HOLY WEEK SERVICES AND EVENTS

MAUNDY THURSDAY:

GOOD FRIDAY: Service of Tenebrae

Friday, April 3 at 7:00 pm

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Gardens and Grounds

The 2014 Outstanding Certified Pollinator Habitat award goes to Central Congregational UCC of Atlanta with its environmental focus and Ron Smith. Due to the apparent limitless energy of this volunteer, the church grounds have been turned into a massive eight-acre pollinator habitat. Through his hours of planning, finding creative sources for plants and trees, his own donations of supplies and sweat, and securing volunteers from the church and community, he has accomplished:

• Planting perennial, drought-tolerant pollinator plants all over the acreage
• Leading the effort to clean out invasive plants along a creek near the church
• Planting 93 flowering and fruit trees around that area
• Returning the land near the creek to native grasses and wildflowers in the floodplain/meadow with a grant from theProgressive Christianity Initiative

 A crowd joined Ron at the Celebration Dinner at Rock Eagle in Eatonton,GA. It was a great evening. We are very grateful for all the tending and transforming work that Ron so carefully, generously and quietly brings about at Central UCC. 

PLANTING AND MULCHING IN THE CENTRAL UCC NATURE PRESERVE

Mulching: Sat.'s, April 11 & 18, 9-11am  

Planting: Sat.'s, May 2 & 16, 9-11am

MULCHING: Ron Smith can lead the mulching on April 11. We need a team leader on April 18. And on each April 11 & 18, we need four or more people with good backs to shovel and move wheelbarrows of mulch through the forest, renewing the trails.

PLANTING: On Saturdays, May 2 and 16, we need as many planters as possible to help plant native grasses as part of the creek restoration project. 

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FIRST AID / CPR CLASS OFFERED: Tuesdays, April 7 & 14, 6:00-9:00pm We will offer a Certified First Aid / CPR class in March. It is a two-part class. We are grateful that one of our members, Judy Padgett, is offering this class for free. We need reservations by April 5.   Contact: Rev. Ginnie.

Thanks to the fifteen Central members who have stepped up to help cook and /or serve at Hagar House on April 1, 2 & 3.  All fifteen have been involved in this work over the last several years.  Although we are not scheduled to serve again until August, we would like to recruit new volunteers now to help support this program. Please consider volunteering and if you are able to help contact Fred Childers or Maureen O'Brien.  

Over the past few months, the Montclair Elementary Leadership Team has been working to secure grade level appropriate books for all 46 classrooms. Through a generous Central Endowment Grant and lots of hard work we have accomplished our goal.Click to read more. 

HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY CHOIR

Tuesday, May 12, 7pm - Central's Sanctuary

We are looking for volunteers for housing the students and their adult leaders.  If you can possibly help lodge one or more the night of May 12, please contact Debbie Spearman.
 

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WE NEED MILK!!!! 

At Toco Hills, we like to give each of the 200 families we serve each week, a box or two of shelf stable milk.  We had been getting this through the Atlanta Community Food Bank, but it is no longer available. Please consider donating milk, either shelf stable or fresh.  It can be dropped off any time between 12:15 and 4:00 pm  Monday-Thursday .  If this is not convenient, or you have any questions, contact Mary-Louise Wilson at marylouisew1@aol.com.  Thank you!

CLOTHES NEEDED FOR SOUTH GA FARMWORKERS

It's not too early to start collecting clothes for our south Georgia trip in June. Each year, we head to Valdosta, along with the Emory Physician's Assistant Program, to help with the South Georgia Farm Workers Health Project. We are now collecting men's long pants, long sleeved shirts, socks, hats, used sun-glasses, and men's work shoes. If you don't have any of these things but would like to contribute please consider going to a local thrift store to purchase these items. Email  Rev. Lacey for details or donation questions. 

  

LOW VISION INFORMATION

Are you experiencing a vision loss?  There is a VisAbility Store in Midtown Atlanta that may prove helpful by making your life a little easier.  They carry over 1,000 products including watches, games, children's toys, assistive technology, magnifiers and more. Contact:  VisAbility Store, 739 West Peachtree Street, NW, Atlanta, GA  30308.  Store hours:  10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. www.cviga.org/visability_store

 

 

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.