Northside Drive Baptist Church 3100 Northside Drive NW Atlanta, GA 30305
Northside Drive
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June Birthdays
Tender Loving Prayer List The TLP is a Diaconate ministry. Each week's list contains the rotating names of two to four NDBC senior adults. Janet Bell Reider Bjornard Gerry Humphried If you would like your name placed on our rotating TLP list, please give the church office a call.
Pastor’s Wednesday Morning Bible Study
Prayer Shawl Ministry
Meets weekly from 10:30-11:30 AM, in the Church’s Conference Room.
Every 1st & 3rd Thursday at 7:00 PM
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.
If you are not sure how to knit or crochet, no problem, there will be plenty of people to help you get started. This group is open to anyone who would like to join! For more information call Susan Harlan at 770-377-3869.
In the Church Parlor
CHURCH WEEK June 10-17 SUNDAY, June 10-Third Sunday after Pentecost 9:30 AM - Church School 11:00 AM – Morning Worship—Chapel TUESDAY, June 12 10:00 AM – Staff Meeting 11:00 AM - Worship Planning WEDNESDAY, June 13 10:30 AM - Pastor’s Morning Bible Study SUNDAY, June 17—Fourth Sunday after Pentecost & Father’s Day 9:30 AM - Church School 11:00 AM - Morning Worship—Chapel TUESDAY, June 19 11:00 AM– Worship Planning WEDNESDAY, June 20 10:30 AM - Pastor’s Morning Bible Study 11:45 AM - NDBC Book Club
Would you like to donate flowers for the sanctuary? The cost is $100, or you can share the cost with someone. If you are interested, please call Will Mathews at 404-237-8621 or email at
[email protected]
Jolene Thomas-1 Steve Konenkamp-1 Caitlyn Cook Furr-2 Barney Moore, Jr.-3 Nancy Elaine Davis-4 Jackie Poole-5 James Gilbert-6 Myrtie Cope-8 Maria Schroeder-8 Rebecca Ellis-9 Larry Prince, Jr.-10 Graham Mudd-10 Sandy Smith-13 Rose Hidlay-15 Gene Hill-18 Joleen Neal-18 Barbi Avery-22 Dorsett Davis-24 Melissa Boekhaus-25 Joann Warmack-26 Lisa Bridges-26 Steven McAllister-26 Jim Nicol-27 Lois Pickering-30
Baptist Church Northside Drive Baptist Church 3100 Northside Drive NW Atlanta, GA 30305 Phone: 404-237-8621
June 7, 2018 Northside Drive Staff
“Steeple People”
Sunday Morning Worship Scriptures
”Every funeral reminds me of the gift of mortality. Yes, gift. Certainly, it is a burden, too. Knowing that our mortal life is boundaried by our birth and our burial is sobering but motivating. As the poet, Mary Oliver, asks, “So, what will you do with your one wild life?”
June 10
The latest issue is here!
Be sure to get your copy in the narthex or on the table outside the church office.
Pastoral Reflections By James Lamkin
Rev. Dr. James Lamkin Pastor Rev. Daniel Headrick Associate Pastor Dr. Keith H. Walker Director of Music Ministries Mary Lou Swann Director of Children’s Choirs Jeff McConnaughey Organist Rev. Anna Kate Stephenson Director of Children’s Ministries Jeffrey Dunkerley Director of Youth & Young Adult Ministries Rose Hidlay Business Office Manager Will Mathews Administrative Manager Joleen Neel Preschool Director Gregory Colson Director Emeritus of Music Ministries
Third Sunday after Pentecost
We celebrate with Taylor Janney & Christine Lynch on their marriage in Puerto Vallarta Mexico on May 19, 2018. Taylor is the son of Don & Syd Janney.
Volume 6—Issue 12
Psalm 146 Matthew 19:16-26 James 2:14-26
June 17 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Acts 16:29-34 Ephesians 4:8-10 John 4:5-15
It fell last Friday. That’s right. The church steeple toppled over, landed on the roof, and left a big hole. A storm, plus time, had done their work. Technically, it is the spire of the steeple that fell. But after you hit your head a hundred times crawling above the sanctuary’s ceiling…you will call it a lot of things. About five feet of the steeple/spire jabbed through the roof. The other twenty feet stuck out. Who crawled up on the catwalk to see about it? Jordan Clark did; plus JB Gilbert, George Taylor, and Nick a new NDBC custodian. They were quite the sight. What did I do while they crept around in thin air? I prayed for them. Even as I write this, a giant crane sits in the parking lot. It just pulled the huge thorn out of sanctuary’s skin. A big wound is left; and the insurance adjuster will be here tomorrow to assess the damage.
The steeple fell the day Wilton Looney died. How about that? A pillar of the church breathed his last; and the steeple of the church blew down…all on the same day. “We are not Steeple People right now,” I said at Wilton’s memorial service, “but we are still Easter People!” Steeples point to heaven; but, Easter gets us there.
