UCG Announcements (2/22/25)

Date
Fri, Feb 21 2025, 8:11pm
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Atlanta, GA
Buford, GA

Hi everyone,

Consider this a warm hello wherever you may be enjoying Sabbath this Friday evening. With multiple items to cover this evening, let me get right to this week’s announcements. If you are ready, let’s go.

 1. Atlanta and Buford Sabbath Service Locations and Times: 2/22. Tomorrow, Buford will meet in Bethlehem for services. We will meet at the Holiday Inn Express, Bethlehem. The address there is 775 Exchange Cir., Bethlehem, GA 30620. We are asked to enter the hall from the back of the building. Services begin at 10:30 AM. (If they are still doing repairs on the back of the building, feel free to enter through the lobby in the front of the hotel.)

The Atlanta congregation will meet at Unity Atlanta in Peachtree Corners. The address is 3597 Parkway Ln, Peachtree Corners, GA 30092. The afternoon service begins at 2:30 PM.

 2. Sick this week? Tune into the Atlanta Webcast. If you are sick this Sabbath, plan to watch the Atlanta webcast online tomorrow. To view the service, enter the password tree of life (with no spaces) in the channel password box. The URL location is: https://www.ucg.org/congregations/atlanta-ga/webcast

3. We Need You to Volunteer. The 2025 SE Regional Weekend is quickly approaching, and we need volunteers! We are looking for volunteers to support in any of the areas below. If you are able to volunteer, please write your name in the appropriate column on the volunteer sign-up.

+ Friday, February 28 from 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (volunteers can come and go throughout the day as needed): SE Regional Weekend Setup

+ Saturday, March 1: Dinner service, flipping the room immediately following dinner, breakdown/cleanup

Thank you to those who volunteer to help make this event a success once more.

4. Next Atlanta UCG Bible Study: 2/25. We covered Revelation 19 in our latest Atlanta Bible Studies. Our next Zoom study takes place on Tuesday, February 25, at 7 PM. Mr. Jerold Aust will go through Revelation 20. Below is the information to attend this study online.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us05web.zoom.us/j/83871677401?pwd=CSoupVrJ3qHxQQaq94jgeBnQZOajZ…

Meeting ID: 838 7167 7401
Passcode: 857315

For a list of United Church of God Bible Studies taking place this week, check the Calendar section of our local Atlanta and Buford websites.

5. 2025 Southeast Regional Formal Weekend. We are in the final stages of planning for this year's 2025 Southeast Regional Formal Weekend. All details regarding this year's weekend are offered below. 

The Atlanta and Buford, Georgia United Church of God congregations invite those aged 13-19 and their families to celebrate our “Knights, Lords, and Ladies” at this year’s UCG Southeast Regional Formal Weekend. 

The weekend includes Sabbath services, senior acknowledgment, a dinner and formal dance, and a Sunday morning bowling and arcade activity. Family members are encouraged to attend Sabbath services, the senior acknowledgment, and the bowling and arcade activities. See below for an agenda and additional details.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Saturday, March 1st 

  • 1:30 pm - Sabbath Services at Unity Atlanta, 3597 Parkway Ln, Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 (All are welcome)
  • 3:30 pm - Senior Acknowledgment at the Sanctuary at Unity Atlanta (All are welcome)
  • 6:30 pm - *Dinner in the Fellowship Hall at Unity Atlanta (ages 13-19)
  • 8:00 - 11:00 pm - Formal Dance in the Fellowship Hall at Unity Atlanta (ages 13-19)

*Please plan to arrive before dinner to allow time for check-in. Attendees (per the age requirement) will be required to check in for Saturday evening events, and once checked in, will not be permitted to leave until the event concludes or a parent checks them out early.

 Sunday, March 2nd

  • Hotel checkout at your leisure and per your hotel’s policy
  • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm - Family bowling/arcade activity at Stars and Strikes in Stone Mountain, GA (All are welcome)

REGISTRATION

All formal and bowling/arcade participants are required to register here: 2025 UCG Southeast Weekend

Registration Form

Registration is open until February 14, 2024.

SENIOR ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Immediately following services, we will acknowledge our graduating seniors and honor their commitment to God through this milestone accomplishment. If you are a graduating senior attending the formal, please complete the senior bio form here: Senior Bio Form

FAMILY BOWLING AND ARCADE ACTIVITY

We will have a family bowling activity scheduled for Sunday morning from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at Stars and Strikes in Stone Mountain, located at 741 Mountain Industrial Blvd, Stone Mountain, GA 30083. The activity will feature 1 hour of bowling (shoes included) and 1 hour of unlimited arcade games. All ages are welcome. The cost is $15.00 per person. 

