Easter Worship Services

Members of the Jefferson Avenue Baptist Church and the Redemption Community Church will celebrate Easter with special services. The community is invited to attend.

Here are schedules provided by the churches:

Jefferson Avenue Baptist Church,

• Thursday, April 1, we offer a Maundy Thursday service entitled, "Tenebrae, a Service of Shadows," at 7 p.m.
• Saturday, April 3 - 12-2 p.m., we invite everyone to bring blooms from their yard to decorate the Community Cross.
• Sunday, April 4 - 7:00 a.m. Sunrise Service on front steps.
• Sunday, April 4 - 10:30 a.m. - Easter Celebration Service

 Redemption Community Church

• Good Friday Service, Friday, April 2nd @ 7 p.m 
• Sunday Morning Worship, April 4th @ 10 a.m.
• Easter Program - Immediately Following Worship Service

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Valentine's Day poll

Decking the halls with holiday lights

Some 14 homes participated in this year's JPNA Holiday Decorating Contest, a record high.

And the judges have spoken.

But first, if you are looking for something to do, button up your coat, pull on your hat, and walk the neighborhood to see homes ablaze in Christmas glow.

From the desk of Brian Frey, one of the judges, here are the addresses of those good folks who participated in the contest. Enjoy the fruits of their labor.

Here is a list of the homes that entered the contest:

1324 Winburn Dr.
2531 Batavia St.
2568 Harris St.
2458 W. Woodland Circle
2527 Jefferson Terrace
1269 Jefferson Ave.
2655 Winburn Terrace
1381 Carnegie Ave.
2492 W. Woodland Terrace
2718 Atlanta St.
2649 Humphries St.
2605 Elsinore St.
2537 Batavia St.
1237 Spencer St.

Here is what Brian wrote:

Seasons Greeting, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Holidays...and all of the rest, to each and every one of you.


Thanks to all who entered their homes into the JPNA Holiday Decorating Contest. We had 14 entries and I am told that this is perhaps the most homes that have entered the contest in recent years. There were certainly many great entries, and I am so proud of each of the homes and the hard work that went into "decking your halls". They all looked fantastic!!

Drum roll please....CONGRATS to the winners:

           FIRST PLACE: 2649 Humphries St. PRIZES: (2) Tickets to a performance of the Atlanta Ballet's Nutcracker at the Fox Theatre $50 TARGET Gift Card and a box of LED Christmas lights

           SECOND PLACE: 2458 W. Woodland Circle PRIZES: $30 TARGET Gift Card and a box of LED Christmas lights

           THIRD PLACE: 2537 Batavia St. PRIZES $20 TARGET Gift Card and a box of LED Christmas lights

            THANK YOU...each of you that entered!! Participation is truly what makes our neighborhood great! I am looking forward to the New Year and serving as your Vice President for the JPNA, and to next years contest.

Merry Christmas.

PS: If anyone has pictures of these great homes, please send me an email with a photo in a jpeg format.

Ruining the season--UPDATE

UPDATE:

A good fellow is helping out our neighborhood store by replacing a portion of what some thugs stole:

According to the AJC:

But a local man, hearing about the store's situation, made a generous donation to the store.
Cynthia Inman, owner/operator of the store since 2000, told the AJC Sunday that Thomas Cole called her Saturday after news broke that someone walked away with the store's decorations.
Cole said to Inman over the phone, "‘I hear you guys are missing some lights down there. I have some lights I can give you. And can you use a nativity scene?"
"Give me?" is how Inman responded.
"I am just overwhelmed right now," said Inman via phone Sunday night. "This is what Christmas is all about."

Some jerks ran off with thousands of dollars worth of holiday decorations at the neighborhood Chik-fil-A.

The report from AJC:

Where’s Comet? Where's Cupid? Where's Donner and Blitzen ...

Somebody swiped Santa's eight tiny reindeer along with a majority of other Christmas decorations at the East Point Chick-fil-A at 1065 Cleveland Ave.

Sometime around midnight on Friday, two individuals took the decorations, which include the eight illuminating reindeer grazing on the back hill, six nets of Christmas lights, icicles and signs all used to bring some Christmas cheer to the neighborhood.

Read it all here: http://bit.ly/tfctR

The restaurant is a major supporter of JP events.

