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By Editor | January 27, 2021 |
[EDITOR’S NOTE: The South Georgia Advocate is the news source of the South Georgia United Methodist Church. Editor Kara Witherow recently published a story about Hazlehurst First United Methodist Church youth’s project to convert a shipping container into a solar powered medical clinic to be sent to Africa. The story follows.] By Kara Witherow A group of South Georgia United Methodists has turned a can into a clinic. Partnering with Rev. Bobby Gale and his Unto the Least of His ministry, Hazlehurst First United Methodist Church’s youth group has turned a shipping container into an obstetrics and gynecology clinic. By the end of the month, it will be completed, filled with more than $5 million in medical supplies and medicines, and shipped to Africa.
SUNBURY â The Northumberland County Commissioners on Thursday doled out more than $1.7 million in County Relief Block Grant (CRBG) funding through the federal CARES Act to municipalities, schools, businesses and nonprofit organizations.
Commissioner Chair Sam Schiccatano said SEDA-COG accepted applications on behalf of the county from the entities applying for the funds.
After SEDA-COG reviewed the applications to see if funding criteria was met, Schiccatano said the commissioners made the final decisions on how to award the funding.
He noted that many municipalities received funding to replace radios and related equipment for police and fire personnel. This (pandemic) was a reason to improve communication, Schiccatano said. A lot of the radios that were replaced were old radios.
Many church services will look different this Christmas as the pandemic, combined with a threat of heavy rain and high winds late on Christmas Eve, may force changes in planned indoor and outdoor liturgies.
For many congregations, though, the use of livestreaming technology and Zoom is helping their members be able to celebrate the birth of Christ in meaningful ways, even if they cannot attend in person.
While churches are exempt from Gov. Tom Wolf’s order that all indoor congregations be limited to 10 people, health officials are urging people to follow social distancing, wear masks and possibly refrain from singing if attending in-person services or Masses indoors.