NORTHSIDE NOTES: October 21, 2015
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 Pastoral Reflections by James Lamkin
"Held by One Who Holds Our Falling"
Do you know Rilke's poem,Autumn? It goes:
The leaves are falling, falling as if from far up, as if orchards were dying high in space. Each leaf falls as if it were motioning "no." And tonight the heavy earth is falling away from all other stars in the loneliness. We're all falling. This hand here is falling. And look at the other one. It's in them all. And yet there is Someone whose hands, infinitely calm, holding up all this falling. I love those words. I say those words by my study window which has a bird's eye view on autumn. Colors come and go. Winds blow. The season sharpens the air and hones a quiet hope in God's ole' world. I love how Rilke gently leaves us, not fallen, but held by Someone whose hands hold all falling. Loss can feel like the rug has been pulled out from under us. Loss can feel like fear and abandonment. Loss can trick us into anxiety, into the need to prove, into a panic reaction that our identity is what we have lost. Yet, the poet claims the unseen presence of Another, "Someone whose hands, infinitely calm," hold up our falling. This is grace. It affects everything as the season picks up speed and the bright fall colors call us to rituals of faith and community. With Someone in mind, Liz and I will measure our income, figure-out the benchmark of a tithe, and turn in our pledge card. (And we will do so today!) With Someone in mind, we will play amongst our church community at Trunk-or-Treat. We will lay hands of blessing on Alyssa, affirming that Someone called her into ministry. We will offer a November Thanksgiving to Someone from whom all blessings flow. And we will prepare room for a small Someone who came into Bethlehem's peasant world of nobodies and declared that everybody is somebody. All life falls...from featherweight hummingbirds to arrogant human beings. Yet, faith holds that falling is never falling away, but rather a falling into. As Rilke whispered, there is Someone with calm... infinitely calm...hands, who is holding up all our falling. |
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2015 Habitat Build
October 10-November 21
Day 3 & 4...Oct 24 & 31
not workdays for NDBC
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Day 5...Nov 7
(4 volunteers)
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Day 6...Nov 14
(4 volunteers)
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Day 7...Nov 21
Dedication Day (4 volunteers)
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 Ordination of Alyssa Aldape Saturday, October 24, 2015
@ 4 PM in the Chapel
Northside Drive Baptist Church will ordain Alyssa Aldape to the Gospel Ministry on Saturday, October 24, at 4 PM in the Chapel. There will be a reception in the Fellowship Hall following the ordination. All are welcome!
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| Trunk-or-Treat
Sunday, October 25, 2015
5-6:30 PM in the church parking lot
Get ready for costumes, candy, and carnival games at Trunk-or-Treat! This year, we'll need your help with spooky bounce houses, bean bag toss, disk drop, and much more! We're collecting extra candy now until Sunday, October 18, to insure we have plenty for our little ladybugs and Buzz Lightyears. Invite your kids, your neighbors' kids, and of course all grandchildren.
Set-up will start at 3:30 PM. We will serve freshly grilled hot dogs and chips for $2. Childcare will be provided for children of volunteers. Bring your festive car trunks filled with candy and put on your smiling faces! If it rains, we will have food, fun, and games in the Fellowship Hall. Let's work together to make Trunk-or-Treat a fun, community-wide event for all ages! Contact Sarah Milligan for volunteer sign-ups at sarahwolffmilligan@gmail.com.
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| Church-in-conference
NDBC Business Meeting
Thursday, October 29, 2015, at 6:45 PM
As required by the NDBC bylaws, the Church's annual meeting will be held at the next Church-in-conference, which is scheduled for Thursday, October 29, beginning at 6:45 PM in the Fellowship Hall. The meeting provides an opportunity for you to receive updates on the works of the Church's ministry teams and committees. Please come to learn more about our activities!
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The following will be remembered during the worship service on Sunday, November 1. 
Northside Drive Church Members
Betty Almeida Flora Carswell (staff)
Bedford Davis Edwin Gregg
Bernice Jones Raymond Jones
Virginia Schwatel Elaine Smith
If you know of a church member, or staff member, that has died since All Saints Day 2014, please notify the church office by emailing renee@northsidedrive.org or calling 404-237-8621, by Wednesday, October 28.
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Choral Guild of Atlanta
Rutter's Most Popular Sacred and Secular Anthems
Sunday, November 1, 2015, at 4 PM in the Sanctuary
Contact George Taylor for more information.
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 Thursday Night Study Group
Art &Soul Classroom @ 6:00 PM
"Romans: The Letter that Changed Christian History"
w/Mary Lester: October 8, 15, 22
Phoebe, a deacon from the Cenchrea church, trudged up the streets of Rome, looking for the house of the well-known Christian leaders Priscilla and Aquila. She had agreed to deliver a letter to the church in Rome on Paul's behalf while there on business. After nearly an 800-mile journey from Corinth, Greece, Phoebe had arrived in the mighty seat of the Roman Empire holding nothing less than what would become one of the mightiest books of the canon.
What was so urgent that Paul needed to write to the Christians in Rome? On the one hand, Paul was laying the groundwork for his upcoming visit as well as preparing his readers for future requests to help in his church-planting efforts. After leaving Corinth, Paul planned to travel east to Jerusalem and then reverse course and head west to Spain. On the way to Spain, he would stop in Rome to meet the Christians there and seek their help for the Spanish mission.
