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Wednesday, October 17, 2007
The Braselton News
Page 9A
Church N e ws
The Hound of Heaven
“I’m going to get you!” I threat
en as I start to slowly lumber
toward her, wiggling my fingers in
the air. The intent is clear.
When I catch her, I’m going
to tickle her.
“EEEEEEEEEEEEE”
Chloe screams as she runs
away from me. Her short
little legs churn as fast as
they can. A smile as big as
the Texas sky is on her face.
She runs and she runs and she runs
until... she stops.
She turns around. She checks
to make sure I’m still chasing
her. Then she turns around and
screams as she continues to run
from me. Every couple of feet she
stops and checks again.
The scene reminds me of one
of those ridiculous horror movies
where the killer’s walking through
the woods, stalking a hysterical
girl. If she would just run as fast as
she could, there’s no way the killer
could catch her. She’s running and
he’s walking. Hello?
But the girl keeps slowing down
to look behind her to see if he’s
still there. Oh, and she trips and
falls over every root in the forest,
while the killer, as sure-footed as a
deer, doesn’t so much as stumble.
Sorry. I digress.
Chloe loves it when I chase her
through the house. She squeals
and she laughs, and she begs me
not to stop. And when I catch her,
you can believe there are plenty of
tickles and giggles for both of us.
My pursuit of Chloe is very sim
ilar to God’s pursuit of us. In the
early 1900s, Francis Thompson
wrote a poem entitled, “The Hound
of Heaven.” It’s too long to repro
duce here, but you can find it on
the Internet by doing a search for
the title.
The poem describes God’s
Celebration Church
announces services
Celebration Church, Hoschton,
recently launched its new classic
worship service.
The 9 a.m. service offers the
songs that have been the founda
tion for many believers, according
to the church.
“Our hope is to offer a qual
ity worship experience for the
people who are moving into this
growing community. Our worship
should then lead us to be the hands
and feet of Christ in this commu
nity!” said Mike Day, pastor of
Celebration Church.
The new Sunday morning sched
ule at Celebration Church is as
follows: 9 a.m., classic worship,
Awana for kids, and youth and
adult Bible study; and 10:45 a.m.,
contemporary worship, kidzone
worship for kids and adult Bible
study.
Celebration Church is located
at 5560 Thompson Mill Road,
between Chateau Elan and the
Reunion subdivision.
For more information, call
770-967-5529 or visit www.
CelebrationFamily.com.
pursuit of Thompson, even as
Thompson sought to escape God.
As I read it I imagined Thompson
running from God, looking over
his shoulder every so often to see
God still chasing after him. God,
in his love for Thompson, would
not give up his pursuit.
God, in his love for us, will not
give up his pursuit until he has
caught us.
How does that make you feel?
Special? Loved? Wanted? Or does
it fill you with a sense of dread?
Worry? Unease?
Some of us, like Chloe, run for
awhile, but ultimately surrender
to our father. I reward Chloe with
tickles and kisses once I catch her.
God’s rewards are much great
er. He wants to give us salvation
(Romans 10:13), a home in heaven
(John 14:1-3) and an abundant life
on this earth (John 10:10).
Some of us may still be running
to this day.
Can I give you a bit of advice?
Stop. Just stop. Stop running from
God. Stop trying to get away. God
will not give up his pursuit of you.
He loves you too much.
All that time you spend running
from him now is time wasted. You
could be spending that time enjoy
ing the love he wants to shower
upon you, instead.
Parrish Myers is a resident of
Braselton, and is pastor of Pine
Crest Baptist Church. You can e-
mail him at eotf@comcast.net.
Fall festival planned
Saturday, Oct. 20
Holy Ground Baptist Church,
Braselton, will hold its fall festival
fund-raiser on Saturday, Oct. 20,
from noon to 7 p.m.
The event will feature games for
all ages, four prize categories in
which everyone wins, food, boiled
peanuts and more.
The church is located on New
Liberty Church Road. Paul Moore
is the pastor. For more informa
tion, call 706-654-4845.
