Georgia Bulletin

Sharpsburg

• Teen excels at independent study while helping on home front

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Special to the Bulletin
  Published June 25, 2015

  SHARPSBURG—As a senior Justin Triggs tended the vegetable garden and six cats and dogs on his family’s 14-acre Sharpsburg property, apprenticed in a photography studio, and completed high school through the Faith Academy independent study program to graduate as valedictorian among some 450 other students. He also supported his parents as they cared for his […] Full Story

• Downpour Doesn’t Dampen Church Groundbreaking

  By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
  Published June 23, 2005

  To the casual observer, the scene may have been a depressing one. Hundreds of people standing in an open field in the pouring rain huddled together under umbrellas. However, June 7 was cause for celebration, despite the stormy weather, as parishioners of St. Mary Magdalene broke ground for their first permanent church building. An impressive […] Full Story

• Humble Barn Serves as Setting for Joyful Easter Vigil

  Published April 15, 2004

  As darkness fell, hundreds gathered in the fields outside the old tin barn on St. Mary Magdalene Church property. The sound of the crackling fire was the only sound in the night air as parishioners stood in silence for the start of the Easter Vigil. The paschal candle was lit from the roaring fire, and […] Full Story

• Plans Progress For New St. Mary Magdalene Church

  Published April 1, 2004

  Plans for a new house of worship have taken a giant step for St. Mary Magdalene Church with the announcement that they have selected an architect and builder for the project. Gene Barrington of Barker, Cunningham, Barrington PC of Buford was selected as architect, and Group IV of Peachtree City, headed by Jim Pace, was […] Full Story

• Family Prays, Waits To Adopt Children From Haiti

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published March 18, 2004

  As they follow the news closely on how the civil unrest is resolved in Haiti, Melissa and Jack Madden pray and anxiously await the safe arrival of the two children they are adopting from the impoverished Caribbean island nation. But the waiting time is now unknown, as their agency One World Adoptions in Buford has […] Full Story

• Sharpsburg Churches Plan Ecumenical Service

  Published February 19, 2004

  An ecumenical Ash Wednesday service will be held by St. Mary Magdalene Church and Coke’s United Methodist Chapel on Wednesday, Feb. 25. The special program will be held at 7 p.m. at Coke’s Chapel on Lower Fayetteville Road, near the intersection of state road 154. This ecumenical service has been shared by the congregations of […] Full Story