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assistance with filing 2001 taxes. Free electronic filing avail
~ able. Dates for assistance are Saturdays through February
-and March, from9a.m.to 1 p.m. each day. Assistance will take
‘place at 303 Hale St. Call and make an appointment or drop
in, but drop ins will wait longer for assistance. For more info,
call 722-8195 or 722-8196.
B New Jerusalem Apostolic Holiness Ministries, 3032
Milledgeville Rd. of Augusta, will hold a yard sale on Sat., Feb.
2, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be various items on display
witha clothing giveaway to the needy. The event is sponsored
by the Rainbow Tea Team.
BTabernacle Baptist Church, 1223 Laney-Walker Blvd.
of Augusta, will host a Voter Empowerment Crusade Organiz
ingßally on Sat., Feb. 2, at 12 noon. The Georgia Coalition for
the Peoples’ Agenda (GCPA) and the organizers of Region 2
will set in motion a crusade to empower, register, educate and
mobilize 100,000 new voters in 2002. Sponsorsinclude GCPA,
Asso. Of Black Elected Officials, Ga. NAACP, SCLC, Ga.
Coalition of Black Women, Rainbow-PUSH, Ga. Summit Afr.
Amer. Bus. Orgs., AFL-CIO, Ga. Missionary Baptist Conven
tion, Operation BIG VOTE, and Democracy South. For more
info, call Tabernacle at 724-1230. The church will hold its
Winter Revival, the first of its “2002 Revivals: Going to the
Next Level.” The revival will run Feb. 4-6, at 7 p.m. nightly.
Guest speaker will be Rev. Dr. Freddie Haynes 111, pastor of
Friendship West Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas. Rev. Otis
Moss 111 is pastor of Tabernacle.
B Marvin United Methodist Church, 4400 Wheeler Rd.
of Martinez, Ga., will host a Shepeard Community Blood
Center blood drive on Sun., Feb. 3, from9a.m. to 1 p.m. Please
bring ID or donor card.
B Crossroads Fellowship, 4301 Wheeler Rd. of Martinez,
Ga., will host a Shepeard Community Blood Center blood drive
on Sun., Feb. 3, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please bring ID or
donor card.
~ B Pleasant Grove Baptist of Hephzibah Church will
celebrate the 14* anniversary of its pastor, the Rev. Charles E.
Lacy, on Sun., Feb. 3, at 2 p.m. Morning service will begin at
11a.m. and Sunday School willbe held at 10 a.m. Rev. Patricia
Smith, pastor of the Tender Sprout Christian center, will be
ithe guest speaker. The church will offer training for service
classes, a survey of the bible, each sc.cond and fourth Saturday
-at2p.m. Freeto the public. For more details, call Evangelist
‘Vonghett Oatisat (706) 737-2675 or 399-6395. Rev. CharlesE.
Lacy is pastor. Evangelist Oatis is assistant pastor.
B Cumming Grove Baptist Church, 2259 Gardner St. of
Augusta, will hold its Third Appreciation Day Service for Rev.
Norris V. Rouse on Sun., Feb. 3, at 3 p.m. The Rev. Dr. Victor
R.Thomas, pastor of Greater Mt. Canaan Baptist Church, will
speak.
B Christian People Helping People will hold their
Adult/Senior Activity Day on Tues., Feb. 5, from 10 a.m. to 1
p.m. at 2577 Wheeler Rd. There will be anaerobic exercise,
table games, fellowship in song, reminiscencing, blood pres
sure screening, and much more. Refreshments Refreshments
willbe provided and transportation will be free. Come and join
thefun. For transportation reservation or more information,
please call (706) 736-8167.
B Greater Love Ministries will present its 13 Annual
Black History Program on Tuesday, February 5, at 7 p.-m. at
the Mt. Zion A M.E. Z. Church, 1237 Summer St. Featured
willbe the world famous Sensational Nightingales of Durham,
N.C. Other guests will be The Dixie Jubilees, The Apostolic
Sons of God, Men of Zion Male Chorus and the Essie Mclntyre
Male Chorus, all of Augusta. Host pastor will be Rev. Alton R.
