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January 5, 2022
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PASTOR S CORNER by Rev. Clarence Thrower
Spotlight on Local Churches
Wise men still seek Him
A t this time of the year, we reflect
on and celebrate the birth of our
Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
He is King of
Kings. He is Lord of Lords
(Revelations 17:14).
He is the Son of God, born
of the virgin, Mary, in the
town of Bethlehem of Judea
in the days of Herod the
King.
Matthew 2:1-2 tells us
that three wise men came
from the east having been
compelled to follow a new
star in the sky to Jerusalem
asking, Where is the one
who has been born King
of the Jews? For we saw the
star when it rose and have
come to worship him. They
came bearing gifts of gold,
representing the belief that Jesus is the
King of Kings; frankincense, representing
that people would worship and praise him;
and myrrh, representing that Jesus would
be persecuted resulting in his death.
These wise men were possibly influenced
by the teachings of the ancient Iranian
prophet, Zoroaster, who taught his follow
ers to worship a single god. The movement
he led worshipped a strange and unseen
light and thought of God as an Infinite
Spirit. Realizing that man could not rule
himself, these wise men were in need of
a spiritual foundation and were seeking a
King to pledge their allegiance to.
They found God in the form of a baby.
He, the highest, had revealed himself to
them in the lowest. He still comes to us in
this form today. He comes to us where we
are and does not expect us to raise our
selves to his level before we can find him.
Jesus Christ, the eternal Son
of God (Matthew 16:16), is
a gift of love from the Father
for the salvation of the
world (John 3:16-17).
I leave you with the last
verse of a favorite song by
Charles Wesley penned in
1739.
Hail the heaven-born
Prince of Peace
Hail the Son of Righteous
ness!
Light and life to all he
brings,
Risen with healing is his
wings,
Mild he lays his glory by,
Born that we no more may
die,
Born to raise us from the earth
Born to give us second birth
Hark! The herald angels sing “Glory to the
newborn King.”
Rev. Clarence Thrower Jr. is pastor to the
Forsyth Parish United Methodist Church
and serves three congregations: Kynette
UMC, 266 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.,
Forsyth; Hopewell UMC, 483 Hopewell
Road, Forsyth; Rocky Mount UMC, 1387
Highway 41 South, Barnesville. The Pastors
Corner is sponsored by the Monroe County
Ministerial Association, which meets on
the second Thursday of each month at 8:30
a.m. at Christ United Methodist Church,
417 N. Frontage Road, Forsyth.
Rev. Clarence Thrower
MONROE IN COLLEGE
Travis Cunning
ham of Forsyth has
completed courses with
exemplary marks and
made the Presidents List
for the Fall 2021 semester
at Georgia College in
Milledgeville. Georgia Col
lege, the states designated
public liberal arts univer
sity, combines the educa
tional experience expected
at esteemed private liberal
arts colleges with the af
fordability of public higher
education.
The following students
completed courses with ex
emplary marks and made
the Deans List for the Fall
2021 semester at Geor
gia College: Emma
Bertram of Juliette
Lauren Defore,
Skylar Reid, Maggie
Forrester,
Jackson
Gray, Brit
tany Green,
Andrew
Lackleyallof
Forsyth.
Sydney
Madan of
Bolingbroke
Sunshine
Alisa Sand-
efur, a 2017
Mary Persons
graduate, grad
uated from Sunshine
Colum
bus State
University on Dec. 11,
Summa Cum Laude, with a
and a concentration in
Secondary Education. She
immediate
ly accepted
a position
as a middle
school
teacher in
the Musco
gee County
school
system.
Sunshine
is the
daughter
of Clay and
Samantha
Sandefur
Sandefur andthe
grand
daughter of
Randall McMillian and
Faye Mahone.
Bachelor of Arts in History
Eagle has
landed, in
High Falls
Pam Moss of High Falls
captured this beautiful bald
eagle on High Falls Lake
last week.
CHURCH CALENDAR
Email church calendar news to Diane Glidewell at news'-mymcr.net by Monday
at 10 a.m. Church information is published free of charge as space permits.
Jan. 12
Circle of Care Food
Distribution will be at
Christ UMC
The Circle of Care, with
the assistance of com
munity churches and other
volunteers, will distribute food
packages provided by
Middle Georgia Community
Food Bank on Wednesday,
Jan. 12 at Christ United Meth
odist Church, 417 N. Front
age Road, Forsyth. Recipients
should begin lining up at 10
a.m. Future monthly distribu
tions are planned for the
second Wednesday of each
month. Check Christ United
Methodist Church’s Facebook
page or call 478-994-1232
for updated information.
Jan. 25
Food distribution at St.
James Baptist
St. James Baptist Church, 110
James Street, Forsyth will host
a drive-through food distribu
tion on Tuesday, Jan. 25
beginning at 11 a.m. in part
nership with Middle Georgia
Community Food Bank. The
distribution is at St. James
on the 4th Tuesday of each
month, weather permitting.
Remember when...
1992
In its 3rd Christmas season
Monroe County Gifts of
Love serves more than 175
local families, including 285
adults and 300 children.
