Religion Briefs

Religion

Briefs

Family retreat at 1st Baptist

Members of

Fayetteville First Baptist Church have the opportunity to

participate in the church's first Spring Family Retreat,

scheduled for Friday and Saturday, May 14 and 15 at the

Shocco Springs Conference Center in Talladega, Ala.

"Modeling the Father: Developing Quality

Relationships that Last" will be the theme.

The cost is

$30 for adults, $8 for children 9 years and older, and $4

for children 3-8 years of age.

To register

or for more information, call the church office at

770-461-8378.

Mum for

Mom

Members of

Providence United Methodist Church in Fayetteville may

purchase a "Mum for Mom" to be given to mothers

on Mother's day. The mums are in six-inch pots. Names of

mothers incuded will be placed on a special bulletim

insert and flowers will be avialable to take home on

Mother's Day.

Prepaid

orders at $10 per plant will be taken through Sunday, May

2. All profits from the sale will go toward equipment and

storage for the children's outside play area.

Men's

seminar

New Hope

Baptist Church in Fayetteville will have a two-day

seminar Friday and Saturday, May 7 and 8 entitled

"Men to Men: To the Point."

The Friday

seminar is scheduled for 7-10 p.m. and the Saturday

seminar will be from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Featured

speakers will be Steve Farrar speaking on "Finishing

Strong," Stu Weber speaking on "Four Times a

Man," and Dean Gage speaking on "Being a

Spiritual Leader."

"When

you stand eye to eye with a man, you know what that man

stands for," a spokesperson said. "This is an

event to come eye to eye with three of the nation's

leading speakers to men. This event is not for the man

who is interested in `playing church,' but if you are a

man willing to face head-on the call of being the leader

God wants you to be, then this is the conference for

you."

Those

wishing to attend may register in the Worship Center

lobby in the church at 551 New Hope Rd. or call

770-461-4337. f

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