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THE JACKSON HERALD
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 2010
Antioch United Methodist
Church, Nicholson, will hold
Holy Week services. The dates
and times are as follows: April
1, Holy Thursday Communion
supper at 6 p.m. and worship
at 7 p.m.; April 2, Good Friday
Tenebrae service, supper at 6
p.m. and worship at 7 p.m.;
Saturday, April 3, Easter egg
hunt at 3 p.m.; and April 4,
Easter Sunday sunrise service
at 7 a.m. on the front lawn
(bring a lawn chair), break
fast will follow the service,
no Sunday school, morning
worship at 11 a.m. “Come to
the Cross,” an Easter invita
tion presented by the chancel
choir. The church is located
at 885 Antioch Church Road.
The Rev. Don Clark is pastor.
Bethany United Methodist
Church will hold the follow
ing Holy Week services: the
annual Good Friday Living
Cross will be held on April 2,
from 12 through 6 p.m. The
evening service will be held
at 7:30 p.m.; several members
will participate in the annual
Cross Walk in Jefferson on
Saturday, April 3, at 10 a.m.
and from 2 - 4 p.m. the children
will have their annual Easter
egg hunt; and Sunday, April
4, sunrise service at 7 a.m.
followed by the men’s break
fast. There will be a regular
service at 11 a.m. Everyone is
invited. The church is located
on Brockton Road.
Maranatha Baptist Church
will hold an Easter celebration
on Saturday, April 3, from 12
- 2 p.m. in the fellowship hall.
All ages are invited for games,
lunch and an egg hunt. Also,
there will be an Easter sunrise
service on Sunday, April 4, at 7
a.m. and a regular worship ser
vice at 10:30 a.m. There will
be no Sunday school classes
that morning. The church is
located off of Winder Road
just outside of Jefferson, at 65
Ebenezer Church Road. The
church pastor is Kevin Page.
For more information, call
706-367-4383.
Mt. Bethel United
Methodist Church,
Commerce, will hold an Easter
sunrise service on Sunday,
April 4, at 7:30 a.m. Breakfast
will be served following the
service. The church is located
off Hwy. 59, at 295 Mt. Bethel
Road. The Rev. Lynn Gibson
is pastor.
Attica Baptist Church,
Athens, will hold an Easter
egg hunt on Saturday, April
3, at 1 p.m. Also, an Easter
sunrise service will be held
on Sunday, April 4, at 7:30
a.m. Breakfast will be served
immediately following the
service. Sunday school will be
held at 10 a.m. and an Easter
Cantata at 11 a.m. The church
is located in South Jackson
County, at 4352 Lebanon
Church Road. For more infor
mation, call 706-208-1231.
Kevin Purcell is the church
pastor.
Bush River Baptist
Church, along with Homer
First Baptist and Bethlehem
Baptist Church, will hold a
sunrise service on Sunday,
April 4, at 6 a.m. The speak
er will be the Rev. Anthony
Browner, associate minister
of the church. Breakfast will
be served after the service.
Sunday school will be at 9
a.m. and the Easter program
will be at 10 a.m. The Rev.
Julius Mack is pastor. The
church is located on Grove
Level Road, Maysville.
Warren Chapel United
Methodist Church,
Commerce, will hold an Easter
sunrise service on Sunday,
April 4, at 6 a.m. The Rev.
W. R. Brown of Mt. Calvary
Missionary Baptist Church,
Commerce, will be the guest.
Breakfast will be served. The
Rev. Lyndon Eubanks is pas
tor. For more information, call
706-335-2498. The church is
located at 468 Homer Road.
Academy Baptist Church
will hold the following Easter
services on Sunday, April 4:
sunrise service will be held at
7 a.m. with breakfast to fol
low; and Sunday school will
begin at 10 a.m. with Easter
worship service beginning at
11 a.m. Special music will
be provided for both services.
Everyone is invited to attend.
The church is located on
Academy Church Road, north
of Jefferson off Hwy. 129. The
Rev. Lee Hunter is pastor.
