October 5, 2012

Join us at the Pumpkin Patch! APC Children's Ministry invites you and your family to join us at Uncle Shucks. We will celebrate the arrival of fall with pumpkins, hayrides and a corn maze. Bring a friend and join us there. No reservations are needed but please let us know if you plan on attending by emailing kristin@alpharettapres.com. Uncle Shucks is located at 4525 Georgia 53,  Dawsonville, GA 30534.

Women's Ensemble is open to all ladies who love to sing.  We meet on Sunday mornings, from 10:00 to 10:30am in the Choir Room, starting October 7.

One Voice is open to all Middle School and High School singers.  We meet on select Sundays from 12:30 to 1:30pm starting October 7.  We meet in the choir room and pizza is served before we start singing.  To see the Sundays we rehearse and perform, go to the Music Notes page of the APC web site (under Ministries/Music Ministries/Music Notes)

Fall Festival

The City of Alpharetta will soon begin widening Academy Street in front of Alpharetta Presbyterian Church and The Cottage. When the project is completed, APC will have a dedicated left turn lane into church property, new sidewalks, and new curb and gutter.

The orange silt fences erected along Academy Street mark the boundary for demolition, grading, and construction that will occur over the next several months.

Demolition has begun including the necessary removal of some shrubbery and trees near The Cottage and the demolition of the curb, gutter and sidewalk.

Although there may be extended periods of no apparent progress, the project will be completed by March 31, 2013.  The city has assured us that during all phases of construction APC's driveway will remain unobstructed. 

Interested in traveling with a Presbyterian mission team to Zambia?  ZAMJAM 2013 will be held July 16 - August 2, 2013.  Trip expense (including airfare) is expected to be $2660.  Zambia is caught between the challenges of poverty (80% of their population) and HIV/AIDS (one in seven are infected).  Mission work is being done through the Alliance for Children Everywhere (www.childreneverywhere.org).  Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church is organizing this effort and Ms. Barbara Hughes is the trip leader.  For more information, contact Barbara at 770-396-9313 or MVPC.

The Big Guns: or Whose Little Lily Is She?

October 5 and 6 at 7:30pm

With songs and smoking six-shooters, we're here to tell the adventures and misadventures of two cattle barons and, most especially, of a beautiful young lady in search of, well, not the usual kind of gold in them thar hills. Is this a musical? Nope. But somewhat like Cat Ballou, Paint Your Wagon and a lot of John Ford westerns, it has words and music that made their way west-songs like "Shenandoah," "Oh My Darling, Clementine," and "Sweet Betsy From Pike." And what's a rousing, sometimes rowdy western without a long-legged, curvaceous but vestal saloon gal? A saucy little filly known as Lily-with a more-than-middling singing voice to boot. A comic valentine to the cowboy and cowgirl heroes of bygone screen, radio and television-Gene, Roy, Hoppy, Coop, The Duke-with a tip of the Stetson to Calamity, Annie O, Belle Star and Cat Ballou.  A story of the Old West, but a different sort of a story.  A tale with a twist.  A rootin', tootin', six-shootin' wing-ding of a western!

All proceeds of this production to benefit the APC STARS group.  Tickets are $10 for everyone.

The Sunday evening C.S. Lewis lecture series continues.  Jim Motter, an APC member and C.S. Lewis scholar, will lead a 10-week Sunday evening lecture and discussion series on C.S. Lewis' masterwork, Mere Christianity.  The lectures will be held in the theater now through November 11, from 5:30 to 7:00pm. The public is invited. The lecture will not meet this Sunday, October 7.

APC Career Transition Program - Recently the unemployment rate in Metro Atlanta dropped from 10.2% to 9.9 %. When individuals are no longer job hunting, as well as those who seek full-time jobs are counted, the real rate of unemployment is a conservative figure of 15%. Since 2007, Georgia has lost 360,000 positions, so the state now has approximately the same number of jobs that existed in 1999. Elder Bill Harris leads efforts at APC to address the employment concerns and needs your help.  We are trying to get a handle on how many of our members are unemployed and underemployed and whether or not they participate in the Career Transition Group at APC. If you would like employment assistance, please email Bill at w.m.harris@att.net.

If you work for or lead an organization, we would appreciate any information on positions that might represent opportunities that become available or contact names that would ensure a more effective outreach. We need our employed professionals and executives to reach out and make information available that will give a competitive edge to members of our congregation who are endeavoring to gain a sense of the real jobs and hidden market versus Internet postings. In the Lobby, the Career Transition Bulletin Board is now up and running. Please email Bill with any assistance you can offer as we renew our commitment to serve our members, veterans and the community in this challenging and prolonged Recession.

Sympathy & Celebrations 

The Session

Class of 2012                                     Class of 2013                                        Class of 2014

Dianne Berry-Children's Ministry            George Bancroft-Property                 Scott Doll-Membership/Youth Ministry

Michelle Burton-Youth Ministry              Jodie Barger-Children's Ministry        Molly Elkind-Worship

Morris Estes-Finance                             Lynn Danson-Fellowship/Mission      Stu Laubenstein-Personnel

Jim Gray-Clerk of Session/CE                Pat Dennis-Open Arms                      Anne Mahone-Dayschool/LRP

John Shevlin-Mission                             Nancy Hill-Personnell/Nominating       Charles Moriarty-Property/CE Adult 

Jessie Prigge-Youth Ministry                 Jan Hughey-LRP/Finance                   Sarah Provow-Open Arms/Commitment

Amy Rogers-Communications               Kylie Vacko-Open Arms                     Ferrell White-Worship/Fellowship

Jean Williams-Nominating/Membership  

Deacon Care Teams

Hospitality - John Hicks, 678-513-4570, hicksjc@bellsouth.net

Companion Care - Carolyn Dillon, 770-751-3799, csdillon@bellsouth.net

Hospital & Recovery - Paul McChesney, 678-234-8471, paulsmcchesney@gmail.com

Sympathy & Celebrations, Steve Ludlow, 770-722-5473, ludlowst@comcast.net 

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