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Church
JEMC earns
national
customer
MCHS graduate England
awarded scholarship from Mt.
Hermon Presbyterian Church
Madison County High School grad
uate Chelsea England was recently
awarded the Thomas Jefferson Echols
Scholarship for 2025. The scholarship
is administered by a committee at Mt.
Hermon Presbyterian Church in Ila.
England will be attending Georgia
Tech with the goal of becoming an aero-
space engineer.
The Thomas Jefferson Echols Schol ¬
arship, created and funded by Mrs.
Echols, is intended for a Madison
County High School graduate pursuing
secondary education. The scholarship
is given based on academic proficien
cy, financial need and good character
as evidenced by teacher and counselor
recommendations. The scholarship pro
vides $750 for two semesters for a total
scholarship amount of $1500.
On Sunday, June 29,
an ordination service was
held for Jamie Sprou
ll at Providence Baptist
Church in Danielsville.
Jamie and his wife Becky
are the youth directors
for Providence.
“Jamie Sproull, his
Sproull ordained
at Providence
Baptist Church
Church News— Week of July 2
Gordon’s Chapel Methodist
Church, 6625 Nowhere Rd., Hull, will
host its “What A Mess” Vacation Bible
School from July 13-15. The VBS will
feature Bible messages, games, food
and outdoor activities. The VBS runs
from Sunday, July 13, to Tuesday, July
15. Supper will be available eacli night
from 5:30 to 6 p.m. VBS will kick off
at 6 p.m. and the mess will wrap up at
8 p.m. “We can’t wait to see you there,”
church leaders said.
ONGOING EVENTS
Moons Grove Baptist Church,
1985 Moon’s Grove Church Road,
Colbert, has announced the dates for
its free food distribution. Upcoming
distribution dates include 7/23, 8/27,
9/24, 10/22, 11/19 and 12/17. Hours
are from 10 a.m. to noon. The clothes
closet will also be open during the food
distribution. People can call the church
to set up an appointment for the clothes
closet as well. For more information,
call the church at 706-795-2063.
Gordon’s Chapel Methodist
Church, Hull, will have its clothes
closet opening every third Friday of
eacli month from 9 to 10 a.m. The
clothes closet is located next door to
the Sanford Community Center (6469
Nowhere Road) in the green building.
Its food pantry will also be opening ev
ery third Thursday of eacli month from
6 to 7 p.m. The food pantry is located at
the Sanford Community Center (6469
Nowhere Road).
TOPS Ga. 0421 Ila (Take off
pounds sensibly) meets every Monday
at 6 p.m. at Liberty Church. The church
is located at 5725 Hwy. 106 N, Dan
ielsville. For more information, contact
Mary Bonds at 706-202- 4751. Every
one is welcome.
Legacy Baptist Church, 1850 He
lican Springs Road, Hull, holds its
weekly worship services on Sunday
mornings at 10:30 a.m. Want more
information? Contact the church at
legacybaptisthull@gmail.com or visit
the website at www.legacybaptist.net.
“We would love to have you join us,”
church leaders said.
Oak Grove Baptist Church, 9585
Hwy. 172, Comer, invites everyone
to come out and visit at an old fash
ion hymnal book church. The church
family and Providence
Baptist Church would
like to ask the commu
nity for prayer and sup
port of Jamie and his
ministry,” church leaders
said. “We are so thankful
for their service to our
church.”
has breakfast on Sunday mornings at
9:30 a.m. in the fellowship hall, fol
lowed by Sunday School at 10 a.m.
and a service at 11 a.m. A singer per
forms at the service on the hftli Sunday
of the month. The church also has a
Bible study every Wednesday night at
6:30 p.m. and a women’s Bible study
on the first Sunday of eacli month at
4 p.m. Brotherhood meets the fourth
Sunday at 6:30 p.m.
