The Atlanta First United Methodist Church in Georgia is set to hold a sacred cinema small group study.
In a Facebook post on Wednesday, May 11, the Atlanta First United Methodist Church announced that it will hold a series of sacred cinema small group studies.
At Atlanta First United Methodist Church, summer in the city means Faith and Films during service, according to the church’s post.
The church said they are taking it a step further this year with a Sacred Cinema Small Group Series.
According to the church, it will host dialogues through clips about the spiritual implications of some of the most recent Oscar-nominated films on Wednesdays at 7 p.m., through Zoom, during the months of June and July.
Interested participants may visit the Atlanta First United Methodist Church’s Facebook post for more information written on this article.
Church’s Small Group Survey for Film References
The Atlanta First United Methodist Church invited the general public to participate in a small group poll for movie recommendations.
On Thursday, April 28, the Atlanta First United Methodist Church released a sacred cinema small group poll on Facebook, inviting the public to participate.
According to the church's post, filling out the sacred cinema small group survey will take five minutes and will tell the church's Grow team which films they want to view through the lens of faith this summer in the city.
For more information on this subject, interested participants should go to the Atlanta First United Methodist Church's Facebook page.
Earth Day
According to the church, the Atlanta First United Methodist Church spent Earth Day planting strawberries.
On Saturday, April 23, the Atlanta First United Methodist Church announced that its director of community engagement spent the afternoon planting strawberries.
The gathering also brought together new (non-plant) friends, according to the church's Facebook page, and illustrated what a long-term connection with this urban agriculture cooperative could involve.
Participants may send an email to engage@atlantafirstumc.org for those who want to learn more about this campaign or other ways to get active in the city.
Church’s New Grow Book Group
The new Grow book group at Atlanta First United Methodist Church is open to the public.
The Atlanta First United Methodist Church announced on Facebook on Friday, April 22 that a Grow book club via Zoom meeting would take place on the fourth Monday of every month.
According to the church's release, discussions about the spiritual meanings of certain well-known works will begin in May.
During the first month, Atlanta First United Methodist Church plans to read Chibundu Onuzo's Sankofa.
According to the church, Sankofa is a Ghanaian symbol for a bird flying backward in quest of new meaning and insight, which is exactly what the main heroine, Anna, does in this book.
Despite a series of setbacks in her life, including a divorce and the death of her mother, she embarks on a journey of self-discovery by traveling back in time to gain a better understanding of her current position.
While looking for answers, she learns that her father, whom she never met, is still alive and serves as the leader of a small African country, according to the church.
The church promised to provide conversation starters as well as a link to the Zoom participant.
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