We had classes on the book UNSEEN WARFARE during Great Lent 2005.
We had classes on the book UNSEEN WARFARE during Great Lent 2005. |
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Daily feeding the poor Monday through Friday at 10-10:30AM and 2-2:30PM. All the Orthodox Churches of the city of Atlanta, with the blessing of the local Greek Orthodox Bishop, Metropolitan Alexios, support the feeding of the poor and homeless of Atlanta through the food program here at St. Johns Orthodox Church. The Orthodox Churches supply our program with canned goods, left over catering items, money, and volunteers. We feed the poor throughout the Week from 10-10:30 AM and 2-2:30 PM giving out occasional hot meals, sacks of food, sweets, snacks and sandwiches. Please read the article below written by the INTERNATIONAL ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHARITIES (IOCC) about our program..
You can also see a slideshow on our 2003 Christmas Day meal for the homeless; our 2004 Christmas Program for the Needy; or our 2004 Christmas Day meal for the homeless.
Our Church has an Orthodox School that is beginning its fifth year. Covering K-12th grades our children begin the day with 3rd Hour prayers in our church, and come to church again at noon for 6th Hour. School has just begun for 2005:
Grant Park Christmas Basket Program for needy families in the inner city of Atlanta in which we collect food boxes and toys for the children which the families pick up generally on the Saturday before Christmas every year. Our program begins around the first of November as we collect food and toys.
Under the supervision of our Youth Ministers, Cecelia Roden and Jeff Craven, our teens meet every Thursday night at 6PM throughout the school year at St. Johns. Our theme is to "know, serve, and and have fellowship in Christ." Orthodox or Prospective Orthodox Youth from this city of Atlanta are welcome. Call Cecelia Roden at (770) 761-7013 if you are interested:
We take boys and girls from the inner city and bring them to a ranch in Conyers, Georgia for a week of growth with children from the Orthodox Church community. This year (2004) the girls camp is July 4th through July 10th, and the boys camp is July 18th through the 24th. Contact Robert and Cecelia Roden at (707) 761-7013 for details.
For the first time a large group of the Clergy, Choir, Readers and Future
Readers gathered before the Feast of Theophany to go over the service, to
discuss the meaning of Theophany and the Order of Service. The participants were
also charged to read through the whole service at home prior to the Vigil. It
was our best Vigil service ever.
Our Readers Class meets at 7:30 PM the Tuesday night before every major feast.
We have catechism classes on Thursday nights at 7:30PM taught by
Reader Gabriel Aldridge and some by Father Jacob Myers.
Please
contact Reader Gabriel (right) at (404) 559-9023 or
cellphone (404) 276-9023 for details.