Newspaper Page Text
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2016
BARROW JOURNAL • BARROW COUNTY NEWS
PAGE 13A
Church News
East Side Bapist
Church will celebrate
its 101st anniversary on
Sunday, Aug. 7.
Everyone is invited to
attend the worship ser
vice at 11 a.m., church
officials ssaid.
Lunch will be served
after the service.
East Side Baptist
Church is located at 320
Bert Day Road off Atlan
ta Highway, Winder.
Calvary Baptist
Church, located at 1975
Hwy. 82 in Statham, will
have its First Friday Sing
ing on Friday, Aug. 5, at
7 p.m.
In concert will be
Southern Gospel singing
duo, Wilburn and Wil
burn, along with the Cav
alry church choir. Every
one is invited to join for
this evening of song.
A love offering will be
taken.
For more information,
call Matt Dibler at 770-
725-5164.
Pleasant Hill Presby
terian Church will cele
brate 160 years on Aug. 7
at 11 a.m.
Everyone is invited to
join them in worship and
celebration. A home
coming meal will follow
the service.
Pleasant Hill Presby
terian Church is located
on Pleasant Hill Church
Road in Statham.
Midway Christian
Church will celebrate
its 119th Homecoming
Day on Aug. 28. Chuck
Cook will be the guest
speaker at the 11 a.m.
worship service. Chuck
is a Winder native and
currently serves as Stu
dent Pastor at Northeast
Church in Braselton.
A covered dish lunch
will follow the worship
service.
The church invites all
friends and relatives to
come and celebrate with
them.
Midway Christian
Church is located at 1406
Hog Mountain Road in
Winder.
John Burchfield is the
minister, Bryan Drum is
the youth minister and
Randy Farmer is the wor
ship leader.
For more information,
contact the church at
770-725-7639 or www.
facebook.com/midway-
christian.
ONGOING
EVENTS
Hope Baptist Church
has Sunday School class
es for all ages at 10 a.m.
with a Sunday worship
service at 11 a.m. and 3
p.m.
Bible study/prayer
meeting is on Wednes
days at 7 p.m. The church
is located at 8 Pleasant
Hill Church Road in
Winder and the website
is www.hbcwinder.com.
Crossroads Commu
nity Church invites the
community for contem
porary praise and wor
ship services at 10 a.m.
each Sunday.
Services for children,
youth and babies/toddlers
are offered on Sundays
and Wednesdays.
The church is located at
550 Harvey Mathis Road,
Athens.
For more information,
call 706-543-4650 or
email athenscrossroad-
schurch@gmail.com.
The Church At
Hoschton will have a
round table discussion
led by Pastor Cory Sex
ton and other local pas
tors. This will be on the
second Tuesday of each
month at 9:30 a.m.
A Bible study is held
on the third Tuesday of
each month at 6:30 p.m.
for ladies in the commu
nity. Classes are held in
the classroom at the rear
of the building.
Miracle Deliverance
Holiness Church, in
conjunction with Winder
Community Food Bank,
is now giving out food
every Thursday to those
in need from noon until
2 p.m. inside the church.
“In order to receive a
food box you must bring
ID, Social Security cards
for all household mem
bers and a current bill
with your name on it,”
organizers said.
Call 678-206-5356 for
an appointment.
The church is located
at 49 Jackson Street in
Winder.
Bear Creek First Bap
tist Church is hosting a
food give-away on the
first Tuesday of each
month from 10 a.m.-l
p.m. for those in need.
The church is located
at 1786 Hwy. 82. From
Winder take a right onto
Hwy. 82 from Broad
St. (in front of Quali
ty Foods); go straight
through 4-way at Hope
Baptist Church approx. 1
!/2 miles.
Bear Creek is on the
Hallmark At Last
As a child, I was captivated by the
emotional stories and how words strung
together had the power to make me feel
happy, touched, sad or inspired. The rudi
ments of my education came around the
kitchen table or in the back seat
of the car as I listened to Mama’s
and Daddy’s storytelling.
They were always experts in
delivery, dramatic effect and,
most importantly, always finding
an entertaining something out of
nothing. Since they both came
from the hard lives of the moun
tains so they knew how to make
something out of all kinds of
nothings including stories. My
fascination with stories were
aided by a full set of Walt Disney
books, Little Golden Books, Bible
story books and eight or nine children’s
albums that played me to sleep every night
with storytelling.
As I grew older, I was introduced into
more nuanced, deeper, tremendously
effecting stories from the Hallmark Hall
of Fame movies which came on around a
holiday like Mother’s Day or Christmas
when a lot of greeting cards were sold. I
never missed one. The Hallmark commer
cials were as good as the movie because
they always told little stories in poignant
but uplifting ways.
I laid on my belly atop a large red velvet
pillow that Mama had sewn from scraps
and for two hours, during a Hallmark
Hall of Fame presentation, did not move.
The powerful storytelling sticks to me
many years later as I remember ones like
Miss Rose White, Ellen Foster, Dance
with the White Dog and What the Deaf
Man Heard. One night, when I was 12, I
finished watching but could not move out
of reference for the stellar story I had just
watched.
Finally. I pulled myself up and headed
to bed. My heart was full and my mind
was made up: Somehow, I just had to
find a way to work with Hallmark. I had
to be part of their tradition of platinum
storytellers.
