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GSPC News
Happy New Year! The church office will be closed on Monday, January 1.
Stewardship reminder: Please remember to return your pledge cards. Pledges can be dropped in the offering plate, submitted to the church office, or emailed to Dawn Hearn, GSPC Bookkeeper.
Supper Club Update: The Supper Clubs will begin meeting again in January. Stay tuned for updates! If you would like to be added to the list to join a Supper Club, or to be a substitute, email Blanche Parsons or Linda Reynolds.
Tuesday Lunch and Learn: GSPC’s community lunch series will resume on Tuesday, January 9, 2024. The first speaker of the new year will be J.D Crowe, political cartoonist at al.com. Lunch is served at noon and J.D. will speak at 12:30 p.m. Lunch is $12 and includes coffee, tea and dessert. Invite your friends and family to lunch! Here is the full list of upcoming speakers:
Jan. 9: J.D. Crowe, political cartoonist, al.com
Jan. 16: Cam Marston, author and radio talk show host
Jan. 23: Cart Blackwell, Education Curator, Mobile Carnival Museum
Jan. 30: Chris Curry, President, Mobile Airport Authority
Feb. 6: Glenda Snodgrass, information security expert, the Net Effect
Feb. 20: Jo Bonner, President, University of South Alabama
Feb. 27: Keith Blackwood, Mobile District Attorney
March 5: Lucy Gafford, Executive Director, Mobile Arts Council
March 12: John Driscoll, Director and CEO, Alabama Port Authority
March 19: Alan Sealls, author and Chief Meteorologist at NBC-15
April 2: Champ Napier, client advocate, Mobile County Public Defender’s Office
April 9: Simone Eli, sports director and anchor, WKRG
April 16: Owen Bailey, CEO, USA Health
April 23: Jon Carfagno, Executive Director, Mobile Museum of Art
April 30: Elizabeth Stevens, President and CEO, Downtown Mobile Alliance
Sanctuary flowers: If you would like to place flowers in the Sanctuary in memory of or in honor of a loved one, please contact Ann Adams at Adams-marion@att.net or 251-591-8586.
RIP Medical Debt: Churches in the Presbytery of South Alabama (PSA) are invited to participate in the "Jubilee Campaign" to end medical debt in our area. As you know, medical debt is something that plagues families all across the United States through no fault of their own. PSA is partnering with RIP Medical Debt to purchase bundled medical debt portfolios and then forgive that debt at pennies on the dollar. On average, $1 is leveraged to abolish $100 in medical debt!
Every donation through this page will be spent directly on abolishing medical debt in Alabama (with an emphasis on the counties where there is a PSA church located). When debt relief recipients open the yellow envelope from RIP, they are told that their debt has been bought by PSA churches and erased with no strings attached. They owe nothing on the debt and face no tax penalty.
Let’s join together to help abolish debt and bring Jubilee to thousands of families across Alabama! Click here to donate. You may also send a check to the church office or place in the offering plate with the subject "RIP Medical Debt."
Interfaith Bible Study: The next Interfaith Bible Study will be Thursday, January 18, 2024, at Spring Hill Avenue Temple at 5:30 p.m.
New Book Club: Beginning in February, Meredith Johnston will lead a book discussion/club meeting on the last Tuesday of every month at 5:30 p.m. in the Church Library and via Zoom. The focus will be on books about church history and biography. On February 27, the group will discuss "From Preaching to Meddling: A White Minister in the Civil Rights Movement," by Francis Walter, a Mobile native. The Mobile Public Library has several copies available at their branches and the book is also available digitally to download from their site through Hoopla. For more information, please contact Meredith Johnston via email or at 251-323-5954.
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