OF COMMUNITY EVENTS
Haddock Christian Church Dedication Service
Please join Haddock Christian Church 117 N. Oak St. Haddock, GA (formerly Haddock Methodist Church) in celebration and dedication of our church to God our Father, His Son Jesus Christ, and His Holy Spirit. Worship service is 11am – 12pm Jan. 29, 2023.
Lunch for all will follow. Please visit with us to hear the relevant Biblical preaching and teaching from our Pastor Darrell Burns and the loving fellowship of our church family. For more information contact Darrell Howell at (478)414-8357 or Ginger Bailey (478)365-9384
Ocmulgee CASA Volunteer Training
Ocmulgee Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) will hold a new volunteer training class beginning January 18, from 1-4 pm at Lakeview Academy in Milledgeville. The 9 required training sessions will be held every Monday and Wednesday through February 15. CASA volunteers serve as the voice for children in foster care. For more information, please call 478-452-9170.
Jones County Pickleball Club
JCPC Glow Ball Pickleball Tournament will be held Feb.
24 and 25, from 6-10 p.m. every night at the Morris Bank Recreation Park. Men and women’s doubles play Friday night and mixed doubles play on Saturday night. For more information and to register, visit https://pickleballbrackets. com/?GLOW or email: mailto:jonescountypickleball@gmail.com.
Jones County 4-H Summer Camps
Registration for all camps will open on Friday, February 10th at 8 a.m.
Registration will be held in person at the 4-H office at the Government Center, 166 Industrial Blvd., Gray.
A $100 deposit is required at registration. Spaces are limited.
• CloverleafCampatRockEagle
Current 4th-6th grade students June 19-23 Cost: $390 Limit: 36 Final Payment Balances Due By: June 16th
• JuniorCampatFortson4-H Center
Current 7th-8th grade students July 10-14 Cost: $395 Limit: 5 Final Payment Balances Due By: May 5th
• SeniorCampatRockEagle Current 9th-12th grade students July 3-7 Cost: $395 Final Payment Balances Due By: May 5th
• SeniorExtremeCampatRock Eagle’s Frank Fitch Pioneer Camp
Current 9th-12th grade students (Tent camping instead of cabins) June 5-9 OR June 12-16, 2023 Cost: $395 Final payment balances due by May 5.
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.
REGULAR
MEETINGS
• 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.
• ThealumniofWhittleElementary School, Spring Street, Macon, meet the second Tuesday of each month at Fresh Air Bar-B-Que, 3070 Riverside Drive in Macon, at 11:30 a.m. For more information, call Mike King, (478) 994-6757, or email Bobby Sanders at rasanders@cox.net.
• TheOldCapitalCarClubmeets the second Tuesday of each month at the IHOP, Wal-Mart Market Central, 2598 N. Columbia St. in Milledgeville, at 6:30 p.m. for dinner, followed by the meeting at 7:30 p.m. All auto enthusiasts are invited to attend. For more information, call (478) 453-0295.
• GrayGardenClubmeetsonthe first Tuesday of the month at the Bradley Baptist Church 10:00 a.m.
• TheDomesticViolenceSurvivors
