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Friends of the Library Book Sale
Friends of the Library will have a book sale Saturday, Oct. 8, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 273 Railroad St. next to the JCHS track. Proceeds benefit the Jones County Public Library.
Incredible prices. Many books are free. Feature of the month: MYSTERY.
Greater Jordan Chapel AME Church Anniversary
Greater Jordan Chapel AME Church will have their 155th church anniversary and homecoming concert Sunday, Oct. 9, 3:00 p.m. at the W.E.
Knox Civic Center, 161 W.
Clinton St., Gray, featuring The New Silver Stars.
Wild Adventure Day
Gray Garden Club and The Garden Club of GA are having a one-day Wild Adventure Camp on Oct. 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This camp is open to all children ages 9-11 years old and will be held on the grounds of the home of Hoyt and Sally Brown in Bradley.
Kids will need to bring a sack lunch. Drinks and snacks will be provided. The cost is $10 per child and space is limited to 10 campers. This will be the first time this camp is presented in Georgia. For more information, please contact Ruth Hartzog at 478-986-9656 or ncrd537@hotmail.com.
Adams Tabernacle 1st Annual Men’s Ministry Golf Tourney
Adams Tabernacle will host a Men’s Ministry golf tournament Saturday, Oct.
15. Two-man scramble. 8 a.m. registration, 9 a.m. shotgun start. 1st and 2nd flight winners. Prizes and drawing.
Contact Floyd Patterson at 478-986-1079; James Tuft at 478-607-0615 or Larry Tuft at 478-283-1209.
Greater St. James AME Harvest Festival
Greater St. James AME Church will have a Harvest Festival Saturday, Oct. 15, 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. at 367 Hungerford Road in Bradley. For more information, contact Lucy Coxton at 478-221-3336 or 478-538-1119.
Haddock Baptist Fall Festival
Haddock Baptist will host their Fall Festival Sunday, Oct. 16, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. There will be a hot-dog supper, s’mores, face-painting, hay ride, cake walk, bouncy house, obstacle course, trunk-or-treat, and pumpkin decorating. Haddock Baptist Church is located at 180 Ethridge Road just off Highway 22. For more information, call the church office at 478-932 5470 or email questions to haddockbc@gmail.com.
Jones County Farm Bureau Annual Meeting
Jones County Farm Bureau will hold its Annual County Meeting Oct. 18, at 6:00 p.m. located at 180 Eatonton Hwy.
Members are invited to attend.
Women in Missions Yard Sale
Women in Missions will have their annual yard sale Saturday, Oct. 22, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Gray United Methodist Church, 117 South Jefferson Street, Gray. There will be something for everyone.
Grief Share Recovery Seminar
Bradley Baptist Church, Gray, Grief Share Recovery seminar and support group meets each Thursday evening from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. through Nov.3.Nocostrequired. For more information, call Barbara Robinson at 986-5895 or the church office at 986-4995.
Ocmulgee CASA training
Ocmulgee Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) will hold its Fall volunteer training every Monday and Wednesday, beginning Sept.
14 through Oct. 9, from 1-4 p.m. at Lakeview Academy in Milledgeville. Trainees must attend all nine sessions to complete the training.
CASA volunteers serve as the voice for children in foster care. They attend court hearings and advocate for the best interests of the child. For more information, please call 478-452-9170 or visit ocmulgeecasa.org.
Velma McFadden Food Bank
Velma McFadden Missionary Food Bank will be at Greater Jordan Chapel, 1415 Highway 22 East, Haddock, on the following schedule each month: First Saturday, 10:00-11:30 a.m. Third Thursday, 10:00-11:30 a.m.
Mobile Food Truck Distribution - Fourth Wednesday, 11 a.m. until all is gone.
• BradleyBaptistChurchwillhave Sunday services at 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. Drive-in services can tune to 89.1 for both services. Sunday school will be at 10:00 a.m.
• TheJCHSFFAAlumniChapter meets the second Monday of every month at 6:30 p.m. inside the JCHS lunchroom. Membership is open to anyone, even if they were not a former FFA member.
• Al-AnonmeetseveryTuesdayand Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at the Jones County Senior Center, 126 Senior Center Way. For information, call 986-7192.
• AAmeetsattheAmericanLegion Building every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 7:00 p.m. For more information, call 986-3207.
• St.PaulAMEChurchwillbe having a clothing bank the first Saturday of every month from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at 127 Saint Paul Church Circle.
• NarcononofGeorgiaoffershelp for drug and alcohol addiction.
For more information, call Narconon of Georgia at 1-877-413 3073 or visit www.drugsno.com.
Narconon offers referrals, free assessments, drug education and out-patient rehabilitation.
• TheJonesCountyKiwanisClub meets every Monday in the fellowship hall of Gray Baptist Church at 6:30 p.m.
• NewHarvestChurchofGod, 12689 Highway 87, Juliette, hosts a community prayer service every Monday in the sanctuary at 6:30 p.m.; it does not end until everyone is finished praying.
Everyone is invited. For more information, contact pastor Mark Moore, (478) 993-6705, or Tina McMurray, (478) 957-7299.
• TheGrayCityCouncilmeetsthe first Monday of each month at the D.V. Childs Civic Center at 6:00 p.m.
• TheGrayJayceesmeetthesecond Monday of each month at 7 p.m., in the lobby of Main Street,109 James Street, downtown Gray. For more information, contact Gray Jaycee President, Michael Fields at 478-414-8087.
• GrayStationMiddleschool council meets the 3rd Tuesday of the month.
• AmericanLegionPost142meets the first Tuesday of each month at 314 Old Clinton Road (directly behind Tri-County EMC) at 6:30 p.m. For more information, email graylegionpost142@windstream. net.
• TheJonesCountyCruisersmeet the first Monday of each month at Chevy’s Pizza at 7:00 p.m. For more information, call Dannie Curtis at 258-5502.
• TheGrayDowntown Development Authority meets the second Monday of each month in the conference room at City Hall at noon.
• TheJonesCountyAmateur Radio Society (JCARS) meets the first Thursday of each month at the Jones County EMA office classroom on Industrial Boulevard in Gray at 6:30 p.m. All are welcome. Amateur Radio License testing begins at 5:00 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month at this same location. For more information, call Gary at 737-2077.
• TheJonesCountyDemocratic Party meets the fourth Monday in each month September - May at the W.E. Knox Civic Center.
• TheJonesCountyHighSchool Touchdown Club meets the first Thursday of each month. For more information, contact Lee Perkins, (478) 973-2018.
• TheJonesCountyChildrenIn Care Parent’s Association meets the third Monday of each month at Elam Baptist Church from 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
• TheCityofGrayHistoric Preservation Commission meets the first Tuesday of each month in City Hall’s conference room at 6:00 p.m.
• TheMarineCorpsLeague Detachment #970 meets the first Tuesday of each month at United Community Church, 2411 Heath Road, Macon, at 6:00 p.m.
For further information, call Ed Barbee, 960-3917.
• TheSexualAssaultSurvivors(SAS) group meets the first Tuesday of each month at Reflections Psychotherapy LLC from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. For more information, call (706) 224-3396 or email angiemeells@yahoo.com.
• TheJonesCountyHighSchool Band Boosters meet the second Tuesday of each month in the band room or the lunch room at 6:30 p.m.
• TheJonesCountyBoardof Commissioners meets the first and third Tuesday of each month in the Charlotte C. Wilson Conference Room at 6:00 p.m.
