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February 20, 2019
By Diane Glidewell
news@mymcr.net
A successful tradition
continued on Friday, Feb.
15 as Forsyth United Meth-
odist Church's Women's
Missionary Union (WMU)
partnered with the com-
munity and Monroe
County School System to
celebrate the warmth of
Valentine's Day With a party
for all special needs stu-
dents from pre-K through
high school. The 14-mem-
ber WMU planned and
coordinated the much-
anticipated festivities for
about 142 guests at the
church's fellowship hall.
For Forsyth UMC Pastor
Rick Maeser, it was his first
annual Valentine's Party
for special needs students,
and he was impressed. He
said that since he has been
in Forsyth, he is constantly
seeing wonderful ways that
volunteers serve the com-
munity.
Not only the students, but
also the many volunteers
and school staffmembers
who are part of the event
fondly name it as one of
the highlights of the year.
The school system pro-
vides buses to bring the
students to the fellowship
hall where they are greeted
with red and white decora-
tions, including balloons,
tablecloths and plates and
napkins with funny hearts.
Many students arrived
ANNUAL
DATE
NIGHT
Fdday, Feb. 22, 2019
7p,m,-9p,m,
$10 per person
> Entertainment byAJ the DJ
> Light Refreshments
> Door Prizes
dressed especially for the
party.
The start time had to be
pushed back a little this
year to accommodate the
new block scheduling at
Mary Persons and allow
about a dozen members of
Beta Club to help with the
party. They helped serve at
lunch, refilling drinks and
passing out cupcakes, per-
formed as puppeteers and
then jumped in as dance
partners in the final phase
of the party.
Ruth Cole, president of
the WMU, said the group
began planning the party
and coordinating with the
schools shortly after the
beginning of the year. She
thanked everyone who
helped bring the party
together, from the many
people who make the cup-
cakes that give the children
messy faces and countless
smiles to Cathy Stevick,
who always provides
audio-visual for the party,
including big screen images
and dance music that gets
everyone up and moving to
the beat.
o
Sherrie Waldorf is the
director of the FISH
(Forsyth Is Serving Him)
puppeteers who provide
captivating entertainment
after the meal of hot dogs,
chips, carrot sticks, iced tea
and decorated cupcakes.
Waldorf has directed the
ministry, which focuses
on 3rd to 5th graders at
Forsyth UMC, for about
25 years. She deftly trains
BETA Club members or
other talent to perform at
special occasions like the
Valentine Party as Stevick
keys the accompanying
lights and sound.
family
at
By Thompson
Special to the Reporter
family celebrates its 100th
anniversary of singing and
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After the puppeteers
took a bow, it was time to
push back the chairs and
open up the dance floor.
Wheelchairs, crutches, shy
children, school staffmem-
bers of all ages and students
with show-stopping dance
moves enjoyed the dance
floor together.
"Our Valentine party
would not be complete un-
less we get a chance get up
and dance" said Steviclc
When it was time to
leave, WMU members pre-
sented each student with
a Valentine's teddy bear to
take home.
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Above, Dennis, Dina and Kimberly of The Segos--The Next
Generation will sing at Russellville Baptist on Feb. 24.
Below are Lamar, James and W.R. Sego singing as The
Harmony Kings in the 1940's and the Lamar Sego family in
the 1960's.
million copies, an astonish-
ing feat for a small family
group. The group contin-
ued to sing for many years,
despite deaths of some
family members, becoming
a gospel music icon across
the South.
In the 1960% Lamar Sego
left the Sego Family group
and began singing with
other family members as
The Lamar Sego Family.
That group gained national
recognition with the song
"Hallelujah Square:' which
they performed at the ,
Gospel Music Association's
Dove Awards.
The Lamar Sego fam-
ily continued the musical
legacy for many years,
making its last recordings
in 2004. That group was
active until Lamar Sego's
death in 2012, at which
time Lamar's son, Dennis,
formed another family
group that is The Segos
- The Next Generation,
and this group will be at
Russellville Baptist Church
on Sunday.
This group includes Den-
nis' wife, Dina, daughter,
Kimberly, and son, Mi-
chad. Dennis' sisters Robin
and Hettie still write gospel
music, and other family
members are involved in
keeping their music minis-
try alive today.
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