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8:30

If you prefer an informal service with a praise band and contemporary music, you'll appreciate our 8:30 service, held in the Broyles Ministry Center each Sunday morning. Although the sermon and the scriptures are same as the 11:00 a.m. traditional service, this early-morning service has a very different feel to it.

The service begins with twenty minutes og praise singing led by the Praise Team, a grou pof four singers, acoustic and bass guitar, keyboard, and drums. After the welcome, the congregations reads the scripture together from a projected screen and the preacher delivers the sermon. After the sermon, the congregation shares requests and prays for each other's burdens and joys.

Listen to contemporary services here.

The relaxed nature of this service is very attractive to those seeking an alternative to the more formal worship service at 11. Come experience God in a new and different way!

 

Interested in the Worship Team?
The Contemporary Worship Team plays a vital role in leading God's people in worship at the 8:30 a.m. service. Comprised primarily of volunteers, this dedicated group of singers and musicians meets for approximately one hour on Wednesday evenings to prepare for Sunday's service. We encourage all those who want to share their gifts as vocalists, instrumentalists, or service support, to consider this special opportunity for service, fellowship, and encouragement. The contemporary service is growing, and the Worship Team is growing along with it.

Rehearsals: Wednesday 6-8 p.m. and Sundays 8-8:30 a.m.

 

11 a.m.

At 11:00 a.m. ever Sunday we celebrate God's presence in our lives in a traditional worship service held in the sanctuary. If you like a formal liturgy, traditional hymns, and classical music, you will appreciate the beauty of this service. True to the tradition of the Presbyterian Church, the service centers on the reading of the scriptures and the preaching of God's word. Communion is served the first Sunday of each quarter.

The Chancel Choir, under the direction of Melinda Clark (NAPC's Minister of Music and Organist), leads the music weekly. Often singing pieces that Melinda has arranged or composed, the Choir helps us see God in fresh new ways each Sunday. Frequently the Cherub Choir, Junior Choir, and Bell Choir participate as well.

The second service is held in the sanctuary, built in 1900 from stone brought from Stone Mountain. This beautiful building seats approximately 725 and is graced by nine glorious Tiffany and Willet stained-glass windows.

The second service service is broadcast live on AM 920 WGKA. You may listen to past services here.

Interested in being part of the music at the 11:00 service?

Orchestra NAPC

Chancel Choir

Handbell Choir

Instrumental Musicians


 

7 p.m.

Third Service is a place to worship God in an informal setting, focusing on:

  • prayer: sharing concerns and praises in small groups
  • praise
  • community: with God and each other, including weekly communion
  • Biblically-grounded teaching
  • transformation: of both the community and the individual

The Third Service takes place weekly in the Broyles Ministry Center.  Please see the facilities section for a map.

The relaxed nature of this service is very attractive to those seeking an alternative to the more formal worship service at 11:00. Come experience God in a new and different way!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Cup

"And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward." - Matthew 10:42

The Cup is NAPC's ministry to the neighborhood poor. Held on the first floor of the main church building, the heart of this ministry is the lively worship service of singing, praying, preaching, and offering. Increasingly, members of North Avenue have come to attend this service as their primary worship experience. NAPC's laity, including Elders and Deacons, lead the worship each week. Following the service, bag lunches and clothing are distributed. A medical clinic staffed by volunteer physicians and nurses is available for the ill, as well as prayer groups and counseling.

Once a month church officers serve communion and offer a healing service for the parishioners.

Volunteers from NAPC and local seminarians and preachers participate in this ministry. Opportunities for service include preparing sack lunches, serving food, greeting, distributing clothing, cleaning up, and providing fellowship.

Donations of clothing (especially men's pants, shirts, and shoes) are greatly needed. The men are motivated to look nice for Monday morning job opportunities. Bring clothing to the World Outreach office any time. 

You are invited to experience this ministry: Come worship with us! 

If you wish to join this ministry to the poor, mandated by Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, please contact Amber Jipp. Visit The Cup even if you are unable to volunteer! You will be blessed!

24/7 Gateway: A Homeless Services Center
275 Pryor Street - Atlanta, GA 30303-3714
www.gatewayctr.org

The chronically homeless are the face of homelessness to the average citizen.  They are the campers under the highway and railroad bridges, they occupy the public parks and other public places.  They are often service resistant, profoundly distrustful, and fearful.  Many lack the personal skills to identify their own problems and the opportunities to solve them.  To succeed with this population, outreach and trust building are necessary components.

