The Philoptochos (Friends of the Poor) Chapter of the St. Christopher Hellenic Orthodox Church in Peachtree City presented handmade prayer shawls for the women at the Community Welcome House in Newnan at Christmas.

New Hope Baptist Church will host a musical celebration, ‘Come Together’, Friday, Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. at the North Campus.

Woolsey Baptist Church is beginning a new schedule on Sunday morning, Feb. 7.

The church will offer two worship opportunities — a traditional worship service featuring the choir and orchestra beginning at 9:30 a.m. and a contemporary worship service featuring the praise team beginning at 11 a.m.

Anniversary celebration coming up
True Love Christian Ministries will celebrate its anniversary this Sunday, Jan. 16, at 3 p.m. The church pastor is Elder Nathaniel Livingston. The anniversary theme is “Now is the time for the church to work and pray.” The Rev. Jerome Drakeford, pastor of Flint Ridge Baptist Church, will be the guest speaker. The Rev. Ed Johnson, pastor of Flat Rock AME Church, and Tom Kroessig, Ambassador Field Director for Promise Keepers, are also on the program. True Love is at 192 Graves Rd. (off Gingercake Road), Fayetteville.For more information, contact Elder Carl Golden at [email protected].

The Church of the Holy Cross in Fayetteville will host a 13-week class, “Losing Weight God’s Way,” at the church on Tuesday evenings, beginning Jan. 12.

Flat Creek Baptist Church will offer new classes beginning this weekend. Preceding the classes on Sundays, the Adult Discipleship Hour will be held in the Worship Center at 4:45 p.m. led by the pastor.

About 40 home-bound patients and the residents of the Angel House women’s shelter received a hot meal on Christmas day, courtesy of parishioners from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Newnan.

Congregation B’nai Israel in Fayetteville will offer a two-part class on “Judaism - Are you Curious?” Saturday, Jan. 9 (part one) and Saturday, Jan. 16 (part two), both sessions taught from 9 a.m. until noon.

A new GriefShare session will start Sunday, Jan. 10, at Fayette Presbyterian Church. Sessions will be held from 2 - 4 p.m.

On Jan. 12, Fayetteville First Baptist Church will begin a new session of GriefShare, a 13-week Bible based program for those who have lost a loved one. The class meets each Tuesday from 6:30-8 p.m. Each class begins with a video followed by group discussion.

Potluck meal planned at Inman
The Joy and Sharing group at Inman United Methodist Church will have its meeting and potluck meal Tuesday, Jan. 12, at 11:30 a.m. at the church. For additonal information, call 770-461-2123.

Several churches in the Fayette area will hold services on New Year’s Eve to usher in the new decade.

Called “Watch Night” services by some, the Watch Night tradition began in 1732 with the Moravians in Germany. It was a time for giving thanks for the blessings of the previous year and praying for God’s blessings and good things in the upcoming year. People gathered in churches before midnight and continued their vigil into the new year.

Congregation B’nai Israel in Fayetteville will offer a two-part class on “Judaism - Are you Curious?” Saturday, Jan. 9 (part one) and Saturday, Jan. 16 (part two), both sessions taught from 9 a.m. until noon.

Cole Minter (top photo) and Olivia Lohr and Alicia Baston (bottom photo) cooked up “turkeys” in cooking class at St. Andrew’s Dayschool during the celebration of Thanksgiving last month. The turkey was actually a pear ... and the feathers were ... well, just use your imagination. Photo/Special.

On Jan. 12, Fayetteville First Baptist Church will begin a new session of GriefShare, a 13-week Bible based program for those who have lost a loved one.

The children who attended the Christmas Eve services at The Cathedral of Christ the King, Sharpsburg, received a special story and visit. Bishop David Epps gathered the children near the altar and told them a short story about Bishop Nicholas of Myra and how he later became a “saint.” Upon the conclusion of the story, the door opened and in came Bishop Nicholas. Every child present received the gift of a “gold” clad U. S. dollar. Some said that Saint Nicholas looked a lot like Jon Paul Landon, a senior at East Coweta High School. Photo/Special.

A 13-week class on Scripture passages related to healings performed by Christ was taught at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Sharpsburg. Teachers were Bonnie Bar, MSN, RN, an associate professor of nursing at the State University of West Georgia in Carrollton, and James Taylor, DPC, a chaplain at Piedmont-Fayette Hospital. Completion of the class is a requirement for members of the order of St. Luke the Physician, an international, interdenominational healing order.

Davis Smallwood and Lauren Lawson participated in a Thanksgiving feast last month as part of learning activities at St. Andrew’s in the Pines Dayschool in Peachtree City. Photo/Special.

All Saints children’s program set
All Saints Anglican Church, now located at 225 S. Peachtree Parkway, will present its Children’s Christmas Pageant, Sunday, Jan. 3 at 10:30 a.m.

With carols, candles and communion, churches all over the world Christmas Eve night will celebrate the birth of Christ, hosting special services and musical programs through midnight. Here on the south side also, churches have made plans for the celebration, with an open invitation to the community.

Fellowship of Love Church has moved the location of worship to North Fayette Elementary School, 609 Kenwood Rd., Fayetteville, where there is ample parking and seating for the growing congregation. Services begin at 10 a.m.

The Peachtree City United Methodist Church Four-Year-Old Preschool and Kindergarten Classes recently sang at “Home for the Holidays,” (top photo) an annual event held at the church for members who are homebound or living in nursing homes or assisted living facilities.

Santa took some time out of his busy schedule to stop in at St. Andrew’s in the Pines Dayschool in Peachtree City. Austin Humphrey, shown above with Santa, wished him a safe trip and, of course, filled him in on his Christmas wish list. Photo/Special.

The Women’s Ministry at Fayetteville Christian Church recently celebrated “Baby’s First Christmas” by collecting supplies for the Fayette Pregnancy Resource Center.

Congregation B’nai Israel in Fayetteville will offer a two-part class on “Judaism - Are you Curious?” Saturday, Jan. 9 (part one) and Saturday, Jan. 16 (part two).Both sessions will be taught from 9 a.m. until noon.

GriefShare starts Jan. 7 in PTC
GriefShare, a Christ-centered support group for people grieving the death of someone close, will start Jan. 7 at Peachtree City United Methodist Church and will meet each Thursday night from 6:30 - 8 p.m. in room 308 at 225 Robinson Rd. GriefShare is non-demoninational and is open to anyone in the community that has lost a loved one. For directions or more information call Helen Ragsdale, 678-817-0238.