interest.
OPENINGS FOR PRESCHOOL
Morningside Preschool still has openings for children who will be four by Sept. 1. Please contact Sarah Tomaka, Preschool Director, for more information. 404.685.8758 or mpp@morningsidepc.org.
CHURCH DIRECTORY
We are making final plans to take pictures for our very own digital church directory on Sept. 12, 19 and 26. Watch for more details on how to sign up for your five minute appointment after worship. If you are able to join the photography team, please contact Melinda Sandkam immediately.
CHURCH RETREAT TO MONTREAT
Hurry and register to join 35 other Morningsiders for our Montreat Retreat, November 19-21! Contact Sarah Brownlee at rsbrownlee1046@att.net.
PRAYERS FOR NASHVILLE TRAVELLERS
Please keep the following in your prayers as they work in Nashville Aug. 18-21 with Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, rebuilding after the May floods: John Adams, Jack Klotz, Melinda Sandkam, Duncan Spears and John Watson.
SYMPATHY TO:
Michelle Berreth and her family on the death of her stepfather, Fred Moates, Thursday, August 12.
Christian education at morningside
Bible Class - A Solitary Many: The Conflicted Life of King David
Next Sunday, Aug. 22, the Morningside Bible Class will begin a new series on one of the most well-known and complex figures of the Old Testament, King David. Next week, we begin with a study of 1 Samuel 16:1-13, where David is first introduced and immediately anointed as king. The Bible Class meets each Sunday at 9:45 a.m. Room 201. All are welcome.
Faith Issues Class - Living to Work or Working to Live?
Next Sunday, Aug. 22, a new Faith Issues Class begins meeting weekly in the Session Room at 9:45a.m. Our first session is led by Browning Fergus, president of the GA Assoc. for Marriage & Family Therapy and MPC member. His topic, Living to Work or Working to Live?, focuses on balance in a frenzied world. Everyone is welcome!
Children’s Classes - Today, Preschoolers hear how God answered prayers in A Prayer for Peter; K-3rd grade finish Books of the Bible and look at Revelation. Double-digits are studying proclamation in the “Worship for Life” curriculum.
THIS WEEK AT MORNINGSIDE
Sunday, August 15
Thornwell Offering Received
9:30 a.m. Coffee & Conversation
9:45 a.m. Church School Kickoff
11 a.m. Worship
12 noon Fellowship
1 p.m. RHO Readers
2 p.m. Harmony Chorus
4 p.m. PNC Meeting
Monday, AUGUST 16
8:30 a.m. MPP teachers’ breakfast
7 p.m. Session meeting; Mandolin Society
7:30 p.m. MLPA
Tuesday, AUGUST 17
6:30 p.m. Weight Watchers
7 p.m. MLPA Zoning
Wednesday, AUGUST 18
7:30 p.m. Chancel Choir; Venture Crew
Thursday, AUGUST 19
6:30 p.m. Prayer Group
7 p.m. Handbell Choir
Friday, AUGUST 20
Saturday, AUGUST 21
8:15 a.m. Weight Watchers
Sunday, august 22
9:30 a.m. Coffee & Conversation
9:45 a.m. Church School
11 a.m. Worship
12 noon Fellowship
12:30-2 p.m. CE Volunteer Training
2 p.m. Harmony Chorus
4 p.m. PNC Meeting
In case of an emergency or urgent pastoral need, CHRISTOPHER HENRY may be called at 404.876.7396 x11 or 678.427.3343 or you may contact the elder or deacon on call listed on the back of the bulletin. Morningside sermons are available online and in the narthex.
