Neighborhood Church in Atlanta, Georgia hosts Atlanta Fringe Festival this year

The Neighborhood Church in Atlanta, Georgia was one of the hosting sites of this year’s Atlanta Fringe Festival. (Photo taken from Neighborhood Church’s Facebook post)

The Neighborhood Church in Atlanta, Georgia was one of the hosting sites of this year’s Atlanta Fringe Festival.

In a Facebook post on Thursday, May 19, the Neighborhood Church announced that it would host the Atlanta Fringe Festival this weekend.

The Atlanta Fringe Festival is dedicated to bringing together daring artists and enthusiastic audiences for the benefit of Atlanta's arts community, according to the church.

The church said "Meaningless," a humorous and poignant one-man show about an aging teacher who exposes his hard-learned and unexpected answers to life's fundamental issues, was one of the shows at the Neighborhood Church. 

He explained the meaninglessness of everything under the sun, from concubines to snake charmers. 

Interested participants may learn why Shakespeare, Tolstoy, and Samuel Beckett have all been influenced by Ecclesiastes.

The public can also support artists by coming out and seeing their shows all weekend.

Participants may check out and visit http://atlantafringe.org/ for more information and the schedule.

They may also visit the Neighborhood Church’s Facebook post for more information written on this article.

Church’s Discussion

The public was welcomed to join this week's discussion at the Neighborhood Church.

The Neighborhood Church revealed its Neighborhood Conversation on Monday, May 16, in a Facebook post that gave a behind-the-scenes peek at how the church's worship series is being developed.

According to the post, the church said it looked at what Jesus is asking of them in Luke 14:4-14.

According to the church, Jesus is asking them to affirm all people's worth and completeness, not just their value to an unjust and inequitable social framework, or if Jesus telling them to affirm the worth and fullness of all persons.

More information is available on the Neighborhood Church's Facebook page for interested participants.

Environmental Justice Campaigns

The Neighborhood Church uses CompostNow as a quarterly justice effort for environmental justice activities.

On Tuesday, May 10, the Neighborhood Church posted on Facebook that many sustainability actions may be done at home.

The church uses CompostNow to compost food waste, paper goods, coffee grounds, and other items, according to the church.

According to the church, all of the building's paper towels, as well as coffee grinds and filters from worship and the break room, are composted.

The church said they also use compostable plates (along with genuine mugs and silverware) to reduce waste.

Readers interested in learning more about this topic should visit the Neighborhood Church's Facebook page.

The Neighborhood Church launched an environmental justice campaign on Earth Day.

The church declared on Facebook that conservation work and learning about disadvantaged people's unfair treatment and how they may join the battle for change will be the focus this quarter.

According to the church's Facebook post, people should get out today and do something kind for the environment.

On Friday, April 29, commencing at 4 p.m., the church asked the public to join them for a garden harvest labor day to prepare the garden for spring.

Participants can learn more about this problem by visiting the Neighborhood Church's Facebook page.

 

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