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PASTOR'S CORNER by Rev. Angela Johnson
Have you ever thought about fly tradition with them and giving them a
Love as it is noted in the faro'fly to be with. Many have told us thank
footnotes? We started a family you as it gave them hope and joy to see the
tradition in 2003 serving din- Love of Christ given to them. They knew
ner to nine seniors from the Senior Center
as a way to extend the love of Jesus to our
neighbors.
Over the last 15 years this tradition has
grown to serving Christmas dinner to 750
people. It is exciting, yet it is sad
at the same time. Many in our
venture,
Jaout them.
RIV. ANGELA
JOHNSON
If is exciting to.see what t
loving community we live in.
Many people donate baked goods,
cairned goods, meat and morel
Theevent brings tears to my
eyes as we attempt to love on our
neighbors in need.
We make a list, check it twice,
trying to find out who needs
what and how much of it we
can provide. We started offering dine-in
meals last year thanks to the Christ United
Methodist Church offering their fellowship
hall for a central location. Mr. Zion United
we could have been doing anything else,
but we chose to show Love to them.
I look forward to seeing more of our
community giving Love to one another as
He has given Love to us. After all it is His
birthday celebration; let's give
Him what He asked for.
: John 13:" : (An ,plified Bible)i :'::
1.am,# ing /bu :! :,": )
another. Just as I have loved you,
so you too are to love' bne
Footnotes: John 13:34 The
key to understanding this and
other statements about love is to
know that this love (the Greek
word agape) is not so much a
matter of emotion as it is of doing
things for the benefit of another
person, that is, having an unself-
ish concern for another and a willingness
to seek the best for another.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
Methodist Church offers us refrigerator
space. Many other individuals and families
offer their services preparing routes, mak-
ing personal handmade cards for those on
their routes, praying with those picking up
their meals, praying with those to whom
to
Cantata, "Chftd
Dec. 16 of 6 p.m. It will
2,000
ments following tile program.
41
Coming
Dec. t6-24
Rev. Angela Johnson is the director of
Reconciliation House, Inc a ministry that
serves those who have been incarcerated
and are reentering the community and the Fors~h
families of those who are or have been incar-
cerated, especially children.
95 West
they deliver meals. ThePastor's Corner.sponsoredby the k Springs Academy Stars
It is a joy seeing their reaction to the Monroe County MinisteriaIAssociation, I k; C
Love coming from their community. The which meets on the second Thursday of each
joy grew as of last year sitting at the table month at 8 a.m. at The Pickled Okra, 33 W
with those that dine in, making a new fam- Johnston St. on the Square.
You can help make a
difference this season by
partnering with the Rec-
onciliation House Inc. His
Love extended Christmas
Dinner campaign.
Beginning the week of
Dec 21st through the 25th,
Christmas Day, RHI is ask-
ing for volunteers to help
with all stages of prepara-
tion to ensure many of our
County residents have a full
holiday meal on the table.
This year's goal is to
deliver meals and fellow-
ship with over 400 families.
Here's a chance for every-
one to get involved in serv-
ing the community. Hope
to see you soon!
Food Donations: Ham/Tur- with cooking prep, food
key/Other Meat; Canned storage & route preparation
Goods; Bread (variety); DELIVERY: Drivers, '
Desserts; Canned/Bottled Delivery Carriers, Encour-
Drinks agefs (Familiarity with
Donations: Com- Monroe County is a plus)
partment/hinge contain- ADMINISTRATIVE:
ers; Plastic ware/Utensils; Distribute & Collect Help
Napkins; Plastic Ziploc Service Applications, Deliv-
bags ery Info & Confirm Callers
Donalkms:
for tax deductible items Prayers throughout
the week -
VOLUNTEERS: Please contact Angela
PRAYER: Praying for Johnson 478-787-4215.
families in need, for days of Donations can be mailed
service and volunteers to: Reconciliation House
COOKS: To smoke/ Inc. P O Box 143, Yates-
grill/fry/bake the donated ville, GA 31097
turkey, ham Or visit us at: http://www.
PREPARATION: Assist reconciliationhouse.org/
(RHI is on Facebook)
The Star Students at
Rock Springs Chris-
tian Academy for No-
vember and December:
are pictured, left to
right, Front Row: )ax
Varner, Cash Hooper,
Jhayli Barnes, Lily
Turner; Second Row:
Emma Duncan, Kyn-
she Feltman, Vanessa
Henry, Max Scoggin,
Levi Kent; Third Row:
Amelia Reeves, Mi-
chelle Tuner, Hunter
Duke, Kendall Paulk,
Josh McDaniel; Back
Row: Tucker Pier-
son, Isaac Hutchens,
Jordan Stroud. Levi
Kent, Tucker Pierson
and Jordan Stroud
are Monroe County
residents.
By Diane Glidewell
news@rnymcr.net
Forsyth's city cemetery is 26 acres
of green space and intriguing links
to the past, that is the past of almost
two centuries ago and the past of '
yesterda Visitors come to town
looking for the graves of relatives or
friends, and locals look for ties to
landmarks they see daily.
The Forsyth Convention & Visi-
tor's Bureau now has a cemetery
map and guide printed as part of a
$2,000 matching grant from Geor- from the local Bacldot Players, Inc.
gia Humanities in partnership with took on the personalities of about
the Georgia Department ofEco= a dozen of the cemetery's residents
nomic Development. It includes and told the sto es at sites near
the history of the Forsyth City
Cemeter where the earliest mark-
ers date from the 1820's, sketches of
32 interesting individuals whb now
rest in the city cemeter pictures of
some of their historic homes and
monuments and a map of the over
1,100 plots in the cemetery.
The grant first funded a "living
history" event in May when actors
their final resting!places. The cem-
etery map and is the result of
additional research to expand this
history and make it more acces-
sible.
Anyone who would like to take a
tour of the Forsyth City Cemetery,
finding the graves of some of the
notables of the past or looking
for those names one now sees
on streets, buildings, schools and
polling places, has a guide to do so.
Visitors can also find interesting
monuments and draw conclusions
from dates and family groupings.
Evdyn Bugg has given count-
less hours over the last six years to
recording and organizing a list of
everyone buried not only in the
Forsyth City Cemetery but any-
where in Monroe County. She is a
volunteer with the Monroe County
Historical Society. She took on the
task of comp'ding all the deaths and
burials recorded in the Monroe
County History Book, which
was published in 1979, and then
continued the pro):ct by adding
records from local funeral homes,
newspaper obituaries arid the Find
A Grave website. She continues to
add information about recent buri-.
als and past burials as she finds it.
"It's really been interesting7 said
Bugg. "I like working with detail."
Two months ago she gave the city
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