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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2008
Church
UPCOMING THIS WEEK
Baptist Tabernacle Church
will host the following events:
Saturday, Nov. 15. a benefit
Bar-B-Que and stew for Elaine
Baker. Pick-up will be from
noon to 4 p.m.
All proceeds will go to Miss
Baker.
For more information,
call Keith Seagraves at
706-658-6498 or Kim Kesler
at 706-247-1370.
Sunday. Nov 16, benefit
singing for Elaine Baker at 6
p.m. The “Resurrections" will
be featured.
For more information,
call pastor Tom Watson at
706-335-7080.
The church is located off 441
South. 2 miles out of Com
merce on the lett •
Unity Christian Church.
Maysville. will hold a fish fry
Saturday. Nov. 15. from 4 to
6 p.m. The menu will include
fried catfish, chicken strips,
fries, hush puppies, slaw, des
sert and tea.
Ail donations will go toward
the church building fund.
The church is located at
70 Unity Church Circle.
For more information, call
706-652-3183
The First Baptist Church
of Commerce crafts group
will hold their annual art and
crafts fair Friday and Saturday.
Nov. 15 and 16. from 9 a.m. to
4 pm.
The fair will be held at the
group ' craft house, located on
Scott Street across from the
church.
All proceeds will go to sup
port church missions
“Come pin us and get your
Christmas shopping done early
this year." urges Nancy Stancil.
a member of the group
The church is located at
1.345 South Elm Street.
Community Baptist
Church. Ila. will hold a sing
ing tilled “A Day With The
Meyers Family" Sunday. Nov.
16. at the 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.
worship services.
For more information, call
706-255-0656 or visit www.
yourcbc.com.
The church is located on
Hwy. 174.
New Faith and Arren-
dall Methodist Church.
Commerce, will celebrate its
"Youth Day” Sunday. Nov. 16,
at 11 a.m.
The theme will be "Remem
ber Thy Creator In The Days
of Thy Youth."
The guest speaker will be
the Rev. Kenneth Sims, asso
ciate pastor of Mount Calvary
Missionary Baptist Church.
Commerce. Adie Burley will
sing the National Anthem.
Everyone is invited to at
tend.
The church is located at 402
Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
The Rev. Frank Earls is pastor.
UPCOMING NEXT WEEK
Berea Community Center
■s the relay center for "Opera
tion Christmas Child." a minis
try of Samaritan's Purse.
Gift-filled shoe boxes can be
dropped off Monday through
Thursday. Nov. 17-20. from 6
p.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday and Sat
urday. Nov. 21 and 22. from 12
to 7 p.m. and Sunday. Nov. 23.
from 1 to 4 p.m.
For more information, call
David Hawks at 706-335-6024
or Shirley Minish at
706-335-2602 or Joanne Sor
row at 706-335-5846 and jsor-
row@uga.edu.
For other information and
drop off locations, visit www.
samaritanspurse.org or call
1-800-353-5949
The center is located 4.5
miles south of Commerce on
Hwy. 334.
New Beginning Worship
Center. Commerce, will hold
a pre-Thanksgiving service
Tuesday. Nov. 18. at 7 p.m.
The Rev. James Singleton
and St. James CMS Church
will be guests.
The pastor is the Rev
Rex;hard White
The church is located at 41
State Street.
RECEIVING AWARD
Tho Mended Hearts chapter at Northeast Georgia
Medical Center recently received an award. Shown
(L-R) are: Lynne Allen, director, Volunteer Servic
es; Richard Sandoval, Judy Dube, Mended Hearts
Chapter 302 visiting chair; Peter Rocco, president.
Mended Hearts Chapter 302; Doug Steingraber,
assistant regional director, Mended Hearts, Inc.;
Peggy Vardeman, Gertrud Rocco, Mended Hearts
Chapter 302 secretary.
NGMC received award
ML Calvary Missionary
Baptist Church. Commerce,
will hold a pre-Thanksgiving
dinner and service Wednesday.
Nov. 19. in the Horace Wit
liams fellowship hall.
The dine-in hours will be
from 5 to 7 p.m. with the ser
vice beginning promptly at 7
p.m.
The special guest will be the
Rev. Rochard White and New
Beginning Worship Center.
Commerce.
The church is located at 95
Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
For more information, cal'
706-335-8283.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Homer Presbyterian
Church will hold its annual
"Fali Bazaar” Saturday. Nov.
