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Church
•The Danielsville Gospel Bam, 444
Rogers Mill Road, will have a sing
ing Saturday, May 6, featuring The
Christianaires, of Collinsville, Ala. and
Dennis Cook, of Athens.
•Moon’s Grove Baptist Church will
hold its annual Homecoming celebration
on Sunday, May 7. Sunday School will be
at 10 a.m. and worship will follow at 11
a.m. Danny Lord and Debra Burgess (for
merly of the Forgiven Quartet) will be in
concert in the worship service. Following
the service, all are invited to stay for a cov
ered dish lunch featuring Moon’s Grove’s
“world famous’’ barbecue and stew and
a great time of fellowship, making new
ifiends, and renewing old acquaintanc
es, church officials said. Moon’s Grove
Baptist is located at 1985 Moon’s Grove
Chuich Road, Colbert. Call 706-795-2063
for more information.
•Waggoner Grove Baptist Church,
535 Waggoner Grove Road, will celebrate
its 162 nd church anniversary on Sunday,
May 21 at 3 p.m. The guest speaker will
be Pastor Richard Jackson and Pleasant
Hill Baptist Church of South Carolina
members. Dinner will be served 1:30 to
2:30 p.m.
•Community Baptist Church,
2400 Hwy. 174, Danielsville, will
have a homecoming celebration with
Old Fashioned Day attire on May
21 at 10:30 a.m. Jordan’s River will
perform. A homecoming meal will
be served after the worship service.
“Come out for a great blessing and
fellowship,” church leaders said. For
more information, contact Dr. Zach
Hawks at 706-789-3701.
•Colbert United Methodist
Church will have a “Maker Fun
Factory: Created by God, Built for
a Purpose VBS,” Sunday, June 4
through Wednesday, June 7, 5:30 to
8:30 p.m. “All children who have
completed grades Pre-K through fifth
grade are invited to join us for a
great time of discovering that God
made them for a purpose,” organiz
ers said. Registration is now open
online at www.colbert-umc.org/min-
istries/vacation-bible-school or http://
www.vbsmate.com/events/colbert-
vbs/7699. Free VBS music CD will
be given to all who register by May
19 (one CD per family). Contact Rose
Branson (registration coordinator) at
706-227-2571 for more information.
•Gordon’s Chapel United
Methodist Church, Hull, will have
its next clothes closet opening Friday,
May 19, from 9 to 10 a.m. The clothes
closet is located inside the green build
ing just past the Sanford Community
Center on 6469 Nowhere Road, Hull.
“Please note that our clothes closet
is open to those who personally need
clothes and is not meant to be used
for the purpose of resale,” organizers
said.
•Gholston Missionary Baptist
Church, 45 Gholston Church Road,
Comer, will celebrate its 134th year
Church Anniversary on Sunday, May
7. The guest speaker will be Pastor
Douglas Watkins of Heaven Bound
Ministries. The program begins at 3
p.m. Dinner will be served from 1:30
to 2:30 p.m.
•Gordon’s Chapel UMC, of Hull,
announces that it will hold its month
ly food giveaway at the Sanford
Community Center, 6495 Nowhere
Road, on the following Fridays in
2017: May 19, June 16, July 21, Aug.
18, Sept. 15, Oct. 20, Nov. 17, and
Dec. 15 from 9 to 10 a.m. “These food
giveaways are held for those who are
in need of food for their immediate
family,” church leaders said. “Please
note that all food is distributed on
a first come, first serves basis and
is fully funded by Gordon’s Chapel
UMC, which works in coordination
with the NEGA Food Bank.”
•Jones Chapel United Methodist
Church - Sunday, May 7, the pastor
will preach from John 10 and 1 Peter
2. The sacrament of holy communion
will be celebrated during the service,
church officials said. Children (CIA)
and youth groups will meet at 5 p.m.
in the sanctuary. The Spring Chicken
BBQ, sponsored by the United
Methodist Men, will be held May 13
and tickets are $8 each, pick up only.
Vacation Bible School will be May 30
through June 1. The church is located
at 5601 Hwy. 29 North, Danielsville.
•Moon’s Grove Baptist
Church will hold its monthly
“There’s Hope for the Hungry” food
distribution on the fourth Wednesday
of each month. The following dates
for 2017 are: May 24, June 28, July
26, Aug. 23, Sept. 27, Oct. 25 and Nov.
22. Church officials say the clothes
closet will also be open on these
dates. The church is located at 1985
Moon’s Grove Church Road, Colbert.
For more information, contact the
church office at 706-795-2063.
•The Madison County Ministerial
Association’s regular meetings are
held on the first Monday of each
month at 9 a.m. at the Ila Restaurant
in Ila. Organizers say all ministers are
invited to join them as they discuss
ways to minister to the people of
Madison County. For more informa
tion, call Pastor Glenn Guest at 706-
783-5942.
•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.
The phone number is 706-367-5801.
•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 infor
mation, call 706-783-5533.
Athens Human Rights Festival set for weekend
The 2017 Athens Human
Rights Festival (AHRF) is
set for this weekend and
will include speeches from
two renowned Civil Rights
activists.
Dr. Charles Steele Jr.,
President Emeritus and
CEO of the Southern
Christian Leadership
Conference (SCLC) and
Representative Tyrone L
Brooks Sr. (ret) will speak
at 2:40 p.m., Saturday,
May 6 on the outdoor stage
located at Broad Street and
College Avenue across from
the UGA Arch. The two
day event is free and open
to the public. Saturday May
6 from 10 a.m. to midnight
and Sunday, May 7 from
1-11 p.m.
