Men's Day Retreat Saturday June 3 We are planning a hike at Arabia Mountain in Lithonia and then a trip to the Monastery of the Holy Spirit. The plan is to meet in the church parking lot at 8:30 am. We should be back early afternoon. If you have questions please contact Mike Mongeon (mike_mongeon@yahoo.com) or Clark Cunningham (cdcunningham@gsu.edu). | New Adult GROW Group Philippians the Letter of Joy Pastor Max is leading a study of Paul’s letter to the Philippians in the Library. It's not too late to join us! Gather at 9:45 and let’s see what Paul can teach us about living joyfully. | SERVE @ the ICM Food Pantry! Saturday, June 3 at 10am Join us at the Intown Collaborative Ministries Food Pantry Saturday, June 3 at 10am where we'll provide food to those experiencing food insecurity. Spots fill up fast, so sign up now! For more details and to register, click here.
*Please note the new location for the Food Pantry! It is now located at McIver Hall at Druid Hills Presbyterian Church, 1026 Ponce de Leon - use back entrance on St. Charles Pl. | Celebrate Pentecost by Wearing Red this Sunday Join us in wearing red this Sunday as we celebrate the gifts and presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives and the universal Church. | Boundless Spirit: A Pentecost Festival of Story and Song Grace United Methodist Church and Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church invite you to Boundless Spirit: A Pentecost Festival of Story and Song. The festival of creative worship will take place on Saturday, June 3, from 5:00-6:30p at Grace United Methodist Church (458 Ponce de Leon Ave. NE, Atlanta, GA 30308). Click here for more info! | Come Color with the IPC Book Club! Come color with us! This summer our Book Club is changing things up: we’re going to color and pray! Praying with Mandalas: A Colorful, Contemplative Practice, by Sharon Seyfarth Garner, provides a really nice introduction to four classic prayer practices: lectio divine, centering prayer, intercessory prayer, and the Ignatius Examen. Each of the four chapters has only 4 pages of reading, then 7 coloring pages designed to guide you through the prayer practice in a fun way. Our first meeting will be Tuesday, June 6th at 7pm at Kristen Vincent’s house (aka The Parsonage, 889 Euclid Avenue). Our summer meetings will be laid-back and fun while we color and hang out. Join us! | Summer SERVE Opportunity with the IPC Book Club! Our Book Club has agreed to SERVE the Stewart Center by providing lunch for their summer camp. To do this we need your time and donations! We will be serving lunch to 70 children June 6, June 13, and June 20. We need folks to help us set up, serve, and clean up (about 3 hours total). Also, Laura Tangaturi and Kris Dwyer are crafting really nutritious menus for the kids, but we need donations to buy the ingredients. If you are interested in helping in any way, please contact Kristen Vincent at kevincent619@gmail.com or 770-823-4848. | Bishop's Special Offering at Annual Conference Through the years, North GA United Methodists (including IPUMC!) have given generously to the Bishop's Offering for global mission initiatives like Imagine No Malaria, and local missions like Action Ministries. The 2017 Bishop's Offering is for the Ministerial Education Fund (MEF) to provide educational funds for seminary students and licensed local pastors. The need is great, the mission is worthwhile and the results provide called, gifted and educated pastors for our churches. Please, give generously! Click here for a short video featuring some of our North GA beneficiaries of MEF. | SERVE by Collecting Books! Action Ministries is collecting Pre-K through 5th Grade reading level books for their Smart Kid Summer Enrichment program! You can bring your books to the church and we'll arrange for delivery to Action Ministries. Click here for more info or to donate financially. | Rob Bell will be in our Neighborhood! His Bible Belt Tour is coming to the Variety Playhouse on Sunday, July 16th Rob Bell will be discussing his latest book, What is the Bible at the Variety Playhouse Sunday, July 16th. Doors open at 7 p.m. and Show is at 8 p.m. $50 for a pre-show Q & A general admission seating
$25 general admission seating. Click here for tickets! | It's a boy! We are thrilled to announce Sarah and Spencer Adair have a healthy baby boy! Woodrow Spencer Adair was born early on May 31st and measured in at 10.5 lbs, 21 inches. The family is doing well. Thank you for your continued prayers for the Adair Family! | CONNECT: Join us at the Wild Goose Festival! We're excited to announce that Kristen Vincent will be leading a workshop and having a booth at this year's Wild Goose Festival! If you've never heard of it, to put it briefly it’s a 4-day Spirit, Justice, Music and Arts Festival. But it’s so much more than that too! Come hang out with us and hear amazing speakers including Nadia Bolz-Weber, William P. Young (author of The Shack), Diana Butler Bass, and many others, including a number of Upper Room authors. There's also music, Beer & Hymns, food trucks, camping, and all manner of zaniness. It always draws some of the best contemporary Christian speakers and musicians. Seriously, not to be missed! Kristen will be offering a workshop on her new book, Beads of Healing. She'll also have a booth where she'll be selling prayer beads, holding crosses, Deeply Loved merchandise, and much more! The Festival is July 13-16 in Hot Springs, NC, and you can camp. glamp or do Airbnb. Click here for more info! | We're excited about our 2nd Annual Merry Artists Market this November! If you would like to help out with the planning the market or volunteering at the event, please contact Laura Tanguturi (laura_024@hotmail.com). Tell your artist friends and save the date! | Beads of Healing is Here! If you would like a copy of Kristen Vincent's newest book, Beads of Healing, they are available for purchase in the church office. Proceeds from books sold here at the church will go to IPUMC. The books are $14 each (the church would make $5.60 on each copy sold). | Ecumenical Prayer Cycle As a way to remember our connection with Christians around the globe, we will start using a great prayer tool: the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle. Each week of the year a number of countries are highlighted to lift up in prayer. There are also prayers written by Christians in those countries that you can use. By following the cycle throughout the year, you would pray your way around the globe. We will start listing the different countries each week in our prayer list. For the week of June 4 pray for: Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland To find out more and to find links to the prayers from countries around the world click here. | | We will have a Church Conference on Tuesday, June 6th at 7pm in the Sanctuary Pastor Max will be in Athens, GA from June 12-June 16 representing Inman Park at Annual Conference. | Click here to see IPUMC's Weekly Kid's Newsletter! Click here to see IPUMC's Weekly Youth Newsletter! | Happy Birthday! We have two birthdays this week: Windell Keith - June 6
Adam Leonard - June 6 Happy Birthday! If your name is not listed but you would like to be included on the birthday list, please email the church office by replying to this email. | Max Vincent, Minister
Cecelia Reilly, Coordinator of Children & Youth Ministries
Lisa Farnsworth, Music Coordinator
Sarah Adair, Office Manager
David Myles, Maintenance Tech
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