Cedar Grove Baptist Church, 495
Cedar Grove Church Road, Comer,
has a food distribution on the second
Wednesday evening of every month
from 6-6:45 p.m. at the church. Contact
the church at cgbcl885@gmail.com or
visit the website at www.cedargrove-
baptist.net.
service re-
certification
Jackson EMC has
once again earned na
tional recognition for its
customer service, main
taining its status as the
only electric member
ship corporation (EMC)
in the U.S. to hold a
certification from the
International Customer
Management Institute
(ICMI).
The cooperative’s con
tact center was recently
re-certified by ICMI,
a globally recognized
benchmark for contact
centers that demonstrate
high efficiency and de
liver a world-class cus
tomer experience. Jack-
son EMC first earned
the designation in May
2023 and has now suc
cessfully completed its
first re-certification pro
cess.
ICMI consultants vis
ited the cooperative’s
headquarters in May to
conduct a comprehen
sive audit, which includ
ed interviews with lead
ership, a review of more
than 50 performance
areas, and a detailed as
sessment of operational
standards and service
metrics.
Life Issues: Looking at
Living from a Biblical World View
By Members of the Madison County Ministerial Association (MCMA)
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Once this article goes to
publication, my family and I
will be in Bucaramanga, Co
lombia on a short-term mis
sion trip. This will be the first
time that all six of my family
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will have the opportunity to
be on mission together inter
nationally. We will be serving
witli our home church, Trini
ty Baptist Church, alongside
10 other team members. I am
thankful that I am part of a
church that desires to see our
neighbors, the nations, and the
next generation come to know,
love, and serve Jesus Christ. It
brings great peace to my heart
and mind to experience the
great love and support of not
only my home church but also
family and friends who have
come alongside of my fami
ly to make this trip possible.
Many people will be praying
and have already given money
so that we can fulfill Jesus’s
command for all Christians
outlined in Acts 1:8 (But you
shall receive power when the
Holy Spirit has come upon
you; and you shall be my wit
nesses to Me in Jerusalem, and
all Judea and Samaria, and to
the end of the earth). If any
one knows me, I love local
churcli ministry. My wife and
I have a heart to reach Madi
son County witli the gospel of
Jesus Clirist. I thank God that
He opens doors in our schools
tlirougli school clubs like FCA
and Good News Club where
the gospel is clearly and faith
fully shared. I thank God for
the blessing of ministering
tlirougli the local churcli on a
weekly basis alongside faithful
servant leaders. I look forward
to opportunities locally and
across Nortli America to be
on mission in my “Jerusalem”
and “Judea.” However, I must
be honest witli you and share
that international missions to
my “Samaria” and “the ends of
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CALLED MEETING
The City of Comer will have a
Special Called Meeting on July
11th at 5:00 p.m. at City Hall.
the earth” is hard for me. There
are many reasons/excuses I
could give as to why it really
isn’t necessary for me to go out
of the country for missions be
cause there is definitely plenty
of people right here in Mad
ison County that need Clirist
that need to hear the gospel.
Nevertheless, I have to con
stantly remind myself that Acts
1:8 nor the Great Commission
(Matthew 28:18-20) allows us
freedom to pick and choose
who we share Clirist witli (all
nations). So, next time your
pastor or churcli leader sched
ules and promotes a mission
trip, don’t just “write it off’
and make excuses as to why
you shouldn’t participate. In
stead, pray and ask God what
He would have you to do for
Him and how you will respond
witli obedience. I promise, if
you truly believe God is call ¬
ing you to sign up for a short-
term mission trip or, even still,
become a missionary, then
He will make a way for this
to happen as long as we obey
Him. No, it will not always
be easy, but if God is calling,
shouldn’t we obey? Some of
the most joyful and peaceful
people I have ever met are
Cliristians pursuing the will of
God for their lives. But, like
me, this may mean we have to
get out of comfort zones and
listen to that “still, small voice
(1 Kings 19:12)” and trust the
Holy Spirit to provide once we
say ‘yes’ to what God is lead
ing us to do for His Kingdom.
Tlierefore, don’t be like Jonah.
I’m sure it wasn’t too com
fortable in the belly of that big
fish. “No reserve. No retreat.
No regrets” -William Borden,
Missionary to Muslim Kansu
people in China.
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