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Our block essentially divides into five areas:
The corner of West Peachtree and North Avenue is of course where our beloved church building sits. That is here to stay and we intend to continue to pour our resources into maintaining and preserving that most sacred of spaces on our block.
North of the church on West Peachtree and Ponce lies Egleston, where our music suite, library and church offices are.
Moving west down Ponce is the Parish House with Ellis Hall and a number of classrooms, offices and meeting spaces on the upper floors.
On the corner of Ponce and Spring is the Pritchett Center, a building dedicated to children with a daycare, children ministries, and youth ministries sitting on a floor each above two parking decks.
Finally, on the corner of Spring and North Avenue is the section labeled Tate, a busy area of the block with Threads, Covenant Community, RRAM (Recovery Resources of Atlanta Midtown), the Midtown Assistance Center and a number of meeting rooms, including for recovery groups.
It's a bustling city block.
The parish that calls this block our home is a wonderful diversity of backgrounds and ages. Current membership has the following breakdown by age:
- Birth-18: 18.2%
- 19-39: 25.2%
- 40-59: 24.7%
- 60-79: 26.1%
- 80+: 5.8%
Relative to the Episcopal church and most mainline Protestant churches, we are a younger church population, with 68.1% of us under 60. That's an important and exciting stat to ponder as we discern our future. We are imagining a future not for people who will one day be here, but for the over two thirds of our members who are already here.
All Saints' is much more than a membership church, as we all know and celebrate. Taking February as an example, here is what happens on our block on a typical month Monday thru Saturday (not including Sunday activities):
1,194 individuals attended recovery support groups. 66 participants were served at RRAM, and the total across all services provided monthly was 2,354. 10 residents lived in community and grew on their road to recovery in the program at Covenant Community. The Midtown Assistance Center supported approximately 500 households. Scores of families were helped through Threads. Bright Horizons provided daycare for 133 children. And there were 81 parish meetings and 16 non-parish meetings and activities held all over the block.
We are far more than a Sunday church. We are a community in and for this city in so many ways. What can you imagine us being and doing in this place so that in years to come we will continue to be a church filled with life? What a privilege it is that we get to answer that question at a time of so much vibrancy and hope. Let us ask God to inspire our hearts and enliven our minds.
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