Columnist Bertie Allen
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• Phone: (912) 282-7473
Hello!
Here is the news for this week.
Happy New Year! May this year bring you endless joy, success, unforgettable memories, and good health, peace and prosperity! ***** The annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration will begin Saturday, January 17, at Evergreen Church Ministries, 4100 Highway 32, Bristol. The Rev. Nathaniel Anderson is the pastor. Service will start at 5 p.m. We are inviting everyone to join us at this great celebration. The parade will be Monday, January 19. We are asking everyone to join us. The parade line-up will be at the Board of Education, located at 834 E. Main Street, Blackshear, and will begin at 9 a.m. We will be leaving at 10 a.m. Thank you in advance from the Dr. Martin King, Jr. Committee, Isaac Moses, chairperson. For more information contact Isaac Moses 912552-0118, Jackie Moses 912-552-4243 or Vanessa James 202-253-1886. ***** To our community: Session Hill Community Center will have its 50 States program, at 2 p.m. Saturday, January 10, 2026. The center is located at 3105 Allen Ave., Blackshear. We need your support. For more information contact Jacqueline Wallace 912449-4988. ***** To our community: The Masterbuilder’s Ministry is celebrating its 24th anniversary, Sunday, January 11, 2026. Services will be at 3 p.m. at Kingdom Faith Church, 6014 Homestead Road, Blackshear. Sponsor is Masterbuilder Ardrelle Myles Sutton. Everyone is cordially invited. Tony Reynolds is the pastor. ***** 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 Rainge Funeral Home, 505 Ware Street Blackshear. ***** Positive Thoughts: Leaving the old year, we are embracing the New Year with a positive mind. ***** Remember ye not the former things, neither consider things old. Behold I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
- Isaiah 43:18-19 ***** 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.
