We are open and the students are thriving. We even have a few openings available that we ask you to share with your neighbors. We have several spots in our 3’s and 4’s classes and places in Virtual Learning for children in Kindergarten-5th grade. Contact Lonnette Bruce, the SAS Director for information and registration, 770-934-1461

During this time of worshiping at home, we would love to have more of the congregation involved in the worship process. We invite you to add your voice to worship to help create the sound of the congregation online. Just visit sapcmusic.weebly.com to access the files for the following Sunday and record yourself reading or singing different parts of worship by the close of business on Thursday each week. There is a helpful video how-to video on the website above. When you send your recording in, everyone’s voice will be blended together to make a glorious sound (so don’t worry about how you sound individually). We invite you to sing the hymns and read the congregational readings and prayers. The more entries, the better the product. If you have any questions, please email David Lukens dlukens@sapctucker.org See (and hear) you on Sunday!

There are spots available for upcoming dates to bring food to Clifton; For more information or to sign up click here.

This ministry is a very easy thing to do while maintaining social distancing, since meals are dropped off on Clifton’s front porch, after calling ahead to let them know when you are coming.

Our congregation feeds the men at Clifton Sanctuary Ministries on the fourth Sunday of every month.

Sunday, October 18th from 1-3 p.m. in the sanctuary parking lot, we will have a fun community event. There will be three drive-thru stations: blessing of the animals (pets), sharing our joys and concerns (prayers), and returning our commitments to share our gifts and resources for the mission of our community (pledges).

Bring your well-behaved pet (or a picture) for a blessing; offer your prayers to be added to a community prayer station; and your pledge card for 2021, regular church tithes & offerings—all from the safety and comfort of your car!!! We’ll have goodie bags for each car that comes through (treats for humans and pets) If you don’t have a pet, come anyway! No pets, prayers, or pledges required to participate, all are welcome to roll through the parking lot to say ‘hey!’ Invite your friends and neighbors, we would love to see you!

In this Season of Creation think about God’s people who face daily inequalities: finding fresh food (food deserts), clean drinking water (pollution), clean air (industry toxins), safe secure housing (redlining), medical care (cost/insurance/time from work), transportation, and relief from extreme weather issues. Christians rejoice that God loves all people. We acknowledge that God calls us to love our neighbors as ourselves but too often we define neighbors too narrowly and fail to work for eco justice… healing, defending and working toward justice of all God’s people and all of creation.

• Listen as Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, a Christian and atmospheric scientist, a professor at Texas Tech University addresses faith and climate change.
• Watch Behold the Earth, currently available on Amazon Prime – a music-rich documentary film that explores America’s divorce from the outside through conversations with legendary scientists as well as a new generation of creation care activists within America’s Christian communities.

Watch Flint: the Poisoning of an American City, also on Amazon Prime.

Our congregation will participate in the Peace & Global Witness Special Offering on World Communion Sunday, this Sunday, October 4th. 75% of this offering goes to Mid councils and the Presbyterian Mission Agency to advocate for peace and justice in cultures of violence, at home and around the world. We retain 25% of this offering for use by our congregation for peace and witness efforts. The Mission Ministry has decided to donate the retained amount to Memorial Drive Ministries located at Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, as it provides worship space for various immigrant and refugee communities in the Clarkston/Memorial Drive area; and, inexpensive meeting and work space for various non-profit groups providing job training and other support for immigrant/refugee families, especially children. Please write Peace & Global Witness on the memo line of your check, or in the memo/notes section of your online gift.

All are welcome to join Each Child Counts Foundation in their annual 5k Walk for Liberia. On October 3, 2020 they will combine their annual 5K races, usually held in Florida, North Carolina and California into one virtual race. The information about and registration for this event can be viewed here. You can walk on October 3rd, or any day leading up to the event. You are welcome to donate and walk, or to create a page and ask for sponsors. They are expecting God to do great things, even with the challenges that we face due to all of the world events. The Each Child Counts Foundation has built and is expanding a school in Liberia. Please visit their website for more information about the foundation. https://eachchildcounts.com/.

This is the link for the 5K if it doesn’t come through above. https://eccfvirtual5k.causevox.com/

Camille will be teaching a 4-week Sunday School Class that further explores our series Our Money Story at 9:00 am on Sunday mornings September 27, October 4, 11 & 19 on Zoom. If you would like a copy of the study journal which contains readings, art, poetry and places to record your thoughts, please contact the office to have one emailed to you or to make arrangements for contact-free pick-up at the church.

Click this link to join us on Zoom for Sunday School on a computer, tablet or smartphone. The password is 281875. If dialing in, call 301-715-8592, enter the Meeting ID: 825 5702 9546 and Password: 281875.

For help with Zoom, click here for a helpful video.

This Week in Worship It is the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost and we will celebrate worship in our homes via Facebook Live and YouTube. We will have Sunday School before and fellowship after worship on Zoom conference. The links for Sunday are below. We will post the recording of our worship service on our website

We begin our series Our Money Story this week. Please contact the office if you would like a copy of the study guide. Rev. Camille’s sermon is Remember. Our hymns will be Brethren, We Have Met to Worship and Lord, Speak to Me that I May Speak. Our scripture passages are Luke 22:1-23 and Exodus 16:1-18. For a copy of Sunday’s bulletin, click here.

We will be celebrating a baptism in worship. Please use the link below for Narthex Fellowship Time to join us “live” when instructed on Sunday morning

Barbecue We will hold our annual barbecue a little differently this year. It will be a drive-up event on Sunday, September 27 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. Drive up by the door of Heffner Hall to pick up your choice of chicken or pork BBQ. If you want barbecue, you must sign up at this link.

If you can not drive, please call Marjory Holler to arrange for delivery, 770-493-1057.