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Intown issues a weekly e-newsletter to all members and regular visitors called “This week at Intown.” If you’d like to stay up on the latest news and announcements from Intown, please subscribe below.
Distributed weekly on Thursdays
Intown issues a weekly e-newsletter to all members and regular visitors called “This week at Intown.” If you’d like to stay up on the latest news and announcements from Intown, please subscribe below.
Distributed weekly on Thursdays
January 15, 2023
On Sunday, January 8, 2023, we officially welcomed 11 new members to Intown. We're delighted to welcome them to our church family and look forward to getting to know them.
Dante Renzulli
Mary Beth Marchioni
Grace Kang
Caroline Lucas
Mike and Cheryl Schlagheck
Terry, Gloria, Trey, Sean, and Mia Crawford
January 20-21, 2023
Intown welcomed Pastor and Author Paul Miller for a two-day seminar on prayer. We had a great turn out for the event and Pastor Miller used Scripture to build our understanding of what a life given to prayer looks like, both for individuals and for the church body. The church is meant to be a house of prayer, and when we worship God together through prayer, we access resurrection power. He encouraged us to pray BIG, asking God to answer beyond what we can imagine or comprehend (Eph. 3:20). If you'd like to read more on this topic, Pastor Miller's new book, A Praying Church, is now available for purchase.
January 22, 2023
Last Sunday, participants in Intown ELL conversation groups and a number of church members joined International Friendship Community (IFC) to celebrate Lunar New Year. Volunteers under the leadership of Paula Hunt started preparations early that morning. If you were in the hallway, you probably heard them chopping vegetables and mixing meat for dumplings. At 11:00 a.m., 60 people--adults and children from around the world-- gathered at long rows of tables to prepare the dumplings. Each table had a dumpling expert who demonstrated how to do it and inspected the dumplings to make sure they were just right. Lunch started right after the worship service and about 100 men, women and children enjoyed a feast of dumplings and accompaniments. The Year of the Rabbit is off to a hopping good start! Happy New Year to all!
May 26, 2022
In May, Intown welcomed 11 new members to our church family (listed below), and we look forward to getting to know them even better in the days ahead.
Amario Andre
Michael & Carrie Buff
Lee & Holly Cunningham
Melanie Grant
Isabel Huisman
Richard & Eleanor Remigailo
Whit & Alison Smith
March 20, 2022
March 10-19, Intown collected gifts for a special offering to help Ukrainians who are fleeing their country and the missionaries in the surrounding areas that are receiving them. The response was above and beyond what we hoped for or could even imagine. The total amount we received for the special offering is $14221.22., which enables us to give $7,100 each to both ofour global partner teams who are assisting Ukrainian refugees with basic resources and supplies.
March 20, 2022
In March, Intown welcomed 2 new members to our church family (listed below), and we look forward to getting to know them even better in the days ahead.
Andrew van der Bijl
Elizabeth van der Bijl
February 17, 2022
As the impacts of COVID and related circumstances have shifted over time—from understanding little in the earliest days to having more concrete data; from the lack of vaccines to their widespread availability; and from more to less severe variants—we have been able to re-evaluate our approach. After much thoughtful consideration by our COVID Response Commission and its many advisors, Intown will make key changes effective immediately throughout our facility:
Masks will be optional, rather than required. This will apply to all areas of our facility and all Intown activities and ministries, including worship. Please be aware of the following caveats:
During school hours, parts of our facility used by Intown Community School may have different protocols. Please be aware of and respect the School’s policies if they differ from what is stated here.
Some Intown ministries may need to implement specific exceptions to this policy. Intown4Peace events, for example, may continue to employ a mask mandate to facilitate cooperation with the Emory University community.
Most importantly, recognize that by making masks optional we do not intend to discourage anyone from wearing a mask. We are simply making mask-wearing a matter of individual discernment rather than congregation-wide policy.
We will return to permitting eating and drinking in all areas of our facility.
There will be no COVID-related restrictions on facility use or room reservations.
As we make these transitions, we want to assure you that the following COVID-related practices will remain in place:
During Sunday morning worship, Room 201 will remain a mask-mandatory space for anyone who wants to worship at Intown in person but prefers to be around others who are masked.
We will maintain best practices regarding ventilation and filtration.
We will continue to offer hand sanitizing stations, and masks will be available at building entrances for those who desire them.
As always, we ask those who are not feeling well to love others by remaining home.
In the near term, we will maintain the current distance in seating in the sanctuary. Depending on attendance trends, we will evaluate adding more seats as needed.
February 3, 2022
Intown welcomes a new executive director
During the worship service on Sunday, Jan. 30, Senior Pastor Jimmy Agan introduced Intown’s newly-hired executive director, Holly Cunningham, along with her husband, Lee Cunningham. Holly is an exceptionally talented leader with a deep background in team building, organizational culture, problem solving, strategic planning, and leadership development – all talents that will benefit our church in significant ways. More importantly, Holly loves Jesus and has a passionate sense of calling to apply her leadership skills, acquired over a 25-year career in the corporate sector, to advance God’s kingdom through the local church. To learn more about Holly, the process of selection, her role as executive director, and next steps, click here to read Jimmy Agan's letter to the congregation (dated Feb. 2, 2022). Welcome to Intown, Holly and Lee!
January 10, 2022
Last November and December, Intown welcomed 10 new members to our church family (listed below). We are delighted to welcome these brothers and sisters and look forward to getting to know them even better in the days ahead.
Jeremy & Kelly Bell
Daniel Choi
Maggie Duffy
William (Bill) Hollberg
Sam Lucas
David & Betsy Militello
Scott & Sarah Elizabeth Wolfe