Category: Church

Steve Cordle ECB Publishing, Inc. Our church member spotlight focuses on Charlie Reichert, a native of Jefferson County, born 95 years ago on July 11, 1925. Reichert served in the U.S. Navy…

Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. Ralph Wrightstone is a pastor who has been serving the United Methodist Church since 1994. He lives in Monticello, and his last appointment was as Waukeenah. He…

Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Linda Gramling Demott has always loved going to church. As a matter-of-fact, she sought out a church family all by herself. As a youngster, she lived in…

Angie Perry was born and raised in Chicago and has been a member at Central Baptist Church in Aucilla since 2016. Angie and her husband, Bob, have been married for 30 years…

Steve Cordle ECB Publishing, Inc. The Northside Church of Christ is a long-established entity in Monticello. It has done a lot over the years and one of its members is this week’s…

Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. [Greg and Anne Parker, a missionary couple who are partly sponsored by the Jefferson County community and A Doctors Heart organization, are directors of infrastructure for SEARA,…

Steve Cordle ECB Publishing, Inc Jack Williams is a long time member of nearly 30 years at  Christ Episcopal Church, on North Jefferson St., in Monticello. Originally from Wisconsin, he has spent…

Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. Living right between Greenville and Monticello, Nancy Banks is a resident of Jefferson County, and though her husband, Bert Banks, passed away in 2015, she has a…

Steve Cordle ECB Publishing, Inc. Family traditions can run deep and that is especially true in churches where it is common to find multiple generations of the same family sitting together in…

Steve Cordle ECB Publishing, Inc. Walter Wiggins has been the minister at the Northside church of Christ in Monticello since 2018. Born and raised in Tallahassee, he ministers with the church as…

We are all creatures of habit and we sometimes get ourselves into ruts that don’t do us any favors. One of those habits for me is watching the news. One evening, I…

Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Bethpage Missionary Baptist Church held a very successful “Back-to-School Giveaway” on Saturday, Aug. 8. Local students participating received a free backpack filled with school supplies and other…

Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Danielle Dechristofaro Williams is a member of the Elizabeth Baptist Church (EBC), which is located at 4124 Bassett Dairy Rd., in the Jefferson County area. She was…

With racial tension so high in America Christians should ask themselves how we should respond to such problems. What does God’s word demand of a Christian when it comes to this subject?…

I received some words of wisdom about milking cows this week. I chewed on that cud of information a bit and began to realize certain things about milking a cow could be…

I don’t like wearing face masks. They are uncomfortable, hot and stuffy at times, and it’s hard to talk through them and nearly impossible to pick up nonverbal facial expressions that add…

There is an old cautionary fable about an unlikely cat and mouse partnership. To be sure, the lesson applies today: A mouse stored a jar of honey in an old church. His…

Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Wacissa resident Betsy Maloy has been a member of the Wacissa United Methodist Church family for her entire life. She remembers attending the church as a young…

Several years ago I was preaching in a church where I always knew when a certain member was bothered by my Sunday sermon. I knew she was bothered because I got a…