A Lenten Journey of Storytelling.  ..

In the Chapel at 6:45 PM (Childcare Provided)

   This Lenten Series will offer theological reflection, spiritual connection, scripture, song, and storytelling. The "testifier" each Wednesday night will tell stories relating their spiritual life, and how God's story connects to our stories. Come and join in the narrative of God and God's people as we walk through Lent's shadows all the way to Easter's light.

April 9 ...... Kurt Thomas (Song and Story)

Spring Quarter begins April 10, 2014

        For fellowship, education and fun, come join us at Peachtree Presbyterian Church on Thursdays. Brochures will be available in the Narthex and Fellowship Hall in several weeks.

Saturday, April 12, from 9:30 AM-1 PM

     *U.S. tax regulations do not allow us to offer contribution credit for Easter & Christmas plants because the plants are returned to the giver.  

April 16, at 1 PM, in the Fellowship Hall

       A book review of My Beloved World by Author: Sonia Sotomayor will be Wednesday, April 16, at 1 PM in the Fellowship Hall. Jane Fitzgerald will be the facilitator and Billie Davis the hostess. Bring your lunch; dessert and beverages will be furnished.

Good Friday Service

April 18, 2014 

"Noon Until Three"

The seven last words of Christ.

Homilies presented by NDBC members.

Jada Getsay

12:05 PM, "Father forgive them..."

Becky Shoaf

12:30 PM, "Today, thou shalt be with me..."

Steve Sheeley

12:55 PM, "Woman, behold thy son!"

Clay Manley

1:20 PM, "My God, my God why...?"

Tom Vander Ven

1:45 PM, "...I am thirsty."

Cyndi Vander Ven

2:10 PM, "It is finished."

Kenneth Dean

2:35 PM, "Into thy hands..."

     All college students, young adults, and anyone else who cannot go home for Easter are invited to Hartwell and Susan Dew's home for a potluck lunch following NDBC's Easter Worship Service and Easter Egg Hunt on April 20. The Dews will have a honey-baked ham and cornbread. Bring a side item or dessert to share. Please RSVP to Mike Gregg at mike@northsidedrive.org . We look forward to spending Easter together.

     Do you know a church or family member who will be graduating from High School or College this year? If so, we would like to announce his or her accomplishments in the next issue of the Pinnacle and as an insert in the Order of Worship for Youth Sunday. Please submit a head shot along with the graduation date, school name, type of diploma, and their next step (education or work) by Monday, April 21. You may submit electronically to info@northsidedrive.org; mail to the church at the attention of Renee Gamache; or stop by the church during business hours. (Submissions after April 21, will only appear in post-Youth Sunday issues of the Pinnacle.) 

        The next Church Council meeting will be Monday, April 21, at 7 PM in the Fellowship Hall.

       *The Church Council consists of the Moderator, Senior Pastor, Treasurer, and Church Clerk, the chairs of the Diaconate, the Finance, Personnel, and Nominating Committees, the Adult Education, Children's, Communications/Technology, Facilities Management, Grounds, Landscaping, Hospitality, Marketing, Membership Development, Memorial Gifts, Missions, Preschool Liaison, Worship/Music, and Youth Ministry Teams, and the Auxiliary Triple E.

     Northside Drive Baptist is "divesting" ourselves of several old pianos which are not being used and which we cannot foresee ever being needed. We are making these available free to any church member or anyone they know who would like one. The only caveat is that whomever "adopts" one of these pianos must pay to have it moved to another location. An educated guess for a professional move would be about $250 depending on distance.

     These are all old, upright instruments (high backed) and are in semi-working order. "Working order" does not necessarily include being able to tune them. Additionally it would not be cost-effective to repair them---even if they were repairable. 

     We need to have them out of the building by the end of April, if at all possible. If you are interested please contact Paul Fletcher (paul@northsidedrive.org) to make arrangements.

Children and Youth Waving Palms

Sunday, April 13, @ 11 AM Worship Service

     Attention all children and youth! Sunday, April 13, is Palm Sunday! We want you to help us praise Jesus in worship by waving palm branches in the air! Please meet Mr. Mike in the Narthex before the 11 AM Worship Service on April 13, to get your palm branches and instructions about waving them in the service. Bring a friend to Palm Sunday!

Donate Easter Eggs for the Easter Egg Hunt

Easter Sunday, April 20

     The children of the church and in the community eagerly anticipate the Easter Egg Hunt each year. Please donate 1-2 dozen stuffed plastic eggs for the event (no peanut products please). You may drop off the eggs at the church office during the week or in the Children's Sunday School room every Sunday until Easter.

Nursery Help for Easter Sunday

     Easter is one of the best opportunities to welcome guests and their children. In order to keep our nursery safe with an increased number of children during Easter Sunday Worship, the Children's Ministry Team needs you to volunteer to be in a preschool room or the nursery. Please contact Rachel Sherron for availability and more information.