Martin & Martin, Attorneys
file suit against Forsyth City
Council to collect more
than $30,000 in legal fees
incurred by outgoing Mayor
Richard Truitt, who served
10 consecutive terms.
New Mayor Paul Jossey Jr.
will be sworn into office in
the E.W. Banks building the
city purchased for expan
sion of city hall.
Monroe County’s Clean
Community Commission,
with Georgia Power Com
pany, Forsyth Walmart and
Asplundh Tree Company
are sponsoring the 2nd
annual "Bring one for
the Chippper" project to
recycle Christmas trees.
Winners in the 1991 Home
town Holidays Festival of
Trees are the Pregnancy
Center, Girls Scouts, Forsyth
Woman’s Club, Hubbard
Elementary, the MC Jam
mers and the Acteens of
First Baptist Church.
The Forsyth Exchange Club’s
sale of fruitcakes and other
projects provides food and
gifts for the annual Foster
Care Christmas Party for
Monroe County foster chil
dren sponsored by Christ
United Methodist Church.
Data from the Middle
Georgia Regional De
velopment Center shows
Cullodens population
dropped 14.5 percent from
1980-1990 after a slight
increase the decade before.
The black population is
stable, the white population
is decreasing and the labor
force is leaving the area.
2002
A masked gunman armed
with a handgun robs the
Monroe County Bank on
Main Street Friday after
noon and escapes on foot.
No shots are fired.
A home in Bibb Mill Village
is heavily damaged by fire,
and James Lott and another
firefighter are injured when
the ceiling collapses while
they are fighting the blaze.
An evening program for
students grades 9-12 will
begin in January at the
Annex Building adjacent
to the Board of Education
for students not enrolled in
school full time.
The “Heroes Among Us”
series by Dan Stewart has
become one of the most
popular features in The Re
porter. Originally intended
to run for a month or so,
the stories featuring local
veterans has continued over
a year; Stewart says he will
continue writing as long as
he can find stories.
Forsyth Lions announce the
2002 Birthday Calendars
are ready. Contact Elmo &
Virgina Remick, Elsie & Ceci
Daniels or other members
to get one for a $5 dona
tion.
Trellis Baker, M.D. opens
her practice of interna
medicine in association with
Craig Caldwell, M.D. at 97
MLK Jr. Drive, Forsyth.
Winners of the coloring con
test sponsored by Edward
Jones are Anna Fletcher
(1st), Sydney Walker (2nd),
Kalley Mercer and Anna
Fletcher (tie for 3rd).
Hair Fashions at 12 E. Main
Street, owned by Gay Hitt,
gets a new awning and
paint job as part of the City
of Forsyth's Better Home
town matching facade grant
program.
Three Mary Persons cross
country runners are named
to All-Middle Georgia
teams by the Macon
Telegraph; Mark McMullan
(1st team), Ben Ham and
Amanda Coughenour (2nd
team).
Monroe County honors
WWII veterans with a
ceremony at the BOE Audi
torium awarding more than
30 diplomas to veterans
unable to complete high
school because of the war.
Forsyth Walmart manager
Ricky Dismuke pres
ents checks to the CARE
Cottage of Monroe County
and Crawford County Lions
Club based on a percent
age of sales on Nov. 24
and $1,000 each to three
nonprofits in Lamar County.
2012
John Howard, 40, takes of
fice as Forsyth’s first elected
black mayor.
Three individuals wear
ing ski-type masks rob the
Market Place store on Hwy.
74 in Culloden with three
employees and two custom
ers present.
A team of 22 from New
Providence Baptist Church
spends the week before
Christmas ministering in E
Salvador.
Monroe County Schools
consider consolidating
two middle schools and
re-locating 9th grade to the
Hubbard Middle Schoo
campus.
Monroe County commis
sion chair James Vaughn,
who owns 11 tracts covering
more than 3,200 acres of
Monroe County, settles all
but one of his appeals with
the tax assessors office.
Monroe County BOE
looks at new district lines
for electing members; it
must reflect the 20 percent
growth since 2000.
Forsyth opens a new down
town parking lot beside the
city’s Public Safety complex
on Kimball Street.
Kevin Davin of Forsyth joins
Shane Bridges and Stephen
Jones at MidState Mort
gage Company.
Forsyth council eliminates
Pay Per View from the city's
cable package because it
was losing money.
Kathy Griffith retires from
Monroe County Hospital
after 31 years handling bill
ing and payroll.
Forsyth approves the full
design for the new larger
Shell service station coming
to 275 N. Lee Street.
Mary Persons sophomore
defensive back Akebren
Falls is named to the second
team all-state defense by
the Georgia Sports Writers
Association and named
honorable mention AAA all-
state by the Atlanta Journal
Constitution.
Marleigh Dennis of Forsyth,
a student at Gordon Col
lege, bags her first deer,
a 12-pointer, and kills a
squirrel with a 20-gauge
shotgun.
Augusta Hammock of For
syth bags an 8-point buck
in her first hunting season.
Forsyth police chief Keith
Corley introduces his new
est officer, Derek Bray.
5th grader Zachary Potts
adds his third Internationa
Media Festival Excellence in
Media trophy at T.G. Scott
Elementary.
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