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Sunday Worship: July 20

Sabbatical Preachers

Adult Mission Trip

Godly Play Volunteers

Eagle Scout Celebration

Youth Gatherings

Fellowship of the Grape

Hagar House Meals

Thank you volunteers!

Toco Hills Community Alliance

Food Pantry Needs

Montclair Elementary School

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Sunday, July 20, 2014

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

LECTIONARY READINGS (Click to read them)

8:30 AM Service of Word and Table

11:00 AM Service of Word

FOCUS TEXT:

Genesis 28:10-19a
Preaching, Rev. Truman Moore

WORSHIP NOTES:

The service will focus on the Jacob story, his dream, his holy place, and will compare him to us, others we know -- and what's the use of those holy places?

OUR PREACHER FOR THE DAY:
Truman Moore is a long time member of Central Congregational UCC. He and his wife Joan joined Central in 1969. He had been reared a Baptist, had graduated from Mercer University and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (when it was a well respected school not governed by the extremes of the Southern Baptist Convention -- can you tell he wrote this himself?) After serving as pastor of two churches, Truman moved into Social Work, beginning as a Social Work Aide working with delinquent boys, then moved to Athens where Joan put him through graduate school at UGA before her own career in GA DOE. After graduate work, Truman served in a variety of positions in DHR, Family and Children Services. He retired in 1996 as Field Coordinator. He has worked in a number of volunteer positions with Central, right now assisting with retired Men's Breakfast, Women and Children's Community Kitchen, the Parish Fund and Trustees. He and Joan reared two children at Central: Clint, husband of Mary and father of two college boys, works for the USGS at UGA where he works with graduate students in wildlife biology; Laura, wife of Brent and mother of three middle and HS boys in Norcross, is Dir. of Continuing Ed at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health.

SABBATICAL PREACHERS

Through the summer while Rev. Michael is on sabbatical, Central UCC members, lay and ordained, will be preaching.

July 27: Rev. Joyce Myers-Brown
August 3: Rev. Dave Spence
August 10: Rev. Ruben Swint
August 17: Rev. Kim Sorrells

Rev. Michael will return to the pulpit at Central on Homecoming Sunday, September 7.

BACK BAY MISSION TRIP

FOUR SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE FOR

Sept 21 - 27, Biloxi, MS

DEADLINE: MONDAY, JULY 21, 4:00 PM

Do you want to join us? We are heading to Biloxi, Mississippi on September 21 through September 27 to work for the week at the United Church of Christ Back Bay Mission.

For forms and more information, contact Lacey Brown in the next few days.
To read more, click here.

There is an information meeting, Sunday, August 24, at 9:30 AM

GODLY PLAY VOLUNTEERS

The Godly Play teachers need some more folks on the Team. Godly Play is our Sunday school curriculum for K-2nd and 3rd-5th grade classes. Godly Play encourages the children to make meaning for themselves by inviting them into Bible stories, Liturgical and Sacred Stories. It provides children with the opportunity for them to connect the stories with their personal experience. The stories are told (not read) with story objects to dramatize for visual learners. Each classroom has a storyteller and a doorperson. If you would like to help with these classes on an occasional basis or more, please contact Rev. Ginnie. We will have a training soon.

James Detherow, Eagle Scout

July 27, at 3:00pm

Everyone is invited to help us celebrate James Detherow's achievement of the rank of Eagle Scout. Ceremony will be held on Sunday, July 27 at 3pm at Luxomni Baptist Church,

175 Luxomni Rd NW, Lilburn, GA 30047. A reception will follow.

BACK TO SCHOOL

SWIM & POTLUCK

Saturday, July 26, 3:00pm- 7:00pm

All the youth (6th to 12th grades) and their families are invited to the home of Martene and Wayne Stansbery in Snellville for a Back to School party. Please bring a side dish or dessert to share. Parents are invited so please plan on sticking around and eating dinner with us! For more information please contact Lacey (lacey@central-ucc.org).

YOUTH TRIP TO SIX FLAGS

Tuesday, July 29 from 9:00am-9:00pm

The youth (6th to 12th grades) are invited to join a trip to Six Flags. NOT August 5 as previously advertised in the E-News. Financial scholarships are always available, please just let me know what you need. RSVP by July 22 if you want to attend. We are going to buy the tickets in advance.

SOUTH GEORGIA & WEST VIRGINIA REUNION DINNER

ALL ARE WELCOME

Saturday, August 2, 5:30 PM, Fellowship Hall

Come to a fellowship dinner and hear about the Youth's Summer Mission Trips. They'll have stories and pictures to share. The youth will gather at 3:00pm in the church kitchen to cook dinner and fellowship with one another. Dinner will be served from 5:30-7:00pm to the congregation.

