Local News
Church briefs: Sept. 15, 2018
AMERICUS Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church The first Lay Day Worship Services is at 3 p.m. Sept. 30 featuring…
Local News
Church briefs: Sept. 8, 2018
AMERICUS Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church The first Lay Day Worship Services is at 3 p.m. Sept. 30 featuring…
Local News
St. Mary Catholic Church welcomes new pastor
AMERICUS — On July 1, St. Mary Catholic Church parishioners welcomed their new pastor, Father Samuel Aniekwe, a…
Opinion
Pastor’s viewpoint: Aug. 25, 2018
I met Frankie Ruiz in the May 2018 issue of “Runner’s World” magazine. He’s the Chief Running Officer…
Opinion
Keith Wishum: As good as dead
“Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated,” Mark Twain once said. Larry Green would agree. Green is…
Local News
Church briefs: Aug. 25, 2018
AMERICUS Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church The first Lay Day Worship Services is at 3 p.m. Sept. 30 featuring…
Opinion
Sonny Pinckard: Volunteers are blessings; more needed
Back in June, I turned 80 years old. And there have been many days this summer that I…
Local News
Local church gives minister a home
AMERICUS — Gandhi coined the phrase, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” This statement…
Opinion
Keith Wishum: Sweet Hour of Porch
I have never written a hymn. For that, church-goers the world over are grateful. But, I’m thinking of…
Local News
Church briefs: Aug. 18, 2018
AMERICUS Campbell Chapel A.M.E. Church The Brantly/Childers’ Annual Missionary Celebration is at 2:30 p.m. Aug. 19 with guest…
Local News
Homecoming, new plans coming to 1st United Methodist Church
AMERICUS — Americus First United Methodist Church will hold a Homecoming service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday with a…
Opinion
Keith Wishum: All I really need to know
Robert Fulghum published a delightful book several years ago entitled, All I Really Need to Know, I Learned…
Local News
Church briefs: August 11, 2018
AMERICUS Campbell Chapel A.M.E. Church The Brantly/Childers’ Annual Missionary Celebration is at 2:30 p.m. Aug. 19 with guest…
Local News
Church briefs: Aug. 4, 2018
AMERICUS New St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church Homecoming Services are at 11 a.m. Aug. 5. Dinner will be…
Opinion
Keith Wishum: No solo flights
There is something glamorous about flying solo. Steve Fossett liked it. In March 2005, the millionaire adventurer became…
Local News
Church brief: July 28, 2018
AMERICUS New St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church Annual revival services continues at 7 p.m. through Aug. 2. Homecoming…
Opinion
Keith Wishum: Fill your cart
Do you remember a TV game show in which contestants raced through a grocery store filling a cart?…
agriculture
Church briefs: July 21, 2018
AMERICUS Campbell Chapel A.M.E. Church Campbell Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church Restoration Project Inc. invites the public to…
Opinion
Keith Adams: Becoming a saint
In October 2017, Pope Francis declared 30 people who died in Brazil in 1645 to be saints. They…
Local News
Church briefs: July 14, 2018
AMERICUS Perry Grove Baptist Church The church’s 89th Anniversary is observed during the 11 a.m. worship service July…
Opinion
Pastor’s viewpoint: July 7, 2018
Alexander the Great once said, “I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep;…
Opinion
Keith Wishum: Working in the steps of Jesus
He didn’t have to work, but he did. If your father were the wealthiest man in town, would…
Local News
Church briefs: July 7, 2018
AMERICUS Perry Grove Baptist Church The church’s 89th Anniversary is observed during the 11 a.m. worship service July…
Opinion
Pastor’s viewpoint: June 30, 2018
Lonnie George was born and raised in Mobile, Alabama; his dad was a World War II veteran and…
Opinion
Keith Wishum: Giving to Caesar
Have you noticed that if you combine the letters in “the IRS,” you spell “theirs”? It has been…
Local News
Church briefs: June 30, 2018
AMERICUS Friendship Missionary Baptist Church The Kitchen of Hope at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church Shelter, 407 Cotton Ave.,…
Opinion
Pastor’s viewpoint: June 23, 2018
He was born in Diamond Grove, Missouri, somewhere around 1864; he didn’t know the date. That’s because he…
Opinion
Keith Wishum: Do you need another coat?
Painting felt almost pointless. Mysterious spots kept showing through the fresh paint in our newly purchased house in…
