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August 3, 2022
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PASTOR S CORNER by Rev. Hambric Brooks
Spotlight on Local Churches
CHURCH CALENDAR
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Empty nest looms, a
reminder time flies
A s this school year is beginning, I
can’t help but reflect on the past
and the present. My wife and I
are going to be empty nesters
soon. This really hit me Monday morn
ing Aug. 1,2022.1 took the last first day of
High School picture for any of my chil
dren. Our son just started his Senior year
of high school. Where has the time gone?
Now this isn’t our first
rodeo, this isn’t a new expe
rience for us, he is the baby
of four children, so we have
been down this road before.
This one is different though.
It brings about a new phase
in mine and Teresa’s life.
The house will be a little
bigger and a lot quieter next
year. This is one of those
times I am trying not to
rush. We as parents tend to
do that at different phases of
our children’s lives. We want them to learn
to crawl, but we can’t wait until they walk.
We want them to be potty trained, so we
can quit buying diapers. We want them to
start kindergarten, so they are no longer
in daycare. We want them to advance to
the next phases of life so quickly that many
times we miss out on the blessings of living
in the present. This year I want to live in
the present. I want to enjoy all the lasts, but
I am excited about his future.
Life is so brief when you think about
it. The Bible uses words like leaf, grass,
shadow, cloud, puff of smoke, vapor to
describe our time on earth. With time our
bodies give out and we go from hot wheels
to wheelchairs. We live our life like there
is always a tomorrow, so we take today
for granted. We live like we are going to
live to be 100, and there is always more
time. Proverbs 27:1(NIV) says “Do not
boast about tomorrow, for you do not
know what a day may bring.” We love to
make plans for tomorrow. We make our
goals, this is important, but don’t make
those goals without checking with God
first. Scripture tells us to live one day at a
time. I love how The Message paraphrases
Mathew 6:34. “Give your entire attention
to what God is doing right now, and don’t
get worked up about what may or may
not happen tomorrow. God will help you
deal with whatever hard things come up
when the time comes.” Living
with the focus on the future can
be overwhelming. If we live one
day at a time the future is much
more manageable. Plan for the
future but live for today. Plan for
the future but live in the pres
ent. Life is what is happening
now, and we can miss out on the
blessings we could experience
now, if we are always looking at
tomorrow.
Today is the “Good ole days,”
you will talk about in 20 years.
Enjoy now, make the most of now. God
gives us today. The future is uncertain. But
just because it is uncertain it doesn’t mean
that we must worry or stress out about
what’s next. You put your trust in God as
you face tomorrow. You trust God with
your future. We don’t know what the fu
ture holds, but we do know who holds the
future. In Psalm 31:15 David is speaking
to God, and he says, “My times are in your
hands..Include God in your planning,
live for today, in the present, with his pres
ence.
Rev. Hambric Brooks is the pastor of First
Baptist Church of Forsyth, 95 West Morse
Street. The Pastors Corner is sponsored by
the Monroe County Ministerial Association,
which meets on the second Thursday of each
month at 9 a.m. at Christ United Method
ist Church, 417 N. Frontage Road, Forsyth.
.[The Ministerial Association will not meet
in June or July and will meet on the 3rd
Thurday,Aug. 18, for August.]
Rev. Hambric Brooks
Aug. 7, 8-10
St. Peter's Rock Mis
sionary Baptist to have
Homecoming, Revival
St. Peter’s Rock Missionary
Baptist Church, 10496 High
way 87, Juliette will hold its
annual Homecoming service
on Sunday, Aug. 7 at 1 1 a.m.
Homecoming will be followed
by Revival on Monday-
Wednesday, Aug. 8-10 at 7
p.m. nightly with Rev. Eddie
Collier of Towaliga County
Line Baptist Church as guest
speaker. For more informa
tion, contact Ruth Middle-
brook at 478 986-5269
Aug. 7, Aug. 8-10
Rocky Mount UMC
celebrates Homecoming,
holds Revival
Rocky Mount United Meth
odist Church, 1 387 Highway
41 South, Barnesville will
celebrate Homecoming on
Sunday, Aug. 7 at 1 1 a.m.
