Wednesday, January 15, 2003
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Wednesday, January 15, 2003 |
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ICCEC Archbishop to dedicate Christ the King facility Jan. 26 The most Rev. Randolph Adler, Patriarch of the International Communion of the Charismatic Episcopal Church (ICCEC) will officiate and preach at the dedication and consecration of the new facilities of Christ the King Church Sunday, Jan. 26. The service will begin at 10 a.m. in the new sanctuary, 4881 Ga. Hwy. 34 East, between Peachtree City and Newnan. Christ the King's congregation began in the late summer of 1996 with 19 people in a home in Sharpsburg. Shortly thereafter, the group moved to the chapel of Carmichael-Hemperley Funeral Home in Peachtree City and worshiped there until the new facilities were completed just recently. Today, more than 200 people are part of the worshiping congregation. The new 3,400-sq. ft. worship facility sits on 11.5 acres of land, and the sanctuary seats just under 200. On Christmas Eve, 166 people gathered for the evening Communion service. Christ the King is the first ICCEC congregation in Georgia to buy land and to build a church from the ground up, although other congregations have purchased existing buildings. During the first six years of the church, 70 people were baptized, five mission trips to Africa and Europe were sponsored, and the congregation planted a mission church, St. Matthew's, in Hogansville under the oversight of the Rev. Ron and Nancy Clemmer. In addition, nine men have been ordained to the ministry and two women have received commissioned minister status. The church offers weekly Bible studies, special classes, women's ministries, men's ministries, children's ministries, and is about to begin a youth ministry. The church's worship ministry is completing work on a new CD, with all original songs written at Christ the King, primarily by Father David Jones of Newnan. Father Mark Johnson, who served as a priest at Christ the King for over five years, is now the rector at The Church of St. Peter the Fisherman in Wilmington, N.C, and the founding rector of Christ the King, the Rev. Canon David Epps of Sharpsburg, serves as a law enforcement chaplain in Fayette, Coweta, and Fulton counties. Epps also is a member of The Bishop's Council of the Georgia Diocese and heads up the Commission for Ordained Ministry for the diocese. Father Paul Massey of Peachtree City also serves on the Bishop's Council. The public is invited to the dedication and consecration service. For additional information, call the church office, 770-252-2428.
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