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Comedy hypnotist David Bryan Smith
Send a YOUer to Rally! Fresh from his successful role in Godspell, David Bryan Smith brings his amazing Science of Suggestion Comedy Hypnosis Show to Unity North’s Stage on Friday, June 7, from 7-10pm.
Support the YOUers and be the Star of the show! Coffee and dessert available. Tickets are $15 per person. Show held in the Holy Grounds Cafe at Unity North Atlanta Church, 4255 Sandy Plains Road.
“God, today is like any other. The sun rises. The winds blow. Rain falls. Rain does not fall. People are born. They laugh. They cry. They dance. They die. Today “chronos” time is as it has been since You gave it beginning, and will be as it is until you bring things to an end. Today is like any other.
Today is also fresh and new, and like no other day. Today is a “kairos” moment of opportunity that has come and will pass in a moment. Today is a passage from one epoch to another. Today is a gift from you. Grant grace to see it and seize it.
Today is a graduation, a passage, a completion, an inauguration. Today we pray for all those who have met the challenge and kept the faith to the commitments of their studies. Now they have a new “kairos” before them. We first offer thanks for the success of their journey. We thank for you granting them focus and direction and then strength and endurance. You created the knowledge and understanding they have mastered. You have created the curiosity and capacity determination that led them in pursuit. All these good things came from you. Thank you.
Today we also pray for tomorrow. This graduation opens another door to another time. As you have led in the past, lead now into the future. Give them focus and clarity and a calling from you to understand their purpose and the courage to respond and step toward that purpose.
We pray in the words of scripture: “Bless them indeed. Expand their territory. Let your hand be with them. Keep them evil, that they will not cause or experience pain.”
In Jesus, we bless our graduations…”
(Reprinted from http://blog.beliefnet.com/prayerplainandsimple/2011/06/a-graduation-prayer.html#ixzz2U4DvB8Lp)
Do you have a favorite prayer from your faith? Email cynthia@eastcobber.com. Be sure to include “Faith” in the subject line.
Johnson Ferry Baptist Church is now registering for Fall 2013 youth sports. For registration links visit johnsonferry.org/recreation.
A liberal man will be enriched,
And one who waters will himself be watered.
~Proverbs 11:25
Today, accept others as they are. When you are friends with others, you are also a friend with Jesus.
School’s almost out for the summer, but that doesn’t mean learning has to cease until the bell rings in August. Send your child to an East Cobb Vacation Bible School program and strengthen their faith in a fun way.
For a list of East Cobb area VBS programs, click HERE or read our May 2013 issue, online and on newsstands around town. Find your copy HERE!
Family Promise of Cobb County is committed to assisting local homeless families with children achieve adequate and consistent income, stable housing, and lasting independence by mobilizing the local interfaith community to provide temporary emergency meals, shelter, compassionate hospitality, and professional services. Performers from several local congregations will help Family Promise of Cobb County (FPCC) kick off its effort to help the county’s homeless families when they perform in the “One Family” musical celebration at Unity North Church, 4255 Sandy Plains Road in Marietta/East Cobb on Friday, May 17.
“We invite everyone in Cobb County to join us as we celebrate the launch of Family Promise of Cobb County at this milestone event,” said FPCC President Fred Massey. “We hope this event will not only help us to raise funds for this initiative, but that it will also help to introduce us to the larger Cobb County community.”
“The theme of the event – One Family … One Promise … One Song – captures the essence of the message that FPCC hopes to convey through this event,” Massey added. “Unity North has graciously agreed to host this event, which will feature performers from many of the area congregations that are supporting our efforts.
Musical performers from Acworth United Methodist Church, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, Pilgrimage United Church of Christ, St. Andrew United Methodist Church, St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church, and Unity North Atlanta Church have already agreed to participate in the One Family event. Musicians and vocalists from other congregations are also expected to join the lineup of performers in the weeks between now and the night of the show.
Advance tickets for the “One Family” musical celebration are $7 each, and may be purchased from participating congregations or on the FPCC web site at www.familypromisecobbcounty.org. Family tickets may also be purchased in advance at a cost of $20 for four tickets. Tickets purchased at the door on the night of the event will cost $10 each. The cost for a family package of four tickets purchased at the door on the evening of the event will be $25.
“We look forward to welcoming everyone interested in supporting the Family Promise of Cobb County initiative to our ‘One Family’ celebration on May 17,” Massey said.
Family Promise of Cobb County (FPCC) was formed in July 2012. FPCC is an independent affiliate of Family Promise, a national organization founded in 1988. This interfaith organization was founded with the mission of addressing the immediate needs of homeless families with children. FPCC currently plans to open its doors in September 2013.
Thirteen ‘host’ congregations will commit to assisting families by providing lodging, three meals a day, and caring hospitality for one week, four times each year on a rotating schedule. The number of guests at any one time will never exceed 14. Congregations that have already committed to host families as part of the Family Promise of Cobb County initiative are: Acworth UMC, Covenant Presbyterian Church, St. Andrew UMC, St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church, Transfiguration Catholic Church, Mt. Zion UMC, Pilgrimage United Church of Christ and Unity North Atlanta Church. To find out more about Family Promise of Cobb County and to donate to this cause, please visit www.familypromisecobbcounty.org.
(Reprinted from the May 2013 issue of EAST COBBER)
Transfiguration Theatre Players present the toe-tapping, bluegrass musical “Cotton Patch Gospel”, written by noted Atlanta actor, Tom Key and Russell Treyz with music by Harry Chapin. The Gospels of Matthew and John are joyously retold in a modern, rural Georgia setting. Tickets are $20 for dinner theatre on opening night, May 17th at 7:30pm and only $7 for dessert intermission shows on May 18th at 2:30 and 7:30pm.
All performances will be presented in Bishop Hall at Transfiguration Catholic Church, 1815 Blackwell Road NE, Marietta, GA 30066. For more information, please call Phil Miles at 770-977-1442 or visit www.transfiguration.com.
Sandy Plains Baptist Church, 2825 Sandy Plains Road, is a location open for prayer Thursday, May 2, 2013, 7am-7pm in support of the National Day Of Prayer theme: Pray For America. (Matthew 12:21)
Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church presents its annual Spirit of America Concert, May 19, 2013 at 5 pm at 4385 Lower Roswell Road. Old-fashioned ice cream social to follow concert. Admission is FREE.
Experience “In God We Trust,” the theme of this year’s annual Spirit of America concert presented by the Mt. Bethel UMC Worship Arts Ministry and featuring the sensational male vocal group, VERITAS. This unique concert will celebrate the covenant between God and America, the blessings of this great land and the commitment and sacrifice of the armed forces to preserving this “nation under God.”
VERITAS, a unique five-voice, male contemporary classical group, will headline the performance, in partnership with more than 100 singers and musicians under the baton of conductor Ira Pittman. This musical tribute will be a powerful, moving experience unlike anything offered in this region. This inter-generational event is perfect for entire families to learn about and pay tribute to the brave patriots who sacrifice in service for their country. It will celebrate this great nation and challenge attendees to once again put their trust in God.
Be sure to stay afterward for an all-American, old-fashioned ice cream social with hot dogs, watermelon, cotton candy and all the ice cream you can eat.
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