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PAGE 4B — THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. JULY 7. 2016
Church
•Colbert Baptist Church,
65 South 5 th Street. Colbert,
will have a singing Sunday,
July 24, at 11 a.m. featuring
the Dixie Melody Boys, a
Southern Gospel quartet,
in concert. “Since their
original formation decades
ago, the Kinston, NC
based quartet has enjoyed
tremendous success,
including a Grammy
nomination and numerous
Fan Award nominations
from The Singing News
Magazine, Southern
Gospel Music's leading
fan and trade publication,”
a press release about the
group stated. “This talented
quartet, led by 50-year
veteran and recent Southern
Gospel Music Hall of Fame
inductee, Ed O’Neal, has
enjoyed over 20 Top 40
hits, including eight Top 10
releases and a Number One
single.”
•Hull Baptist Church,
39 Charlie Bolton Road,
Hull, will have two morning
worship services each
Sunday in July and August.
An early service will be
held at 8:30 a.m., followed
by another service at 11
a.m. For more information,
call 706-548-1196 or visit
www.hullbaptist.org
•Gordon’s Chapel UMC,
6625 Nowhere Road,
Hull, will have its annual
homecoming service Aug.
14 at 11 a.m„ with Rev.
Gary Whetstone, District
Superintendent of the
NEGA UMC Conference,
as homecoming speaker.
“Please note that there will
be no 8:30 a.m. service held
that day,” organizers said.
In addition, revival services
will begin each night,
Sunday, August 14 through
Tuesday, August 16, at 7
p.m. with evangelist Rev.
James Smith as the speaker.
“Please come and join us,”
church leaders said. “You
will be blessed.”
•Gospel Tabernacle,
Watson Mill Road, Carlton,
will have a singing Saturday,
July 9, at 7 p.m. featuring
The Gibson Family, of
Carnesville, along with
The Southern Travelers,
of Carlton. “Come and
bring a friend to this free
concert with love offering
for featured group,” said
organizers. Concessions
will also be available. For
more information, contact
Rebecca Drake at 706-614-
0903.
•Gordon’s Chapel
UMC, Hull, will hold its
monthly food giveaway at
the Sanford Community
Center for those who are
in great need of food,
from 9 to 10 a.m. on the
following Fridays: July
15, Aug 19. Sept. 16, Oct.
21, Nov. 18, and Dec 16.
“Please note that all food
is distributed on a first
come, first serve basis
and is fully funded by
Gordon's Chapel UMC
who works in coordination
with the NEGA Food
Bank,” organizers said.
•Gordon’s Chapel
United Methodist Church,
Hull, will have its clothes
closet opening Saturday.
July 9. 9 to 10:30 a.m. The
clothes closet is located
inside the green building
just past the Sanford
Community Center on
6469 Nowhere Road,
Hull. “Please note that
these clothes are for those
who are in great need of
clothes and are not meant
for the purpose of resale,”
organizers said.
•Jones Chapel United
Methodist Church -
Sunday, July 10, the church
will have early worship at
9 a.m. followed by Sunday
School at 10 a.m. and an
11 a.m. worship in the
sanctuary. “Please pray for
our Haiti Mission Team that
will leave July 16 for one
week to minister to Haitians
in their very broken world,”
church leaders said. The
summer day camp is in
session Monday through
Friday. Visit www.
jcumcsummerdaycamp.
com for more information.
The church is located 5.6
mi. north of Danielsville on
Hwy. 29 North across the
road from Zeb's Barbecue.
“We believe in open hearts,
open minds and open
doors,” church officials
said.
•Brockton Road Baptist
Church, 2675 Brockton
Road, Jefferson, holds
a clothes closet each
Thursday from 10 a.m. to
noon. All clothes are clean
and free, church leader
said. The church serves all
surrounding counties. The
church pastor is Brother
Karl Mealor. For more
information, call 706-367-
5801.
•Moon’s Grove
Baptist Church, 1985
Moon’s Grove Church
Road, Colbert, will hold
its Hope for the Hungry
food distribution and a
clothes closet on the fourth
Wednesday of each month
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in
the family life center. The
following are the dates for
2016: July 27, Aug. 24,
Sept. 28, Oct. 26. Nov. 23
and Dec. 28. Call 706-795-
2063 for more information,
www.moonsgrovebatpist.
com
•Crosspoint Church
sponsors “Hope for the
Hungry” the third Monday
of each month at Little
Light from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
on Aaron Brown Road, just
off Wildcat Bridge Road in
the Harrison Community.
For more information, call
706-768-2178.
•Comer Baptist Church,
2054 Main Street. Comer,
hosts “There’s Hope for the
Hungry” the first Tuesday
of each month from 10
a.m. to 1 p.m. with food,
clothing and a meal. The
meal begins at 11 a.m. For
more information, call 706-
783-5533.
•Gordon’s Chapel UMC.
Sanford Community, Hull,
will hold its second annual
golf tournament, sponsored
by the 3 rd Class Sunday
School. The tournament
will be held on Saturday.
Aug. 6, at Double Oaks
Golf Club, 3100 Ila Road.
Commerce. Registration
will begin at 7:30 a.m.
with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun
start. The cost is $75 per
person/$300 per team. For
more information, such
as registration forms and
sponsorship forms, please
contact Jon Poole at 706-
224-9303
•Sacred Heart Church,
1009 Benson Street (across
from Quality Foods).
Hartwell, is seeking craft
sale participants for their
ninth annual indoor/outdoor
craft sale. The sale is
scheduled for Nov. 12. 8
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. “We are
seeking anyone who would
be interested in reserving a
table to sell their crafts at
$35 per eight-foot table,”
organizers said. Call Judy
Earle at 706-436-3944 for
reservations.
