All Saints Sunday: Altar, banner

The service for All Saints Sunday was made extra special by both an altar decoration and a unique banner of bells. The Bell Banner celebrated those who taught us about God’s love.

You could hear the bells tinkling as Lance carried it down the aisle at the beginning of the Worship Service on October 29th.

You can view the 3-photo gallery or a slideshow at Flickr.

APUMC Faith entry -- Yahoo! time capsule

Communications has added a photo from our church to the Yahoo! Time Capsule project. Anyone can enter proposed photo or other media.

The item added, in the "FAITH" section was a photo of the special communion altar display for World Communion Sunday this fall.

Lance blesses pets

Lance blessed gathered pets on Sunday, October 15. The late afternoon sun warmed the pets' owners as Lance led the ceremony, which included a litany, hymn, and prayer before the blessing of each animal present.

Pets this year included dogs and cats of all sizes plus a pair of parakeets. The assembled menagerie was a bit more raucous than last year.

Intrigued by our church sign's simple "Pet Blessing" announcement of the event, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper contacted the church and then sent photographers to cover this popular annual event, now in its third year. The Monday paper's Metro section (DeKalb) had a half-page photo story and the AJC online includes 7 photos of this event.

You can view the photo set at our Flickr album or see it as a slide show.

The AJC also covered the Pet Blessing in its DeKalb section on Thursday, October 19th. [free registration and logon required]

Sneak peek at new UMC web site

United Methodist Communications has been redesigning UMC.org, the official online ministry of The United Methodist Church. Today, UMComm announced that you can visit http://www.umc.org/ and then click the "sneak peek" image banner link (in the center middle of the page) to experience the preview site.

The preview starts with a short video and provides links to new features plus feedback for each of the features. UMComm is actively seeking feedback. Your comments will help them make the final site better meet visitors' needs when they "go live" with the new site in January 2007.