Local Roman

Catholics and Lutherans will join Oct. 31 to celebrate an

event of historical significance to churches throughout

the world when leaders of both bodies meet on the same

day to sign a Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of

Justification in Augsburg, Germany.

Peachtree

City's Holy Trinity Catholic Church and Christ Our

Shepherd Lutheran Church will worship together at 3 p.m.

at the Lutheran church, 101 Peachtree Parkway North.

The Rev.

John Walsh and the Rev. John Weber will lead the service

and preach the sermon. Jennifer Hepler, vicar at Christ

Our Shepherd, will lead a liturgy that she helped design.

Choirs from

both congregations will combine to provide special music

under the direction of Claire Stroud, director of music

at Holy Trinity, and David Beecher of the Lutheran

church.

"This

service is symbolic of our coming together," Hepler

said. "It will look a good bit like a regular

worship - hymns, a processional, with a sermon that

may reflect the dialog between the Catholic archbishop

and our bishop at the 1999 Churchwide Assembly of the

ELCA last summer."

Invitations

are being extended to other Roman Catholic and Lutheran

churches throughout the area, Hepler said, adding that

everyone is welcome. For information, phone 770-487-8717.