This Sunday (1/25), Rev. Lewicki preaches about why NDPC supports gay marriage. NDPC has been a welcoming community for LGBTQ people and their families for many years. We believe that Jesus wants it that way. But we have become so accustomed to being a gay-friendly church that we rarely talk about being a gay-friendly church. But this Sunday, as the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta prepares to vote on approving clergy to preside at same-sex weddings, we’ll discuss some of the questions surrounding sex, marriage, and Christian theology. Prepare to be surprised and to be challenged to re-think your own notions of the relationship between sex and the church.

Worship begins at 8:30 and 11am. Both services will celebrate Holy Communion this week.

Christian Education for all ages begins at 9:30am. We offer several thoughtful Adult education classes, as well as classes for youth and children of all ages. Our staffed nursery is open all morning for our babies.

First-time visitors are honored guests. All are welcome!

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We welcome our guest preacher this Sunday (1/25), the Rev. Dr. Paul Smith. Dr. Smith is pastor emeritus of the First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn. Dr. Smith created unique and successful models of multicultural worship and interfaith collaboration at churches in Buffalo, St. Louis, Atlanta (Hillside Presbyterian), and New York City. An active participant in the Civil Rights movement, Dr. Smith is a student of the theologian and mystic Howard Thurman. He has taught in seminaries, worked in higher education, and advised hospitals on medical ethics. He has written extensively on issues of integration and is a leading authority on multicultural training and arbitration. Dr. Smith has worked tireless to foster of world of inclusiveness, diversity, peace, and justice.

Dr. Smith will preach at the 11am service. 8:30 worship will include a time of guided, silent meditation.

Christian Education for all ages begins at 9:30am. We offer several thoughtful Adult education classes, as well as classes for youth and children of all ages. Our staffed nursery is open all morning for our babies.

First-time visitors are honored guests. All are welcome!

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This Sunday, we celebrate the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in worship. The sermon at 11am will be reflections by members of our church on how they learned about their own racial identity and about race as a social construct. Their testimonies offer evidence of how each of us–and all of us–move from where we began toward fuller participation in the Beloved Community of God.

Worship services begin at 8:30 and 11am.

Christian Education for all ages begins at 9:30am. We offer several thoughtful Adult education classes, as well as classes for youth and children of all ages. Our staffed nursery is open all morning for our babies.

First-time visitors are honored guests. All are welcome!

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