Christ the King will celebrate sixth anniversary this Sunday

Christ the

King will celebrate sixth anniversary this Sunday

The congregation

of Christ the King Charismatic Episcopal Church will observe their sixth

anniversary Sunday, Sept. 8, at 10 a.m., with the Right Rev. Charles W.

Jones, Bishop of Alabama, service as guest preacher and celebrant.

Christ the

King began in a living room in Sharpsburg in the late summer of 1996 and,

since September of that year, has been worshiping in the chapel of Carmichael-Hemperley

Funeral Home in Peachtree City.

Beginning with

19 people, the church has grown to a constituency, of just over 200.

Since the

beginning of the church, more than 100 have been baptized, a sister church

has been planted in Hogansville, five men have been ordained to the priesthood,

three others have been ordained to the diaconate (with four more to be

ordained in November) and two women have received Commissioned Minister

status. Nearly two dozen church members have been trained as Eucharistic

Ministers or as Licensed Liturgical Ministers, and the church has sponsored

a number of medical mission trips to Kenya and Uganda. The church's worship

ministry has been asked to provide music at both diocesan and provincial

convocations.

In 2000, the

congregation purchased 11.5 acres of land on Ga. Hwy. 34 in Coweta County

and a new sanctuary is scheduled for completion in October or November.

The congregation offers a worship service that is a blend of evangelical,

sacramental, and charismatic traditions.

"It's

been a great six years," Epps said. "In a survey a few months

ago, we discovered that more than 40 percent of the people at Christ the

King were not in regular church attendance anywhere prior to coming to

be with us. Evidently, we are a good and safe place for people to start

over and we are grateful for that."

Christ the

King meets each Sunday at 10 a.m. in the Carmichael-Hemperley chapel on

Ga. Hwy. 74 in Peachtree City while construction continues on the sanctuary

in Coweta.

For more information,

call 770-252-2428.

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