by Bee Dee Clay Thursday, August 8, 2024, was a special day for a group of special citizens as they were featured at the Rhythm and Rally Pickle Ball venue at the Mayor’s Council of Clergy Luncheon. They, Gifted Harmony Choir, became the first group to celebrate with more than 100 ministers at the world’s largest Pickle Ball facility….
by Rena Canady-Laster, Author, Actor, and Life Coach Who would have guessed that my portraying Mollie in Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot would allow me to embody her life and passion for her church-Bennet Chapel Baptist Church and its mission in the movie. Although deceased in real life, her legacy lives on in Possum Trot, Texas….
Most mid state residents are used to seeing local communications specialist Clarence W. Thomas, Jr.’s articles in the Middle Georgia Informer newspaper, Macon Magazine and Georgia Trend Magazine, but he recently debuted his Macon Sister City trip inspired children’s book “My Little Light”. The book is an adventure/morality tale featuring an eight-year-old African boy named Malik (King) out to…
MGI Staff Report It is with great pride that the Middle Georgia Informer reports that our publisher Cornelia S. Walker is the recent recipient of an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Humanitarianism courtesy of Dr. Dianna Global Enterprises (DDGE) in partnership with Global International Alliance. Dianna Hollins is the founder and CEO of Dianna Global Enterprises and an international and…
June Eighth After Five, 2024, will be a day remembered as diamonds and pearls, gentlemen and ladies, glamor and elegance, lovers and friends celebrated Bethel AME’s first Senior Prom. The Senior Ministry @ Bethel AME, led by President Patricia Simmons and committee, planned, and organized the Senior Prom. Bethel’s Senior Ministry was organized by Pastor Marvin Colbert in 2014…
by Clarence W. Thomas Jr. MGI Contributor thomasjr63@gmail.com What began in 1996 as the difficulty of securing homes for a multitude of children in the Texas foster care system, eventually turned into the adoption of 77 of the hardest to place youngsters by members of the East Texas church Bennett Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. The account of that journey…
Earlier this month, a local Monroe business, Trike Training was awarded a $10,000 grant and $500 worth of LegalZoom services from the company’s Fast Break for Small Business Program, a program conducted in partnership with the NBA, WNBA, and NBA G League. Trike Training is one of 30 small businesses from across the country to have received this grant…
YouthUp, Inc. held its 2nd Annual Celebrity Chef Cook-Off on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at Lizzie Chapel Baptist Church. The event, attended by more than 100 people, featured seven chefs who brought their home-cooked dishes to be sampled and voted on. Votes were then counted and First, Second and Third Place prizes were awarded. This fundraiser benefits the Youth…
For many years in Middle Georgia, one of the highlights of celebrating the Month of February was the James Wimberly Institute’s Racial Barrier Breakers Award ceremony. This event was usually attended by many noteworthy individuals who were there to honor those who had done for the first time what Blacks had never done before. They were brave citizens who…
The heirs to the Estate of Otis Redding Jr., doing business as Big O Holdings LLC, has entered into an administration agreement with Sony Music Publishing covering Redding’s vast music catalog in the U.S. Otis Redding, a prolific songwriter, and producer, is considered one of the most influential performers in the history of American popular music and a trailblazer in soul…
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