August 01, 2013
Life@Morningside for August 4, 2013
By Anna Best
Morningside Presbyterian Church, Atlanta
WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY, SUNDAY SCHOOL KICK OFF, WELCOME JESSICA COONS, FAREWELL WALTER HUFF-AUGUST 18, THORNWELL OFFERING, INTOWN COLLABORATIVE MINISTRIES, HANDBELL CHOIR, SAVE THE DATE!, MPP, OFF TO SCOTLAND, OUR SYMPATHY TO, CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AT MORNINGSIDE, THIS WEEK AT MORNINGSIDE, GIVING/ATTENDANCE UPDATE
Life@Morningside
August 4, 2013
Drew Stockstill preaching
"Grace: That's It"
Texts: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23; Luke 12:13-21
SUNDAY SCHOOL KICK OFF
The first week of August, many of the children at MPC start back to school! Here at Morningside, we begin our Sunday school year next Sunday, August 11 at 9:45 a.m. in Fellowship Hall. All are welcome to this hour of fun, with light breakfast items. Crafts, dress-up corner, and Jonah’s whale promise lots of fun. The kids will also participate in some outreach projects and hear details for children's choirs this year. Contact Jill Davis jdavis@tuxox.com, if you can help. Following the Kick off on August 11, we begin our school year classes that same day with kids "moving up" to their new grade during children's worship: three and four year olds in Room 011 with Kyra Hall; Kindergarten-1st graders in Room 003 with Debbi Loomis; 2nd-3rd graders in Room 001 with Jessica Coons; 4th-5th graders in Room 005 with Sally Horne.
WELCOME JESSICA COONS
Please welcome our newest staff member Jessica Coons. Jessica is originally from Fort Mill, South Carolina and is currently in her senior year as an English major at Emory. She participates in the Presbyterian Campus Ministry at Emory and serves as a Resident Advisor. In 2008 she was ordained as a ruling elder and served on the session at her church in South Carolina for two years. She has previously worked as a camp counselor, Sunday School teacher, and VBS instructor. Jessica will be leading our 2nd-3rd graders on Sunday mornings beginning August 11.
FAREWELL WALTER HUFF-AUGUST 18
Morningside will honor our dear friend, Walter Huff, with a reception after church on Sunday, August 18. If you would like to contribute
something to the gala occasion, please contact Susan Oder at susanoder@gmail.com or 404.308.6337. We look forward to letting him know how much we appreciate his many years of love and service to us.
Seating will be at a premium that day, so please be advised that while we will make every effort to place as many chairs in the sanctuary as the fire code will allow, there is a limit to what our sanctuary can safely hold. Please plan adequate time for parking.
THORNWELL OFFERING
During worship on August 11, we will collect the annual offering for Thornwell Home for Children. This Presbyterian outreach in Clinton, SC, serves at least 100 children each year - from toddlers to teens. Some stay for only a few months, others grow up at Thornwell. The envelopes in your worship bulletins were once again made by the Mission Camp attendees. Please join us in supporting the children at Thornwell.
INTOWN COLLABORATIVE MINISTRIES
ICM provides a range of comprehensive services to our neighbors, including a food pantry (located at Druid Hills Methodist) which operates to provide the basic necessities of food to our homeless neighbors. ICM’s Pantry is supported by MPC and other congregations, individuals, businesses, and organizations in zip codes 30306/30307. Through August 25, MPC will collect the following foods for the pantry: canned and boxed meals (stew, noodle bowls, chili, etc.); crackers; and sugar packets. Please bring your donated items to Welcome Center to help your neighbors in need. Contact Nancy Collins ncollins0209 @gmail.com, 404.804.5191 with questions.
HANDBELL CHOIR
Our Handbell Choir will begin a new season on Thursday, September 5 with rehearsals each Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m., and you are invited to ring with the choir! If you are interested or for more information contact Jeff Peters at 404.731.9291, jeffcpeters @gmail.com.
SAVE THE DATE!