The speaker will be Pas
tor Clarence E. Thrower Jr.
Annual revival will be at
7:30 p.m. nightly Monday-
Wednesday, Aug. 8-10. On
Monday the speaker will
be Rev. Rufus J. Whatley
of Union Hill Missionary
Baptist Church, Forsyth. On
Tuesday, the speaker will be
Rev. Arundel Hope of Ariel
Bowen Memorial United
Methodist Church, Atlanta.
On Wednesday, the speaker
will be Rev. James W.
Goolsby Jr. of First Baptist
Church, Macon.
Aug. 10
Food Distribution at
Christ UMC
The Circle of Care Mobile
Food Distribution at Christ
United Methodist Church,
417 N. Frontage Road, For
syth will be on Wednesday,
Aug. 10 from 10 am - 12
noon.
Aug. 14-17
St. Paul Missionary
Baptist has Homecom
ing & Revival
Rev. Rufus Whatley and the
St. Paul Missionary Baptist
invite everyone to worship
and praise of the Lord on
Sunday, Aug. 14 to observe
the Annual Homecoming Day
Service starting at 1 1:30
a.m. Pastor Rev. Rufus What
ley will deliver the message.
Revival will be Monday
through Wednesday the
week of Aug. 15-17,
services starting at 7 p.m.
nightly. Rev. Eddie Collier
of the Towaliga County Line
Baptist Church in Jackson will
be the guest minister for the
three-night revival. Everyone
is invited to worship with St.
Paul Missionary Baptist.
Aug. 19-20
East Juliette Baptist
hosts Women's
Conference
The East Juliette Baptist
Church Women’s Ministry
will have a women's confer
ence at East Juliette Baptist
Church in Juliette, where the
senior pastor is JR Jones. The
conference, titled “For Such a
Time as This,” will be on Fri
day, Aug. 19 at 7 p.m. and
on Saturday, Aug. 20 at 10
a.m. There are no fees for
this conference, but a love
offering will be accepted.
The conference is set to be
a powerful time of worship
and the Word, along with
fellowship and testimonies.
The guest speaker for the
conference will be John
nie Goolsby, who serves
as the associate pastor of
East Juliette Baptist Church.
Deadline for registration is
Monday, Aug. 8. For more
information, visit www.ejbap-
tist.com or call 478-305-
1054 or 478-365-0537.
Aug. 27
Sanctuary Baptist of
fers Single Mothers/
Grandmothers Free Oil
Change Plus
The Men’s ministry of The
Sanctuary Baptist Church,
1 2643 Georgia Highway
87, Juliette will host a Single
Mothers/Grandmothers Free
Oil Change Plus on Saturday
Aug. 27 from 9 a.m.- 1 2
noon. The oil change will
consist of oil, filter change
and a vehicle maintenance
check by appointment only.
You must make the appoint
ment by emailing Steve Skin
ner: skinnersl963@att.net, or
calling 478-394-1449 with
the following information,
year, make and model of car
and engine size; one vehicle
per appointment per mother
(one appointment only),
registration cutoff is Aug. 24.
Mothers will be required
to sign a hold harmless
agreement prior to having oil
change done. Childcare will
be available.
Aug. 28-31
Pine Grove C.M.E.
Church of Colluden
Homecoming & Revival
Pine Grove C.M.E. Church
of Culloden will host a
homecoming service at 1 2
noon on Sunday August 28
followed by Revival Services
August 29-31 at 7:30 pm
each evening featuring Rev.
Matthew Raines of Little
Union Community Church.
Ongoing
Bread & Blessings
food pantry is open at
Bethany Baptist
The Bread & Blessing food
pantry is open at the fellow
ship hall of Bethany Baptist
Church, 365 Pea Ridge
Road, Bolingbroke every
Monday from 10 a.m.-12
noon. There are a variety of
shelf stable items available
for families who need them.
For more information, call
478-974-0002.
