📢 CTI SPRING 2025 – Registration Now Open!

The Christian Training Institute of the 6th Episcopal District will be held simultaneously across all districts on Saturday, March 1, 2025. Please go to www. 6thDistrictCME.org, locate your District and click the button to access registration details.

Who Should Attend?

✅ Pastors, ministers on trial, laity, and members

✅ Children & Youth (Free registration required)

🔹 Pre-Registration (Closes February 28 at Noon!)

• Adults: $25 (via Elder) | $28.16 (Eventbrite)

• Children & Youth: FREE

🔹 On-Site Registration: $30

📢 Don’t miss this opportunity to grow, connect, and BE BOLD in your faith journey! Register today!

#CTISpring2025 #BeBold #CMEChurch

Celebrating the Life of Mr. Rodney Wilkerson

It is with love and reverence that we invite you to join us in celebrating the life of Mr. Rodney Wilkerson, beloved son of Mr. Jonathan and Reverend Pansy Washington.

Date: Thursday, January 16, 2025

Reception and Family Hour: 5:00 PM - 6:45 PM EST

Memorial Service: 7:00 PM EST (promptly)

RSVP: Please view the invitation and confirm your attendance by 01/08/25 to help us make accommodations accordingly.

Your presence will honor Mr. Wilkerson's life and the cherished memories he leaves behind.

For those traveling to attend, we have provided a list of recommended hotels below:

Courtyard by Marriott Atlanta Airport West

3400 Creek Point Dr.

East Point, GA 30344

404-344-4414

Located at Camp Creek Marketplace, 5 miles from the church and 12 miles from the airport

Hampton Inn & Suites

3450 Creek Point Dr.

East Point, GA 30344

404-345-4474

Located at Camp Creek Marketplace, 5 miles from the church and 12 miles from the airport

Courtyard Atlanta by Marriott and Fairfield Inn & Suites, Lithia Springs

895 Bob Arnold Blvd

Lithia Springs, GA 30122

770-635-6500

Located 5 miles from the church and 20 miles from the airport

Hampton Garden Inn Atlanta West/Lithia Springs

110 Interstate West Parkway,

Lithia Springs, GA 30122

770-949-8980

Located 5 miles from the church and 20 miles from the airport

Enjoy the Special December edition of the Sixth Epistle Newsletter.

A WORD FROM THE BISHOP’S DESK

A Bold Invitation

Isaiah 55:1-13 (King James Vision)

On Sunday, December 1, 2024, we embark on the Season of Advent, the first season of the Christian church’s calendar. This season ushers in heaven’s invitation to hope and experience peace, joy, and love. The invitation offered in this season is bold, daring, and even audacious. Advent invites us to choose an alternative that repeatedly gets rejected by too many humans. Yet Isaiah 55 extends an invitation to choose between courage and cowardice. The prophet invites: “Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the water; and you that have no money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread and your labor for that which does not satisfy?” (Isaiah 55:1-2a).

First, the invitation is extended to everyone. This is where our politics, and too often our religion, tend to close the doors. It is not human nature to be inclusive. Something about being human usually leads us to erect walls of separation and barriers that permit access for everyone.

Click here to read the rest of The Sixth Epistle...