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Atlanta faith calendar

- — CAROLYN DESALU, FOR THE AJC

Yard sale: For treasures and more, head to an annual churchwide yard sale from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. April 16 at The Church at Ponce and Highland. Informatio­n: 404874-5721. 1085 Ponce de Leon Ave. N.E., Atlanta. Food and fellowship: Each week, a dinner and Bible discussion will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesdays at Norcross Presbyteri­an Church. Free and open to all. Informatio­n: www. norcrosspr­esbyterian.org. 3324 Medlock Bridge Road, Norcross.

Personal reflection­s: Jeff Schultz, sports columnist for The Atlanta JournalCon­stitution, will discuss the problem of drug addiction in families at 6:15 p.m. April 20 at Mount Zion United Methodist Church. Schultz was the subject of a compelling feature last year about his son’s addiction. (You can read it online at http://personaljo­urneys. myajc.com/lost-found/.) The event, sponsored by Mount Zion and Faith Partners, will be free and open to all. Informatio­n: www.mtzionumc.org. 1770 Johnson Ferry Road, Marietta. Contemplat­ive living: Barbara Dolan Meinar is a spiritual director who will facilitate a retreat titled “Quiet Day: As We Age ... Celebratin­g and Expanding Our Creative Contemplat­ive Living.”The retreat will run from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. April 23 at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church. Tickets, which include light breakfast, snacks and a box lunch, are $15-$40. To register, send an email to rev.julia@stpat. net by April 20. Informatio­n: www.stpat.net. 4755 N. Peachtree Road, Dunwoody. Internatio­nal Jazz Day: As part of the United Nations Educationa­l, Scientific and Cultural Organizati­on’s (UNESCO) Internatio­nal Jazz Day, a tribute to John Coltrane and Joe Henderson will be held from 8-11 p.m. April 30 at First Congregati­onal Church. Performers will include saxophonis­ts Azar Lawrence and Bernard Scavella, vocalist Sweet Lu Olutosin and others.

Tickets, which are $32.64, may be purchased at www. eventbrite.com. To locate the concert,type“internatio­nal jazz day”and“Atlanta”in the search boxes. Informatio­n: www.firstchurc­hatl.org. 105 Courtland St. N.E., Atlanta. Holocaust Remembranc­e

Day: A special Holocaust Remembranc­e Day (Yom HaShoah) commemorat­ion ceremony will be held at 3:30 p.m.May 8 at the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta’s Besser Holocaust Memorial Garden. The program will feature remarks from National Jewish Book Award-winning author and rabbi Joseph Polak. The program will be open to all and free of charge. Informatio­n: www. atlantajcc.org. 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody.

 ?? CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM 2015 ?? Jeff Schultz (right), shown with wife Jeanne and son Josh, will talk about families dealing with drug addiction April 20 at Mount Zion.
CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM 2015 Jeff Schultz (right), shown with wife Jeanne and son Josh, will talk about families dealing with drug addiction April 20 at Mount Zion.

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