Pegues. Sponsor will be Rev. R.C. Herrington.
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1630 Fifteenth St. Augusta, Ga. 30901
(706) 733-9430
Sunday: Sunday School 9:30 am
Worship Service 11:00 am
Ist Sunday Eve. 6:30 pm
Wednesday: Praise Bible Study 7:00 pm
Thursday: Senior Services 10:00 am
Day Care Center
6:45 am-5:30 pm
Thankful Baptist Church
A Friendly Church with a Friendly Welcome
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Ak ¥ i Sunday Worship -11 a.m.
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Thankful Baptist Church
: 302 Walker Street
. B : Augusta, Georgia 30901
. Rev. Gregory A. Young
Pastor
WILLIAMS MEMORIAL
CM.E. CHURCH
WILLIAMS FUNERAL
HOMEINC.
1765 MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR. BLVD.
AUGUSTA, GA
Mrs. Elizabeth Booker
Entered into rest on Friday,
January 18, 2002 at the Lake
Forest Nursing Home. Fu
neral service was held Janu
ary 22, 2002 at 1 p.m. at the
Williams Funeral Home
Chapel with Overseer Ken
neth L. Johnson officiating.
Interment was in Walker
Memorial Park. Survivorsin
clude one daughter, Lula Mae
(Allen) Bell of Augusta, Ga.;
nine grandchildren, 16 great
grandchildren, cousins; and a
host of other relatives and
friends.
Retired First Sgt. Alfred
(P €te) Brown
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fie{u [ Valdosta, Ga.
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26,2002 at 2 p.m. at Hillcrest
Memorial Park with Dr.
Woodrow Miller Jr. officating.
Survivors include his wife,
Peggy D. Brown; two daugh
ters: Laura Brown of Augusta,
Ga. and Annette Laey of Jack
son, Miss.; two sons: Eric
B Warren Baptist Church, 3203 Washington Rd. of Au
gusta, will host a Shepeard Community Blood Center blood
driveon Wed., Feb. 6, from stoo 8 p.m. PleasebringlD or donor
card.
B Curtis Baptist Church, 1326 Broad St. of Augusta, will
host a Shepeard Community Blood Center blood drive on
Wed., Feb. 6, from 5t08:30 p.m. Please bring ID or donor card.
B Old Storm Branch Baptist Church of Clearwater, S.C.
will celebrate its Special Evangelistic and Fellowship Service
on Wed,, Feb. 6, at 6:30 p.m. Rev. Ralph Halloway will be the
speaker, with a baptism to follow the service.
BThe Annual Women’s Conference will be held on Fri.,
Feb. 8, at 7 p.m. on Sun., Feb. 9, at 9:30 a.m.
H The House of the Lord Church Usher Board Dept.,
1351 10* St. of Augusta, will hold a Platform Service on Fri.,
Feb. 8, at 7:30 p.m. Speakers will be various representatives
from various churches will speak at the event. Churches
represented willbe Onein Christ Qutreach Ministry; Friendly
C.0.G.1.C,, Travellers Outreach, Light of the World Outreach
Ministries, Christ United Fellowship Christian Center. For
more info, call <
B Advent Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3232 Wash
ington Rd. of Augusta, will host a Shepeard Community Blood
Center blood drive on Sun., Feb. 10, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Please bring ID or donor card.
B Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, 402 Aumond Rd. of
Augusta, will host a Shepeard Community Blood Center blood
WfiO[g Lifl Ministries Campus
Christian Life School of Theology
“Where Knowledge Comes To Life”
Associate, Bachelor and Master's Degree in Theology.
Curriculum includes Old and New Testament, Counseling,
Biblical, Practical and Historical Theology. Accredited by
Southern Accrediting Association of Bible Colleges.