COST

The cost to attend the Southeast Formal Dance (ages 13-19) is $45 per person and includes dinner. If there are 3 or more attendees in a family, the cost is capped at $100 total. The cost to attend the family bowling activity (all ages) at Stars and Strikes is $15 per person. 

PAYMENT

Payment for the formal and bowling/arcade should be made via credit card on PayPal (preferred) or check shortly after submitting registration.

  • For check payments, please mail checks to Charlie Graby at 6925 Buckingham Circle, Cumming, GA 30040. Checks should be made payable to "United Church of God - Atlanta" and offer a breakdown of costs (i.e., amount for formal dance, amount for bowling) in the memo area of the check. 
  • For credit card payments via PayPal, please visit: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/UCGSoutheastFormal

LODGING

UCG has blocked a set of rooms at the nearby Hampton Inn by Hilton Peachtree Corners Norcross at a nightly rate of $85.00 plus tax. These rooms will be available until Feb 21st and are available on a first-come/first-serve basis. This exceptional rate is valid from Friday, February 28th through Sunday, March 2nd. Details are below:

ATTIRE

Dress for the dance is formal, semiformal, or Sabbath attire.

If you have any questions about the Southeast Weekend, please email Sierra Briggs at sierra.gomperts@gmail.com. We look forward to seeing you there!

6. Local Atlanta and Buford Church Fund. Based on what’s taken place the last few years (the pandemic), a while back we established a (local) Atlanta/Buford Church Fund. This local church fund does not take the place of the tithes and offerings commanded by God which are sent to Home Office (Leviticus 27:30, Malachi 3:9-10). Instead, this fund represents needs we have locally that fall outside what we request each quarter from Home Office. If you would like to donate to local causes, you may do so by giving funds to Bob McCurdy, our local accountant. Thank you. [Note - Any local donation checks should be made to - "United Church of God - Atlanta"]

 7. Important Upcoming Dates

  •    Atlanta Bible Studies: Tuesday's Online @ 7 PM
  •    Home Office Bible Studies: Wednesday's Online @ 7 PM
  •    (3/1-3/2) SE Regional Formal Weekend in Atlanta, GA
  •    (4/11) - Passover
  •    (4/13 - 4/19) - Days of Unleavened Bread
  •    (6/1) - Feast of Pentecost
  •    (7/17 - 7/27) – Camp Woodland in Temple, GA

As we offered in this week’s Home Office Update, the following write up is in honor of Bill Brown following his death last Sabbath. I thank Wendy Englehardt for generating this obituary. 

William (Bill) Brown died on Saturday, February 15, 2025, in Peachtree City, Georgia. Bill was born in Billings, Montana on December 2, 1935. His family moved to Southern California when he was 2 years old. He grew up in Santa Monica, California. After graduating from UCLA, he enlisted in the Army in 1959 and was sent to Northern Italy until he completed his military service in the Army Intelligence. Bill met the love of his life, Paola Bogaro, while serving in Northern Italy and they married in October 1961.

Bill worked for Douglas Aircraft in Santa Monica, California and moved to Huntington Beach, California when the company received the government contract to build a portion of the Saturn Program. He worked on the Galileo Program at the University of Michigan and later worked at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia. He retired from Georgia Tech after 17 years of teaching.

Bill and Paola were not blessed with children, but they were happily married for over 63 years. They attended the WCG and were baptized together on September 3, 1972. Bill and Paola were ordained deacon and deaconess in the early days of UCG. Bill was ordained an elder on June 4, 2011, in Atlanta, Georgia. Cards and notes are welcome. Their address is:

Bill and Paola Brown

523 Golf View Dr

Peachtree City, Georgia 30269

That’s it for tonight. Rest well and see you tomorrow at services. 

In love,

Philip Aust

United Church of God, Pastor

Atlanta & Buford, Georgia

Memory Verse

Exodus 15:24-26 And the people complained against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” 25 So he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. When he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet. There He made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there He tested them, 26 and said, “If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you.” (Institution of a Healing Covenant)

To catch up on other announcements shared this week, go to our local UCG Atlanta and Buford websites. You may access each of them here:

https://www.ucg.org/congregations/atlanta-ga

https://www.ucg.org/congregations/buford-ga