November 2, 2012

The Deacon Hospitality Committee is preparing care packages in Fellowship Hall this Sunday, November 7, after the 11:00 service for our APC members or family members in the military. All are welcome to come help support our troops. 

Harvest Food Drive

The Harvest Food Drive continues through next Sunday!  Please bring your donations of canned and boxed food items in grocery bags and deliver them to the narthex or the back of Fellowship Hall.  The items will be taken to North Fulton Community Charities and The Place at Forsyth the week of November 12.

If you wish to support the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance in its response to Hurricane Sandy's devastation in the Caribbean and North America, please make your check payable to APC and "PDA-Hurricane Sandy" in the memo line. Checks may be placed in the offering plates or mailed to the church. Thank you for your prayers for all involved. 

We are pleased to announce that our church is in the process of putting together a beautiful, full color church member picture directory. The directory will have full color family portraits with names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all of our members. It is very important that all of our church families be included to assure a complete, up-to-date directory. Please click on the below link and choose a time that is most convenient for your family. We will have this Web Schedule available until November 27. Then we will have the schedule available for you to signup in the church. If you should need to reschedule your Web Appointment please do so by calling The Portrait Cafe at 1-877-896-9667 extension 325. Thanks for your participation and remember SMILE!

http://www.appointmentquest.com/scheduler/2170124024?schedule=alpharettapresbyterianchurch

Veterans Day Recognition will take place Sunday, November 11. Active duty members of the armed forces, as well as military veterans and those who served during WWII in the US Merchant Marine, will be recognized and presented a flag pin as part of the worship service.

As APC prepares to be a host congregation with Family Promise of North Fulton County, you are invited to be a part of the planning. The group will meet next Sunday, November 11 after worship in Alpha Building Room #2. This is a ministry to serve homeless families on site.

Volunteers needed for Open Arms Ministry's Parents Night Out on Saturday, November 3 from 4:30-8:00pm. You may volunteer for the entire time or for a portion of it. For more information, contact Sarah Provow shprovow@bellsouth.net.    

First Wednesday Dinner is this week. Kelly Edwards, Cynthia Hale and Sydney Schneider will share with us about their mission trip to Haiti and how it changed their lives. 

Dinner is from 6:00 - 6:30 PM.  Dinner fees are:  $4.00 for children 8 years and younger; $6.00 for adults/youth.

Dinner Menu:

Griot (Haitian Fried Pork in Sour Orange Marinade)

Diri Ak Pwa (Haitian Red Beans & Rice)

Haitian Vegetable Stew

Fried Plantain Slices 

Haitian Bread with Butter

Mixed Green Salad 

Dessert - Haitian Baked Pineapple

Bonbon Sirop (Haitian Bread Like Muffin or Cake) with a Brown Sugar & Rum Glaze)

The adult program and children's activities are from 6:30 - 7:30 PM.  The kitchen and Fellowship Hall clean-up begin at 7:30 PM so those volunteering can attend the program.

Make your reservations by noon Sunday, November 4 by (1) going online at http://www.alpharettapres.com/acs ; (2) by filling out a card on the table in the hallway, or (3) by entering  info on the bright lime green sheet posted by the APC kitchen door.  Nursery is provided.

Adult Education-The Young Adult Sunday School class will no longer be meeting on Sunday mornings. Instead, that group of twenty-somethings is reorganizing into an evening fellowship format. Stay tuned for details! If interested in helping organize, please contact Dr. Wagner or Rev. Butcher in the church office.

The Faith and Families Sunday School class meets from 9:45-10:45am in the multipurpose room upstairs. The class continues this week with a parenting book study. Please join in!

FAITH 101, a three-week Sunday School series for new and inquiring members of APC begins this Sunday, November 4 at 9:45am in the theater. Join Rev. Jamie Butcher as we discuss basic beliefs, perennial questions, and essential answers of the Christian faith.

The Drake House has partnered with City Antiques & Interiors! Now you can donate your unwanted furniture and household items and at least half of the proceeds will benefit The Drake House!  Not only will City Antiques pick up the items at no cost to you, but they will also organize estates sales to help you clear out years of accumulation when downsizing.  And if you're in the market for a perfect piece to complete a room, be sure to shop City Antiques and browse the selection of items that benefit The Drake House.  Proceeds from the sale of each item donated will directly support the programs for homeless mothers and their children in North Fulton county.  All donations are tax-deductible. 

To arrange for pick-up, call City Antiques at 770-645-2525 

To shop the donated merchandise:  City Antiques and Interiors, 

710 Holcomb Bridge Road #100  Roswell, GA 30076

Donate gently used bikes, trikes and scooters on November 10. Be a part of the Sixth Annual Bike Drive, gifting gently used bikes to North Fulton area children through NFCC's Santa Shop. With area bike shops as drop points in 2012, we hope to gather close to 1,000 bikes, nearly doubling the 550 collected last year from area neighborhoods. By NOON on November 10, drop off outgrown, used bikes to a bike shop below. Organizers will pick them up and clean them up to make a child's holiday bright when they get their shiny "new-to-them" bike via NFCC's Santa Shop.  If you don't have a bike to give and would like to help, donations to purchase basic parts allow us to spiff up mechanically-sound bikes:  $10 buys a new saddle, a set of pedals or two tubes; $30 gets two new tires or two sets of handlebar grips. For donations of any size, drop off a check made out to NFCC with "Holiday Bike Drive" in the memo line.

If you are mechanically inclined, please join for bike clean up and repair, December 1 at 1425 Market Boulevard Roswell, GA 30076 adjacent the Publix grocery store. Clean up runs from 9:00am till the job is done. Bring shop rags and towels, scrub brushes, Armour All for tires, WD 40 or bike lube for chains, and any bike tools you have.

Participating bike shops:  Alpha Bikes (Alpharetta), The Bicycle Wheel (Johns Creek), Cycle Works (all locations), Fresh Bike Service (Roswell), Performance Bikes (Roswell), Reality Bikes (Cumming), Roswell Bikes (Roswell).  For more information:  http://nfcchelp.org/holiday/santa/ or email Brian at bmullenbach@yahoo.com.

Channel your inner artist! Come join your friends on Thursday, November 15 from 7:00-9:00pm at Masterpiece Mixers Paint & Party Studio in Johns Creek. For $25 you can create your own masterpiece. Anyone can create a lovely portrait, no experience necessary! Please bring an appetizer to share and spirits are allowed. RSVP to Amy Ordahl at 678-637-6489 by November 14. 

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.  

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, john.c.hicks@gmail.com

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 

Find us on Facebook!  That's right Alpharetta Presbyterian Church has a facebook page!  You can "like" APC at http://facebook.com/alpharettapres.  Look for the latest information about activities and missions of the church!