By PAT NEWMAN
pnewman@thecitizennews.com

First Christian Church of Tyrone of Jenkins Road will celebrate its 100th anniversary Sunday with a fun run starting at 6:30 a.m.

The run will begin at the College Park MARTA station, near the site where church members first met for services under a makeshift brush arbor. The race will continue through College Park, down Old National Highway past the church's former facilities, past Christian City, and finally jogging down Jenkins road around 9:30 a.m.

Morning worship will begin at 10:30 and feature music from the adult choir, The Christian Minstrels from Atlanta Christian College and congregational singing. Following the service, the church family will gather with friends for a barbecue lunch.

The Rev. Wye Huxford, pastor of First Christian, has ministered to the 450 members of his congregation for 17 years, going back to the time when the church was on East Main Street in College Park. The first services to be conducted at the current location were July 23, 1995.

Future plans include construction of a permanent sanctuary, leaving the stained glass-appointed fellowship hall open to meetings for church and community groups.

In May, the church met under the brush arbor just as their founders did 100 years ago. Period dress was the order of the day.

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