Columnist Bertie Allen
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• Phone: (912) 282-7473
Hello! Here is the news for this week.
***** Father’s Day is coming. Don’t forget your father on this special day. Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) — Ephesians 6:2 ***** To our community: Session Hill Community Center Summer Program will be held from 10 a.m.noon every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from now until July 31. The theme is Learn, play, grow, succeed! Programs will be held at the center located at 3105 Allen Ave. Blackshear. Activities include financial literacy, games and light refreshments. Volunteers are also encouraged to participate in the program. Thanks to our sponsors Prime South Bank and Owl Care. Come learn, grow and have fun this summer! There will be a special incentive for participants who successfully complete the entire summer program. They will be awarded a trip to Summer Waves Jekyll Island. For more information contact Stephon Collins 404-492-2632. ***** Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church will be having Annual Family and Friends Day at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 14. Union Chapel is located at 3572 Pine Road in Mershon. Guest speaker will be Minister Connie R. Joyner, associate minister at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, where the Rev. Dr. Marcus B. Hunter is the senior pastor. Everyone is invited to worship with us! Thank you in advance. Elder Royce Broady is the pastor. ***** Love Feeds, Inc. presents Juneteenth Community Festival from 2-6 p.m. Friday, June 19, at the Bailey Street Park in Waycross. There will be free food, senior farmers market and bounce houses. Vendors no fees, games, prizes. Free to the public! Join us for a day’s festivities, including music, food and activities that honor this important day. For more information, contact Shawn Taylor at 912-6144349. ***** Pierce County Concerned Citizens monthly meeting is held every first Monday of each month at 623 Sycamore Street, Blackshear. ***** Everyone is invited to worship with us at Faith Temple Holiness Church Inc, 218 Hall Street, Blackshear. Services as follows: 1st Sunday early service is at 8:30. Breakfast will be served. Services will be every Sunday 2nd, 3rd and 4th Sunday. Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. Morning services at 11 a.m. Looking forward to see you at worship. Pastor is Cynthia Welch. ***** Ministers Alliance: All pastors, elders and ministers of God are asked to meet for prayer at 9 a.m. every first Monday of the month at Southern Roost on U.S. Highway 84, Blackshear.
***** Bible study is held at 10 a.m. every second and fourth Tuesday of the month at Rainge Funeral Home, 505 Ware Street Blackshear. All are welcome.
***** Kingdom Faith Church has services every Sunday at 10 a.m. and Bible Study every Tuesday at 6 p.m. Kingdom Faith is located at 6014 Homestead Road in Blackshear. Elder Tony Reynolds is the pastor. ***** Your entire family is invited to worship with Fourth Mount Olive Church during weekly worship services. We are located at 900 Yeomans Street, Blackshear. We are blessed to be able to provide opportunities for all to learn how to love God and each other as we worship God our Father, Jesus Our Savior and the Holy Spirit our Comforter and Guide. We start promptly at 10 a.m. Come see for yourself, you will be glad you did. ***** Positive Thoughts: Let us make our future now. Let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality. ***** Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
— Hebrews 11:1 ***** If you have any news for Bertie’s corner, please call me at (912) 282-7473 or email bertiecorner-blktime23b7@ gmail.com. I’ll be glad to hear from you and write up your news.