This was not the only reason, however. If Paul simply wanted to send greetings and alert the Roman church that he would like their help in future missions efforts, he didn't need to compose such a magnum opus. Why did he do it? What was the purpose of this massive theological treatise? Why did he choose this letter to explain his theology more fully than he did anywhere else? What does this theological book have to say to us today? These are the ultimate questions of Romans, written by the Apostle to the Gentiles in the greatest Gentile city of the day. Join us in a study of this life-altering work from Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles.
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Understanding Ruth w/Liz Harris-Lamkin: November 5, 12, 19 In these engaging sessions Rev. Dr. Lisa Wolfe takes you on an enlightening journey through the Book of Ruth. This is a lively and thoughtful examination. Dr. Wolfe considers the vulnerability of widows and the difficult situation of foreigners in biblical times. She explores themes of loyalty, bitterness, courage, poverty and seduction. What really happened on the threshing room floor? Combining humor and careful scholarship, this study invites you to re-read the book with new insight and understanding for all its characters, especially the intelligent, confident-even uppity-heroine Ruth.
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Church Week
SUNDAY, October 25 9:30 AM - Church School 10:25 AM - Children's Choirs Rehearsals 11:00 AM - Morning Worship 12:15 PM - Adult Ed Ministry Team Meet. 12:15 PM - Young Adult: At the Table 5:00 PM - Trunk-or-Treat TUESDAY, October 27 10:00 AM - Staff Meeting WEDNESDAY, October 28 10:30 AM - Pastor's Bible Study THURSDAY, October 29 6:45 PM - Church-in-conference 7:15 PM - Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal |
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 NOVEMBER 1, 2015
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THIS SUNDAY'S
LECTIONARY TEXT
October 25, 2015
Psalm 34:1-8, (19-22)
Hebrews 7:23-28
Mark 10:46-52
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This Week's
TENDER LOVING
PRAYER
(TLP List)
The TLP is a Diaconate ministry. Each week's list contains the rotating names of three or four NDBC senior adults.
Jack & Joey Guynn
Gerry Humphries
Wilton & Martha Looney
If you would like your name placed on our rotating TLP list, please give the church office a call.
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OCTOBER
BIRTHDAYS
Bess Goodhead - 2
Jennifer D'Mato - 2
Eleanor Chandler - 2
Dick Underwood - 3
Jim Hermance - 3
LaDonna Foxworth - 3
Larry Prince - 4
Camden Janney - 4
Andrew Wamberg - 5
Qingsong Wen - 5
Mona Stines - 6
Addie Cook - 7
Geneva Hall-Shelton - 9
Carolyn Herndon - 10
Lindsey Bryson - 10
Louise Davis - 13
Mike Fletcher - 14
Barbara Atchley - 14
Joe Schneider - 15
Billie Davis - 15
Helen White - 15
Stuart Meeks - 15
Susan Harlan - 16
Dianne DaLee - 17
Sloane Mudd - 17
Bruce Dick - 19
Janna Chandler - 20
Nelle Holbrook - 21
Miriam Wright - 21
Elizabeth Granger - 23
Triston King - 24
Cassandra McAllister - 25
Mike Egan - 28
Hartwell Dew - 28
Christopher Davis - 31
Jordan Davis - 31
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| ROMEOS
(Retired Older Men
Eating Out)
Every 3rd Tuesday of the month from 12 PM-1 PM (bring your lunch money)!
Piccadilly Cafeteria
1715 Howell Mill Rd
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PASTOR'S WEDNESDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY
We meet weekly at 10:30 AM, in the church's Conference Room. We study the texts selected in the Revised Common Lectionary for the next Sunday. Large print editions are available each week and for the upcoming Sunday. Discussion is deep and wide and lively. All are invited. |
PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY
Led by Susan Harlan
Every 1st & 3rd
Thursday
@ 7 PM in the Parlor
For more information call Susan Harlan at 770-377-3869.
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CHILDREN'S CHOIRS REHEARSALS
The Cherub ChoirChildren ages 2 through Kindergarten Directed by Ms. Amanda Sunday mornings from 10:25-10:50 AM in the Room 103 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Celestial ChoirChildren in grades 1-5 Directed by Ms. Mary Lou Sunday mornings from 10:25-10:50 AM in Room 116 |
AT THE TABLE
Off Campus After Worship
(Meeting at restaurants,
at the church and
in participants' homes.)
Don't want to get up before 9 AM? Join this class of young singles and couples in their 20s and 30s to nosh on the Word in an informal setting at a local restaurant. They will gather around the table during lunch after the worship service every Sunday. This class will examine the lectionary texts, deconstruct the sermon of the day, and fellowship together with food and drink.
Teachers: Andrew Hardin and Brian Knight |
YOUTH ENCORE!
LUNCH AFTER
CHURCH
The NDBC Youth meet every 2nd Sunday after church to have lunch together. For more information contact
the church office at info@northsidedrive.org.
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NORTHSIDE DRIVE RINGERS
Each Sunday @ 5 PM
Balcony Handbell Room
The Northside Drive Ringers is Northside Drive's adult Handbell ensemble, ringing three octaves of Schulmerich Handbells. The Handbells play in Sunday morning worship several times throughout the year. All are invited to join, but basic music reading skills are required. |
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THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS BOOK
A copy of the book is in the Narthex for previewing and the cost is only $30. To get your copy, call us at 404-237-8621 or email the church.
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THE PAPERLESS PINNACLE
The Pinnacle is emailed as a link to the congregation and is available on the church website at www.northsidedrive.org.
If you would prefer not to receive the Pinnacle by U.S. mail, please call404-237-8621 or email us
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