Rocky Creek Bap
tist Church Motocyde
Ministry Community
Breakfast
The Rocky Creek Motorcycle
Ministry hosts a Community
breakfast every 2nd Satur
day of the month, and all are
invited to attend. The next
breakfast is Saturday, August
14, at 9 a.m. at Rocky Creek
Baptist Church 225 Rocky
Creek Rd., Forsyth.
Girl & A Goat an Everyday Hero
By Steve Reece
stevereece@gmail.com
Forsyth’s small-town charm made
a big impression on Carmen Davey
when she was a teenager commut
ing from Macon to Barnesville to
attend Gordon College, but she
never thought she’d live here. Now,
decades later, after a career as a
registered nurse, she owns “a girl
& a goat” at 14 East Main Street
selling goat milk soap and natural
body products, and lives with her
husband in a house less than five
hundred feet away from her store.
Carmen was born in Macon,
graduated from Central High
School, attended Middle Georgia
State College and Gordon College,
and graduated from their nursing
programs. She has been married to
her husband Shawn for twenty-five
years. They share two
children, Chandler,
24 a graduate of the
University of West
Georgia, and Grif
fin, 20, who is also in
the nursing program
at the University of
West Georgia.
She first became
interested in mak
ing handmade soap
when she came
across a booth selling
it at a craft show in
the Georgia moun
tains years ago. She
said loved she fell in love with hand
made soap at that moment. At the
time the family lived on what she
described as a “hobby farm” near
Warner Robins. It was just a small
farm of three acres but with enough
room for chickens and a small herd
of goats.
It wasn’t until her children became
teenagers that she had enough time
to pursue her passion for making
soap. She took 6-8 months to learn
all she could online and was fasci
nated by the chemistry and the abil
ity to control ingredients and scents.
She now formulates everything
and creates her own unique recipes
ranging from sweet smelling such as
“raspberry vanilla” to a more manly
scent like “southern gentleman”.
She and Shawn decided to
downsize when their children left
for college and moved to Forsyth.
Her goats went to a friend in Twiggs
County. She has been in business for
a year and a half and says it has been
great. She has many repeat custom
ers who have become close friends.
Her advice for up-and-coming
entrepreneurs: “Find your strength.
Fisten to your heart. Follow your
dreams and your passions and you
can't go wrong."
BOLINGBROKE
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Of course, radon levels
matter but so too does
time spent in a building/
home with high radon.
Not everyone who smokes
develops lung cancer, not
everyone exposed to high
Rn levels will develop can
cer, but the risk is there.
What about radon in
water? There is zero radon
risk if you’re on county
or city water. The ones
who need be concerned
are those with wells, the
deeper, the more likely
to have radon. That said,
according to Cooper, of
the 21,000 radon cancer
deaths, roughly 170 (less
than 1%) are attributed to
Rn in water. Even if your
well tests high (neither
Georgia nor the EPA de
fines “high”), the water risk
is fairly low; that’s because
Rn outgasses very quickly.
Finally, high radon in water
is a risk only if ingested. It
poses no risk for showers
or swimming pools (again
- rapid outgas; think of
carbonated beverages.)
To summarize, radon is
a carcinogen that occurs
naturally, from the decay
of uranium. It seeps to the
surface through cracks and
fissures where it dissipates
(no worries) or gathers in
unventilated, low areas (1st
floors and basements). Fac
tors that influence radon
risk are - the rock and soil
under a building, home
construction, activity of
occupants and weather pat
terns. By EPA figures, Rn
gas is eight times deadlier
than house fires.
The only way to know if
you have high Rn is to test.
High Rn levels can be miti
gated but first you must
know. To order air (and
water) test kits (cost is $15)
and for more information,
visit the UGA radon web
site at: https://extension.
uga.edu/program-services/
radon-testing - Use dis
count code “50FF” for $5
off the price.
So, what caused the mul
tiple cancers on Cory Dr?
Is it radon? Nobody knows.
Sloan Oliver of Boling
broke writes for the Report
er. Email him at sloanoli-
ver@earthlink. net.
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