NORTHSIDE NOTES - May 20, 2009 |
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2008-2009 CHURCH SCHOOL TEACHER RECOGNITION
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains.
The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
~William Arthur Ward
Northside Drive is not only a church that loves to learn, it is a church that desires to teach. The names of our 2008-2009 teachers reveal that Northside Drive truly has great and inspirational teachers. The congregation, staff, and leadership thank these teacher and community leaders for the long hours they have spent in preparation, prayer, and practice.
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Children's Teachers: LeAnna Anantaraman, Kelly Broyles, Emily Bryson, Melissa Bryson, Flora Carswell, Patti Clark, Susan Dew, Ann Franklin, Jada Getsay, J.B. Gilbert, Virginia Gilbert, Amanda Gregg, Susan Harlan, Rhonda Harris, Beth Lewis, Jo Meeks, Colleen Minton, Keith Minton, David Moore, Mona Stines, Laura Wheeler
Youth: Kay Braswell, Eric Cain, Chelsea Clarke, Brian Hendrix, Megan Hendrix, Karen Perry, Kristofer Schleicher, Laura Wheeler, Richard Wilson
Art and Soul: Barbara Atchley, Karen Massey, Dan Oakley, Cathy Wooten
Foundations Class: Melissa Bryson, Mike Gregg, Laura Wheeler
Friendship Class: Mary Ann Hickman, Joann Warmack
Roger Williams Class: Mike Egan, Larry McSwain, Jerry Poole, George Taylor
Seekers Class: Liz Harris-Lamkin, Jada Getsay, Susan Harlan, Rhonda Harris, Jeremy Lewis, Beth Lewis |
CHURCH-IN-CONFERENCE
The Annual Meeting will be held tonight Wednesday, May 20, at 6:45 PM in the Fellowship Hall with supper at 6:00 PM. The Church-in-conference will feature short reports from each of the major committees of the church. |
TRIPLE E: ENGAGE. ENRICH. ENJOY.
NDBC is forming a new group to continue the educational/missions programs, community outreach, and fellowship the WOC and PIA's have provided for many years. The idea of TRIPLE E is to ENGAGE with the world by keeping up to date on missions in the church, ENRICH our lives and others through learning and community, and ENJOY intergenerational fellowship with church members and guests. It will meet on the second Tuesday of the month, beginning in September 2009.
To accomplish this, there must be a few by-law changes:
IV. Church Committees and Auxiliary Organizations
A. Church Committees--Add TRIPLE E and Special Care (baby meals and funeral receptions/meals for grieving families) to the list of church committees; remove PIA and WOC
B. Church Council--Add TRIPLE E to the Church Council; remove PIA and WOC (Special Care will report in and be represented through the Diaconate)
D. Nominating Committee--Add TRIPLE E to the groups providing a representative to the Nominating Committee; remove PIA and WOC. Add Worship/Music as the other committee providing a representative
G. Auxiliary Organizations--Add TRIPLE E as an auxiliary organization; remove PIA and WOC
The all important work of WOC and PIA will continue uninterrupted, as other groups pick up their tasks. We believe TRIPLE E will bring new life and new joy into what we offer our congregation and the community. | |
| CHURCH CALENDAR
SUNDAY, May 24
9:30 AM - Church School
11:00 AM - Morning Worship
3:00 PM - Music on the Hill
MONDAY, May 25
Memorial Holiday -- Church/Preschool Offices Closed
TUESDAY, May 26
1:00 PM - Staff Meeting
6:00 PM - Northside Yoga
WEDNESDAY, May 27
7:30 PM - Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal
7:40 PM - Northside Line-Drivers (softball) |
| LIFESPAN RESOURCES
Come join us for educational and fun classes with LifeSpan Resources at Peachtree Presbyterian Church. Spring quarter begins April 16 and will run through May 28.
Brochures can be found in the Narthex and Fellowship Hall.
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JOINING LIFESPAN IN AFFIRMING OLDER AMERICANS
NDBC is a founding congregation of LIFESPAN. Formed in 1981, local congregations initiated the organization called North Atlanta Senior Services (NASS). This consortium implemented Lunch-n-Learn, Day Club, Medical Escort Transportation, and Faith and Action Friends and Neighbors. LIFESPAN volunteers give over 10,000 hours of service each year to meet the needs of the growing population of elderly in the Northwest Atlanta area.
May is Older Americans' Month. It was first proclaimed by President Kennedy in 1963. NDBC joins with LIFESPAN in celebrating the service, wisdom, significance, and faithfulness of older Americans in Atlanta.
