New Hope ICCC: September 2006

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Location: Valdosta, Georgia, United States

Rev. Ethridge is very active in South GA for both New Hope and Tift Regional Medical Center (TRMC) where he serves as Asst. VP, Cardiovascular/Pulmonary services. He served 8 years on the Ryan White Consortium. He served as the Chair of the VHA Georgia Respiratory Council(2004-06)leading the council to be selected as council of the year for their acheivements. He also serves as chair of the Respiratory (RT) advisory committee for Southwest Georgia Technical College and serves on the RT Advisory committees for Okefenokee Technical College and Darton College, and is currently President of the Georgia Society for Respiratory Care. He is also a Registered Nurse as well as a Respiratory Therapist. Rev. Ethridge was featured in the July '06 issue of Georgia Trends Magazine as a Health Care Hero; nominated for this honor by his peers at TRMC for his laudable contributions to community education and healthcare promotion in S.GA. A strong love of God, a resolve to do the work that God has called him to do, and a wonderfully dedicated group of servants in Christ keep Rev. Ethridge energized and surrounded by love.

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

We suffered a great loss this past week with the death of one of our members, but Heaven gained a wonderful soul. John Whiddon answered Christ's call on Wednesday, September 20th at 915 am. As many of you know, John lived with me and Ray for the past 7 months, moving home to Ashburn to be with his family just 2 weeks before he died. He went peacefully with his family around him. Our home and our hearts are empty of a beautiful presence that we know we will see again someday in paradise! Due to many request of those who were not able to attend his funeral services, we will be having a Life Celebration Service and Social on Sunday, October 29th at 6PM. If you'd like more information, please give us a call!

Services this past Sunday were awesome!! Brother Dale Goff delivered a very powerful message and the Holy Spirit was so strong! God is truly doing a work in us and among us so that He can do a mighty work through us!! What a mighty God we serve!! Who else could possibly offer us the gift of eternal life!!

I look forward to seeing you all soon!!

Love in Christ,

Rev. Jerry Ethridge

Sunday, September 17, 2006

Can you believe that it will soon be Christmas? Here we are nearing the end of September and it seems like it was just January 1st!! We've completed our first round of fundraising and raised over $400! Praise God! We also have the winner for the Day Spa Raffle. The winner of the raffle is Jackie Laska of Tifton, GA!! Congratulations Jackie!! We also thank Penny Jordan and Jordans Salon and Day Spa for the wonderful gift valued at over $218. Special thanks to all of those on the Fundraising Committee for the hard work you are putting forth on these efforts and to each of our members and friends who took time to help sell the tickets! We've been richly blessed with God's presence as He begins a new and exciting work in us and through us! Come join in our worship and witness the wonderful works that God has put into motion as we continue to spread God's Love and the Good News of His Gospel!!

New Hope ICCC
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