Sermons are now available for listening online. Check out the Peachtree YouTube page regularly for updated content, or visit the preaching ministry page for a link to each week’s sermon.  Start listening today to “The Incarnation of God the Son,” Dr. Daniel Vestal’s sermon from 12/25/2011. More sermons soon to come!

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I can remember longing for Christmas as a child. Sure, the food was good at Thanksgiving, but sometime early in November, I was truthfully wishing that we could hurry up and get to Christmas. You see, Christmas meant a long break from school with cozy days spent in my pajamas, being with my cousins at [...]

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One of my favorite things about Peachtree Baptist Church is our strong commitment to missions. We seek to engage in local missions, but also have wonderful mission partnerships with many national and global organizations. Our main missions partner is the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. CBF seeks to be the presence of Christ to the most marginalized [...]

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Peachtree Baptist Church hosts its annual community Fall Festival on Saturday, October 29 from 4-6 PM. You are invited to join us for carnival games, children’s crafts, apple cider and hot chocolate, and featuring live music by singer-songwriter, Blake Tommey. Wear your costume and trick-or-treat around the festival. This event is free! You are also [...]

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Summer is winding down… the kids are going back to school. Join us Friday, August 12, 2011, from 6-8 PM for a block party celebrating the season! Food, fun, and free school supplies* for families with children. We hope to see you there! *while supplies last

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 Peacemakers are not afraid of conflict; they embrace it. Most of us have negative orientations toward conflict. Some see conflict as unnecessary, uncomfortable, and destructive – to be avoided at all costs! Others revel in the up-and-down thrill of volatile, conflict-ridden relationships. Both of these orientations toward conflict fail to recognize the opportunity for learning [...]

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As I sit here, warm and comfortable at my desk, working a well paying job, I can’t help but to be grateful. My mind drifts and I think about the millions of people around this world who have never known this comfort that I feel. The focus of this update comes from the ever popular [...]

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I had the opportunity last summer to listen to Marva Dawn speak.  Marva Dawn is one of the leading voices of our time in addressing the role of the church and worship in our current world.  She has consistently advocated for substance in worship – both theological and musical – and is an incredible voice [...]

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I remember a few years ago hearing a Sunday School teacher sighing over another round of Advent Sunday School lessons.  “Do they really need to hear it again?”  It’s a question we sometimes ask at this time of year.  Why do we tell and re-tell this story?  Doesn’t everyone know it?  What is the point? [...]

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At the close of worship each week, we “pass the peace of Christ” to one another.  The traditional response to this ancient greeting is ”and also with you.”  Christians for centuries have greeted and blessed one another in this way, and so we continue the ritual.  In other faith traditions, the passing of the peace precedes [...]

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