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BRIDGES OF HOPE OFFERING
Alliance of Baptists The Bridges of Hope Offering supports the work of 29 mission  partners in the U.S. and the world. Gifts to this offering help provide food for families in Sudan; health care in Nicaragua where 80% of the rural population lives on less than $2 per day; Bright Stars summer camp where Palestinian children can learn and play in safety; and after school programs at the Rauschenbusch Center in New York and the Andrew P. Stewart Center in Atlanta. Your donation can bring hope and healing to people around the world. Write Bridges of Hope or Alliance on your envelope or check. The goal for Northside Drive is $2,000. |
TOUCHING TALIAFERRO WITH LOVE
June 15-19, 2009
Volunteer to be part of the team that provides a delightful week of Vacation Bible School/Day Camp for children in Taliaferro County. You may participate all or part of the week. See Susan Harlan or Rhonda Harris to sign up. |
NDBC GUEST PREACHER
Laura Wheeler
NDBC Seminary Intern
May 31, 2009
11:00 AM Worship
Laura Wheeler is a second year ministerial student at McAfee School of Theology and the current NDBC Seminary Intern. Her internship has allowed her to practice the many skills for ministry such as preaching, teaching, pastoral care, and worship leadership through the guidance and mentoring of the NDBC staff. Laura's participation in the life of NDBC and her carrying out the roles of leadership have given her the needed resources and affirmation to pursue congregational ministry as a profession. Laura is a native of Raleigh, NC and a graduate of North Carolina State University with a B.S. in Business Management, concentrating in Finance and Human Resources. |
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PRAYING FOR OUR YOUTH MINISTER, ERIC CAIN, ON PILGRIMAGE
Eric Cain
I have spent my entire life traveling through the pages of the Bible-thumbing from the calling into Creation in Genesis to the mysteries of John's Revelation. I always wondered how it must have felt living in the "Holy Lands." It seemed like the only place outside of my small town as a child-the place where God spoke to Moses and where Jesus walked on water.
This semester, I received a rare opportunity to finally visit this sacred spiritual center. Thanks to a grant with the Middle East Travel Seminar, I will be traveling with a few other seminary students, some lay leaders, and a few professors to Egypt, Greece, Israel, Jordan, and Syria over the next few weeks. I would appreciate prayer as I experience this three-week spiritual pilgrimage-that it may help nourish my soul and enrich my life as a disciple and minister. And I would appreciate those prayers for safe travel for my colleagues and me as we travel to places that represent holy peace, but often face struggles with violence. Pray, too, that we all grow as people of God. Know that I will be praying for y'all on the other side of the sea . . .
Eric's Middle East Travel Seminar 2009 Itinerary
May 16-17 Orientation in Stone Mountain, GA
May 18 Depart Atlanta
May 19 Arrive Amman
May 20 Jerash, then Damascus
May 21 Damascus
May 22 Damascus, Ma'alula, Krak des Chaveliers
May 23 drive to Hama
May 24 Palmyra
May 25 back to Amman
May 26 Kings Highway, Mount Nebo, Madaba and
Kerak to Petra
May 27 Petra
May 28 Aqabah, Mount Sinai
May 29 Early rise (1:45 a.m.!) to climb Mount Sinai; visit
St. Catherine's monastery later in the morning;
May 30 through the Arabah to Arad
May 31 Masada, thento Galilee
June 1 Galilee and the Golan Heights
June 2 Drive from Galilee to Jerusalem visiting
Nazareth, Megiddo and Caesarea along the way
June 3 Jerusalem
June 4 Jerusalem
June 5 Bethlehem
June 6 Athens, then Greek island of Idra
June 7 Acropolis
June 8 Depart Athens; arrive Atlanta | |
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CHURCH FAMILY CONCERNS
Fisher Alberson
Cecil Turner
Helen Callaway
Mary Dutton
Bob Haywood |
May 24 at 3:00 PM
Sonata IV and Sonata Representativa,
Heinrich Ignaz Biber
Partite 14 sopra l'Aria della Romanesca, Girolamo Frescobaldi
Sonata in F major, George Frideric Handel
featuring
Olga Shpitko, violin
Peter Marshall, harpsichord
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May 31 at 3:00 PM
Three Short Pieces For Cello & Piano Frank Bridge
Trio for Clarinet, Viola, & Piano
Max Bruch
Trio for Clarinet, Cello, & Piano
Brahms
featuring the
Clarus Chamber Group |
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NDBC SOFTBALL
To see the Northside Line-Drivers
softball schedule go to
and follow the ministries link to recreation. |
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NORTHSIDE YOGA 
Northside Yoga meets on Tuesdays at 6 PM in the Fellowship Hall with registered Yoga Teacher, Amanda Gregg. Bring a mat, water, and the $10 fee.
To make a reservation for Tuesday's class, email
mandayoga@gmail.com or for more information, visit www.northsidedrive.org. (Thursday classes have been cancelled.) |
The youth café, UNDERGROUNDS, will be open for a light breakfast at 9:30 AM each Sunday. Church School in the newly renovated youth space begins at 9:45 AM.
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ON BEING GREEN
GAS TURNED OFF!
The gas to the building was shut off on Monday, May 4, and will be turned back on in mid September. We also have a new electric water heater that serves the kitchen area and the two restrooms near the preschool office.
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WORSHIP
IN THE CHAPEL
THIS SUMMER
June 7-August 9, we will meet in the Chapel for Sunday Morning Worship. August 16 will be our first Sunday back in the Sanctuary. The Chapel affords both intimacy and memory. Recalling our beginnings as "the church on the hill," we shall be nourished by our history and encouraged in our hope. In addition, by worshiping in the Chapel during the summer, we lower our utility expenses; plus, as an expression of stewardship, we want to be environmentally responsible. Remember the Chapel is now fully accessible to all and the accessible restroom is just down the hall. |
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THE PAPERLESS PINNACLE
The Pinnacle is emailed as an attachment to the congregation and is available on the church website www.northsidedrive.org.
If you would prefer not to receive the Pinnacle by U.S. mail, please call 404-237-8621 or email us at info@northsidedrive.org to let us know. |
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NDBC HAS GONE WI-FI!
We have wireless internet in the Fellowship Hall and in the new Youth Area.
The network is: ndbcwireless. The password is: northsidedrive. |
Call the church office and ask for Renee if you lost or found an item at the church. |
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