Worship in an Ancient Style
Experience the Passion & Resurrection of Christ in the
Ancient Tradition of the Christian Orthodox Church
Join us for an
experience April 1st -of pAlm Authentic
sundAy
Ancient Christian Worship
Divine Liturgy ~ 10:00 am
April 6th - holy FridAy
The Lowering of the Body of Christ from the Cross ~ 3:00pm
The Lamentations at the Tomb of Christ ~ 7:00pm
April 7th - holy sAturdAy
morning liturgy 9:30 am - The Descent of Christ into Hades
midnight service • The Resurrection: 12:00 Midnight
eAster sundAy: April 8 - vespers oF love
In this Service the Gospel passage will be read in 7 different
languages proclaiming the “Good News” to all the nations.
You don’t have to be an Orthodox Christian to attend these services.
People of al l faiths are welcome!
Holy Transfiguration
Greek Orthodox Church
3431 Trickum Road • Marietta, GA 30066
(across from Simpson Middle School)
770.924.8080 • www.holytrans.org
Divine Liturgy every Sunday at 10:00 am
Caring for our community with
compassion and service excellence since 1958
Our staff is available to assist 24 hours
a day and 7 days a week.
Sermon on the
water
Jason Watkins preaches from the back of his jet boat on Rec Cove, a quiet and secluded
area of Lake Allatoona north of Atlanta. His nonprofit ministry, Sermon of the Water,
reaches dozens of boaters several times a month during the summer boating season,
many of whom had ‘given up’ on organized religion. - Robin Rayne
www.woodstockfuneralhome.com
8855 South Main Street
Woodstock, GA 30188
770-926-3107
By Robin Rayne
MDJ Contributor
Jason Watkins finished connecting his mobile phone to
the sound system and pressed the play button. As praise
music filled the serene lake air, Watkins sat at the back of
his Yamaha Jet Boat and watched his floating congregation
motor into place on Lake Allatoona’s Recreation Cove
near Acworth. They came by canoe, paddleboard, flatboat,
pontoon boat, and 40-foot yacht to hear his message.
It was a Sunday morning, and time for church. But
church doesn’t have to mean a bricks-and-mortar
building, the 49-year-old information technology
executive said.
“I call it ‘Sermon on the Water,’” said Watkins, who
preaches to a loose gathering of boaters several times a
month from May through September.
INSPIRATION FROM A TV SHOW
The idea stemmed from the Netflix series “Ozark,”
which was filmed on Lake Allatoona in 2016, Watkins
said. Producers needed boats in the scenes, and Watkins
joined dozens of his boating friends on the set as movie
extras.
“Of course, no one really knew what the show was
about — they just needed people in their boats in the
background for the scenes. I’ve been boating for 11 years,
but I’ve always lived around this lake,” he said.
The TV series features a preacher who gives sermons
from his boat. Watkins said he had a friend who kept
asking him to do the same.
“He said, ‘There’s a lot of us who would actually come to
hear you,’ but I told him there was no way I was going to
do that,” said Watkins, who teaches a youth group at First
Baptist Church in Woodstock.
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