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March 8, 2023
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CHURCH CALENDAR
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March 8
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,
March 8 from 10 am-1 2
noon.
March 12
St. Paul Missionary
Baptist has Family &
Friends Day
Rev. Rufus J. Whatley and
St. Paul Missionary Baptist
Church Family invite every
one to worship on Sunday,
March 1 2 for Family &
Friends Day. Sunday Schoo
will be at 10:30 a.m. and
worship service at 1 1:30 a.
m. Rev. Rufus J. Whatley will
deliver the message.
March 19
East Juliette Baptist
celebrates renovations
East Juliette Baptist Church,
183 J.H. Aldridge Drive,
Juliette is praising the Lord
as it celebrates moving
back into the Sanctuary
after renovations. Everyone
is invited to join worship
service on Sunday, March
19 at 11 a.m. and Sunday
School starting at 10 a.m.
Pastor J.R. Jones will bring
the message. A covered
dish dinner will be served in
the fellowship hall after the
morning service.
Tessie Hall Baptist cel
ebrates 143nd Church
Anniversary
Tessie Hall Baptist Church,
320 Boxankle Rd, For
syth will celebrate its
143rd Church Anniversary
on Sunday, March 19 at
10 a.m. The speaker will be
Rev. David Blalock and Mt.
Pleasant Baptist Church of
Barnesville. All are invited.
March 24
St. James Baptist hosts
Food Distribution
St. James Baptist Church, 1 10
James Street, Forsyth will host
a Mobile Food Distribution on
Tuesday, March 24 at 10 a.m
March 25
1st Baptist of High Falls
hosts Motorcycle Ride
First Baptist Church of High
Falls, 4408 High Falls Road,
will host a Community-Wide
Motorcycle Ride on Satur
day, March 25. Registration
begins at 9 a.m.: ride will
be from 9:30 a.m.-1 2:30
p.m. Lunch will be provided,
with Russell Davis as guest
speaker. Registration is $20
(Extra Rider fee is $10).
March 26
Kynette UMC has
Women’s Day
Kynette United Method
ist Church, 266 Martin
Luther King, Jr. Drive,
Forsyth invites everyone to
celebrate Women's Day
on $unday, March 26 at
1 1 a.m. The Women's
Day Theme is “If the shoe
fits: Women walking by
faith, not by sight.” The
guest speaker will be Minis
ter Dyssie High of Forsyth.
April 1
Garden Hill Baptist in
vites community to egg
hunt & cookout
Garden Hill Baptist Church,
88 Vining $treet will have
an egg hunt, share the
Easter story and have a
cookout and fellowship with
the community on Satur-
day, April 1 at 4 p.m. All is
invited.
April 2-9
Passover Week, Resur
rection Celebration at
New Providence Baptist
New Providence Baptist
Church, 2560 Highway 41
S, $marr will have special
services for Passover Week.
There will be Palm $unday
services on $unday, April 2
at 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. and
$unday $chool at 9:15 a.m.;
family worship on Wednes
day, April 5 at 6:15 p.m.:
Seder supper on Thursday,
April 6 at 6:30 p.m. and
Crosswalk on Friday, April 7
at 5:30 p.m. The resurrection
celebration will begin with
sunrise service on Sunday,
April 9 at 7 a.m., followed
by breakfast at 9:15 a.m.
with Easter worship services
at 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
April 2-5
Rocky Creek Baptist
has Revival
Rocky Baptist Church will
have Revival Sunday April
2 at 11am and 6pm and
Monday April 3 - Wednes
day April 5 at 6:30pm.
Evangelist Dr. Tom Rush of
Tread Ministries will deliver
the message.The community
is invited.
April 8
Annual Easter Egg Hunt
at 1st Baptist of High
Falls
The Annual Easter Egg Hunt
at First Baptist Church of
High Falls, 4408 High Falls
Road, will be on Saturday,
April 8 from 1 1 a.m. - 1
p.m. Come celebrate Easter!