Maysville United
Methodist Church will pres
ent “He Arose,” an Easter
drama, on Sunday, April 4, at
11 a.m. The play is written and
directed by Michael McCravy.
Dugar Strickland is the church
pastor. For more information,
call 706-654-0551.
Calvary Baptist Church,
Commerce, will hold a sun
rise service on Sunday, April
4, at 7 a.m. The Rev. Danny
Strickland will speak. At 6
p.m. Chanc Strickland will
speak. For more information,
call 706-335-3429. Donald
Wilson is the church pas
tor. The church is located on
Hospital Road.
Hudson River Baptist
Church will hold an Easter
sunrise service on Sunday,
April 4, at 7 a.m. Sunday
school will be at 10 a.m. and
a worship service at 11 a.m.
Everyone is welcome. Troy
Herbert is the church pastor.
The church is located at 171
Hudson River Church Road,
off of Hwy. 326. For more
information, call 706-335-
5691 or 706-870-0803.
Walnut Fork Baptist
Church, Hoschton, will hold
an Easter sunrise service on
Sunday, April 4, at 7:10 a.m.
Breakfast will be served after
the service. Sunday school
will be held at 8 a.m. and an
Easter service at 9 a.m. There
will be no evening service.
The church is located on Hwy.
60.
The Lighthouse
Congregational Holiness
Church, Commerce, will
host two events on Easter
Sunday, April 4. An Easter
Communion sunrise service
will be held at 6:30 a.m., fol
lowed by the worship team
presentation of “The Lamb,
The Cross, The Future” at 11
a.m. Sunday evening services
will be cancelled. The church
is located at 5916 Hwy. 98.
For more information, call
706-367-8220.
UPCOMING NEXT WEEK
Jefferson United Methodist
Church will hold Prime Time
in the fellowship hall on
Thursday, April 8, at 12:30
p.m. “The program will be
very interesting as we tour
the church halls and walls and
learn some of the important
history of our church from
some of our ‘kin’ of the found
ing fathers,” leaders state.
There will be a covered dish
meal.
The Jolly Agers of the First
Baptist Church, Commerce,
will meet at noon on Tuesday,
April 6, for a covered-dish
lunch. Singer/songwriter John
Barry will present a program.
Faith Baptist Church of
Jefferson, host site for Angel
Food Ministries, is work
ing with Jackson Family
Connection to identify chil
dren in need. The goal is to
give each child a free “After
School Box” of food on April
17. The food box available to
donate is $24 and is called
“Just For Me After School
Assorted Box.” Payment must
be received by April 11. Debit
and credit cards are accepted
at www.angelfoodministries.
com. To ensure that Jackson
Family Connection receives
your donation, in the “Email
of person who referred you”
section of the online order, put
getjacksoncountyangelfood@
gmail.com. If additional items
are purchased for personal
use, the pick-up time and date
is Saturday, April 17, from 8
- 9 a.m. For more information
about the after-school box for
Jackson Family Connection,
call 706-367-8554 ext. 3.
First Baptist Church,
Jefferson, will hold a fellow
ship lunch at the JEMC audi
torium on Sunday, April 11,
following the 10:50 a.m. wor
ship service. The cost will
be $10 for adults and $6 for
kids 12 and under. The church
is located at 246 Washington
Street. For more information,
call 706-367-8332.
The Jefferson First United
Methodist Church will hold
Dave Ramsey’s Financial
Peace University, a 13-week
video curriculum series on
personal finance, beginning
Sunday, April 11, from 2-4
p.m. For more information,
call 404-644-6736.
Nicholson Baptist Church
will hold a spring revival
Sunday, April 11, at 11 a.m.
and 6 p.m. and Monday and
Tuesday, April 12 and 13, at 7
p.m. nightly. The guest speak
er will be evangelist Scott
Newton Smith. More informa
tion about Smith can be found
at his website http://snsminis-
tries.org/about/. Monday will
be family night and Tuesday
will be youth night. The church
is located at 71 Church Street.