Adult Gatherings

FELLOWSHIP OF THE GRAPE

Saturday, August 2

RobinLee Fitch and Dan Jones will host the August FOG Saturday, August 2nd at 7pm. RobinLee and Dan have chosen summer white wines as their selection for the month. Any and all appetizers or dishes, desserts or snacks to share that will pair with white wines will be appreciated. For those not familiar with FOG, attending is of the best ways to meet Central's members and visitors of all ages and stages of life in a casual setting. The tastings are not formal, just informative. You don't have to be a church member to attend and all are welcome! Event Details: August 2nd, 2014 at 7:00pm. RSVP to hosts RobinLee and Dan or call 404-633-9995 for their address. If you would like to be added to the mailing list for FOG, contact coordinator Robin Lee Fitch. We look forward to seeing you at FOG.

OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

SERVING MEALS AT

HAGAR HOUSE

Hagar House is a shelter for women and their children located in Decatur. Central and a number of other churches in the area have a long-standing relationship with Hagar's House. If you would like to help prepare and/or serve a meal this August, please email Bill O'Steen.

Thank you Volunteers!

OPEN HAND OUTREACH

On July 9, five volunteers went to Project Open Hand (http://www.projectopenhand.org) and packed up 500 meals to be distributed to people at their homes. Open Hand's Prepared Meals Program provides one, two or three freshly cooked meals, combined with snacks or supplements, to meet the daily nutrition needs of low-income men, women and children who are dealing with a critical, chronic, or terminal disease; and homebound seniors.

TOCO HILLS

COMMUNITY ALLIANCE

Can you Help Move Food? At THCA we are feeding more people than ever before. Do you have a large vehicle that you could take to the Atlanta Community Food Bank once or twice a month and pick up food, and deliver it to Toco Hills Community Alliance? This takes about 2 � hours. We only need two or three drivers and this announcement is going to 6 churches. Contact Mary-Louise Wilson with any questions. Come on, don't you feel God nudging you?

TOCO HILLS FOOD PANTRY PLEASE STOCK THE SHELVES

The shelves at Toco Hills Community Alliance need to be replenished. The pantry always needs CANNED MEATS such as tuna, chicken, spaghetti with meatballs, spam, etc. And also they can use other kinds of food such as Cereal, Pasta, and Canned Veggies & Fruits. Thank you for all your doing to help feed our neighbors around Central. Questions? Ask Jean Haller.

MONTCLAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OUTREACH

Between Central UCC and Buford Highway there is an elementary school of about 1,200 students and almost 90% of them are receiving free or reduced lunch everyday. A few of Central's members are looking into how we can better serve these struggling families during the week and weekends...

If you would like to be involved helping with the mobile food pantry or in our ongoing tutoring program at the Montclair, please contact Jean Haller or Lacey Brown. To read more, click here.

ONGOING OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AT CENTRAL UCC

Our life is full here at Central UCC. Through the year, we serve our local community in many ways. To read about the activities, please click here .

Adult Spiritual Formation

ONGOING SUNDAY GATHERING:

PRACTICAL THEOLOGY
Sundays, 9:30 to 10:50 AM, Room 206

The Practical Theology class (Room 206) studies, explores and takes action on current issues. The class shares leadership and begins each class with "How was your week?" and a devotional.

Study on July 20: Chap. 16 - 18; Leader - Bill O'Steen; Devotional - Ruben Swint

WHY DID JESUS, MOSES, the BUDDHA, and MOHAMMED CROSS the Road, by Brian McLaren. This book is available in hardback, paperback and e-reader formats.Questions? Contact Jackie and George Dominick at <georgedominick169@comcast.net>.

ONGOING SUNDAY GATHERING:

SACRED JOURNEYS

Sundays, 9:30 to 10:50 AM

Fellowship Hall, Steinhaus Library

Each week this group explores how spirit guides our personal journeys, read more.

PATHWAYS

Transformative Theological Education for a Changing World

PATHWAYS is a SE conference wide approach to theological education and ministry formation, bringing theology into the midst of the people, for the purposes of individual, congregational, and global transformation. To read more, click here.

Click here for the PATHWAYS website.

FLOWERS FOR SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP

Would you like to give flowers in honor or in memory of someone? There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board between the double entry doors and the nursery.

SERMONS AVAILABLE ONLINE

If you would like to hear a sermon from this week or an earlier week, they are available on our website. Go to www.central-ucc.org. Click on the "Worship" tab at the top of the site. On the drop down menu, you will see "Sermon", click on "Sermon". Click on "Audio (mp3)" and you will see a list of the sermons by date. The date is year/month/day with no spaces in between. If there is a certain sermon for which you are searching, please contact Rev. Ginnie (ginnie@central-ucc.org) and she will help you find the date.