Wilton was one of our Steeple People. He invested in his church; and we invested in him. But, his gift giving extended far beyond the steeple’s shadow. His long obituary told the tale of many who were touched by his compassion. Just imagine: ridding the world of God-awful polio!
Steeples point to heaven; but they also are a point of reference. Joseph Campbell said that every Medieval city’s highest point was the steeple…a spiritual metaphor. Spires inspire. Our spire is now on the ground, no longer in the air. It looks frail and aged up close. Like I do. So, we will see. We are not Steeple People today; but that is OK. We are still Easter People today and tomorrow and the next day. So is Wilton. Thanks be to God.
School Supplies Habitat for Humanity 2018 Build Mark your calendars for Saturday, August 4, as NDBC continues our 25-year history of Interfaith Habitat builds. The build will continue for 8 weekends, starting Aug. 4. NDBC will be the lead church on August 4 which means, in addition to providing more workers, we will serve lunch for volunteers and provide nursery for those with small children who wish to work that day. You can sign up for just 1 of the days or all 8 if you wish. Watch for more information in the Pinnacle and sign-up sheets in the narthex, or contact Barbara Atchley or Dave Wooten for more info.
NDBC BOOK CLUB
Items needed are Backpacks Scissors Wide ruled notebook paper Pocket folders Packs of 12 #2 pencils Rulers Packs of 10-12 black or blue ball point pens Boxes of 24 crayons Spiral notebooks (wide ruled) Glue sticks Marble composition books Box of 12 colored pencils
will meet on June 20, 2018. in the Fellowship Hall at 11:45 AM. This will be our luncheon and planning session for next year. Call Nancy F. Davis to sign up to bring a salad and join us as we eat together and plan for next year. See you there. Everyone is welcome to join us!
Pinnacle Publications Administrative Manager, Will Mathews has taken over responsibility for The Pinnacle. If you have any questions, suggestions, or things you’d like to add please contact Will at this email address:
[email protected]. We publish The Pinnacle weekly, alternating between a hard copy and an electronic version. This week is a hard copy version, and next week will be an electronic version. If you would like to be added to the hard copy mailing list or placed on the email list, please notify Will via email or at 404-237-8621. Submission deadline is Wednesday at 4:00 PM.
2018 Summer Church School & Sermon Series
Yes, summer vacations have just begun, but it’s time to start planning for the fall. Look for sales and help the Missions Team collect supplies for the children served through TOUCHING TALIAFERRO WITH LOVE and the AGAPE CENTER (Bolton Road area). Baskets for the supplies will be at the entrance to the sanctuary and chapel.
Cameron and Rebecca Ellis joined our church on Sunday, May 27, 2018. Rebecca is originally from Simsbury, CT and is currently the Director of Innovation at the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement. Cameron is originally from Jefferson City, TN and is currently a litigation attorney at the law firm of Krevolin & Horst. Rebecca and Cameron met in DC after graduating from college at North Carolina and law school at Alabama. They just welcomed their new baby boy, Beckett William Ellis, on June 4. He weighed 8lbs. 1 oz. We welcome this family to NDBC.
Church School 9:30 AM in the Fellowship Hall Worship 11:00 AM in the NDBC Chapel DATE June 10
Church School David Bell
Topic Salvation
Preacher Daniel Headrick
June 17
David Bell
Salvation
James Lamkin
June 24
Corbin Boekhaus
Authority
Daniel Headrick
July 1
Jim Mahaffey
Surprise
James Lamkin
July 8
Graham Walker
Trinity/ Atonement
Graham Walker
July 15
Graham Walker
Atonement
Daniel Headrick
July 22
Larry McSwain
Aging
James Lamkin
July 29
Larry McSwain
Dying
James Lamkin
August 5
Steve Sheeley
Sin
Steve Sheeley
August 12
Steve Sheeley
Sin
James Lamkin
August 19
Corbin Boekhaus
Ecclesiology
Daniel Headrick
August 26
Lloyd Allen
Baptism
James Lamkin
September 2
No Church School
Communion
Daniel Headrick
Baptist History and Heritage Society Was May 31-June 1 Smoke Rise Baptist Church, Stone Mountain The Baptist History and Heritage Society held its annual conference at Smoke Rise Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, Georgia, May 31 - June 1, 2018. The theme this year was "Baptist Women in the Twentieth Century: Missionaries, Mission Leaders, Churchwomen, Civil Rights Activists, and Ministers." Among the featured presenters were Molly T. Marshall, Melody Maxwell, Walter B. Shurden, Sr., Mandy McMichael, and Ossie X. McKinney. In addition, the Society honored E. Glenn Hinson with a festschrift issue of our Journal, and there were more than twenty paper presentations and panel discussions on a variety of topics.