Giving Update
Week 8/8 YTD
Needed $13,067 $418,154
Received $11,870 $392,367
WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY, FLOWERS IN THE SANCTUARY, THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR, THORNWELL OFFERING, FALL SERMON SERIES, MISSION WITH CHILDREN, ATTENTION PARENTS OF CHILDREN AGE THREE AND UP, WOMEN'S ROUNDTABLE, ADULT STUDIES THIS FALL, NEW MEMBER SUNDAY, OPENINGS FOR PRESCHOOL, CHURCH DIRECTORY, CHURCH RETREAT TO MONTREAT, PRAYERS FOR NASHVILLE TRAVELLERS, SYMPATHY TO, CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AT MORNINGSIDE, THIS WEEK AT MORNINGSIDE, EMERGENCY INFO, GIVING UPDATE
Life@Morningside
Preaching – Christopher Henry
Liturgist – Mary Miller Brueggemann
“Burning Questions for 21st-Century Christians” Sermon Series
Sermon #1: “Can Christians be Spiritual but not Religious?”
Text: Ephesians 4:11-16
Key Verse: But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is
the head, into Christ, Ephesians 4:15
WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY
Welcome to worship at Morningside Church. Please complete the information in the Friendship Pad at the end of the pews and pass the pads down and back again during The Concerns portion of worship. Worship notebooks and books for children are located on the kiosk outside the sanctuary. Nursery for infants is in Room 105; toddlers 18 months through 2 years are in Room 012. Children ages 2-11 are invited to leave after the Dedication for special classes. Threes, fours & fives are in Room 011; K - 1st grade in Room 001; 2nd - 3rd grade in Room 003; 4th - 7th grade Room 005.
Flowers in the sanctuary
The flowers in the sanctuary are given in honor of all the children, parents, and educators in our church community by the Barnette family. May all our journeys be rich with wonder, wisdom and new adventures.
THE New school year
Join us here at Morningside Presbyterian as we dedicate the new school year, celebrating and honoring not only the teachers, volunteers and students here, but throughout our communities.
From preschool to graduate school, special education teachers to professors, and everyone in between, we are thankful. We also pray for students around the world, as we grow our relationships with the children at the Thornwell Home, the boys at St. Joseph’s in Haiti, and preschoolers at Decatur’s Our House.
Thornwell Offering
This morning, we invite you to participate in a special offering for Thornwell Home for Children in Clinton, SC. This Presbyterian outreach serves at least 100 children each year from toddlers to teenagers. Some stay for only a few months, others grow up there.
Fall sermon series
This morning, Chris Henry begins a five-week sermon Series on Burning Questions for 21st Century Christians. Each week's sermon will consider one of the most pressing questions that Christians face as we seek to live out our faith in the contemporary world. Next week, we continue with the question, "Who Will Be Saved? A Theology of World Religions." May we all grow deeper in faith this fall as together we struggle to understand how God speaks in our time and place.
Mission with children
Mission Camp may be over, but our children can still reach out to those in need. Elementary age children are welcome to a mission hour at 9:45 a.m. in Room 001 next Sun., Aug. 22. Please let Rachel Spears rachelespears@yahoo.com know that your child will be attending.
Attention parents of Children age three and up
Please come to one of our Sunday School Volunteer fellowship and training sessions Sun., Aug. 22, 12:30 - 2 p.m. or Wed. Aug. 25, 6 - 7:30 p.m. We appreciate your help in your child's class and want to make that time the best it can be. There will be time for fellowship, a light meal, and a short discussion on how to get the most out of your experience and what to expect when you assist in the classroom. RSPV to Jill Davis jsamail@yahoo.com or 404.687.0617
Women’s roundtable
All women of Morningside Presbyterian Church are invited to the Women's Roundtable as it resumes Mon., Aug. 23, 6:30 p.m. at the home of Amy Jarratt (1067 N. Pelham Rd., 30324). Ginny Fergus has a delicious supper planned but would love to hear from you to volunteer to help with food in the future ginny@vsfergus.com. Email office@morningsidepc.org with your reservation by Aug. 16. Grace Hawkins, executive director of the Global Village Project, an international school for girls at Decatur Presbyterian Church, will be the speaker.
Adult Studies this Fall
Beginning today and through Advent, the Discipleship Ministry Team has prepared excellent study opportunities for all adults at MPC. Each Sunday at 9:45a.m. there will be two offerings -- one focused on the Bible and what it means for us today and the other focused on issues faced by Christians in the 21st century. The Morningside Bible Class meets in Room 201; the Faith Issues Class meets in the Session Room 103. The Menu for all of these opportunities is available in the Narthex. Pick one up today!