22. from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
There will be handmade
crafts, a “white elephant"
sale and a "secret Santa" shop
where children can shop for
Christmas gifts a: SI per item,
gift-wrap included.
Barbeque sandwich plates
will be served for $5 and in
clude a sandwich, chips, slaw
and a drink.
A silent auction will be held
featuring a handmade doll
house donated by Mark and
Christine Lusik. local artisans.
The church is located on
Historic Homer Hwy.
Commerce First United
Methodist Church will host
the "6th Annual Thanksgiving
Meal" Thursday. Nov. 27. The
First Baptist Church of Com
merce will provide the meal
delivery service.
The meal will include turkey
and ail the trimmings. Fruit
bags will also be delivered
with the meals.
Donations of food, money
and time are being accepted.
Canned good donations can
be left at the church anytime
between now and Wednesday.
Nov. 26. Cooked items should
be brought to the church's fam
ily life center before 10 a.m. on
Thursday. Nov, 27
To participate, call Gina
Hagan at 706-335-2920 or the
church at 706-335-4018.
The church is located at
54 Cherry Street. Visit www.
CommcrccFUMC.org for
more information.
Lula Assembly jf Praise
Church will serve Thanksgiv
ing dinner as a free gift to the
community Thursday. Nov. 27.
from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Traditional lhanksgiving fa
vorites will be served.
Everyone in the community
is invited. “We would also love
to have those who work in law
enforcement, fire and emer
gency services and other ar
eas Qf public service to be our
guests and let us serve you."
leaders said.
The church is located at 6158
Carter Street. For more infor
mation. call 770-869-7632.
Church News Policy
All church news is subject
to editing for content and
length.
AH church news must
contain the church's address,
contact phone number date
and name of the event and
where the church is located.
Fax items to 706-387-
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For questions, call Suzanne
at 706-387-5401.
Early deadline
set for holiday
Due to the Thanksgiving
holiday, the deadline for sub
mitting church news to The
Rankz County News has been
moved to Friday, Nov. 21. at
5 p.m.
Any items received after
the deadline may not be pub
lished.
The newspaper offices will
be closed on Thursday, Nov.
27 for the Thanksgiving holi
day. The offices will be open
on Friday. Nov. 28.
On a typical production
week, the deadline to sub
mit church items is noon on
Mottdtjm
Northeast Georgia Medical
Center (NGMC) was recently
recognized with an award
from Mended Hearts. Inc.
Last month Doug Stein
graber. regional director for
Mended Hearts, presented
the hospital with an award
honoring its support of the
organization. Mended Hearts
is a national cardiac support
group that helps and encour
ages heart disease patients
and their families.
NGMC received the award
Law enforcement and re
tailers across the country are
reporting an increase in shop
lifting and expect the amount
of theft to continue to rise
over the course of the holiday
season. For retailers looking
to thwart shoplifters, the Bet
ter Business Bureau is offer
ing guidance.
The National Retail Fed
eration estimates that retail
theft now accounts for more
than $40 billion per year in
losses. The NRF also recently
surveyed retailers and found
that nearly all were in agree
ment that shoplifting was on
the rise this year. While in the
past shoplifters were stealing
pricey items to perhaps sup
port a drug habit, some law
enforcement agencies are
because Mended Hearts
Chapter 302. the Medical
Center's Mended Hearts
Chapter, nominated it for best
hospital supporting the or
ganization. Each year, more
than 100 Mendeu Hearts hos
pitals across the country are
nominated for top honors.
NGMC was first runner up
for the honor.
For more information
about the Mended Hearts
chapter in Hall County, call
770-535-3394.
now reporting spikes in losses
when it comes to the everyday
basics, such as groceries.
“It is estimated that shop
lifters are caught only once
for every 48 times they steal,
so it is important for business
es to take a serious approach
to discouraging and thwarting
thieves the very first time the
individual walks into their
store." said Fred T. Elsberry.
Jr.. President & CEO of the
BBB Serving Metro Atlanta.
Athens & Northeast Georgia.
“Otherwise, the shoplifter
will come hack again and
-gain because they know the
risk of getting caught is low."
For advice or. protecting
small businesses this holiday
season, vir.it BBB online at
w ww.bbb org.
BBB offers shoplifting tips