OCTOBER IS PASTOR APPRECIATION MONTH! On Sunday October 6th we celebrated Pastor Randy and his 31years of selfless, compassionate leadership of our congregation by re-naming our Narthex in his honor. We are incredibly grateful to him for over 30 years with us and for helping guide us to fulfill our biblical mandate to love & care for one another as well as love & care for others around us in need in our community & be a year round Matthew 25 Congregation. It was a fun surprise for him and his family! Please enjoy a few pictures below. Click on each picture to see the entirety of each one.
On SUNDAY OCTOBER 6th we had a Very Special Worship Service... our "Family & Friends Day." We enjoyed special music by Stephanie Banks, Soprano, a wonderful reception afterwards and more! We loved seeing you all!
The Memorial Service for Joseph Pitts will be held here at ROA on Saturday October 19th at 1pm in our Sanctuary. A reception will follow in our Fellowship Hall. Please continue to keep the Pitts family in your prayers during this very difficult time.
On JUNE 3rd we Launched a NEW summer lunch program to provide FREE lunches Mondays through Fridays in June and July to 100-120 homeless kids living near us on Memorial Drive who have no access to free lunches provided through the public school system. WE ARE THRILLED TO SHARE THAT WE PROVIDED 3000 MEALS TO THESE PRECIOUS CHILDREN THIS SUMMER THANKS TO ALL OF THE WONDERFUL SUPPORT BOTH FINANCIALLY AND THOSE WILLING TO MAKE SANDWICHES TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE MEALS!
IF you are able and interested, we would deeply appreciate ongoing financial donations to cover the expenses related to this program. 100% of the proceeds will go to this summer lunch program NEXT Summer as well as a NEW Children Feeding Ministry program that we are hoping to launch soon with a local Elementary School to provide food for 'at risk' kids on the weekends. Please see the 'Donate' tab above for ways to make a financial contribution. No donation is too big or too small. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT!
WE ARE thrilled to be the HOST site for the... "Stone Mountain Farmers Market!"
They are OPEN FOR BUSINESS EVERY Wednesday 4pm-7pm in our Parking Lot from May 1st through November 20th! Every week has a new Yummy Dinner special and FUN giveaways! Find them @ "Stone Mountain Farms" on Facebook to get all the scoop each week on the vendors coming & take your chances to earn opportunities for Free shopping and more!
Please click on the link for the flyer below for more details including the vendors so far!
SNAP/EBT accepted (50% discount given) We welcome and encourage anyone from the public to come shop for FRESH Locally grown PRODUCE and delicious foods & food related products!
They have lots of space for more food related vendors only so if you would like to be a part of this wonderful weekly event please see the flyer attached below for the QR code with contact info. of the Stone Mountain Farmers Market coordinator *Disclaimer: ROA does not receive financial proceeds from products sold during this weekly event.
'The Emory University Urban Health Initiative" parked their Mobile Medical Bus in our parking lot and provided FREE Medical Services to the at risk families and persons living near our church on Memorial Dr.
This wonderful community outreach program is also supported by Healing Community Center and MedShare. Please enjoy a few pics from the day below! We look forward to having them back and hosting more community outreach events this year so 'Stay Tuned!' A Very special thank you to Dr. Charles Moore, Tammy Reasoner, Hope, RN and her nursing students as well as Orita and her staff! You all radiate compassion!
One of the homeless men who participated in this program told the staff: "I have not been to a doctor in over 20 years."
Please enjoy the pictures below of our Easter Sunday Worship Service. If you 'hover' your cursor over each picture you can see a caption. If you're on a computer you can click on the picture to make it bigger.
We INVITE you to join us on Sunday mornings in the Sanctuary at 10:00am for Worship Services OR watch the services via live-streaming on Facebook
We have 'in- person' Worship services with general safety protocols in place (social distancing is encouraged & masks are a personal choice)
To receive an invite to our private Facebook Group page where we livestream our Worship Services and those listed above, please search in 'Groups' for Services and Sermons of Rock of Ages Lutheran Church. Click on 'invite'.