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Church briefs: March 31, 2018
AMERICUS Piney Grove No. 3 Baptist Church The church choir celebrate its 47th anniversary at 3 p.m. April ...
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In remembrance
The simple wooden cross at Salem United Methodist Church heralds the observance of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, ...
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Holy Week community services continue
AMERICUS — The Sumter County Ministerial Association hosts Holy Week Services for the week prior to Easter Sunday, ...
Columns
Pastor’s viewpoint: March 24, 2018
I was in the U. S. Navy in Pensacola, Florida, and working on a master’s degree in marine ...
Columns
Keith Wishum: The real thing
“Do you want a real one or a fake one?” My first thought was that, of course, I ...
Local News
Church briefs: March 24, 2018
AMERICUS Christians On a Mission Deliverance Center The Pastor, Prophetess Helen Mercer’s, 19th appreciation celebration is held during ...
Columns
Pastor’s viewpoint : March 17, 2018
In 1895, a Senate committee in New York called them “really houses of prostitution or disorderly houses.” In ...
Columns
Keith Wishum: Getting a glimpse of God
What would you pay for a glimpse of God? Twenty-eight thousand dollars is what Golden Palace.com reportedly shelled ...
Local News
Church briefs: March 17, 2018
AMERICUS Christians On a Mission Deliverance Center The Pastor, Prophetess Helen Mercer’s, 19th appreciation celebration is held during ...
Columns
Pastor’s viewpoint: March 10, 2018
It’s relatively rare, there are only about 200,000 cases/year. Symptoms first appear between the ages of 3 and ...
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Keith Wishum: Things fall into your lap
Sometimes things just fall into your lap. Greg Alonz attended baseball games since he was kid. He always ...
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Church briefs: Marcy 10, 2018
AMERICUS Antioch Missionary Baptist Church The annual Candlelight Service is observed at 2 p.m. March 11 with guest ...
Columns
Keith Wishum: Asking for too much
A customer entered a small shop and browsed the fresh fruit. “Give me two pounds of oranges and ...
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Church briefs: March 3, 2018
AMERICUS Antioch Missionary Baptist Church The annual Candlelight Service is observed at 2 p.m. March 11 with guest ...
business
Harvest of Hope Food Pantry receives gift from Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation
AMERICUS — Harvest of Hope Food Pantry has received $2,800 from the Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation just ...
Columns
Pastor’s viewpoint: Feb. 24, 2018
Just today, I learned about the RAS or reticular activating system in the vertebrate brain … it’s the ...
Columns
Keith Wishum: Your MVP Award
Though I’ve never met him, I like Joe Gordon. He gives me hope. Gordon, playing for the New ...
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Church briefs: Feb. 24, 2018
AMERICUS Antioch Missionary Baptist Church The annual Candlelight is observed at 2 p.m. March 11 with guest speaker, ...
Columns
Pastor’s viewpoint: Feb. 17, 2018
When I was in school, they told us food, water, and shelter are essential to life. In a ...
Columns
Keith Wishum: A persistent love
It was a persistent love. Bess Wallace had known him since they first met at school when she ...
Local News
Church briefs: Feb. 17, 2018
AMERICUS Antioch Missionary Baptist Church The annual Candlelight is observed at 2 p.m. March 11 March with guest ...
Columns
Pastor’s viewpoint: Feb. 10, 2018
The Navajo Nation is a semi-autonomous territory covering 27,425 miles and reaching into most of northern Arizona and ...
Columns
Keith Wishum: Run for your life
Harding University at one time had a Kenyan connection in their athletic department. Most of their best distance ...
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Church briefs: Feb. 10, 2018
AMERICUS Campbell Chapel A.M.E. Church The church’s 159th anniversary is celebrated at 2 p.m. Feb. 11 with guest ...
Columns
Keith Wishum: Clothe yourself in Christ
It’s not much fun coming home to an empty house. But, as Beverly Mitchell discovered, it’s not much ...
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Church briefs: Feb. 3, 2018
AMERICUS Campbell Chapel A.M.E. Church The church’s 159th anniversary is celebrated at 2 p.m. Feb. 11 with guest ...
Columns
Pastor’s viewpoint: Jan. 27, 2018
There are so many diseases; it’s hard to know much about any of them, much less become interested ...
Columns
Keith Wishum: Following the crowd
“It’s just so cool!” That’s what one young man said about why he was participating in the looting ...
