Atlanta First United Methodist Church will hold the "Final-Sunday-Funday: Bowling" at Midtown Bowl in Atlanta on Wednesday, Jan. 29.
According to the church's announcement page, the event will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Atlanta First United Methodist Church encouraged its members to invite their friends. The event is open to the public.
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Aside from bowling, the church will host its "Final-Sunday-Funday: Black History Month Movie Night" on Sunday, Feb. 26, from 5:30 to 8 p.m., per the events page.
The post revealed that the church would celebrate the end of Black History Month with a movie and hybrid (in-person and online) discussion around the life and work of mother and activist Mamie Till-Mobley.
Popcorn provided. Location and more details to be announced soon, the site bared.
Atlanta First United Methodist Church
For 175 years, Atlanta First United Methodist Church has provided Christian services to Atlanta. Small groups first gathered there on Peachtree Street, and Auburn Avenue in warehouses and private homes, per the church’s about page.
The history page said that a philanthropic person named Samuel Mitchell gave the Methodists a large amount of land in 1845.
It served as a church on Sundays and a school during the week. The Union Sabbath School, an interdenominational Sunday school, was established. Preaching services were held by Presbyterians, Baptists, and Methodists; each denomination alternated their Sundays to prevent confrontations, the website revealed.
The Methodists decided to construct their place of worship after using the log cabin for a few months. In Atlanta, they were the first denomination to make this crucial move, the site bared.
A committee raised $700 in 1847, the same year Marthasville was renamed "Atlanta," of which $150 was utilized to purchase more land on Peachtree Street. On March 24, 1848, this brand-new chapel was dedicated and given the name Wesley Chapel in honor of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, the page said.
At its current address of 360 Peachtree Street, First Methodist Episcopal Church, South, constructed a brand-new structure in 1903, the site reads.
The bell was placed in the new church's tower after traveling to the church constructed in 1872, per the church history section.
On Peachtree Street, the bell continues to sound as it has for nearly 170 years. There are still some organ pipes and a portion of the pulpit from the original structure. The page revealed that the Centennial Building, commonly known as the adjacent education building, was constructed in 1948.
When the ME Church North and ME Church South reunited in 1939, the name of the congregation was changed from First Methodist Episcopal Church, South, to First Methodist Church, the site bared.
When the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren founded the United Methodist Church in 1968, the institution's name underwent a second name change from First Methodist Church to First United Methodist Church, the page revealed.
The story of Atlanta First United Methodist Church is really about people, even if this brief history focuses more on places and structures. Over the years, people's faith, generosity, and sacrifices have helped Atlanta First endure 170 years of expansion and progress, the site said.
Atlanta's founding and subsequent development are widely represented in its history by illustrious and renowned people. Atlanta First has always decided to be in the heart of the community so that it can meet the spiritual needs of everyone who wishes to attend, regardless of wealth, the page bared.
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