Classes Offered Monthly
Next Class:
“Heaven, Home Sweet Home”
Dr. Tim Sheet
February 7-9, 2002
For more information,
Call Shirley Ledbetter, Academic Dean
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Wfio lé Ll«fe Ministries
2621 Washington Rd.
(706) 737-4530
www.wholelife.org
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Corner. Fax data on your
upcoming revivals, church
anniversaries, pastor
installations, temple hours,
and other information to
(706) 724-8432.
Obituaries
Brown of Augusta, Ga. and
David Smith of Jackson, Miss.;
ninesisters: Lula Brown, Mary
Brown,Janet Brown Barbara
Jean Franklin, Barbara Jo
Franklin, Cissy Franklin,
Mickey Brown Tania Franklin
and Carolyn Franklin; six
brothers: Herbert Brown,
Robert Brown, William Brown,
Jimmie Brown Carl Franklin
and Roland Franklin; seven
grandchildren, one special
aunt, Katie Holden of Jack
son, Miss., three special bud
dies: Sam Barnes, and Conan
Sanders, both of Augusta, Ga.
and Howard J, Trapp of Co
lumbia, S.C., a host of aunts,
uncles, cousins; and a host of
other relatives and friends.
Mrs. Sharon E. Perdue
Golphin
Entered into rest on Sunday,
January 20,2002 in New York.
Graveside service was held
January 27,2002 at 2 p.m. at
Walker Memorial Park with
Rev. Herman Jackson offici
ating. Survivors include one
uncle, Joe Huff; one brother,
Gregory (Ricky) Perdue) her
stepfather,Jack Williams; her
step-grandmother, Rubye
Curry; one sister-in-law, two
nieces, four aunts, three
uncles; and a host of other
relatives and friends.
AUGUSTA FOCUS
Walter Irvin Smith Sr.
Entered into rest on Thurs
day, January 11, 2002. Fu
neral service was held Janu
ary 19,2002 at 4 p.m. at Good
Shepard Baptist Church with
Rev. Pastor Willie L. James
officiating. Interment wasin
Bellvue Cemetery. Survivors
include his wife, Martha
Stokes Smith; five daughters:
Margaret S. McNeil, Carolyn
(David) Prince, Phyllis
(James) Mitchell, Dloris
Smith and Denise Smith, all
of Augusta, Ga.; four sons:
Walter Irvin Smith Jr.,John
M. Smith Sr., Laffette Smith
and Donald (Brenda) Smith,
all of Augusta, Ga.; four sis
ters: Juanita Williams and
Bernice (Lewis) Williams,
both of Auguusta, Ga., Julia
Elease Threattof Bronx,N.Y.
and Beulah Gren of Awendaw,
S.C.; one brother, Samuel
Cook of N.Y.; four sisters-in
law, two brothers-in-law, ;
and a host of other relatives
and friends.
Mrs. Mamie
Kelly Stephens
—Entered into rest
4 ‘lon Sunday, Janu
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_____January 24, 2002
at 2 pm. at the Ebenezer
drive on Sun., Feb. 10, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Please bring
ID or donor card.
B Historic Springfield Baptist Church, 114 12* St., will
host the Morehouse College Founder’s Day 135* Anniversary
Celebration on Sun., Feb. 10, at beginningat 11 a.m. Keynote
speaker will be the Rev. Dr. Samuel B. McKinney, Morehouse
Class of ‘49, former pastor of Mount Zion AME Church of
Seattle, Wash. Springfield Village Park will be dedicated at
12:30 p.m. There will be an official unveiling of two sculptures
with a press conference with dignitaries. Rev. E.T. Martin is
pastor.
EMount Calvary Baptist Church, 1260 Wrightsboro Rd.
of Augusta, will celebrate its 29 Pastoral Anniversary of its
pastor, Rev. Clyde Hill Sr., from Feb. 12-17. Pre-anniversary
activities will be held on Tues., Feb. 12,at 7 p.m. The Children
and Youth Ministry, Drama Ministry and Church-in-Training
will have program presentations. On Fri., Feb. 15, the Ninth
Annual Pre-Pastoral Anniversary Banquet will be held at the
Ramada Plaza Hotel, 640 Broad St., beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Speaker will be Rev. Hezekiah Benton, pastor of Bethlehem
Baptist Church of Covington, Ga. The anniversary will be
observed on Sun., Feb. 17, at 2:30 p.m. The theme will be
“Giving Honor to Whom Honor is Due in 2002.” Scripture
reference will be Romans 13:7. Special guests will be Rev. Otis
Moss 111 and the Tabernacle Baptist Church.
