The Rev. Rita Henault will officially be celebrated as the new priest at the Episcopal Church of the Nativity on Sunday, April 15, when The Rt. Rev. Neil Alexander, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, visits Fayetteville and performs the installation ceremony. Henault will be installed as rector of the church in a ceremony beginning at 5 p.m. She has been leading services at Nativity since Feb. 4, when she arrived from Edmond, Okla., with her husband, Mark.

As the final performance in its 2006-2007 Concert Series, Fayette Presbyterian Church will present Reggie Dancil in a 3 p.m. concert Sunday, April 15, in the church sanctuary.

Infant Mary Landyn Gokey, daughter of Paul and Tami Gokey of Sharpsburg, was one of the first to be baptized in the baptistry of St.

Members of the Catholic Church of Saint Gabriel in Fayetteville are gearing up for their 16th annual yard sale extravaganza, an event which attracts shoppers from as far away as north Georgia. The sale this year is set for Friday and Saturday, April 20 and 21, earlier than usual because there is now more room to stock more items.

Heritage Christian Church will offer a five-week series on “The ABCs of Financial Success,” a series of sessions teaching Biblical principles leading to financial independence.

Square Foot Ministries is readying for its major fund raiser, a yard sale, and annual “blitz’ build. The yard sale is planned for May 18-19 and the “blitz” build will take place June 2. Tax-deductible donations for the yard sale are being accepted now.

For the second year in a row, Hopewell United Methodist Church in Tyrone will host the “River of Life” mission project, a faith-based community outreach home improvement program.

Unity Christian’s Bible classes start tonight
Unity Christian Church will offer a teaching series this spring, entitled “Revealing God’s Ultimate Plan for the World!” The weekly Bible class will primarily focus on the books of Daniel and Revelation, and will begin Wednesday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m., continuing through June 27. The classes are free and will be held at the church, 426 Rivers Rd., Fayetteville. For additional information, call the church office, 770-774-9036.

For Christians worldwide, Holy Week, including Easter, is the most sacred time of the year as worshippers celebrate the resurrection of Christ. Christians in the Fayette, Coweta and South Fulton area will celebrate with many religious services and fellowship activities, concluding with Easter celebration services Sunday.

Russ Breault, president of the Shroud of Turin Education Project, Inc. and resident of Fayetteville, will appear in a world premier documentary, “The Case for Christ’s Resurrection,” a new documentary scheduled to air tonight, April 4, at 8:30 p.m. on the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), Comcast channel 11 (Fayette County).

For the sixth year, the beginning of the season of Lent was celebrated jointly by members of St.

St. Andrew’s in the Pines Episcopal Church has welcomed its new interim rector, the Rev. Paul Courtright Elliott. Father Elliott, 39, who took on his new responsibilities in mid-March, is inviting area residents to participate in activities observing the most holy week in the Christian year.

The new 2007 Parish Council of Sharpsburg’s Christ the King Charismatic Episcopal Church was announced recently.

At a meeting of the congregation Sunday, March 25, members of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville issued a call to the Rev. Thomas L. Myers to become their senior pastor.

All Saints Anglican Church of Peachtree City has honored parishioner Jean Gibson for her long time leadership of the congregation’s prayer chain. Gibson recently stepped down from the position after twelve years of dedicated service.

Living Word Christian Fellowship and International Team Ministries will sponsor the Atlanta Kingdom Life Conference Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 28-30 at the Centre for Performing and Visual Arts on Lower Fayetteville Road in Newnan. The event will feature guest speakers Bill Johnson, Kris Vallotton and Eric Johnson of Bethel Church in Redding, Calif.

Living Word Christian Fellowship and International Team Ministries will sponsor the Atlanta Kingdom Life Conference Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 28-30 at the Centre for Performing and Visual Arts on Lower Fayetteville Road in Newnan. The event will feature guest speakers Bill Johnson, Kris Vallotton and Eric Johnson of Bethel Church in Redding, Calif.

Berachah to host Craigen for conference this month
Berachah Bible Church will host a conference, “Israel in the Plan and Purpose of God,” Friday through Sunday, April 13-15, with Dr. Trevor Craigen. For more information, call 770-461-2466, or visit www.berachahbiblechurch.org.

The annual community Good Friday service in the Peachtree City area will be held this year at the Peachtree City Christian Church on the corner of Ga. Hwy. 74 and Kedron Drive South. The service will begin at noon on Friday, April 6. Attendees are encouraged to come and go as their schedules permit.

Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church in Peachtree City will observe Holy Week with a number of traditional worship services beginning at 12:15 p.m., April 5, at Christ Our Shepherd’s church building at 101 Peachtree Pkwy.

Abby Todd, Youth Pastor Kevin McInturff, James Bomba, and Megan Preston (left to right) from The Lighthouse Church in Peachtree City enjoyed a competition of “muddy tug-of-war” at the Brink Youth Retreat in Augusta last month.

The weekly Lenten Lunches hosted by the Fayetteville First United Methodist Church continue each Thursday through the Lenten season.

St. Christopher Hellenic Orthodox Church invites all Orthodox Christians and others who are interested in the Orthodox faith to attend services during Holy Week (April 1 – 8), culminating with the celebration of the Great and Holy Pascha (Easter) on Saturday evening, April 7, and Sunday morning, April 8.

The debt on the Christian Activities Building, McDonough Road Baptist Church, has just been reduced.

The once-Jewish, now ecumenical, service of Yom Hashoah, remembrance of the Holocaust, is scheduled for Sunday, April 15, at 4 p.m., at B’nai Israel Synagogue at 1633 Ga. Highway 54 east in Fayetteville.

Fayette’s Wellspring of Living Water, a faith-based organization that helps women make fresh starts, will host “Dangerous Journey ‘07,” a daylong worship event for women Saturday, April 21, from 9 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.