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2012 Salvation Army Holiday Assistance

The Salvation Army will be taking applications for those needing assistance with food and toys for the 2012 holiday season.

Applications will be accepted between the dates of October 22nd and October 26th.  The office will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  You must apply in person at the Savlation Army located at 725 Meriwether Street, Griffin, Ga.

Applicants must provide the following information to be eligible for this program:
     1.  Picture Identification
     2.  Social Security Card for each individual (everyone) in the household
     3.  Proof of income (AFDC, Check stub, child support, food stamp award letter; all income)
     4.  Proof of Expense (Rent receipt, utility bill, phone, cable, etc…all bills)
     5.  Proof of your children’s ages (birth certificates, shot records, etc.)

For further information, please call the Salvation Army at 770-412-6561.

Please do not bring your children with you to sign up!

Build a Scarecrow Workshop coming to UGA Research & Education Garden

Sign up today for this fun, educational workshop at the UGA Research and Education Garden classroom. Come build your own scarecrow to display at the Scarecrows in the Garden.  You will be supplies with the frame, stuffing, gourd head, paint and fun ideas. You supply your imagination of what your scarecrow will be, your costume and accessories.

Saturday, October 6th, 2012, 10 am until 1 pm
UGA Research and Education Garden Classroom
121 Ellis Road Griffin, GA 30223

Cost is $20 (which includes the PVC pipe frame, the gourd for the head, the paint, and stuffing.) The class is limited to 15 participants.

For more information contact Barbara Harris at barbaraharris69@gmail.com

Click here for registration form.

Miss & Master Spalding County Pageant

Your child could be part of the new 2012 Royal court for Miss & Master Butts County and Miss & Master Spalding County. Kings and Queens ride in numerous community parades and are invited to the capital for a meet and greet with the governor. They also take part in many community and volunteer events. Be part of your county’s royal family. Pageant is open to girls ages newborn-18yrs. and Boys ages newborn-6yrs.
This is a natural pageant, attire is pageant dress, flower girl, or Easter Sunday best. No makeup on young kids and only age appropriate for older girls. Winners receive beautiful rhinestone crowns and custom title sashes, and gift. All alternates will receive a trophy. No one leaves empty handed.

Pageant held Sept 8th
Eagles Way Church
100 Hudson Rd, Griffin GA (near state patrol office)
Doors open at 9am, pageant begins at 10am
Also performing up and coming local country singer Drew Michaels!  www.Drewmichaels.com
For pageant info and entry form WWW.MISSHEARTOFGA.COM
Pageants open to all GA counties!

Chaplain for Atlanta Braves to speak in Griffin Tuesday!

The special guest this coming Tuesday, September 4th, at the Oak Hill Baptist Church Power Lunch will be Jay McSwain. Jay is the chaplain for the Atlanta Braves. Jay will be sharing insights about the pressures to perform and the spiritual struggles that occur inside the Braves clubhouse. You will be inspirited to reflect upon your own talents and gifts, and how you measure success in your life.  Cost to attend is $10.00, which includes lunch, networking & inspirational message from by Pastor Chris Holdorf.

Jay McSwain is an established author and speaker, known around the country as an expert in church member assimilation. He is also the founder and president of PLACE Ministries. Jay and PLACE Ministries are committed to helping ministers, church leaders and laymen thrive in the areas of ministry that God has designed them to engage.

For over 25 years, Jay has been helping people discover their unique God-given traits and abilities while helping them maximize their personal effectiveness in both life and ministry. Jay is a passionate leader that has impacted the lives of countless youth, singles and adults as he lives out his life verse, “you find your life as you give it away,” Matthew 16:25. He has seen lives change and groups within churches experience unprecedented numeric and spiritual growth as people begin to discover what they have to give-and then giving it away!

Early in his adult life Jay helped facilitate the rapid growth of his family’s business, a development and home-building business in the Southeast. Jay has served as both staff member and lay-volunteer in churches ranging in membership size from 10 to over 9,000 members. After leaving his family’s business in 1996 he and his wife Ginger moved to the San Francisco area to partner with Golden Gate Seminary to research the school’s alumni. He received his M. Div. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. In the following years Jay developed one of the leading assimilation resource tools in the world, reaching thousands of churches and people across the country.

Jay has written more than 10 books and numerous other resources focused on helping the church and its members. He is currently developing new resources for churches in equipping, empowering and encouraging ministry servants. Jay also serves as a trustee at Golden Gate Seminary. In 2011 Jay was provided the privilege to become the Chaplin for the Atlanta Braves. Often he is asked what he does with the Braves players and he has a simple response, “I do life with guys that play professional baseball and we do very little talking about baseball.”

His life experiences and his passion for people, along with his dynamic leadership and motivational style, offer a unique perspective in assessing the health of the church. Jay and his wife Ginger married in 1991 and have two beautiful girls, Maggie and Mary.

Oak Hill invites you to join them on the first Tuesday of each month at 11:45 am for Power Lunch.

100 Lakeside Rd, Williamson, GA 30292

5th Annual Griffin/Spalding United Way Cardboard Boat Race

Griffin/Spalding United Way will host its 5th Annual Cardboard Boat Race on Saturday, September 8th at Dundee Lake, begininning at 9am.
UGA-Griffin Campus has won in the time category 3 out of 4 years.  Can anyone beat them this year?  Spalding County Parks & Rec?  Caterpillar?
Awards also given for People’s Choice, Most Spirited & Judge’s Choice.
At the end of the event, all boats are invited back into the water for the Demolition Derby, where they compete for the Prize of Last Man Standing!
Caterpillar will be grilling and with a theme of “United We Rock” you never know who may appear!
You don’t want to miss this fun time!

Love & Respect Live Conference

Love and Respect Ministries is coming to Griffin, GA for a LIVE conference with Dr. Emerson and Sarah Eggerichs on September 14-15, 2012! Whether married, divorced, separated, dating or single you don’t want to miss this important event!

Friday, September 14
6:45 PM – 9:45 PM

Saturday, September 15
8:45 AM – 12:45 PM

$45.00 per person “Early Bird” discount through September 3
$55.00 per person on/after September 4th.

Host Church URL: http://www.griffinfirst.org/

REGISTER HERE!