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Rock Springs Church will host the Celebrate Recovery Ministry today at 7 p.m.
Rock Springs Church kicks
off Celebrate Recovery Ministry
Rock Springs Church
(RSC) will host the Cel
ebrate Recovery Ministry
on August 3 at 7 p.m. at
the RSC campus.
“We are so proud to
host this life-changing
ministry at RSC,” said
Senior Pastor Benny
Tate. “We believe that
God is the author of true
transformation and we
are looking forward to
the great impact this
curriculum makes in our
community.”
Celebrate Recovery
is a Christ-centered
12-step ministry for all
life’s hurts, habits and
hangups. There is no
limit to class size and
there are specialized
small groups for all ages
and individual needs.
Each session consists of
a worship service, group
message or testimony,
and small group break
outs.
“God used this minis
try to turn my mess into
a message,” said Cel
ebrate Recovery Leader,
Jeromy Marsh. “This is a
safe place for individuals
to receive the help and
support they need while
being a part of a Chris
tian community.”
Celebrate Recovery
will meet every Tues
day at 7 p.m. in the RSC
Branch building located
at 219 Rock Springs Rd.,
Milner, GA 30257.
For more informa
tion about Rock Springs
Church, visit www.
rockspringsonline.com.
For more information
about Celebrate Recov
ery, email Jeromy and
Heather Marsh at cr@
rockspringsonline.com.
Debts erased for some GSC students
FROM PAGE ONE
March 27, 2020, CRRSAA
Act on December 27,
2020 and ARP Act on
March 11,2021.
As a result of this dis
charge of debt, students
enrolled as of March 13,
2020 no longer owe a
balance of any amount to
Gordon State College for
academic terms prior to
spring 2021. There are 94
students who have been
assisted, and the total
overall financial impact is
$75,590.63.
“Being able to help our
students overcome fi
nancial burdens in order
to continue their educa
tional journey is truly a
blessing. Students are
the root of everything we
do here at Gordon, and
we are very excited for
our students who were
eligible to receive these
funds. We look forward
to watching them gradu
ate and fulfill their future
endeavors.” said Candice
Brown, GSC Bursar.
Students may still
have charges on their
account for their current
and/or future academic
terms for which they
will still have a balance
and are responsible for
those charges. All finan
cial holds on students’
accounts
with Gordon
State College
have been
removed and
all students’
accounts are
clear and in
good standing.
This does not
apply to holds
associated with current
summer ’21 or fall ’21
charges, and students are
still responsible for pay
ing these charges.
Students who are
interested in continu
ing to work toward their
degree are eligible to
re-enroll or reapply for
admission, depending on
the length of time they
have been unenrolled
and consistent with their
academic standing and
institutional policy. This
debt discharge is funded
by these various federal
programs, and it is a one
time event. Gordon State
College does not antici
pate a similar program
being made available in
the near future. GSC stu
dent, Michael Fields said,
“A quote by Cliff Rich
ard that 1 always say to
myself and colleagues is
‘Financial Support is one
thing, but I always think
what becomes really sac
rificial is your
time.’ When
people take
the time to
explore finan
cial resources
beyond what
they can see,
you’ll never
know what
the blessing
behind that will result
in. These resources have
given me the opportunity
to return to school and to
continue my education.”
“Any time there is an
opportunity to remove
a financial barrier to ac
cess education, it is an
investment on someone’s
future. As our economy’s
success depends on at
tracting the right talent,
we are delighted to assist
our future graduates with
coming back to finish
what they started,” said
Dr. Kirk A. Nooks, GSC
President.
For further Informa
tion, students can check
to see if their debt has
been discharged by
accessing the Student
Account Center by visit
ing www.gordonstate.
edu and clicking the Pay
Online link at the bottom
of the page.
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State unemployment
rates drop as jobs increase
Governor Brian P.
Kemp recently applauded
Georgia’s unemployment
rate which dropped for
the fourteenth straight
month since April 2020.
The unemployment rate
dropped from 4.1% in
May 2021 to 4.0% for
the month of June. The
national unemployment
average is 5.9%.
“Georgia’s economic
momentum continues
as jobs increase and
our unemployment
rate remains the lowest
of the most populous
states,” said Governor
Kemp. “While the media
and their partisan allies
falsely attacked Georgia’s
approach to combatting
the COV1D-19 pandemic,
protecting both lives
and livelihoods during
unprecedented times is
paying off for countless
Peach State families. Our
world-class business
environment is attract
ing jobs and investment
from across the country
and around the world,
and more hardworking
Georgians are re-entering
the workforce.”
In Lamar County, the
unemployment rate for
May was 4.0, up from 2.9
in April but down sig
nificantly from 8.4 in May
2020. For the month of
May, there were 8,154 in
the workforce in Lamar
with 7,831 employed and
323 unemployed. The
unemployment rate for
surrounding counties in
May was 4.5 in Spalding,
2.8 in Pike, 4.0 in Upson,
3.1 in Monroe and 3.6 in
Butts.
The number of jobs
statewide was up 32,800
in June, and up 464,000
since businesses began
shutting their doors due
to COV1D 19. The labor
force increased 3,000
over the month to over
5.1 million, up 178,000
since April 2020. Geor
gia’s employed residents
in June saw a monthly
increase of 8,000, up
592,000 since April of last
year to 4,956,857. The
number of unemployed
dropped 5,000 from May
to June to 208,033, down
414,000 since the begin
ning of the pandemic.
Georgia Unemployment Rate
(Seasonally Adjusted)
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