NEW MEMBER SUNDAY
Are you thinking about joining Morningside Presbyterian Church? Aug. 29 is a great time to do it! Plan on coming to the Inquirers' Class that Sunday at 9:45 a.m. in the Session Room. Please be in touch with Chris Henry to let him know of your interest.
OPENINGS FOR PRESCHOOL
Morningside Preschool still has openings for children who will be four by Sept. 1. Please contact Sarah Tomaka, Preschool Director, for more information. 404.685.8758 or mpp@morningsidepc.org.
CHURCH DIRECTORY
We are making final plans to take pictures for our very own digital church directory on Sept. 12, 19 and 26. Watch for more details on how to sign up for your five minute appointment after worship. If you are able to join the photography team, please contact Melinda Sandkam immediately.
CHURCH RETREAT TO MONTREAT
Hurry and register to join 35 other Morningsiders for our Montreat Retreat, November 19-21! Contact Sarah Brownlee at rsbrownlee1046@att.net.
PRAYERS FOR NASHVILLE TRAVELLERS
Please keep the following in your prayers as they work in Nashville Aug. 18-21 with Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, rebuilding after the May floods: John Adams, Jack Klotz, Melinda Sandkam, Duncan Spears and John Watson.
SYMPATHY TO:
Michelle Berreth and her family on the death of her stepfather, Fred Moates, Thursday, August 12.
Christian education at morningside
Bible Class - A Solitary Many: The Conflicted Life of King David
Next Sunday, Aug. 22, the Morningside Bible Class will begin a new series on one of the most well-known and complex figures of the Old Testament, King David. Next week, we begin with a study of 1 Samuel 16:1-13, where David is first introduced and immediately anointed as king. The Bible Class meets each Sunday at 9:45 a.m. Room 201. All are welcome.
Faith Issues Class - Living to Work or Working to Live?
Next Sunday, Aug. 22, a new Faith Issues Class begins meeting weekly in the Session Room at 9:45a.m. Our first session is led by Browning Fergus, president of the GA Assoc. for Marriage & Family Therapy and MPC member. His topic, Living to Work or Working to Live?, focuses on balance in a frenzied world. Everyone is welcome!
Children’s Classes - Today, Preschoolers hear how God answered prayers in A Prayer for Peter; K-3rd grade finish Books of the Bible and look at Revelation. Double-digits are studying proclamation in the “Worship for Life” curriculum.
THIS WEEK AT MORNINGSIDE
Sunday, August 15
Thornwell Offering Received
9:30 a.m. Coffee & Conversation
9:45 a.m. Church School Kickoff
11 a.m. Worship
12 noon Fellowship
1 p.m. RHO Readers
2 p.m. Harmony Chorus
4 p.m. PNC Meeting
Monday, AUGUST 16
8:30 a.m. MPP teachers’ breakfast
7 p.m. Session meeting; Mandolin Society
7:30 p.m. MLPA
Tuesday, AUGUST 17
6:30 p.m. Weight Watchers
7 p.m. MLPA Zoning
Wednesday, AUGUST 18
7:30 p.m. Chancel Choir; Venture Crew
Thursday, AUGUST 19
6:30 p.m. Prayer Group
7 p.m. Handbell Choir
Friday, AUGUST 20
Saturday, AUGUST 21
8:15 a.m. Weight Watchers
Sunday, august 22
9:30 a.m. Coffee & Conversation
9:45 a.m. Church School
11 a.m. Worship
12 noon Fellowship
12:30-2 p.m. CE Volunteer Training
2 p.m. Harmony Chorus
4 p.m. PNC Meeting
In case of an emergency or urgent pastoral need, CHRISTOPHER HENRY may be called at 404.876.7396 x11 or 678.427.3343 or you may contact the elder or deacon on call listed on the back of the bulletin. Morningside sermons are available online and in the narthex.
Giving Update
Week 8/8 YTD
Needed $13,067 $418,154
Received $11,870 $392,367
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