Prime Timer group
to meet Fri., Oct. 19
The Hoschton United Methodist
Church Prime Timer, a senior citi
zen group, will meet in the fellow
ship hall on Friday, Oct. 19, at 11
a.m. for lunch and Bingo.
For more information, call Sandy
Morgan at 770-967-3654.
Revival services set
at New Liberty UMC
New Liberty United Methodist
Church, Braselton, will hold
revival services Sunday through
Tuesday, Oct. 21-23, at 7 p.m.
On Sunday, the Rev. Anthony
Howell, pastor of Wesley Chapel
United Methodist Church will
speak; on Monday, the Rev. Will
Zant, associate pastor of Athens
First United Methodist Church,
will speak; and on Tuesday, the
Rev. Rick Goodspeed, pastor of
South Bend United Methodist
Church, will speak.
The theme is “Living the
Transformed Life.”
For more information, call 706-
870-5871 or visit www.newliber-
tyumc.org. Jamey Prickett is pas
tor of the church.
Homecoming service
set at Hoschton First
Baptist Sunday
Hoschton First Baptist Church
will hold its homecoming service
on Sunday, Oct. 21, with the Rev.
Steve Parr as the special guest.
Sunday school begins at 9:45
a.m. The worship service begins at
11 a.m. Lunch will be held imme
diately after the morning worship
service in the church’s family life
center.
Also, the church will open its
clothes closet in the family life
center on Saturday, Oct. 27, from
10 a.m. to noon.
The senior Bingo will be held
the last Wednesday of each month,
starting at 10 a.m.
The annual “Harvest Fest” will
be held on Wednesday, Oct. 31,
from 6-8 p.m. There will be games,
prizes, candy, hay rides and a chili
cook-off. The event is free and
open to everyone.
The church is located at 99
East Jefferson Street, Hoschton.
For more information, call the
church office Mondays through
Thursdays, at 706-654-2938.
Winder UMC
plans given
Winder First United Methodist
Church has the following upcom
ing events:
Fall Festival, Wednesday,
October 31, 4-8 p.m., on the
front lawn at Winder First United
Methodist Church, 280 N. Broad
St. Free games, inflatable slides,
costume contest and more. Trunk
or treat in the siding parking lot
at 6:45 p.m. Supper will be avail
able from 5:45-6:30 p.m. in the
fellowship hall — Adults: $5 and
Children: $3.
43 rd annual ham and egg supper,
Wednesday, November 7, 4:30-7
p.m. Dine-in or take-out. Tickets
are $6 each and are available at
the church office. Proceeds from
ticket sales will be used for the
United Methodist Men and United
Methodist Women’s mission proj
ects.
“Christmas in the Country” craft
and gift fair, Saturday, December
1, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. in the fel
lowship hall. See crafters from
all over Georgia. Food, drinks,
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door prizes, raffle and a visit
from Santa are planned. Crafters
who would like information on
getting a booth for this event,
should contact John Janick at
678-677-1702 or janickj@the-
janicks.com. All proceeds from
the rental booth space will
go to the Winder First United
Methodist Church Youth Group
to assist with missions and func
tions.
Ortiz to serve
at Hoschton UMC
Hoschton United Methodist
Church has announced it has a
new pastor, the Rev. Luis Ortiz.
The Rev. Ortiz and his wife,
Melanie, were recently wel
comed by the congregation.
The Rev. Ortiz has served in
the United Methodist Church
for 13 years. He has served
seven years at New Salem
United Methodist Church in
Commerce and two years in
the Florida Conference.
Service hours are 11 a.m.
on Sundays for the traditional
service and 10 a.m on Sundays
for adult and youth study and
fellowship. On Wednesdays, a
meal open to all at no costis
offered, as well as youth night
out and adult Bible study.
Plans are to add a praise wor
ship service at 9 a.m.
For more information,
call 706-654-1422 or e-mail
hoschtonumc@ winds tre am.
net.
Hoschton Methodist
plans tombstone
tour for Saturday
Hoschton Methodist Church
will sponsor a free hour tour of
the city cemetery on Saturday,
Oct. 20, featuring several of
their prominent Methodists bur
ied in the city.