Steele was bom and raised
in Tuscaloosa, Ala., received
his bachelor’s from F.T.
Bozeman school of Ministry
and Global Evangelical
Christian College of
Louisiana, his Master’s
from F. T. Bozeman Global
Evangelical Seminary and
Doctorate degree from
Mt. Carmel Theological
Seminary. In 1985, Steele
served two terms on the
Tuscaloosa City Council
and in 1994 was elected to
the Alabama state senate.
His dedication to serving
his constituents is evident
through his many worth
while and tangible accom
plishments in Tuscaloosa
County and West Alabama.
While serving his third
term he resigned to become
the National Vice President
of the SCLC. the Atlanta
based organization cofound
ed by Dr. Martin Luther
King. Jr. He served in this
position for five years. In
August 2013, Dr. Steele was
nominated again and made
history by becoming the
first SCLC President and
CEO to ever hold this posi
tion twice. Throughout Dr.
Steele’s many travels he has
visited five continents and
countless countries. Some
of his most notable visits
include: Jerusalem, Israel;
Moscow, Russia: Berlin,
Germany; Rome, Italy and
many countries within the
continent of Africa. He also
authored the book, “Easier
to Obtain Than to Maintain:
The Globalization of Civil
Rights.”
Brooks began his career in
public service as an activist
for civil and human rights at
the age of 15 as a volunteer
with the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference
(SCLC). He became a full
time staffer of the organiza
tion in 1967 with Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. Under Dr.
King. Rev. Ralph David
Abernathy, Rev. Hosea
Williams and Dr. Joseph E.
Lowery, he served in many
positions, nationally and
locally. Brooks has worked
his whole life to eradicate
racism, sexism, illiteracy
and injustice. After serving
35 years, he retired in 2015
as representative of House
District 55 in the Georgia
General Assembly to give
full-time focus on his work
to solve and bring justice
in the 1946 Moore’s Ford
Bridge Lynching case in
Monroe, GA (a cold-case).
The Athens Human
Rights Festival, an all vol
unteer non-profit grass
roots organization, is ded
icated to providing a public
forum for free speech, the
exchange of information,
street theater, children’s
activities, and music pro
moting equality and jus
tice, peace and goodwill.
For more information and
a complete schedule of per
formers and speakers go to
athenshumanrightsfest.org
or visit Facebook.
Colbert pageant
set for June 3
The 2017 Colbert Canna Pageant is set for Saturday,
June 3 at the Colbert Auditorium.
To be eligible, contestants must be in one of the three
age groups: ages 4-6, grades four to six or grades nine
to 12. They must also live on a Colbert or Hull mailing
route or Colbert or Hull/Sanford school bus route. The
entry fee is $50 and can be paid by a sponsor. Entry
forms can be picked up at the Bread Basket in Colbert or
Colbert City Hall. For more information, call 706-621-
8398 or 706-788-3191.
Foxfire Heritage
Day set for May 13
Foxfire Heritage Day will be held Saturday, May 13,
9 am. to 4 p.m. at the Foxfire Museum and Heritage
Center, 98 Foxfire Lane, Mountain City.
The event is a celebration of southern Appalachian
culture, according to organizers and will include inter
pretive demonstrations of weaving, blacksmithing, bas
ketry, open hearth cooking, broom making, bark berry
baskets, com shuck dolls, early engines and much more.
For more information, call 706-746-5828.
Blood drive set for May 9
A Red Cross blood drive will be held at the Danielsville
Fire Hall May 9 from 2-7 p.m.
Five finalists named for ‘2016
Songwriter of the Year Award’
Five Athens-area musicians have been named finalists for
the new Vic Chesnutt Songwriter of the Year Award for songs
released in 2016.
The award, named in honor of Vic Chesnutt, an internation
ally renowned singer-songwriter from Athens, is presented
by the Rotary Club of the Classic City of Athens, a civic and
service organization made up of local community leaders. The
Vic Chesnutt Songwriter of the Year Award includes a $1,000
prize and eight hours of studio recording time to the winner,
and each of the four additional finalists receive three hours of
studio recording time.
The five finalists are Drew Albenesius, Dana Downs,
Andrew Huang, Erin Lovett, and Sarah Zuniga. Each will per
form and explain their nominated songs, and the winner will
be announced at an evening awards event held at The Foundry
in downtown Athens Thursday, May 11, 7-10 p.m. The event
includes live music by the finalists and by other area musi
cians, including Grant Cowan, Lingua Franca, Cortez Garza,
Cicada Rhythm, and T. Hardy Morris. The event is ticketed
($10 general admission/$12 at the door, from The Foundry)
and open to the public (18 and older).
For more information about the award and event, see
http://tinyurl.com/RotarySongwriterAward or https://www.
facebook.com/VicChesnuttAwarcl/, or contact Ellen Bryson,
ellen@brysontrails.com, 706-769-4233.
Republican Party to meet May 18
The Madison County Republican Party will meet Thursday,
May 18, at the Madison County Senior Center on Hwy. 98 in
Danielsville. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for a meet and greet. The
meeting begins at 7 p.m. with guests, Kenneth Darryl Brown
and Ben Grayson. Mr. Brown is a retired Navy officer, entre
preneur, and candidate for First Vice Chair of the GAGOP with
a message designed to build on the momentum of the GOP
since the last election, officials said. Mr. Grayson is the chair
man of the College Republicans at UGA. He will discuss life
on campus for conservative students at UGA, officials noted.
The public is welcome to attend.
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