December 31, 2011 It is now twenty months since we started ministering to the folk in the English Avenue district of downtown Atlanta, known as the Bluff. We currently have an average of 13 in attendance each week, which includes those … Continue reading
Category Archives: Penny’s Pen
December 11, 2011 On the Lord’s Day following the events recorded in my previous article, we were, understandably, in a different frame of mind than usual as we headed back down Georgia 400 to the Bluff. In the early days … Continue reading
December 4, 2011 It was just after 5:30 in the evening when the first shots rang out. The Bible study had been going very well. It had started on time at five o’clock, and discussion on the topic of Thanksgiving … Continue reading
February 26, 2011 We have had some exciting developments recently in our downtown ministry. We are becoming much more widely recognized, and usually have at least a few residents of the Bluff sitting on the burned-out church steps or wall … Continue reading
October 27, 2010 This is an update on some subtle and not-so-subtle changes in our Atlanta ministry. It all began back in early October when a minister was visiting and went down to the Bluff with Frank. I stayed at … Continue reading
September 26, 2010 It was pouring with rain all the way down to the Bluff on September 26th. We picked up Mary in downtown Atlanta and then drove south on 75/85 to pick up her grandsons, AC and Cory. We … Continue reading
September, 2010 In my last article I mentioned that Mary had been tempted to stay in the Bluff following the Bible study the previous Sunday. She called Frank two days later and said that she couldn’t go back to the … Continue reading
June 27, 2010 Last Lord’s Day morning Frank had been invited by Pastor Ray Beckham to preach at New Jerusalem Baptist Church in the English Avenue neighbourhood which contains the high-crime area known as The Bluff. The pastor’s brother is … Continue reading
June 20th 2010 It was a hot, sultry afternoon as Frank and I headed into Atlanta. Roadside temperature readings varied between 98˚ and 100˚. Downtown skyscrapers shimmered in the heat. We were still smarting from a low turnout the previous … Continue reading
June 6th, 2010 We have been ministering to residents of the drug and prostitution racked slum known as The Bluff for eight weeks now. We were led to go there by Mary, to whom we have been ministering for over … Continue reading