The tour starts at 6:30 p.m.
from the Hoschton Methodist
church parking lot at Mulberry
and Bell Avenue. Light refresh
ments will be served after
wards.
“Come hear history and ghost
stories from the Civil War up to
modern times,” organizers said.
The pastor is the Rev Luis
Ortiz. For more information,
call 706-654-1422.
Union Baptist has
new pastor, Camp
Union Baptist Church of
Winder announces a new Pastor,
the Rev. Rudy Camp, effective
October 1.
After a lengthy period of inter
im pastorship by Evangelist Jon
Reed, Union Baptist Church has
extended a call to the Rev. Rudy
Camp of Jefferson to serve as
senior pastor.
He has been involved with
ministry to teenagers since the
fall of 1994.
The Rev. Camp gave his life
completely over to Christ at the
age of 30 after witnessing an
event that impressed upon him
the brevity of life on this earth
and finality of eternity. God used
the tragedy of a fatal car crash
to bring him to terms with the
fact that he had little control
over life and the only life that
makes a difference is one lived
for Christ.
The Rev. Camp worked in law
enforcement from 1989 until
2001. In 2001, he then pursued
God’s call into full-time min
istry by attending a seminary.
Throughout his studies at New
Orleans Baptist Theological
Seminary’s extension campus in
Decatur he served as a part-time
youth minister at three Southern
Baptist Churches before being
called to Union Baptist Church
in September 2004. In May
2005, he received his Master
of Divinity degree from New
Orleans Seminary and has con
tinued to serve as Youth Minister
at Union since that time. He
intends to pursue his Doctor of
Ministry degree through New
Orleans Seminary beginning
next year.
Gospel singing
planned for Oct. 20
A gospel singing featuring
“Voices,” Bobby Allen and
local church talent will be
held October 20 from 7-9
p.m. at the Church of Jesus
Christ, 1438 Hardigree Road,
Winder.
Refreshments will be served
in the fellowship hall after the
singing.
For more information, call
Pastor Bobby Allen, 770-725-
5818.
Local church
services, addresses
The following is a list of
addresses and service times
of churches in the Braselton,
Hoschton and Mill Creek area.
•A Call to Salvation Church:
Sunday worship, 8:30 a.m. and
10:45 a.m.; Sunday children’s
church, 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.;
Wednesday night Bible study, 7
p.m.; “Demostration Youth” for
ages 13-18, Mondays, at 7 p.m.
The church is located at 1295
Jackson Trail Road, Jefferson.
Arlene Smith is the senior pas
tor. For more information, call
706-367-9612 or visit www.
ac alltos alvation. org.
•New Liberty United
Methodist Church: Sunday wor
ship, 11 a.m., with children’s
church and nursery available.
The church is located at 26
Charlie Smith Road, Braselton.
Jamey Prickett is the pastor.
For more information, call 706-
654-2406 or visit www.newlib-
ertyumc.org.
•Mulberry Baptist Church:
Sunday worship, 11 a.m.;
Sunday school, 10 a.m.; sing
ings, second Sundays, 6 p.m.;
youth choir practice, Tuesday,
6:30 p.m. The church is located
at 5970 Thompson Mill Road,
Hoschton. The Rev. Ollie V.
Hayes is the pastor.
•Hoschton First Baptist
Church: Sunday worship, 11
a.m. and 6 p.m.; Sunday school,
9:45 a.m.; Wednesday night
worship service, 7 p.m. The
church is located at 99 East
Jefferson Street, Hoschton. For
more information, call 706-654-
2938 or visit www.hoschton-
firstbaptistchurch.com.
•Hoschton United Methodist
Church: Sunday worship, 11
a.m.; Sunday school, 10 a.m.
The church is located at 12
Mulberry Street, Hoschton, at
the corner of Bell Avenue and
Mulberry Street. The Rev. Luis
Ortiz is the pastor. For more
information, call 706-654-
1422.
•Crossroads Church of Jackson
County: Sunday worship, 10:30
a.m. The church meets at the
Jefferson Recreation Department,
located at 2495 Old Pendergrass
Road, Jefferson. Rod Zwenke is
the pastor. For more information,
call 706-658-0243 or visit www.
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