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Patrick Day Sep 21, 2011
So now what? We’ve paid off the mortgage, and we’ve burned it for good measure.
So now what do we do?
We move forward.
It has been quite a year, and God’s grace, exercised through your generosity, has enabled us to pull off something pretty amazing in this ...
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Patrick Day Sep 07, 2011
We have many reasons to celebrate here at NPC. On July 29th, we wrote a check for $453,734.86, and paid our mortgage off four years early. Thanks be to God who made this possible through the generosity of so many people. 2011 also marks the 30th anniversary of Northminster ...
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You may have already heard through other news sources that as of May 10, a majority of presbyteries have voted to lift the ban on ordaining practicing homosexuals as clergy, elders, and deacons in the PUCSA. I am forwarding to you a letter from the Executive Presbyter here in Atlanta. ...
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Patrick Day Mar 01, 2011
Was it Rene Descartes or Ferris Bueller who said, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
Life does move pretty fast, and life at NPC is no exception. We have runners again, 14 to be exact. On March 20th, we ...
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Patrick Day Dec 01, 2010
“By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
Luke 1:78-79
These words were spoken by Zechariah at the birth of John the Baptist. ...
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Patrick Day Sep 01, 2010
It’s been two years since I arrived at NPC. I don’t know that I would quite call this a State of the Congregation Address, but it seems fitting to reflect a little.
The Presbyterian process is somewhat strange in that, as a pastor, you interview, get an offer from a Committee, ...
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Patrick Day Jun 01, 2010
I try not to write about specific events coming up in the life of the church. I hope that what you read here is usually more than just an announcement. However, for the month of June, I am doing just that.
On June 13th, we will be doing something a little different in worship. When ...
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Patrick Day Feb 01, 2010
On January 8 & 9, Deacons, Elders and staff of NPC gathered for our annual Officers’ Retreat. Normally the next step would be to follow this gathering with an annual meeting of the congregation. However, that timetable has been adjusted by a ...
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Patrick Day Jan 01, 2010
We have spent a lot of time getting ready lately. We have been getting ready for Christmas,making plans, working out the details. We have been getting ready for 2010,dreaming,praying,discerning where God is leading us in the next year. We have been doing this in church and at home. One could ...
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Patrick Day Oct 29, 2009
This is what I was talking about two weeks ago. A number of us are set to begin a journey that cannot tak place within the walls of the church. Yet I feel this is one of the best ways to be the church.
15 people from NPC are currently training to run the ING Atlanta Full or 1/2 Marathon on ...
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Patrick Day Oct 15, 2009
"ubi Christus, ibi ecclesia."
"Where Christ is, there is the church."
-Ignatius of Antioch
I love this quote. I would love to say that I found it while reading my daily dose of Ignatius. But to be honest, I think it was on the bottom of a bottle cap, or the back of a ...
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Patrick Day Aug 01, 2009
Isaiah, Us, and Hope
As followers of Christ, we are called to be a hopeful people. We trust in the promises of God. We believe that the present reality is not the whole of God’s plan. We believe there is something better than the present reality, certainly in the life to come, but also in ...
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