Georgia Pines

The Georgia Pines Community Service Board for mental health, developmental disabilities and addictive diseases will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, at the Georgia Pines Administrative Offices Multipurpose Conference Room, 1102 Smith Ave., Thomasville. Contact the administrative office at (229) 225-4335 for more information.

MLK celebration

Jones Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 317 W. Railroad St. in Sylvester, will host the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration Services at 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15. The theme will be “Keeping the Dream and Making a Change in our Community.” Guest speaker will be the Rev. Justin Johnson, pastor of Greater New Birth Missionary Baptist Church of Sylvester. The Rev. Veronica Lewis is pastor.

Also as part of the celebration, the church will hold a march at 10:45 a.m. Monday, Jan. 16, beginning at Jones Chapel AME Church.

Cherokee Confederacy

The American Cherokee Confederacy, Inc., is accepting members with Indian heritage. You don’t have to be a Cherokee to be accepted in the nation. For more information, write to Principal Chief William “Rattlesnake” Jackson at 619 Pine Cone Road, Albany, GA 31705.