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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.

Thursday, October 11, 2007

I cannot begin to tell you the wonderful joy of serving the Lord with such a wonderful and loving group of folks! This week has been amazing! Monday, I came home to balloons and a banner stating "New Hope Loves Our Pastor"! Then on Tuesday, I recieved phone calls from about 6 different members expressing their appreciation and love for me and for Ray. It didn't stop there, on Wednesday, I received a beautiful flower arrangement at work wishing me a "Happy Pastor Appreciation Week". Later that evening Ray and I were presented with a gift certificate to Applebee's. Thursday, revealed a mailbox full of cards expressing appreciation and love! I cannot begin to express my appreciation for all that each of you do! Nothing that happens at the church would be possible if it were not for each of you! You each lend strength and character to everything that we do! Thank you for the love and appreciation that you always show to us and most of all thank you for you selfless devotion to God's works!

Love in Christ,

Rev. Jerry Ethridge

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Monday, October 08, 2007

God is so amazing! He has placed such amazing people in my life! We have been working diligently on formalizing our goals for the coming year. As many of you know, we have developed a 20/20 vision that outlines where we plan on being in the next 20 years. We are well on our way to accomplishing the goals we've set forth for the first year! Praise God for His marvelous blessings!! We are very excited about the future of New Hope! We're looking forward to the fundraising event at the Sweet Potato Festival in Ocilla on October, 27th! We've decided to subscribe to a phone tree service that allows me to make one phone call and update everyone who's number is on the list about events, prayer requests, or just a scripture of the week! God is moving in Valdosta and we are so glad to be a part of it!

Please join us in the near future and become a part of what God has planned for South Georgia!!

Love in Christ,

Rev. Jerry Ethridge

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Monday, October 01, 2007

Well, if you missed services last night, you missed a great one! We had a wonderful service, great food, and a great time of fellowship! It was karaoke night and just about everyone there got up and sang at least one song! Even our 4 visitors participated in the singing! I know that the fellowship committee will be repeating karaoke night!

I pray that you all have a wonderful week!

Love in Christ,

Rev. Jerry Ethridge

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