Beyond the Walls - What's Happenin' Around Town

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SUMC has recently gotten involved in the Unite NorthEast leadership team. UniteNE consists of a network of churches in our area led by pastors and church leaders, with the primary goal of being used of God to bring about transformation throughout our community. Unite focuses on four impact areas: Poverty, Justice, Family and Education. Please go to the Unite website at www.uniteus.org for more information regarding Unite and contact Tami McLaughlin at tami@sugarloaf.org if you feel led represent Sugarloaf and get involved in any of these focus areas.

Perimeter Church has started a new 501c3 adoption and foster care ministry called Promise 686. One of the volunteers on the Promise 686 leadership team is an attorney named John Lueder. John and his wife have a heart for adoption and are in the process of international adoption, themselves. As a way of assisting other adoptive families, John has hired an adoption attorney, Christina Bennett, to help adoptive families finalize their adoptions, for free! Please spread the word to any person or organization that you think may benefit from knowing about this resource.

Street GRACE (Galvanizing Resources Against Child Exploitation) is a non-denominational alliance of churches dedicated to supporting, enlarging, and allying with those individuals and organizations working toward eliminating the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC). Street GRACE mobilizes the resources of churches – financial, human and material – toward those organizations and individuals who have demonstrated effectiveness in battling CSEC in the areas of advocacy, aftercare and mentoring. Our ultimate goal is the elimination of this problem in the city of Atlanta and duplication of these efforts in other cities across the United States.

To learn more about the Street GRACE ministry, please contact us at info@streetgrace.org or (678) 990-9513.

Directed by Libby Spears, executive produced by George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Steven Soderbergh, and punctuated with poignant animation by Japanese pop artist Yoshitomo Nara, PLAYGROUND gives viewers an alarming look into the insidious world of child sex trafficking in America, specifically in Atlanta.

Tickets are required and seating is limited. To secure your tickets, please visit www.StreetGRACE.org. Questions? Call (678) 990-9513 or email Playground@StreetGRACE.org.

Cheryl DeLuca-Johnson, Executive Director of Street GRACE, will appear on the radio several times this weekend, promoting awareness of CSEC, Street GRACE and our upcoming movie event at Georgia State University's the Rialto Center for the Arts.

Promise 686 is a minsitry group founded for those interested in adopting or fostering children.

FREE Adoption Attorney, Support and Resources
Perimeter Church has started a new 501c3 adoption and foster care ministry called Promise 686. One of the volunteers on the Promise 686 leadership team is an attorney named John Lueder. John and his wife have a heart for adoption and are in the process of international adoption, themselves. As a way of assisting other adoptive families, John has hired an adoption attorney, Christina Bennett, to help adoptive families finalize their adoptions, for free! Please spread the word to any person or organization that you think may benefit from knowing about this resource.

Adoption Attorney: Christina Fraté Bennett
Lueder, Larkin & Hunter, LLC
5900 Windward Parkway, Suite 390
Alpharetta, GA 30005
cbennett@luederlaw.com
www.luederlaw.com