Could a 10th grade history class really change your life? For Mallory Thomas, that is where her journey began. Her final project in the class was to do a report on Kenya. “After doing the project, I knew I was going to be there someday,” says Mallory. (She has just returned from her third mission trip to Kenya. It seems to have created a lasting impact.) Mallory began attending Strong Rock Christian School in 2007 as a part of the inaugural group of students. She remembers it being a great year because everyone was brand new and just waiting for...
Salvation Army – A Slightly Different Path
The bus rolls out at 6:50 a.m.. Thirty minutes later 45 kids pull into Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy. They are from all over the United States, all different ages, yet connected by parents that answer an unusual calling. As such, these children support one another, connect with each other, understand each others struggles and challenges because all their parents have chosen a slightly different path. These are the Salvation Army children. Their parents are currently in training at the Salvation Army College and campus in downtown Atlanta. Originally opened in 1938, its mission is to train and ordain ministers...
All-Around Example
Self-driven Henry County student alumnus draws up winning play to reach goals, serve as role model – A paltry 0.08 percent. That’s it. Two spots behind a decimal point percentage worth is what kids donning the football pads each time late in summer have by way of a chance to make it to the National Football League. Most people have a better chance of hearing “Come on down” on the Price is Right than football players do of hearing their name called by the commissioner of the NFL. But what if you were one of the select few who did...
Gathered ‘Round The Table
Gone are the traditions so many of us grew up with. Formal dinners and fancy place settings….Arriving at your relatives home to find their dining room table adorned with china, crystal, silver tableware and cloth napkins….All decked out in anticipation of a bountiful plate covered in delicious food. The ladies buzzed in and out of the kitchen wearing lovely aprons and carrying serving dishes to and fro. Everyone would gather around the table, say grace and dig in. The conversations that followed are what so many memories were made of. We have fallen away from many of these traditions. I would guess that most...
Georgia Grown
Growing up on a cattle farm in North Georgia, Benjamin Pruett never guessed life would bring him full circle back to agriculture, turning a passion into a career. “The way we raised cattle back then was all-natural, but at the time, we didn’t realize it,” recalls Pruett. “Farmers have always been good stewards of the land, but organic farming has really brought that to light in recent years.” A seventh generation Georgian, Pruett is the Policy and Finance Director for Destiny Organics, a family-owned specialty foods distributor that works with local and organic farmers and producers in the state. His...
Coreda Shaw – Encouraging Youth Within The Community
As Henry County experiences a great deal of growth and development, we can attribute much of its upward transformation to those who serve our community. A long-term citizen of 79 years, Coreda Shaw has seen our community transform into a relatively fast-paced area where the dirt roads of Henry County are certainly a thing of the past. Through her own active style of philanthropy, Shaw tirelessly works to identify specific needs in our community in order to make a huge impact in the lives of others. For quite some time Shaw has remained a vital member of the education system...
When You Are Broken
By Pastor John Anderson Broken. Every time that word comes up I immediately go back in my mind to a day when I was in second grade. I was taken out of class and informed by my teacher and principal that my mother, on her way to pick me and my sisters up from school, was involved in a horrible automobile accident. We would find out later that she had barely survived and had suffered terrible injuries and several broken bones. I still remember going into the hospital room and seeing my strong and athletic mother lying in the bed...
Henry County Pregnancy Resource Center
By Janice Wright The Pregnancy Resource Center, in Henry County, is a Christ-centered ministry committed to upholding the sanctity of human life believing there is a purpose and a plan for every child. Board members, staff, and volunteers model Christ’s love in every aspect of their ministry. They serve teens, women, men and families by educating them on the benefits of healthy relationship development, biblical sexual boundaries, life-affirming pregnancy options, Godly parenting and continuing prenatal care. They offer encouragement, material assistance, local referrals, free education and loving spiritual support to those seeking assistance. They show the love of Christ by...
Martin Luther King, Sr. – Native Son of Stockbridge
by Diane Ide Martin Luther King, Sr. was born Michael King on December 19, 1899 in Stockbridge, GA at a time when Georgia’s Reconstruction period following the Civil War was coming to an end. Stockbridge was a railroad town surrounded by rural farmland and many who didn’t work on farms held jobs at the town’s vast rock quarry. Michael was the eldest of nine children born to Delia Linsey and James Albert King, sharecroppers who lived on and worked multiple large farms in the Stockbridge area of Henry County owned by Rosa Lee Smith. One of those farms was off...
5 Easy Ways to Start 2018 Financially Savvy
Happy New Year, Henry County! The new year is in front of us like a blank canvas waiting to be colored. Is that a bit dramatic? Possibly… But if you think about it, 2018 is waiting for all things new, or enhancements on all the things already in place within our lives. Here are some easy ways to start coloring that blank canvas in the financial corner of your life: Savings, Money Market or Traditional Savings? Saving money is never a bad thing, on the contrary, even change saved is a good thing…always. Two basic ways to save are to...