The Jonesboro-Hodge Methodist Church (JHMC), located at 402 4th Street in Jonesboro, is preparing to celebrate their first Christmas season after the move of unaffiliating with the United Methodist Church organization earlier this year.

Making the move a most pleasant one was having new Pastor Gary Green and his wife Susan lead the congregation through the process and guiding the church back to the bible based beliefs the church was founded on.

“I wish to invite all the people without a church home to come and visit,” said Pastor Green, who first entered the ministry as a Lay Speaker in 1977 and along with his wife, Susan, is working diligently to making JHMC a preferred place of worship for all Jackson Parish residents.