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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2008 BARROW JOURNAL PAGE 7B Church News news @ barrowjournal. com UPCOMING THIS WEEK Bethlehem First Baptist Church will hold a Christmas Eve candlelight service Wednesday, Dec. 24, at 7 p.m. The church is located at 548 Christmas Ave, Hwy 11 North. For more informa tion, call 770-867-3577. Winder First United Methodist Church will hold the following events on Wednesday, Dec. 24: at 4:30 p.m. a Christmas Eve ser vice in the fellowship hall; communion in the chapel at 5:45, 7:30, 8:45 and 10:30 p.m.; candle light service in the sanctuary at 6:30, 8 and 11 p.m. and a nursery will be provided from 6:15 to 9 p.m. The church is located at 280 N. Broad St., Winder. For more information, call 770-867-4594 or visit wind- erfumc.com. Bethlehem First United Methodist Church will host two worship services Wednesday, Dec. 24. A family worship with carols and scripture lessons will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the fellowship hah. A candle light communion service will follow at 7 p.m. in the sanctuary. The church is located at 709 Christmas Ave. For more information, call 770-867-3727 or email bethlehemfirstmethodist@ ahtel.net. Auburn First Baptist Church will hold a holi day family concert and chili dinner Saturday, Dec. 27, at 6 p.m. In concert will be a well known Chicago area group “Heaven’s Gate” featuring Karole Masters. If you enjoy 104.7, “The Fish” you won’t want to miss this concert, leaders state. Suggested donations are $10 for adults, $5 for children over 3 years; free under 3 years. For tickets and reservations, call Nancy at 678-963-0406 or Connie at 678-377-9455. UPCOMING NEXT WEEK The Church At Winder, Bethlehem, will hold a New Year’s Eve celebration Wednesday, Dec. 31, at 7 p.m. The church is locat ed at 546 Treadwell Road. For more information, call 770-867-8888 or visit www. churchatwinder.org. “The Walkers” gospel group will be in concert at The Winder Worship Center Wednesday, Dec. 31, at 8 p.m. “The Gobers” will also be performing. The church is located at 281 E. Wright Street. For more information, call Kenny at 770-868-6528. For more information about “The Walkers” visit www. walkerministries.com. Eastside Baptist Church, Winder, will hold a “New Year Gospel Singing Jubilee” Saturday, Jan. 3, at 6 p.m. Featured will be “The Gobers,” “The Fambdins,” “Straitway,” “The Gilmer Sisters” and more. There will be no admission charge. For more information, call 770-867-3276 or visit info@ TheGobers.com. “The Mark Trammell Trio” will be in concert at Bible Baptist Church, Monroe, Sunday, Jan. 4, at 10:45 a.m. and 2 p.m. For more infor mation, call 770-267-6711 or visit www.biblebapt.org. Send your church news to the Barrow Journal at news @ barrowjournal. com. Online test tutorials available at libraries Residents of all three coun ties of the Piedmont Regional Library System, Banks, Barrow and Jackson, now have access to Learning Express Library free of charge. This internet-based test preparation resource can be accessed through any of our 11 libraries, or from home with a library card. Learning Express Library is an online resource that allows users to take practice ver sions of standardized tests. Among the many tests avail able are GED, SAT, GRE, ACT, ASVAB, and Advanced Placement (AP) exams. Other exams available include the Postal Exam, Nursing, Police, Corrections Officer, Firefighter and Civil Service. For younger students, Learning Express Library Reunion to host race for soldiers The Reunion community in South Hall will host the “Fallen Heroes of Georgia” 10K, 5K and IK fun run on Saturday, March 28. The 10K will start at 8 a.m. and is a Peachtree Road Race qualifier. The 5K will start at 8:05 a.m., and the IK fun run will follow at 8:10 a.m. The race is open to all ages and abilities. The race is a joint effort of Operation One Voice and the Reunion Golf Community, which is located on Thompson Mill Road, near Chateau Elan. Each race will have a different route through the community. The American military will be represented by as many branches as possible, including vehicles and displays. Since Operation One Voice is a police and firefighter-operated non profit group, there will also be representatives from local police and fire departments. The race will honor the 135 American soldiers from Georgia that have “paid the ultimate sacrifice.” Awards will be given in each category of the race. Pre-registration fees are $18 for the 10K/5K, $50 for 5K family of four and $12 for the IK fun run. The fees on race day are: $23 for 10K/5K, $65 for 5K for family of four, and $15 for the IK fun run. The pre-registration deadline is March 21. includes elementary, middle and high school tests in math, reading and writing. These tests are specifically geared toward improving skills in all these areas. Also included are resume and interviewing skills tests, citizenship, and Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Many e-books are available for downloading to help users prepare for these tests. Tests are scored immedi ately, giving the user feed back on the areas that need improvement. This resource is particularly helpful for those who like to use a computer, but might be more reluctant to study using a book, library officials said. A free account takes sec onds to set up. All one needs is a free library card from any of the eleven libraries in Banks, Barrow or Jackson Counties. Any staff member can give a demonstration. 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JEMS renovations nearing completion Eighteen months of plan ning and construction on Jackson Electric Membership Corporation’s (EMC) Jefferson District office build ing will be wrapped up at the end of January. The building now has more efficient workspace for dis trict employees, a more cus tomer-friendly environment for cooperative members and an updated William H. Booth Auditorium for public use. Renovations to the building include workspace consolidat ed and reorganized by work group, more space for the dis trict engineering and opera tions group that is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the local electric distribu tion system, a new system control center that monitors the cooperative’s entire dis tribution system, adequate meeting room and conference room space, data wiring to meet present and future state- of-the-art technology needs and a lobby that is both more secure and more customer- friendly. “We know the community has been missing the audi torium,” noted Don Stewart, Jackson EMC’s Jefferson dis trict manager. “We’re pleased to say that we’re now tak ing reservations for February events in the auditorium.” The auditorium, which now has upgraded audio controls and a large screen for meet ings, is available for civic, community, non-profit and church events at no charge. “We’ve also found an addi tional way to give back to the local community by creating space in the building for use as a business incubator - a place where new businesses locating in this area can begin working and interviewing personnel so that they can get a head-start in establishing their business,” Stewart said. “We believe this will be an economic develop ment tool that can benefit the entire county and are really pleased to be able to provide it,” Stewart said. 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