Red Cross issues
emergency call for
blood and platelets
The American Red Cross has issued an emergency call
for blood and platelets, urging all eligible donors to give
now to replenish an extremely low blood supply, accord
ing to a press release,
Madison County residents can donate Tuesday, July
19, 2 to 7 p.m. at Jackson EMC, 85 Spratlin Mill Road,
Hull.
Blood donations have fallen short of hospital needs
for the past few months, resulting in about 39,000 fewer
donations than what’s needed, as well as a significant
draw down of the overall Red Cross blood supply,
the press release noted. In addition, the Independence
Day holiday may have caused many regular donors to
postpone donations due to vacation plans. A recent Red
Cross poll revealed that more than 75 percent of donors
surveyed indicated vacation plans this summer, many of
them occurring the weeks before and after July 4.
“Right now, blood products are being distributed to
hospitals faster than donations are coming in, which is
why we are making this emergency request for dona
tions,” said Mario Sedlock, director of donor recruitment,
Southern Blood Services Region. “Donations are urgent
ly needed now to meet the needs of hospital patients in
the coming days and weeks. If you've thought about
giving blood and helping to save lives, now is the time
to do it. It’s the blood donations on the shelves that help
save lives when an emergency occurs.”
How to Help
To schedule an appointment to donate, use the free
Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-
RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767). The Red Cross is
extending hours at many donation sites to allow for
more donors to make an appointment to give. Donation
appointments and completion of a RapidPass online
health history questionnaire are encouraged to avoid lon
ger wait times. Donors with all blood types are needed.
Those unable to give can still help by encouraging
others to give through a SleevesUp virtual blood drive at
redcrossblood.org/sleevesup, giving of their time through
volunteerism or making a financial donation to support
Red Cross humanitarian work across the country and
around the world, the press release stated.
Who Blood Donations Help
Every two seconds in the United States blood and
platelets are needed to respond to patient emergencies,
including accident and burn victims, heart surgery and
organ transplant procedures, and patients receiving treat
ment for leukemia, cancer or sickle cell disease. The
Red Cross must collect approximately 14,000 blood and
platelet donations every day for patients at about 2,600
hospitals and transfusion centers nationwide.
Because of generous donors, the Red Cross is able to
provide blood products to patients like 11-year-old Mae
Rainey, who needs regular blood transfusions as part of
her treatment for a blood disorder.
“I am very grateful for the opportunities that the Red
Cross has given us to get her to her healthiest state,” said
Caleb Rainey, Mae’s older brother.
Animal shelter offers free spay/neuter
surgeries for low-income families with pets
The Madison-Oglethorpe
Animal Shelter (MOAS)
now offers a Spay-Neuter
Assistance Program
(SNAP) for low-income
families in the Madison and
Oglethorpe counties.
“This program is to spe
cifically help county res
idents who cannot afford
to have their cat or dog
spayed or neutered to pre
vent unwanted litters,” shel
ter director Danielle Morton
said. “I always get excited
when I see SNAP appli
cants coming through our
doors. Spaying and neu
tering is where it all starts,
to reduce the number of
unwanted animals we take
in. After all, you can't turn
in what you don’t have,
right?”
In order to qualify, cat and
dog owners must prove that
they make less than $28,500
per year per household,
with a two surgery per year
limit. Those who qualify
will receive a “fee waived”
(free) spay or neuter and a
one-year rabies vaccination
for their cat or dog.
MOAS is currently able to
processes 12 SNAP appli
cations per month through
their onsite low cost clinic.
“Once we have reached
our 12 free SNAPs for the
month you may have a short
wait, but I assure you the
wait is well worth it, to you
and to your pet.” Morton
said. “We want to stop the
problem of pet overpop
ulation within these two
counties and that starts with
preventing unwanted litters.
We desperately need the
public's support in order to
make that happen.”
According to MOAS sta
tistics, the shelter took in
1,145 unwanted cats and
kittens and 1,382 unwanted
dogs and puppies in 2015
alone.
“That is a total of 2,527
unwanted animals and of
those, 1,887 were surren
dered by a Madison County
resident,” Morton said. “The
sheer amount of unwanted
animals within these com
munities is nearly unfath
omable to me. I guess what
I’m trying to say is we can’t
do this alone. We must have
the support of the public in
spaying and neutering their
pets. All too often, I hear
it's a cost factor for people,
even with our onsite low
cost spay/neuter clinic, so
with the help of SNAP we
are hoping to take that fac
tor out of the equation.”
If you are a Madison or
Oglethorpe County resident
and your household income
is less than $28,500 a year,
please give MOAS a call at
706-795-2868
The shelter is located at
1888 Colbert Danielsville
Road in Madison County,
next to the transfer station.
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100 th McEwen family
reunion set for Aug. 27
The 100 th annual McEwen family reunion will be held
Saturday, Aug.27, beginning at 10 a.m. at Jones Chapel
UMC’s family life center, Hwy. 29 North, across from
Zeb’s Barbecue.
The reunion includes the descendants of William
Norman McEwen, Lougenia “Lou” McEwen Cary,
Emma “Emmie” McEwen McGarity, Mary McEwen
Pulliam and Robert “Bob” McEwen.
The reunion will include a day of activities, including
a covered dish lunch.
“Be sure your family members know of this special
occasion,” organizers said. “We hope to see you there,”
For more information, contact Evelyn Howell at
706-783-5908, Sylvia Lowe at 706-795-0879 or Linda
Brown at 706-795-2412.
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