M First Baptist Church, 1640 Gene Howard Rd., Hwy.
296, Stapleton, Ga., will honor its pastor, the Rev. Frank
Seabrook Sr., during his pastoral anniversary on Sun.,Feb. 17,
at2:3op.m. Rev. William Bruce B! ~lnt and the Greater Young
Zion Baptist Church will be in charge of the service.
Faith Outreach Christian Life Center, Inc.
Monthly Event Schedule
Sunday Services ' 8:00AM
10:45AM
Ist Saturday of the Month Men'’s Outreach B:3OAM
2nd Tuesday Youth Outreach (Ages 3-12) 7:OOPM
2nd Friday Teen Outreach (Ages 13-18) 7:OOPM
2nd Saturday Adult Single’s Outreach B:3OAM
3rd Saturday Women’s Outreach B:3OAM
4th Tuesday Marriage Maintenance 7:OOPM
Every 4th Monday Youth Skating at the Stardust
Rink or Youth Bowling at the
Fort Gordon Bowling Alley
(Please call) 6:3OPM
Every Wednesday Corporate Prayer 6:OOPM
Every Wednesday Bible Study 7:OOPM
PasToßr RicHARD PEOPLES
2664 Willis Foreman Road
Hephzibah, GA 30815
Phone: (706) 792-9972
“Write the vision and make it plain upon the tables that he may run who readeth it” Hab 2:2
Mo /fl Emphasis:
LN ’\ : Mission Statement:
e > “Seek, Save, Shape, Support and
B e‘l{l E l 5 Serve”
; “ZAALCAL Dr. Sam Davis, Pastor
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4“’9 Baptist Church
Sunday Worships:
7:45 a.m., 10:45 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Bible Study every Wed. - 7:00 p.m. & Sat. - 9:30 a.m.
Over Eighty-seven Ministries Available
Sunday morning van pickup available
We are on the air every Sunday:b
Channel 6 at 7:30 a.m. and Channel 21 at 8:30 a.m.
and :
8:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. >Radio Station*WllZ 97.9 FM
4:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. »(Monday - Friday) Radio Station
WCLA 1470 AM & 107.3 FM(Statesboro - Savannabh, GA area)
1434 Poplar Street 4+ Augusta, Georgia 30901
Telepbone (706) 724-1086 + FAX (706) 724-6999
Web Site: www.beulabgrove.org .
JANUARY 31, 2002
Seventh Day Adventist
Church with Elder Brenan
Francois officiating. Inter
ment was in Soutview Cem
etery. Survivors include one
sister, Emma Lou (James)
Williams of Augusta, Ga.; one
brother, Thomas (Laura)
Kelly of Augusta, Ga.; seven
grandchildren, ahostof great
grandchildren, one great
great-grandson; and a host of
other relatives and friends.
W.H. MAYS MORTUARY
1221 James Brown Blvd.
Miss Alyssa
Timethia Brock (Infant)
Entered into rest on Wednes
day, January 23, 2002 at
Doctor’s Hospital. Graveside
service was held January 26,
2002 at 12 noon at Walker
Memorial Park with Elder
Brenan Francois officiating.
Interment was in Soutview
Cemetery. Survivors include
hermother, Melissa Santiago;
her father, Maurice Brock;
her maternal grandmother,
Rachel Agosto; her maternal
great-grandmother, Arcadia
Gonzalez of Puerto Rico; her
parental grandparents, Regina
Snells and Timothy Snells,
her parental great-grand
mother, Bertha Brock; and a
host of other relatives and
friends.
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