NORTHSIDE NOTES - June 3, 2009 |
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SUMMER ADULT CHURCH SCHOOL
June 7-September 6
Sundays, 9:30 AM-10:30 AM, in the Fellowship Hall
A 12 week video study featuring
John Dominic Crossan and Marcus Borg.
SUMMER ADULT CHURCH SCHOOL IS HERE! First Light: Jesus and the Kingdom of God is a 12-week video study, featuring John Dominic Crossan and Marcus Borg and their architectural, geographical and spiritual journey through the Middle East. Each class contains a 20-minute video followed by in depth learning and conversation. Go to www.northsidedrive.org and find the First Light link in the "What's Happening" section on the home page and download the participant guide and review before coming to class. |
NDBC BOOK CLUB
A book review of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation by Cokie Roberts, will be Wednesday, June 10, at 1 PM in the Fellowship Hall. Robbye Taylor will be the facilitator and Nancy Davis the hostess. Bring your lunch; dessert and beverages will be furnished. |
BCM is in need of canned goods and non-perishable food items for their pantry. There is a great demand through the summer and the shelves are low.
There will be a basket in the Fellowship Hall, so bring a can or two to Church School each week.
Contact Jane Fitzgerald if you have any questions. |
BRIDGES OF HOPE OFFERING
Alliance of Baptists
Northside Drive goal: $2,000
Collected to date: $1,070 |
PRAYING FOR OUR YOUTH MINISTER, ERIC CAIN, ON PILGRIMAGE
Eric's Middle East Travel Seminar 2009 Itinerary
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 |
YOUTH NEWS!
NDBC Youth Workday
Wednesday, June 10, 10 AM-2 PM
Come out to church and help with clean up and youth space work. Lunch is provided! RSVP to Eric Cain at eric@northsidedrive.org by June 8.
Sunday Summer Luncheon
Sunday, June 14, 12:30-2:30 PM
Join us for lunch after worship service. Remember to bring money for lunch. RSVP to Eric Cain at eric@northsidedrive.org by June 10.
Mission Week 1: Taliaferro
Mon-Fri, June 15-19
This is a church-wide mission week project. All youth are invited to participate. We will be working with a summer camp program. RSVP to Eric Cain at eric@northsidedrive.org by June 1.
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CHURCH CALENDAR
SUNDAY, June 7 9:30 AM - Summer Church School 11:00 AM - Morning Worship in the Chapel 12:15 PM - Diaconate Meeting MONDAY-FRIDAY, June 8-12Preschool Camp Hopscotch TUESDAY, June 9 6:00 PM - Northside Yoga WEDNESDAY, June 1010:00 AM - Youth Workday 1:00 PM - NDBC Book Club 6:30 PM - Northside Line-Drivers | |
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NDBC PRESCHOOL 
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PASTORAL REFLECTIONS 
Summertime...and the Living is Easy?
I spent last week listening to sermons offered by the fairest in the land: Barbara Brown Taylor, Fred Craddock, Tom Long, Will Willimon, and some lesser knowns... like Desmund Tutu. A preaching conference came to town and I went.
I listed some of what I heard these preachers saying for the Sunday morning worshipers on Memorial Day weekend; but here's one more thing to report. Fatigue. They said that church folk they see in the pews look exhausted.
This is a fascinating observation. With all the wealth "us folk" have-these preachers said that when they look into our faces, they see exhaustion.
Evidently, being a Human Being is no easy thing!
Best I can tell no other species on Earth goes around looking pooped. A horse is weary after a long gallop. A dog pants after a long-winded rabbit chase.
Sounds like something else is going on with human folk. Chronic exhaustion is more than the sum total of exertion and effort.
Most people live very leveraged lives. It's like a vent I read in Sunday's AJC. Something like: "I worry constantly about being laid-off from a job I don't like in the first place." We have a list a mile long of why we are so anxious; and the list holds our fears at bay.
But then...the Sun moves, the Earth wobbles, and Summertime comes. One thinks of Gershwin's immortal classic from Porgy and Bess.
The song promises that there is no need for tears cause, the fish are jumping', the cotton is high, Daddy's rich, and your Ma is good lookin'-so hush little baby; don't you cry.
Yet, we do cry; and our tears come from deep wells of worry-maybe even deeper than our small lifetimes.
I want to bless you to observe the Sabbath this summer. Sabbath, you know, means STOP! It means rest. I offer a Pastoral Prayer for Northside Drive Vacationers each June. With a refrigerator magnet's help, you might even pray it daily.
O God of voyages and voyagers,
Thrill us with not yet discovered possibility.
Protect us with the 23rd Psalm's certainty.
Strengthen us when the destination still is distant.
Empty us of stress's poison.
Open us...vacate us...through Sabbath's vacation.
Rest us beside still waters and restore our souls.
Teach us through the strangely familiar.
Comfort us through the familiarly strange.
Befriend us through a stranger's kindness.
Connect us with the Holy Spirit's presence.
Keep us as we say daily The Lord's Prayer.
Heal us when tender feet weary.
Bless us when it is time to return...
For only by leaving, can we ever come home. Amen
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CHURCH FAMILY CONCERNS
Fisher Alberson
Cecil Turner
Helen Callaway
Mary Dutton
Bob Haywood |
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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
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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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