Ongoing
New Macedonia Mis
sionary Baptist
The New Macedonia Mis
sionary Baptist Church of
Culloden congregation wel
comes everyone to worship
with them. Regular services
are on first and third Sun
days at 1 p.m. with Sunday
School at noon. On the
second and fourth Sundays,
Sunday School is at 1 1 am.
Weekly services are on
Tuesday at 1 1 am with the
Labor of Love Ministry Food
Bank. Pastor Rufus J What
ley is onsite with prayer for
the pantry goers as well as
an online Tuesday Spotlight
Ministry on Facebook Live
immediately following the
pantry distribution. For more
information contact Rosa
Hill at 478-283-9448 or
Iris Rutherford at 706-741-
9926.
Mondays
Women’s Bible Study
The Pregnancy Center of
Monroe County hosts a
Women's Bible Study on
Mondays at 1 2 noon at
Dayspring Presbyterian
Church, 1041 Highway 41
S, Forsyth. Free lunch and
childcare is provided. For
more information, call 478-
994-3173.
Join the Rise Bible
Study
All women are invited to start
the new year with the Rise
Bible study. The weekly Bible
study is led by Bible teacher
and author Pam Jenkins at
8 a.m. each Friday at the
Forsyth Dairy Queen, 200
N. Lee Street. This study will
last for eight weeks: study
books will be available for
$20. Free breakfast is also
included.
First Baptist Forsyth
has Lunch & Learn
First Baptist Forsyth, 95 West
Morse Street hosts a Lunch &
Learn program on every 1st
& 3rd Thursday. All ages are
welcome. Pastor Dr. Ham-
bric Brooks will lead Bible
Study. Gather for coffee and
fellowship at 1 1:30 a.m. Bible
study and lunch will begin
at 1 2 noon. Participants are
encouraged to bring a sack
unch. It will be an interac
tive study where dialogue is
encouraged, and discussion
and questions are welcomed.
Bring your Bible.
Bread & Blessings pan
try 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.
Psi Rho Zeta seeks auxiliary members
Psi Rho Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta So
rority, Inc. is sponsoring an event to acquaint
parents and young girls with its youth auxilia
ries. It will be on Saturday, March 25 from 1-3
p.m. at St Luke AME Church, 143 James Street,
Forsyth. R.S.V.P. to Brenda Phillips at 478-
951-8817, Ulanda Barkley at 478-320-6358 or
LaToya Johnson at 478-957-3007.
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. was founded on
the campus of Howard University in Wash
ington D. C. on Jan. 16,1920 by five forward
thinking African-American women. One of
the precepts of this international sisterhood is
community service. Psi Rho Zeta Chapter was
officially chartered in Forsyth (Monroe Coun
ty) on Feb. 12, 2011. The chapter is recruiting
girls from ages 3 to 13 for membership in its
youth auxiliaries. Members of Psi Rho Zeta
Chapter support parents in encouraging and
inspiring young girls in becoming productive
citizens. They promote academic excellence,
provide opportunities to develop leadership
skills and provide opportunities for participa
tion in community service activities, all with
new fun experiences.
Spotlight on Local Churches
PASTOR S CORNER by Rev. Marilyn Tucker-Marek
We feel lonely,
but we aren't alone
L ast week many Christians started
observing the church season of
Lent on Ash Wednesday. “Lent” is
the Old English/Germanic word
for “lengthen.” So, for English speakers in
the Northern hemisphere, “Lent” means
the season when the days
begin to lengthen.
For those of us living here
in Forsyth it feels more and
more like spring each day,
with trees and flowers in
bloom, and the annual For-
sythia Festival just around the
corner.
Yet for those of us observing
Lent as a season in the life of
a Christian, we do more than
enjoy the approach of spring
with its longer, warmer
days. We recall how our
Savior “set his face toward
Jerusalem” and, prepared to carry out
Gods saving act on Gods time.
