The Book of Mark
Bible
Americus
100

This disciple also referred to by the name Matthew was called from his profession as a tax collector to follow Jesus

Levi

100

This Bible character was the successor to Paul

Timothy

100

This civil rights leader was imprisoned in the Sumter County Jail in 1961

Martin Luther King Jr.

200

Jesus cast seven demons out of this woman and appeared to her after His resurrection

Mary Magdalene

200

This Bible character had everything he owned taken away by Satan and regained it seven-fold from God because he remained faithful

Job

200

The coffee shop located in the historic Windsor Hotel

Horne Pecan

300

These two prominent Old Testament figures who represent the Jewish Law and Prophets miraculously appeared with Jesus in Mark 9

Moses and Elijah

300

In this book the archangel Michael used fish guts to cure the blindness of an old man

Tobit

300

The Christian community began just outside of Americus by Clarence Jordan in 1942 that was threatened during the civil rights era

Koinonia Farm

400

Jesus predicts these historic events to his disciples three times in Mark's Gospel

His death and resurrection

400

This female judge led the Israelites to a victory

Deborah

400

The statue in Rees Park commemorates this war

World War II

500

This Hebrew phrase meaning "Please save us" was spoken to Jesus when he entered Jerusalem before his death and resurrection

Hosanna

500

This prophet prayed for bears to maul the children who were calling him "bald head"

Elisha

500

The two international non-profit housing organizations that began in Americus

Habitat for Humanity and Millard-Fuller Center