It’s not too soon to mark off October 25-27 on your calendar and plan to get away to cool and lovely Montreat, NC, for our fifth annual all-church retreat featuring speaker Tom Long! Each year, it’s been an event to remember for the whole family. Watch for details in the next couple of months. Contact Mary Chapman with any questions chapman. maryv@gmail.com.
MPP
Morningside Presbyterian Preschool still has openings for toddlers and Pre-K students for this fall. Toddlers must be 15 months old by September 1 and Pre-K children must be 4. Contact Sarah Tomaka, Preschool Director, for more information: mpp @morningsidepc.org.
OFF TO SCOTLAND
As 23 MPC members and friends travel to
Scotland on the church tour (August 3-12), please keep them in your prayers for safe travels. Twelve of the group will continue on to Iona - a worshiping community on an island in the Lower Hebrides on the far west of Scotland.
OUR SYMPATHY TO
Ann Bowers and Maria Ragland on the death of Ann’s mother, Dorothy Bowers, on
July 30; and to Martin Dunlap and Grayson Thagard on the death of Grayson’s father, Chuck Thagard, on July 31.
Christian Education at Morningside
ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS—9:45 A.M. IN ROOM 201 LED BY DREW STOCKSTILL
Next Sunday, August 11, Bill Smith and Anthony Owens will continue to lead us in our study of the Gospel of Matthew. All are welcome.
CHILDREN’S CLASSES
This Sunday, preschool children will learn of Jesus' love for children in Come to Me. The K-2nd grade class will use a story of Jesus' encounter with the Pharisees to explore the idea that compassion is the foremost rule of God. 3rd through 5th graders will be in worship.
This Week at Morningside
SUNDAY, AUGUST 4
Scotland Trip
ICM Food Collection
9:30 a.m. Coffee and Conversation
9:45 a.m. Church School
11 a.m. Worship/Communion
12 noon Fellowship
7:30 p.m. Meditation Group
MONDAY, AUGUST 5
Scotland Trip
ICM Food Collection
7 p.m. Mandolin Society
TUESDAY, AUGUST 6
Scotland Trip
ICM Food Collection
2:15 p.m. Tai Chi
6:30 p.m. Weight Watchers
7:30 p.m. Wessyngton Block Party
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7
Scotland Trip
ICM Food Collection
7:30 p.m. Chancel Choir
THURSDAY, AUGUST 8
Scotland Trip
ICM Food Collection
6:30 p.m. Prayer Group
FRIDAY, AUGUST 9
Scotland Trip
ICM Food Collection
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10
Scotland Trip
ICM Food Collection
9 a.m. AA Meeting
SUNDAY, AUGUST 11
Scotland Trip
ICM Food Collection
9:30 a.m. Coffee and Conversation
9:45 a.m. Sunday School Kickoff
11 a.m. Worship/Thornwell Offering Received
12 noon Fellowship
12:15 p.m. Deacons
6 p.m. Journey
6:30 p.m. New Church Development Shalom Open House (Memorial Drive)
7:30 p.m. Meditation Group
Giving/Attendance Update
WORSHIP COUNT 07/28/13 — 196
NEEDED WEEKLY—$15,577
RECEIVED 07/28/13 —$14,876
NEEDED YEAR TO DATE —$467,308
RECEIVED YEAR TO DATE —$427,688
Keep in your prayers...
Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. - Philippians 4:6-7
Sue Ballay
P.J. Britton (Lenna Turner’s niece)
Becky Carlisle
Grier Christenbury
Jackie Cleveland
Tom Franks (Alex Watts’ uncle)
Ann Herndon (Will's mother)
Finley Holaway
Jim Holler (father of Natalie Holler)
Holly Klotz
Jan McMahan
Robert Marshall
Taylor Marshall
Guerry Mashburn (foot surgery)
Wynn, Beth, and Gus Nettles (Callie Lensing’s friends)
Emil Sanders
John Vytal (Katye Watts’ father)
Katrina Weis
Please submit prayer requests using the prayer cards in the pew racks.
WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY, SUNDAY SCHOOL KICK OFF, WELCOME JESSICA COONS, FAREWELL WALTER HUFF-AUGUST 18, THORNWELL OFFERING, INTOWN COLLABORATIVE MINISTRIES, HANDBELL CHOIR, SAVE THE DATE!, MPP, OFF TO SCOTLAND, OUR SYMPATHY TO, CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AT MORNINGSIDE, THIS WEEK AT MORNINGSIDE, GIVING/ATTENDANCE UPDATE
Life@Morningside
August 4, 2013
Drew Stockstill preaching
"Grace: That's It"
Texts: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23; Luke 12:13-21
SUNDAY SCHOOL KICK OFF
The first week of August, many of the children at MPC start back to school! Here at Morningside, we begin our Sunday school year next Sunday, August 11 at 9:45 a.m. in Fellowship Hall. All are welcome to this hour of fun, with light breakfast items. Crafts, dress-up corner, and Jonah’s whale promise lots of fun. The kids will also participate in some outreach projects and hear details for children's choirs this year. Contact Jill Davis jdavis@tuxox.com, if you can help. Following the Kick off on August 11, we begin our school year classes that same day with kids "moving up" to their new grade during children's worship: three and four year olds in Room 011 with Kyra Hall; Kindergarten-1st graders in Room 003 with Debbi Loomis; 2nd-3rd graders in Room 001 with Jessica Coons; 4th-5th graders in Room 005 with Sally Horne.
WELCOME JESSICA COONS
Please welcome our newest staff member Jessica Coons. Jessica is originally from Fort Mill, South Carolina and is currently in her senior year as an English major at Emory. She participates in the Presbyterian Campus Ministry at Emory and serves as a Resident Advisor. In 2008 she was ordained as a ruling elder and served on the session at her church in South Carolina for two years. She has previously worked as a camp counselor, Sunday School teacher, and VBS instructor. Jessica will be leading our 2nd-3rd graders on Sunday mornings beginning August 11.
FAREWELL WALTER HUFF-AUGUST 18
Morningside will honor our dear friend, Walter Huff, with a reception after church on Sunday, August 18. If you would like to contribute
something to the gala occasion, please contact Susan Oder at susanoder@gmail.com or 404.308.6337. We look forward to letting him know how much we appreciate his many years of love and service to us.
Seating will be at a premium that day, so please be advised that while we will make every effort to place as many chairs in the sanctuary as the fire code will allow, there is a limit to what our sanctuary can safely hold. Please plan adequate time for parking.
THORNWELL OFFERING
During worship on August 11, we will collect the annual offering for Thornwell Home for Children. This Presbyterian outreach in Clinton, SC, serves at least 100 children each year - from toddlers to teens. Some stay for only a few months, others grow up at Thornwell. The envelopes in your worship bulletins were once again made by the Mission Camp attendees. Please join us in supporting the children at Thornwell.
INTOWN COLLABORATIVE MINISTRIES
ICM provides a range of comprehensive services to our neighbors, including a food pantry (located at Druid Hills Methodist) which operates to provide the basic necessities of food to our homeless neighbors. ICM’s Pantry is supported by MPC and other congregations, individuals, businesses, and organizations in zip codes 30306/30307. Through August 25, MPC will collect the following foods for the pantry: canned and boxed meals (stew, noodle bowls, chili, etc.); crackers; and sugar packets. Please bring your donated items to Welcome Center to help your neighbors in need. Contact Nancy Collins ncollins0209 @gmail.com, 404.804.5191 with questions.
HANDBELL CHOIR
Our Handbell Choir will begin a new season on Thursday, September 5 with rehearsals each Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m., and you are invited to ring with the choir! If you are interested or for more information contact Jeff Peters at 404.731.9291, jeffcpeters @gmail.com.
SAVE THE DATE!
