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"What are these things we believe and why?"

June 1-August 24 @ 9:30 AM

In the Fellowship Hall 

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     Sunday, August 17, 2014, there will be a parent, child, church dedication for Sydney Eleanor Johnson and her family, Scott & Jill Johnson and big sister, Maggie, during the 11 AM worship service.

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

August 17 - Shane's

    With the beginning of a new school year, churches and community organizations throughout the state have worked to ensure that children begin with materials needed for their classes. Northside Drive has been part of this effort. We helped provide items like paper, pens, composition books and even some book bags for the children involved in day camp and after school programs in Taliaferro County, Park Avenue Baptist Church (Grant Park area) and The Agape Center (Bolton Road area).

     The NDBC Missions Team collects supplies all year long so if you see seventeen cent notebooks, penny pencils, twenty-five cent composition books or closeouts on book bags, please consider making a purchase for Back to School 2015.

    We are grateful to Northside Drive member Alan Johns, who donated our new organ in the Chapel and who has served as our organist on a volunteer basis this summer. We will recognize Alan for his donation and service during our Sunday morning worship service on August 24, 2014.

     On September 1, 2014, we will be welcoming an old friend who will be returning to Northside Drive Baptist Church. Mike Bryant served as our Interim Organist for six months in 2008. Mike has agreed to return as organist to Northside Drive; and his first Sunday will be September 7---the day we return to our Sanctuary for our Sunday morning worship services. Mike and Northside Drive have made a six-month commitment to each other, with the possibility of extending it. Since 1991, Mike has been the Orchestra Director and Choral Accompanist at Holy Innocents' Episcopal School. Mike also has served as the organist at Saint Mark United Methodist Church and Clairmont Presbyterian Church in Atlanta. He has a long and distinguished career as a musician, and we are grateful that he has agreed to come and serve among us.

~ The NDBC Personnel Committee

Northside Drive Baptist Church Work Days

A copy of the complete work day schedule can be found in the Chapel entrance hallway or online at http://www.northsidedrive.org. 

     In December 2003, Chris and I journeyed to the Netherlands to meet with three different digital organ builders. It was our first visit to Amsterdam but we quickly found our way via train to two of the builders. Each builder was "on holiday" but generously opened their doors to us. 

     The final builder, Content Orgels, sent their manager, Aart van de Beek, to pick us up and drive us to their family-owned plant in Ermelo. So we jumped into Aart's Volkswagen and sped down the highway for what proved to be a very nerve wracking hour; Aart was not the best driver. We were met with friendly faces and Oliebollen, a traditional Dutch treat for the holiday season. 

     After playing different models, we gravitated to the Pastorale 5800. It was love at first site. We chose Canadian maple as the finish, upgraded the action of the keyboard to that of a tracker organ, and changed out the traditional flat pedal board for the standard American version. 

     After about six months, the organ was shipped to the US but was held in customs for several weeks. Security was still tight after the tragedy of 9/11 and it took many piles of paperwork to get the organ released. Once released, Content Orgels sent one of their personnel to assemble the organ. That is how we came to meet and cherish our friends, Guus de Pagter and his lovely wife, Anneke. We remain friends and hope to go and visit them one day in Holland. 

     The organ has graced our homes over the last ten years. As with most classical organs, the instrument was designed to serve in worship, concert and learning. 

     It is my honor to donate this instrument to Northside Drive Baptist Church for its Chapel Organ. I dedicate the organ in loving memory of my sister, Brenda Kathleen Johns, and in honor of the NDBC's on-going commitment to excellence in worship and its practice of inclusiveness for all of God's people. 

     "Gloria in excelsis Deo"

     ~ Alan D. Johns

The Church & Preschool offices will be closed  

Monday, September 1, in observance of Labor Day.

Sunday, September 7, 2014

in the Fellowship Hall at 9:30 AM 

Suffering and Glory: A Study of 1 Peter

Led by Cyndi Vander Ven

September 10-November 19 @ 6:30 PM, Room #202  

 NDBC Women's Spiritual Retreat 2014

BE STILL AND KNOW:  

LISTENING FOR GOD IN THE MIDST OF LIFE

DATE: September 12-14, 2014

LOCATION: Unicoi State Park near Helen, GA (two-hour drive from Atlanta)

     Saturday -- Session two in the morning, then a free afternoon to sleep, hike, watch football, visit, shop in lovely downtown Helen...or whatever you want to do. Session three is in the evening after dinner.

     Sunday -- Breakfast, then our last session/worship and off we go.

FEE: $250 for a double, $360 for a single with all room, meals, materials, leader expenses included. Scholarships available through the Adult Education Committee. Call Mike Gregg (all confidential).  

Call Patti if you have questions: 678-428-7898. 

SUNDAY, August 17

  9:30 AM - Summer Church School

11:00 AM - Morning Worship in the Chapel

12:00 PM - Northside Kids: Family Lunches after Church

MONDAY, August 18

  7:00 PM - Church Council

TUESDAY, August 19

10:00 AM - Staff Meeting

12:00 PM - ROMEOS

WEDNESDAY, August 20

10:30 AM - Pastor's Bible Study

  5:30 PM - Northside Yoga

  7:00 PM - Prayer Shawl Ministry

SATURDAY, August 23

     Habitat for Humanity Build