Among the findings of the Commission on Homelessness is that the chronically homeless, individuals suffering from pronounced mental disabilities, drug dependencies or both, constitute nationally about 10% of the homeless population but consume approximately 50% or more of the resources expended on the homeless.  In Atlanta, the percentage may be greater than 10%.  Whatever the percentage may be, any successful effort to meaningfully impact chronic homelessness in Atlanta must address this segment of the population.  The 24/7 Gateway Homeless Services Center is the centerpiece of the Commission's effort in this regard.  24/7 Gateway is the point of entry - the gateway to Atlanta's continuum of care constructed to help homeless individuals move from dependence to self-sufficiency.

The 24/7 Gateway Homeless Services Center (Gateway) will be developed by renovating the old Atlanta Pretrial Detention Center bounded by Peachtree, Pryor and Garnett Streets.  As envisioned by the Commission on Homelessness, Gateway will operate 24/7, provide a variety of services to homeless individuals in order to help them satisfy their basic needs such as food, water, personal hygiene, and refuge from the elements.  Gateway will seek to quickly and directly connect homeless individuals with needed services.  The Gateway will offer homeless individuals an opportunity to improve their lives by connecting them with the specific services they need to move toward self-sufficiency.  Some of the individuals in the Gateway will be temporarily housed while waiting admission to appropriate programs at other locations.  Others will use the Gateway as a point of referral - a gateway to a plethora of social services offered in the community.  Without question, Gateway is a community collaborative project that finds its deepest value in a collaborative matrix that maximizes homeless services provided by the community. In addition, Gateway finds significant support amongst the faith community.

Drop in Services located on the first floor of the building include toilets, showers, a laundry, food and water, a place to come in from the elements and rest, limited temporary storage for personal belongings, telephones, general information and referral services.  It is here that Gateway will provide outreach, intake, and referrals for internal and external homeless services, including housing, jobs, and counseling to promote reunification with family, friends, and community.  There will be assistance in accessing benefits available from Social Security, Department of Human Resources, and the Veterans Administration.  Anyone can access the Gateway and a separate area will be available for single women and women with children.  While no shelter beds will be available for women and children, there will be the capacity to have them stay in the secure women's area overnight, on cots, if necessary.

The Second Floor will house the medical clinic, 23 Integrated Services beds, 45 safe haven beds and 22 beds to be arranged, which may be used as recuperative beds at a future date.  The medical clinic will be available to homeless persons requesting medical attention for non-emergencies.

  • The Integrated Services Beds will be for service resistant and non-compliant men who have been through the service provider, institutional, and judicial systems numerous times.  Teams of mental health and addictions professionals will provide outpatient treatment and teams of case managers will provide the support and guidance to assist in the men's stabilization and progression toward self-sufficiency.
  • The Safe Haven beds will be available for men with mental illness and/or addictions (i.e. the chronically homeless).  These beds are intended to provide a safe and stable environment for the chronically homeless while outreach workers engage them and build the relations necessary to develop the trust needed to accept the services they need to move into a supportive living environment.
  • The recuperative beds may be available at a future date.  The beds will be for ambulatory homeless men discharged from the hospital and needing a place to stay until short-term or long-term housing can be secured.  They will not be provided medical care other than the services normally in the clinic, which will be operated by a medical provider.
The Third Floor will have 22 pretreatment beds for men awaiting entry into substance abuse treatment programs.  The men staying on this floor will have the opportunity to access support services such as AA meetings and drug education classes while they wait for treatment.  They will have the opportunity to stay in the building all day in order to avoid the environment and people that might trigger their desire to use drugs.  No formal drug treatment will be provided by this facility, however men may be housed at the facility while participating in off-site, and outpatient drug treatment programs.  An additional 46 beds are set aside for transitional housing for homeless veterans participating in a site specific Veterans Administration operated program.

The Fourth Floor will have 45 assigned emergency beds (generally 7-10 days) and 45 beds providing short-term housing for men participating in approved training programs, including a food service training program that will be run in connection with the Gateway kitchen.  Participants in other employment and training programs may also reside here on a short-term basis.  The forth floor's gymnasium may be utilized for emergency shelter mats when weather conditions merit such.

 

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North Avenue Presbyterian Church
607 Peachtree St, NE
Atlanta, GA 30308
Phone: 404.875.0431  Fax: 404.875.4069
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