For more information, call the
church at 706-757-3412 from
9-4 p.m., Monday through
Friday, or visit www.nichol-
sonbaptistchurch.com.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Mt. Calvary Missionary
Baptist Church will hold a
chicken-que on Friday, April
16 and Saturday, April 17,
from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. The
plates will include: one half
chicken, two sides, bread and
dessert for $7. Carryout and
delivery will be available.
All proceeds will go towards
the 130th church anniversary.
The church is located at 96
Martin Luther King Jr. Drive,
Commerce. The Rev. W. R.
Brown is pastor. For more
information, call 706-335-
6263.
Galilee Christian Church,
Jefferson, will hold a spring
tea for ladies on Saturday,
April 17, at 1 p.m. in the
Family Life Center. Phil and
Pam Morgan will be the guest
speakers. Tickets for the event,
which include a catered meal,
are $12 and are available at
the church office. For more
information, visit www.phi-
landpammorgan.com. Also,
there will be a free concert by
the Morgan’s on Sunday, April
18, at 6 p.m. in the church
sanctuary. Tom Plank is the
pastor. For more information,
call Sarah at 706-367-4199.
The church is located at 2191
Galilee Church Road.
Madison Street Baptist
Church, Commerce, will
hold “Across Georgia 2010
Evangelistic Revival” Sunday,
April 18, at 11 a.m. and 6
p.m. and Monday through
Wednesday, April 19 - 21, at
7 p.m. nightly. Gerald Harris,
editor of The Christian Index,
will be the guest speaker.
The church is located at 188
Madison Street. For more
information, call 706-335-6358
or e-mail MadisonStBaptist@
windstream.net.
The Other Death Penalty
Who I am is not that important. What I have to say is. In order to
receive the death penalty in Georgia, the prosecutor, for example, must
prove to a jury that a murder was committed with premeditation, and
also, that there are certain aggravated circumstances involved in the
case. However, there’s another form of the death penalty being handed
down by Judges - not juries - that the citizens of this state should be
concerned about. “The Other Death Penalty” I am referring to and
used by State Prosecutors when the crime doesn’t involve murder is
O.C.G.A. Section 17-10-7. Under this state statute - called the Recidivist
Statute - a convicted individual can receive a sentence of Life in Prison
without the possibility of parole if the district attorney shows a Judge
that an individual about to be sentenced has more than one (1) prior
felony conviction on his or her record. Normally, if the prior conviction
involved a violent crime, say armed robbery or aggravated assault, the
district attorney could use the prior convictions to obtain an enhance
sentence of Life Without Parole. Little do the citizens and juries know
that district attorneys in Georgia are abusing this state statute.
Case in point: Several years ago, Edward Kelvin Pope, received a
virtual death sentence in Banks County Superior Court, after former
District Attorney Timothy Madison used two (2) non-violent prior
drug convictions to convince Judge Motes to enhance Pope’s twenty-
year (20) sentence to Life plus 70 years. The “good ‘ole boys system”
worked in this case. Need I remind you that, Timothy Madison was
later convicted of crimes against the state, and received in comparison
to Pope’s sentence, a slap on the wrist.
Since when did the General Assembly enact a death penalty law to
be applied to non-murder cases? Moreover, when did the General
Assembly allow for the death penalty to be applied to cases where the
primary testimony came from a known paid and unreliable informant?
Especially, given the fact that Judge Motes stated during Pope’s trial
that: I wouldn’t believe a word Mr. Lord, the paid informant, said with
his prior criminal record. This statement is contained in Pope’s Trial
Transcript, Volume III, Page 359, Lines 17 - 24.
You decide. Should Edward Kelvin Pope receive a death sentence
based primarily on the unreliable testimony of an informant, co
defendant and dishonest district attorney? Pope’s co-defendant has long
been released. Who in Banks County will receive the next “Other
Death Penalty”?
Edward Kelvin Pope helped a lot of people in Banks and
surrounding counties. It is time someone helped him. If you want to
help, please write his mother Agnes Peterman, or his friend Robin
Kelley at this address:
Agnes Peterman Robin Kelley
8351 Hwy. 334 P. O. Box 813
Nicholson, GA 30565 Watkinsville, GA 30677
(706) 757-8024
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