Connect With Adults

Morningside offers lots of opportunities for adults to Be Together. Our Affinity Groups reflect the diversity of ages and stages found at Morningside. These groups are open to everyone looking to connect! Gathering times for each group are posted on the church calendar, and in the eNews@Morningside.

Couples and Friends

Couples & Friends invite all couples to join them for informal dinner gatherings, usually on the second Saturday of each month at 6:00 p.m. Each month, we gather at a host couple's home or a neighborhood restaurant of their choice. Couples of all ages—members and nonmembers, married and partnered, even friends of couples!—are entirely welcome.

LGBT & Friends

Seeking to enhance and celebrate Christian life for all believers, LGBT & Friends hosts dinner-and-discussions quarterly, along with other special events throughout the year. This group also hosts a booth at Atlanta Pride every October.

Lunch bunch

All are welcome to join this open group for lunch and an informative program in Fellowship Hall (usually at noon on the third Wednesday of odd numbered months (excluding July). Focusing on food and fun, the group also plans outreach activities.

RHO Readers

RHO (Red Hat Optional) Readers is a general book club for all—members, neighbors and friends—who enjoy reading and discussion (feel free to view the list of books we've read). There’s no long-term commitment to join! RHO Readers meets on the third Sunday of each month at 12:30 p.m. (starting an hour earlier during the summer worship schedule) in room 201.

RHO Readers also collects Pennies for Pages at its monthly meetings to support literacy projects such as the Mommy & Me program at Memorial Drive Ministries in Decatur. Mommy & Me serves refugee children and furthers our goal of increased literacy among new Americans.

Theology on Tap

Theology on Tap is an MPC men’s group that generally meets at 7:00 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month for dinner and conversation in various homes. The group provides opportunities to make and meet friends and focuses on various topics and opportunities for participation in MPC’s missions—and having fun together.

FRIENDS AT MORNINGSIDE

Also known as FAM, this group seeks to create a space of fellowship, growth, and community for MPC’s young adult population. “Young Adult” is difficult to define, but the want for connection is not! This group is open to everyone and meets for Brunch one Sunday a month. FAM always has good food, good conversation, and good friends.

Women’s Roundtable

Women's Roundtable is an intergenerational group that usually meets on the fourth Monday of every month (from September to April) to enjoy good conversation, good food and wine, and great speakers who enlighten us about opportunities to serve. The group formed around the idea that women are thoughtful, passionate, and have stories to tell, and is open and welcoming to women of every age and at every stage in their lives.

Men’s Coffee

Men of all ages meet for coffee and conversation from 8am-9am on Fridays at Press and Grind in the Virginia Highlands neighborhood.

Movies@Morningside

Calling all film fans! Movies @ Morningside meets on the second Sunday of every month following worship to discuss a film together. Fritz Bogar selects from a wide variety of thought provoking, inspiring, and sometimes infuriating films that always lend themselves to meaningful discussion. 

CARE (Cultivating Awareness and Renewing Energy)

The C.A.R.E. Team is a group of Morningside members that seeks to love and protect God’s creation. Our goal is to increase our congregational awareness on issues of environmental sustainability, stewardship, education, and advocacy. Re-started in 2020, C.A.R.E. has been active in offering opportunities for campus conservation (we are newly certified as a wildlife sanctuary by Birds Georgia) and are seeking certification as a PC USA Earth Care Congregation. We regularly sponsor field trips, hikes, educational programs and promote environmental advocacy for all members and friends. We meet monthly, either virtually or in person, to provide updates on events, discuss possible new initiatives, and schedule upcoming events.