This Lent I’m studying, teaching, and
preaching on Matthew 26-27, which
focuses on Jesus’ journey from the cup to
the cross.
In reading about Jesus’ experiences in
those last few days, I have noticed how
alone Jesus seems to have felt. None of his
disciples seem to have really understood
what was about to happen or what it
would mean, despite all of Jesus’ predic
tions. From his prayers in Gethsemane to
his cries on the cross Matthew shows us
how Jesus struggled through, as the old
Spiritual put it, “This Lonesome Valley’
Yet despite the grief and anguish, Jesus
spent much of his last few days showing
us important ways to connect with God
and one another. He went to his place of
worship. He gathered for meals with his
closest friends. He sang a familiar hymn
with those friends. He prayed, pouring his
heart out to God. He quoted the scriptures
he knew so well, drawing on and inter
preting anew their wisdom.
Over the centuries during Lent many
Christians observed a fast, abstaining
from certain foods. Today we understand
fasting may take many forms: abstaining
from certain foods; abstaining
from social media; limiting
screen time as a whole. Ideally,
fasting creates space. By giving
something up, we open ourselves
up.
And observing a fast as a
spiritual practice isn’t complete
unless we intentionally fill that
new space with something that
redirects our attention to our
relationship with God. We may
take many different approach
es to filling that newly
created space. We may
renew our practice of
worship, pray, sing hymns or other spiri
tual songs, read scripture, meditate, sit in
intentional silence, or make time for our
family and friends.
In his last days Jesus, despite his strug
gles and loneliness, showed us ways to
stay connected to God and nurture our
relationships within the communities with
which God has blessed us in this life. He
struggled, showing us that struggle itself
is not a sin. He felt lonely, showing us that
when we feel lonely, we are not truly alone.
So whatever Lenten practice we choose
this year, may we be guided by Christ, and
may we know we are never alone.
Rev. Marilyn Tucker-Marek is pastor of
Forsyth Presbyterian Church, 63 N. Jackson
Street. The Pastors Corner is sponsored by
the Monroe County Ministerial Associa
tion. The Ministerial Association meets on
4th Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. at Christ UMC,
417 N. Frontage Road, Forsyth.
M.C. Hospital project wins
Ga. Hospital Assoc, award
The Georgia Hospital Association Part
nership for Health and Accountability
(PHA) has presented a prestigious Patient
Safety and Quality Award to Monroe
County Hospital, an Atrium Health
Navicent Partner, for a project demon
strating a reduced risk of contamination
in the collection of blood cultures used to
diagnose infection. These annual awards
recognize Georgia health care organiza
tions for achievement in reducing the risk
of medical errors and improving patient
safety and medical outcomes.
“Patient safety and infection preven
tion are top priorities in Atrium Health
Navicent’s ongoing mission to provide
excellent health care for all,” said Atrium
Health Navicent Chief Clinical Officer
Dr. Sanford G. Duke. “We applaud the
team at Monroe County Hospital for
their work, and this much-deserved
recognition.”
The project “Reducing Blood Culture
Contamination: A Pathway for Blood
Culture Diversion Devises,” won third
place in the Critical Access Hospitals
category.
Despite recent advancements in micro
biological technologies, blood cultures
remain the primary method of diagnos
ing blood stream infections. Although an
effective diagnostic tool, the collection of
blood cultures is associated with the risk
of contamination. This contamination
presents significant risk to the patient
population, given that it leads to unnec
essary medical procedures and increased
cost of care.
Using a blood culture diversion device,
the Monroe County Hospital team was
able to reduce contaminated cultures to
within 1 percent in just three months
without negatively affecting other quality
measures.
“This project is an example of how our
teammates are innovating to better the
now and to create the future while pro
viding high-quality care close to home,”
said Monroe County Hospital CEO
Lorraine Smith. “Thanks to the Georgia
Hospital Association for recognizing our
team’s commitment to quality and patient
safety!’
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