E-News from Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church

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Weekly E-News

May 15 , 2012

CHURCH ASSESSMENT TOOL

Thousands of dollars in grant money is available for churches that complete the Church Assessment Tool Survey.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/memorialdrive

When you have completed the survey please email dilpremji@aol.com so that we can keep track of who has completed the survey. Completing the attached survey is one way that you can support the mission and ministries of the church.

As of today, we have received 40 completed responses.

Hard copies will be available at the church on Sunday for those without computer access.

READINGS

Revised Common Lectionary Readings for Sunday, May 20, 2012, the Seventh Sunday of Easter (Year B)

PASTOR'S NOTE

Last week I saw a video that is a reminder that every life has a story that we cannot know. In it, the life experiences and trials are written on the people: a girl whose mother died, a father who just lost his job, etc. It was especially timely for me as a reminder that each and every encounter is a chance to make a connection or miss a connection. The following prayer may help us in our journey and is my prayer of the week:

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
when there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
Grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand,
to be loved as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying [to ourselves] that we are born to eternal life.

Peace of Christ Always,

George

MISSION

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BOUNTIFUL BAGS

We need MDPC Volunteers to help pack bags with food for the Indian Creek Elementary Students this Thursday, May 17 at 6:30 pm in the Jim Guess Building. Please click on the link below to sign up or call Dil at 404-292-8212.

Bountiful Bags - Sign Up

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TEAM EDGE

Volunteer opportunities for "Team Edge Study Hall/Computer Lab" are now open.

Study Hall is open on Thursdays from 7 pm - 8 pm

Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church

Donnell Building

If you are interested in volunteering:

Please click on the following web link to go to the sign up sheet:

http://www.volunteersignup.org/3TX9T

SOUL JOURNERS STUDIO - OPEN HOUSE

Snack and Yak will be held in the Donnell Building this Sunday after worship so that everyone will be able to see the Soul Journers Studio. It offers exploration and discovery through art and is led by art therapist Sandra Tate. Life has its challenges and one of the ways in which we can effectively deal with these challenges is to explore them through art. Groups are forming and information about these groups will be available. If you have an idea for a group, 6-8 people, talk to Sandra. The studio officially opens on July 26th but this is an opportunity to meet Sandra and to see the exciting new things that are happening here at Memorial Drive.

Soul Journers Studio is a partnership between art therapist Sandra Tate, Shallowford Presbyterian, and Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church.