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The festival of lights

The eight day festival begins began at sundown tonight. A happy Hanukkah to Jewish readers.

And if you unfamiliar with the holiday:

Hanukkah in Modern Hebrew, also romanized as Chanukah), also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, and may occur from late November to late December on the Gregorian calendar. (Wikipedia)

(The JP Hub would love to hear from people celebrating the holiday: favorite memories? best gift? What it means in 2009?)

A holiday blessing: "Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, Who has kept us in life, sustained us, and brought us to this moment."  

Here's some music to get you in the mood for this family-friendly celebration. Turn up your speakers and enjoy.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8692813@N06/ / CC BY 2.0

Dressing up for the holidays - UPDATE

This Batavia Street house shines for the holidays. 

UPDATE:
There is still time to get those Christmas lights hung to make your house shine.

This email came across the email:

Seasons Greetings to all!!

In an effort to encourage more of our neighbors to join the JPNA Festive Holiday Decorating Contest, we are moving the judging date to Sunday December 20th at around 7pm in order to give those of you who are planning your decorating strategies, some extra time to "Haul out the Holly"...don't forget prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.

There is no better time to show your holiday spirit than now...join in the fun and help to light up Jefferson Park this Holiday Season.

Deadline to enter is now December 18th. Email Brian Frey, at briboy1002@aol.com to enter, or if you have any questions!

Fa la la la la, la la la la!!

The days are short and the nights long at this time of year. It helps the mood to see twinkling lights.

Tomorrow is the deadline to enter into the neighborhood's holiday decorating contest, but you creative types have until Saturday to make your home sparkle.

Clay Davis, the neighbor association president, sent out this emai recently: 

Lights, tinsel, garland, fresh greens...all of this and more are beginning to Deck the Halls in Jefferson Park...and we still need YOU to enter the JPNA Holiday Decorating Contest. Thus far only a few homes have entered the contest, and we need more of you! Join in the fun with your fellow neighbors and get into the Holiday Spirit!!

Judging will take place during the evening of December 12th and there are fabulous prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners!! Join in the fun and lets light up Jefferson Park this year.

Deadline to enter is December 10th!!

Contact Brian Frey at briboy1002@aol.com to get your name on the list today or if you have any questions. Good Luck to everyone. Tis the Season to participate!!

Thanksgiving photos

Thanks to Kate B., of Blount Street, who sent in these pictures of the holiday with her family. 

A Thanksgiving soundtrack

Mix some Sister Sledge with Madness, throw in some spicy cajun, add touch of jazz, here's a Thanksgiving playlist for you

Share with The JP Hub your favorite tunes for the holiday.

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Thanksgiving photos

The Jefferson Park Hub is opening its pages to Thanksgiving in Jefferson Park.

Everything connected with Thanksgiving is welcome, from standing in line at the grocery store and what is cooking in your kitchen to a snapshot of what you are thankful for. Running in a turkey trot, quick, grab a picture. Someone sleeping in front of the TV, photo op. Serving food at a shelter, yes, please, a photo.

It's all good. Send us a picture.

Photo credit:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hammer51012/ / CC BY-SA 2.0

"Turkey lurkey doo and Turkey lurkey dap I eat that turkey/Then I take a nap"

Thanksgiving meals are being hosted by neighborhood churches.

At the Jefferson Avenue Baptist Church, on Sunday, Nov 22nd, 6 p.m., everyone is welcome for this free meal. Please call the church to make your reservation: (404) 767-0582‎

Robby Jackson, a minister at the church, told the Jefferson Park Neighborhood Association meeting, that people are invited to sit at his table.

On Wednesday, Redemption Community Church is hosting a Thanksgiving meal. 

The church, at 965 Winburn Dr., can be reached at 404.766.7408 for more information.

Title from Adam Sandler's "The Thanksgiving Song"

Photo by David Goehring

Veteran's Day 2009

The neighborhood is home to veterans. You can see the uniformed men and women heading to nearby Fort Mac or other duty stations. Some hang service flags from their porches. 

Their service to our country is commended.  

So, in honor of Veteran's Day:

Theodore Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena"

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

"Citizenship in a Republic" speech, 1910

The Spirit of America: The Patriotic Music of John Phillip Sousa

America The Beautiful - Ray Charles