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Dogwood’s GriefShare seminar starts tonight

Dogwood Church in Tyrone will offer GriefShare - Surviving the Holidays, a seminar, Wednesday, Nov. 20, from 7-9 p.m.

The group will meet in the Atrium area of the church office.

The video presentation offers suggestions on how to handle hard-hitting emotions during the holiday season, what to do about family traditions, how to scale back on activities and holiday preparations, and where to find the strength to go on.

“I learned that it’s okay not to carry on every tradition, and it’s okay to cut back on invitations,” shared a seminar attendee. Read More»

Hopewell welcomes Kenneth White as new director of music ministries

After an extensive search, members of Hopewell United Methodist Church in Tyrone hired Kenneth A. White as their new director of music ministries. The native Atlantan has a stellar reputation throughout the southeast as both a director and performer of a wide variety of music.

White has 30 years experience in sacred church music, 25 years experience in conducting professional symphony orchestras, 30 years experience in audio-visual and lighting, and 18 years experience as an artistic director and professional fund raiser in the community orchestra and choral arena. Read More»

St. Andrew’s Christmas Fair coming up December 7

The ladies of the Episcopal Church Women (ECW) at St. Andrew’s-in-the-Pines, Peachtree City will host their 2013 Fine Art & Crafts Christmas Fair, Bazaar and Golden Elephant Sale. Saturday, Dec. 7 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. in the Parish Hall of the church.

Juried vendors will be selling fine art, textiles, jewelry, stain glass, art glass, ceramics, hand-made jams, jellies and sweets, angel art and more.

ECW will be selling an array of homemade baked goods, textiles and Golden Elephant items. Read More»

Canton Jones to appear at UCFI South

Unity Christian Fellowship International (UCFI) South will hold its Inaugural Celebration on Nov. 23, featuring gospel recording superstar, Canton Jones.

The event will be hosted at the Banneker High School auditorium, 6015 Feldwood Road, College Park. The free event begins at 5 p.m.. Doors open at 4:30 p.m.

UCFI South is a growing ministry in the Fairburn area. For more information visit www.ucfisouth.org or contact Kellie Goss, 404-436-2099 or kellie.goss@ucfisouth.org.

Flat Creek Baptist presents Back to Bethlehem

Flat Creek Baptist Church of Fayetteville invites the public to “Back to Bethlehem,” where one can experience life as it was in the days of Jesus’s birth. The event features a live nativity and interactive workshops. Children can make candles, bread, musical instruments and more.

Back to Bethlehem will be held Dec. 8. from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Flat Creek Baptist Church, 161 Flat Creek Trail, between Ga. Hwy. 54 and Tyrone Rd., Fayetteville.

For more information, visit www.flatcreekbaptist.org.

Fayette Fiddlers to perform at Carriage Lane

Seventy young violinists known as the Fayette Fiddlers will perform songs of the Christmas season Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 6:30 p.m. at Carriage Lane Presbyterian Church in Peachtree City.

New this year is an orchestra performance featuring an array of talent from accomplished musicianship to toddlers still learning the basics of violin.

The public is invited to attend this free event.

For more information, visit fiddlerfry@bellsouth.net or call 770-487-8943.

Religion Briefs 11/20/13

SDA Church will host Family Fun Night
The Fayette Seventh Day Adventist Church family will host its Family Fun Night on Nov. 23, from 7-11 p.m. featuring Jamaican, Antiguan, Dominican, Trinidadian, Mexican, and Filipino cuisine, hay rides, ping pong, face painting, hula hoop, basketball, dominoes, cake walks and much more. Admission is free. Call 678-665-8767 for more details. The church is at 814 New Hope Rd., Fayetteville.

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War veteran shares story about tiger

‘Tuffy’ lived to a ripe age of 18. Photo/Special.

There have been numerous stories in the media of soldiers rescuing abandoned or stray dogs in Afghanistan and bringing them home to the United States, but what about a Bengal tiger?

That’s exactly what happened in 1963 during the Vietnam War when the U.S. Army 93rd Transportation Company donated their mascot, Tuffy, a 250-pound Bengal tiger to the Toledo, Ohio zoo.
Willard Womack, a soldier in the company, recalled the story to students at Whitewater Middle as the school’s keynote speaker during their Veterans Day celebration on November 11. Read More»

Chopper gives Vietnam feel to PTC’s Veterans Day event

A Huey helicopter gave rides over Peachtree City while adding a dynamic Vietnam-era sound to the Veterans Day event in Peachtree City. Photo/John Munford.

The unmistakable thunder from the rotors of a Huey helicopter provided an authentic backdrop to the Peachtree City Veterans Day observance Nov. 9 hosted by the Dixie Wing of the Commemorative Air Force.

The Huey was the workhorse of American troops fighting in the Vietnam War, and the ceremony was a special nod to the 40th anniversary of the end of that war, which claimed more than 58,000 American lives. Read More»

Posting the colors at Tyrone Veterans Day ceremony

Members of the Sandy Creek High School JROTC were just part of the activities at Veterans Memorial Park in Tyrone on Veterans Day. The well-attended event included a keynote address by Rev. Marc Pritchett of Rush Ministries. Photo/Ben Nelms.

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