Children's Easter Egg Hunt

Easter Sunday, April 20, @ 12:15 PM

Front Lawn of Sanctuary

     Invite the children of your friends and relatives to come to Northside Drive's annual Easter Egg Hunt right after morning worship. Also, please donate 1-2 dozen stuffed plastic eggs to be used for the event. You may drop off the eggs at the church office or in the Children's Sunday School room on Sunday.

Palm Sunday: April 13, 2014

     Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday. On this day we remember Jesus' "Triumphal Entry" into Jerusalem riding on the back of a donkey. The Gospel writers vary on the timing of the event and even its meaning and scope. Some say cloaks were tossed on the road, others say "leafy limbs," and John's Gospel speaks of "palm branches".

     The 11:00 AM worship service will begin with a Processional Hymn as the children, youth, choir and ministers enter waving palm branches. It is a festive day, though a penultimate one. The joy of celebrating the Christ who reigns, will soon be followed by the juxtaposed image of the Christ who has come to die. The shadow of the cross reaches all the way back to Palm Sunday.

Passover Seder Service: April 16, 2014

     Every spring, our Jewish brothers and sisters celebrate the Passover feast. It is an eight-day celebration, begun with the Seder, the Passover Meal. Passover is one of the high holidays-the most holy of days-in the Jewish year. It marks the single most important event in Jewish history, the Exodus from Egypt. And Passover is a joyous celebration. In that event, God delivered a people from oppressive slavery, and called them to be the people that would make this God known to the rest of the world.

     Celebrate the Passover Seder Service at Northside Drive on Wednesday night, April 16, at 6:45 PM in the Parlor. Remember, this is a symbolic ceremony, not the actual meal. Please make reservations through Renee Gamache at renee@northsidedrive.org or 404-237-8621.

Maundy Thursday: April 17, 2014

     The 6:45 PM service of Maundy Thursday in the sanctuary remembers Jesus' last supper with his disciples. To them he gave the commandment to "love one another." Thus, Maundy Thursday is from the Latin, Dies Mandati, or Day of the Mandate. In this quiet evening service we observe a solemn communion service at the rail and own the darkness within ourselves and our need for grace.

     It is a Northside Drive tradition to end the Maundy Thursday service with The Office of Tenebrae (Shadows). There are eight scripture readings. The candles in the Passion Cross and on the Chancel will be snuffed. The service will end in darkness.

Good Friday, Noon Until Three: April 18, 2014

     This is the most somber of all services. One Gospel writer comments that as Jesus died on the cross, "there was darkness from noon until three." Thus, the sanctuary will be open during this time for any who want to spend the afternoon in worship and reflection.

     The Noon Until Three service contains seven rhythms focused on the seven last words of Christ (a composite from the four Gospels). Each rhythm lasts about twenty minutes and includes a tolling bell, a scripture reading, instrumental music, a brief homily, a prayer, and silence. It is "come and go" or feel free to "come and stay".

Easter Sunday: April 20, 2014

     What a day of rejoicing it will be! On this day we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. The choir offers joyous and celebrative music; and before we go, as always, there will be a congregational singing of The Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah.

Easter Egg Hunt: April 20, 2014, @ 12:15 PM  

April 25-27, 2014

Blue Boar Inn

Robbinsville, North Carolina

SPACE IS LIMITED

For more information: Joyce Wilson (770)773-3333

joyceowilson@starband.net

Family Lunches after Church

   Join with other NDBC families for after-church lunches. Everyone is invited for a time of fun and fellowship together! We hope to see you there.

April 27 - Uncle Maddio's
June 15 - Zoe's
July 20 - Moe's
August 17 - Shane's
September 21 - Uncle Maddio's
October 19 - Zoe's
November 16 - Moe's
December 21 - Shane's  

For more information contact Amanda Gregg at amanda_agd@yahoo.com.  

     Dr. Mahaffey, retired senior research scientist at Georgia Tech, will introduce his latest book, containing explanations of everything that has gone wrong so far in nuclear engineering and science, but offering hope for the future of humankind. He will entertain questions on any related subject from the hazards of steam under pressure to the degree of danger in eating fish from the Pacific Ocean. The discussion is Tuesday night, April 29, at 7 PM, in the Northside Drive Baptist Church Fellowship Hall.

PALM SUNDAY, April 13

  9:30 AM - Church School

10:25 AM - Children's Choir Practice

11:00 AM - Morning Worship

12:15 PM - Nominating Committee

12:15 PM - Worship & Music Ministry Team

12:15 PM - Youth Encore!

  5:00 PM - Northside Drive Ringers

TUESDAY, April 15

10:00 AM - Staff Meeting

12:00 PM - ROMEOS

WEDNESDAY, April 16

10:30 AM - Pastor's Bible Study

  1:00 PM - NDBC Book Club

  5:30 PM - Northside Yoga

  6:45 PM - Passover Seder Service

  7:00 PM - Prayer Shawl Ministry

  7:30 PM - Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal

MAUNDY THURSDAY, April 17

  6:45 PM - Maundy Thursday Service

GOOD FRIDAY, April 18

 12:00 PM - Good Friday Service