January storms: South Georgia helps neighbors, early response teams needed

On Thursday, January 12, 2023, severe storms and multiple tornadoes stretched across the Alabama-West Florida and North Georgia Conferences. The South Georgia Conference stands in solidarity with our neighboring conferences, offering prayer and support. At the request of the North Georgia Conference, the South Georgia Conference has been asked to assist and coordinate the UMC response in Meriwether County. Rev. Glenn Martin, Northwest District Disaster Response coordinator, is taking the lead and is working with the emergency manager and other leaders in the area. Rev. Martin led a team from the Northwest District to Greenville, Ga. on Monday, January 16. The fourteen volunteers were from Wynnton UMC, Pierce Chapel UMC, and Midland UMC. In addition, Dan Henderson, member of Fitzgerald UMC, took a skid steer to assist in moving and collecting debris. They did chainsaw work all day, cutting down and cutting up pine trees and cleaning up debris. Martin took another team later in the week. The South Georgia Conference shower trailer is being used by the Red Cross shelter in Locust Grove. Blankets were collected by churches in the North Central District, and Luis Morales, Conference Disaster Response Coordinator, delivered to affected areas on Friday, January 20. 

Bible Reading Plan Week of January 29 th

Sunday...……...... Isaiah 64 

Monday………. Matthew 1 

Tuesday………. Matthew 2 

Wednesday…... Matthew 3 

Thursday...….... Matthew 4 

Friday………… Matthew 5 

Saturday…....... Matthew 6 

Family Promise Training The next training session for Family Promise volunteers will be Monday, February 27 at 6:30p and held at the Family Promise facility on 41 in Perry. If you are interested in volunteering with Family Promise you must attend a training session. Contact JO or Lynn Miller for more details. 

Sacristy Volunteers Needed We are in need of volunteers to help with setting up communion on Sundays. We would like to have about 4 teams of 2 that are willing to serve for a month on a rotation basis. If you are interested, please contact Eric or Gloria Nelson. Apportionment Drive Hey Church Family! The Finance committee would like to encourage you to consider your pledge for our Apportionment Drive started in the fall of 2022. We've collected over $28,000 and are extremely grateful for your gifts! We strive to be faithful in our apportionments and ask you to help us meet our goals in 2023 if you haven't done so already. If you have any questions, please reach out to Eric Nelson or call the office. Thank you for your faithfulness and commitment to the work of our calling.