It’s not too soon to mark off October 25-27 on your calendar and plan to get away to cool and lovely Montreat, NC, for our fifth annual all-church retreat featuring speaker Tom Long! Each year, it’s been an event to remember for the whole family. Watch for details in the next couple of months. Contact Mary Chapman with any questions chapman. maryv@gmail.com.
MPP
Morningside Presbyterian Preschool still has openings for toddlers and Pre-K students for this fall. Toddlers must be 15 months old by September 1 and Pre-K children must be 4. Contact Sarah Tomaka, Preschool Director, for more information: mpp @morningsidepc.org.
OFF TO SCOTLAND
As 23 MPC members and friends travel to
Scotland on the church tour (August 3-12), please keep them in your prayers for safe travels. Twelve of the group will continue on to Iona - a worshiping community on an island in the Lower Hebrides on the far west of Scotland.
OUR SYMPATHY TO
Ann Bowers and Maria Ragland on the death of Ann’s mother, Dorothy Bowers, on
July 30; and to Martin Dunlap and Grayson Thagard on the death of Grayson’s father, Chuck Thagard, on July 31.
Christian Education at Morningside
ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS—9:45 A.M. IN ROOM 201 LED BY DREW STOCKSTILL
Next Sunday, August 11, Bill Smith and Anthony Owens will continue to lead us in our study of the Gospel of Matthew. All are welcome.
CHILDREN’S CLASSES
This Sunday, preschool children will learn of Jesus' love for children in Come to Me. The K-2nd grade class will use a story of Jesus' encounter with the Pharisees to explore the idea that compassion is the foremost rule of God. 3rd through 5th graders will be in worship.
This Week at Morningside
SUNDAY, AUGUST 4
Scotland Trip
ICM Food Collection
9:30 a.m. Coffee and Conversation
9:45 a.m. Church School
11 a.m. Worship/Communion
12 noon Fellowship
7:30 p.m. Meditation Group
MONDAY, AUGUST 5
Scotland Trip
ICM Food Collection
7 p.m. Mandolin Society
TUESDAY, AUGUST 6
Scotland Trip
ICM Food Collection
2:15 p.m. Tai Chi
6:30 p.m. Weight Watchers
7:30 p.m. Wessyngton Block Party
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7
Scotland Trip
ICM Food Collection
7:30 p.m. Chancel Choir
THURSDAY, AUGUST 8
Scotland Trip
ICM Food Collection
6:30 p.m. Prayer Group
FRIDAY, AUGUST 9
Scotland Trip
ICM Food Collection
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10
Scotland Trip
ICM Food Collection
9 a.m. AA Meeting
SUNDAY, AUGUST 11
Scotland Trip
ICM Food Collection
9:30 a.m. Coffee and Conversation
9:45 a.m. Sunday School Kickoff
11 a.m. Worship/Thornwell Offering Received
12 noon Fellowship
12:15 p.m. Deacons
6 p.m. Journey
6:30 p.m. New Church Development Shalom Open House (Memorial Drive)
7:30 p.m. Meditation Group
Giving/Attendance Update
WORSHIP COUNT 07/28/13 — 196
NEEDED WEEKLY—$15,577
RECEIVED 07/28/13 —$14,876
NEEDED YEAR TO DATE —$467,308
RECEIVED YEAR TO DATE —$427,688
Keep in your prayers...
Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. - Philippians 4:6-7
Sue Ballay
P.J. Britton (Lenna Turner’s niece)
Becky Carlisle
Grier Christenbury
Jackie Cleveland
Tom Franks (Alex Watts’ uncle)
Ann Herndon (Will's mother)
Finley Holaway
Jim Holler (father of Natalie Holler)
Holly Klotz
Jan McMahan
Robert Marshall
Taylor Marshall
Guerry Mashburn (foot surgery)
Wynn, Beth, and Gus Nettles (Callie Lensing’s friends)
Emil Sanders
John Vytal (Katye Watts’ father)
Katrina Weis
Please submit prayer requests using the prayer cards in the pew racks.
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