75% OFF SATURDAY!!! FINAL DAY!!! PREMIER ATLANTA GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH BLOWOUT SALE!!!

GRACE ON PONCE CONTENTS UP FOR SALE IN JULY/AUGUST

ATLANTA, GA – One of Atlanta’s oldest Methodist churches --  Grace on Ponce -- will shed some major pounds later this month. Founded here in 1871, the United Methodist Church has been located at the downtown corner of Ponce de Leon Avenue and Charles Allen Drive since 1917.

Huge discounts will be available on remaining interior contents August 6-8. The church is located at 458 Charles Allen Drive in downtown Atlanta. Doors open from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. during sale dates.

Shoppers may purchase items from the early 1900s to modern day -- everything from household furnishings and carved oak pews to lecterns, choir robes, sheet music, hymnals, folding chairs, tables, coat racks, housewares and décor, children’s toys and florals.

Renowned for its musical programs, the church has two upright pianos, as well as a fully functioning Allen classical pipe organ, available. Its vast library features more than 1,000 volumes and all will be tagged for sale, as well as a large amount of education & teaching supplies, audio visual equipment, electronics & ecumenical artifacts used throughout the facility.

The sale includes literally hundreds of folding chairs (padded & wood backs), 60 ergonomically designed folding chairs for choir practice rooms, hundreds of children’s & adult sheet music & song books, 500+ Methodist hymnals (all varieties), divided bookcases (designed for choir needs), metal file cabinets, wooden display & storage shelving, several pulpits & altar furniture, choir & clergy robes (various colors), five oak pews & dozens of framed religious artwork, children’s & nursery toys, books & equipment.

Uniquities include Mid Century desk chairs & cabinets, two rows of 1950s-era “theatre seats” from upper balcony areas, a large cement fountain/planter that was kept indoors, a 40-foot mahogany conference table, a large (wall-size) lighted display cabinet (suitable for retail displays) and a mahogany/glass curio cabinet with a “6-16” (June 1916) manufacturer’s date and “$54.50” selling price chalked on its back.   

The building and property were recently sold to the General Board of Global Ministries (Global Ministries), an arm of The United Methodist Church that directs missionaries and disaster relief throughout the world. The group, previously headquartered in New York, moved its organization to Atlanta in mid July. Global Ministries will begin a major renovation on the aging building later this year.

Grace UMC will continue its vibrant ministry on the corner of Ponce de Leon Avenue and Charles Allen Drive, according to Rev. Kate Floyd, Grace’s pastor. Educational, worship, and social space will be shared with Global Ministries. Worship services also will continue in the historic sanctuary.

“However, our exclusive space will be significantly reduced, and we must dispose of most of the physical property that has accumulated in such a large building over the years. This church has touched so many Atlanta families. We hope that people will come out and purchase a piece of its legacy,” said Rev. Floyd.