At Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church, Peachtree City, Holy Week begins with the triumphant waving of palm branches and closes in silent contemplation.

Palm Sunday has double significance at Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church in Peachtree City.
Besides the historic important of marking Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem on his way to die, it is the day many churches celebrate their young people becoming full members of the congregation.

There will be a Maundy Thursday Service on April 13th at 7:00 p.m. This reverent service takes place in a darkened room, includes dramatic portrayals of Biblical characters whose lives were changed by Jesus, and ends with Holy Communion in observance of the Last Supper. Childcare is provided.

Holy Week Events at Providence United Methodist Church in Fayetteville begin with Palm Sunday Worship at 9, 10 & 11:11 a.m. on April 9th. All children in attendance at traditional worship at 9 & 11:11 a.m. will process with palms at the beginning of the service.

Redemption Fellowship Church in Fayetteville will hold an Easter sunrise service at 7 a.m. followed by breakfast and later a 10 a.m. worship service. A special children’s program will follow the 10 a.m. service.

Christ the King Church will host more than 100 members of the clergy and their wives as the Southeast Provincial Clergy Lenten Retreat comes to the area April 5-7. A bi-annual event, the retreat brings together ordained deacons, priests, and bishops from Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee for three nights and two days of teaching, prayer and worship.

Allison Durham Speer will be singing in both the 8 and 10:45 a.m. services Sunday, April 2, at First Baptist Church of Jonesboro. She will also present a concert during the 6 p.m. service.

When your Mom is diagnosed with leukemia you’ll do just about anything to cure her and make it all go away. That is just what Spencer and Morgan Evans of Fayetteville decided to do when they emptied their piggy banks and brought in their complete savings to the Relay For Life - Link Out Cancer fundraiser at Peeples Elementary School in Fayetteville.

Citizen religion editor Judy Kilgore is on medical leave, publisher Cal Beverly announced this week.

Members of the Atlanta area board of Aglow will informally facilitate a prayer and praise gathering of Peachtree City Aglow on Saturday, April 8, at 9:45 a.m. The meeting will be held at PTC United Methodist Church, 225 Robinson Rd., in room 304.

A series of messages on Hope will begin Sunday, April 2, at 9:30am at Grace Evangelical Church. Sermons entitled “Hope in Captivity,” “Treasures in the Dark,” “Hope When a New Day Dawns (Easter morning),” “The Hope of His Return,” and “Hope in a New Community of Faith” will be delivered.

The Catholic Church of St. Gabriel will prepare a Seder meal for parishioners and the community on Wednesday, April 5.

The American Business Women Association (ABWA) presented the new “Woman of the Year Award” to Irene Edwards of Peachtree National Bank where she is Vice President of Business and Development. This award is designed annually to recognize a member who has made notable contributions and outstanding achievements within the organization and community involvement. Crowning Edwards is 2005 Woman of the Year, Bobbie Evans, owner of Saints Alive Senior Care Inc. Photo/Gwen Griffin.

Flat Creek Baptist Church presents a dramatic Easter Musical “More Than Just a Man”. The community is invited to presentations on Saturday, April 8 at 7:00 and to the two presentations on Sunday, April 9 at 11:00 AM and 6:00 PM. Flat Creek Baptist is located between Fayetteville and Peachtree City on Flat Creek Trail.

Inman United Methodist Church will have a “Blessing of the Animals” service Saturday, April 15, at 10 a.m. in the back parking lot of the church. Those bringing animals to this service are asked to be sure all or leashed or crated.

Fayette Presbyterian Church hosts a dinner and Easter Egg Hunt on Wednesday, April 12. Following the meal, which begins at 5:30 p.m., and an Easter devotional, children 9 and under will participate in an Easter egg hunt. Call the church office at 770 461-7147 to sign up or go to our web site fayettepcusa.org to sign up. The church is located at 791 Highway 92 North in Fayetteville.

Mt. Olive Baptist Church youth department and pastor, the Rev. Melvin Ware, invite the community to a Health Fair & Medicaid and Medicare Workshop on Saturday, April 15. The meeting will take place at the church, 192 Graves Rd., Fayetteville, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Participants will learn to “Care for your body in it’s entirety: Psychologically, Physically and Spiritually.” For more information, contact the church’s youth directors at 770 461-6526 or 678 570-6198.

Mt. Olive Baptist Church invites the community to join them for a “Love Feast and Easter Program” Friday, April 14, at 7 p.m. The annual celebration will include song, dance, and dramatic interpretation. The program is sponsored by the church’s youth department.

Little Bethel Baptist Church, 572 Westbridge Road, Fairburn, invites the public to spring revival services April 3-7 at 7:30 p.m. Evangelist.

Rico United Methodist and Providence Baptist will be celebrating together with The Rico Cultural Center, the Rico Public Library, the Rico Masonic Lodge and Chattachoochee Hill Country nonprofit organization to bring in spring and celebrate Easter on Saturday, April 8 from noon to 8 p.m. This is a community wide festival with ferris wheel, BBQ, hometown cookbooks, sweets, Easter egg hunt, a Lady’s Easter Bonnet Parade and competion, Easter Baskets that can be purchased, bulbs and plants, children’s activities and more.

Shaunti Feldhahn, best selling author of For Women Only, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution writer, is speaking Tuesday, April 4, at a fundraising event to benefit the Sponsor a Life Fund for the Wellspring Home. Admission is $15.00. The event will be at 7 pm, at Intown Community Church, 2059 LaVista Road, Atlanta. The Wellspring Home offers a place of renewal for women who need a new start. This event will introduce Wellspring’s new volunteer corps “A League of Dangerous Women,” which offers opportunities for community service throughout the Atlanta area. For more information, please call 404-427-3100 or visit www.leagueofdangerouswomen.com.

Harp’s Crossing Baptist Church is celebrating 25 years as a congregation with several special services.

Do you know the Last Supper was a Passover Seder?

New Hope Baptist Church invites the public to experience a traditional Jewish Passover Seder Saturday, April 8, in the cafe on the church’s Fayetteville campus, 551 New Hope Road. The meal will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. and will illustrate the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus symbolized in the elements of Passover.

David Ray has been called as Minister of Music and Families by the First Baptist Church of Fairburn.

Keith Moore, senior pastor of Dogwood Church in Peachtree City, will be giving a message designed to enhance the working relationship between employers and employees Sunday morning.

Stephen Dubas and Donna Arganetto were recently selected “Teen of the Year” and “Women of the Year” by the parishioners of the Catholic Church of St. Gabriel. Dubas, a senior at Starr’s Mill is the son of Nancy and Gary Dubas. Arganetto known for her leadership role with the parish Rummage Sale is the wife of Mark Arganetto. The pair were recently honored at the Cathedral of Christ the King in a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Wilton Gregory with other honorees from throughout the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Photo/Special.

“Recovery for the City,” a faith-based 12-Step recovery group, meets each Thursday at 7 p.m. at the offices of Church of the Harvest, 90 Commerce Drive, Suite, Fayetteville.

The Southern Nights Chorale will perform this coming Wednesday, March 22, in the sanctuary at Peachtree City First Baptist Church. The concert will begin at 6:30 p.m.