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Help for the hungry

More than 1,400 people with Peachtree Presbyterian Partners gathered to prepare 325,000 life-saving meals over a three-day period at Peachtree Gym in Buckhead. The event is to help stem the…

Churches offer up thanks to the Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart

Churches offer up thanks to the Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart

By Amy Wenk amywenk@reporternewspapers.net Sister Sally White found her calling while a student at Christ the King School in Buckhead. “That’s where I first met the Grey Nuns,” White said.…

Correction

Recent Reporter articles incorrectly described the early homes of the Jewish Educational Alliance. The alliance started in a wooden house and moved to a brick building in the 1950s.…

Preparing for the Jewish New Year

Preparing for the Jewish New Year

By Jan Landau Lewin The first-graders at Congregation Beth Tefilah’s school, Chaya Mushka, are already busy painting cards with apples and honey to represent a sweet Jewish New Year. Starting…

Pick a hymn, any hymn — this choir takes requests on Sundays

Pick a hymn, any hymn — this choir takes requests on Sundays

By Joe Earle joeearle@reporternewspapers.net The offering had been collected and the Doxology had been sung. Choir director Terri Evans turned to the congregation and suggested they open their big red…

Primitive Baptists keep it simple

Primitive Baptists keep it simple

By Amy Wenk amywenk@reporternewspapers.net The sky above was blue and clouds looked like puffs of cotton. The unassuming Brookhaven brick church, hidden on a narrow road among houses and railroad…

Volunteers provide heart, soul for church-supported thrift store

Volunteers provide heart, soul for church-supported thrift store

By Martha Nodar Louise Clifford started volunteering at the Buckhead Christian Ministry’s thrift store after her husband died seven years ago. “I needed to feel needed,” said Clifford, a member…

Brookhaven church invites community to worship outdoors

Brookhaven church invites community to worship outdoors

By Martha Nodar During the month of July, Oglethorpe Presbyterian Church takes its Sunday morning church services outdoors. Marthame Sanders, the church’s pastor, said everyone in the community is invited,…

Congregation Or Hadash plans place of worship at vacant car shop

Congregation Or Hadash plans place of worship at vacant car shop

By Joe Earle joeearle@reporternewspapers.net Congregration Or Hadash plans to purchase a portion of a former car dealership in order to renovate it as a synagogue. “We’re all very excited about…

Church celebrates its 50th year

Sandy Springs Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) begins an extended celebration of its 50th anniversary with the return of a former senior minister to preach on April 25. Rev. J.…