I never lost sight of that, always carrying
it in my heart. Hallmark is my Holy Grail
of storytelling. On my first book tour, my
publisher sent me to Rainy Day books in
Kansas City for a signing. That morning, I
rose early, drove my rental car to the Hall
mark headquarters, parked near the build
ing that, as far as I was concerned, was a
shrine to the best storytelling. “One day,”
I said to the beige concrete build
ing, “We’re gonna work together.
We’re going to tell wonderful sto
ries together.” There I prayed that
my dream would come true.
It almost happened when Hall
mark
Hall of Fame was interested in
making my novel into a movie but
the network had another book in
mind so my television movie was
made elsewhere. Just knowing that
Hallmark wanted me because they
saw the value in my story was
almost enough.
A few months ago, I heard Tink on the
phone with his manager who was going
over television jobs that folks wanted
Tinker for. I heard “Hallmark.” The others
were network jobs with big budgets and
industry prestige. When he hung up, I said,
the little girl dreamer in me. coming out.
“You have to do Hallmark. Please, please
do Hallmark.”
We prayed about it and despite offers
elsewhere, Tink stood his ground and took
the executive producer/showrunner/head
writer spot on Hallmark’s new series.
Chesapeake Shores, which premiers on the
Hallmark channel on August 14.
John Tinker is one of the industry’s best
drama writers with a slew of Emmy nom
inations and an Emmy to underscore that.
To Chesapeake Shores, he brings the
same nuanced and captivating storytelling
that built the Hallmark brand. This time,
though, he has added storytelling skills
that he learned here in the South. It’s
something a bit different for Hallmark but
it’s still unequaled storytelling.
To borrow a company phrase, it feels
good to come home to Hallmark. The
world needs its soothing salve more than
ever. And Chesapeake Shores does just
that.
Rhonda Rich is the best-selling author
of There's a Better Day A-Comin.’ Visit
www.rhondarich.com to sign up for her
free weekly newsletter.
Submit VBS announcements
Summer is the time for Vacation Bible School
and local churches can announce their upcoming
events on the Church News page of the Barrow
Journal.
Send information on your church’s upcoming
VBS to sharon@mainstreetnews.com or bring it by
our office at 77 E. May Street, Winder, Ga. 30680.
Call 770-867-6397 for more information.
left before the next 4-way.
Bethlehem First Unit
ed Methodist Church
offers the following min
istries:
•Crochet classes are
held every Wednesday
from 9-10:30 a.m.
This ministry
makes prayer shawls,
premi-blankets, cancer
hats, Appalachian Trail
hiker hats, all while hav
ing great fellowship.
•Card making classes
meet the first Thursday
of each month at 7 p.m.
in room 128. All mate
rials are provided and no
experience is necessary.
Cost is $5.
•Fitness 101 meets
every Tuesday and Thurs
day from 10-11 a.m.
•Chair yoga meets
every Friday at 9 a.m.
Cost is $5.
•Unlimited fitness
classes are available for
$20 a month.
•Pricing and promo
tions for fitness member
ship and all classes avail
able are on the website
www.fitness .bethlehem-
firstumc.com.
Saint Matthew Catho
lic Church offers TOPS,
“Take Off Pounds Sensi
bly,” a non-profit weight
loss support group class,
each Thursday at 9 a.m.
in the education building.
The church is located at
25 Wilkins Rd. in Winder.
Sanctuary of Pen
tecost is located at 89
West Jackson Road in
Braselton. Sunday morn
ing worship service is
at 11 a.m. with pre-ser
vice prayer at 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday Bible study is at
7:30 p.m. with pre-ser
vice prayer at 7 p.m.
Thursday is Prayer and
Youth Bible Study at 7:30
and Choir practice at 8
p.m.
Visit the website at
www. sanctuary ofpente-
cost.com.
Cedar Creek Baptist
Church holds a Bible
study class each Sunday
at 7 p.m. and a prayer
meeting every Wednes
day evening at 7 p.m.
The pastor is Duke For
ster.
For more informa
tion, call 770-616-1666.
The church is located at
403 Cedar Creek Rd. in
Winder.
Union Baptist Church
has Sunday School ser
vices at 9:15 a.m. and
provides an interpreter
for the deaf at its 10:30
a.m. worship service each
week.
The senior pastor is Dr.
David M. Cook. Wednes
day night suppers begin
at 5:45 p.m.
Donations are $2 per
plate or $10 per family.
The church is located at
527 Union Church Road,
Winder.
See Church News
on Page 14A
I RELIGIOUS
| DIRECTORY
APOSTOLIC
METHODIST
APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
270 Bill Rutledge Rd., Winder
(770) 867-6343
Bethlehem First
United Methodist Church
770-887-3727
Sundav Services
Sunday School 9:30 am & 11:00 am
Holy Communion Worship Service 8:30 am
Contemporary Worship Service 9:30 am
Traditional Worship Service 11:00 am
Contemporary Worship Service (in Worship Center) 11:00 am
Worship with us on Channel 12 11:00 am
Youth Group 6:00 pm
Holy Communion Every First Sunday
Wednesday
Fellowship Dinner 6:00pm
Children’s Choir & Youth 6:30pm
Adult Bible Studies 7:00pm
Adult Choir Practice 7:00 - 8:30pm
www.bigwhitechurch.com
SUNDAY SERVICES: WEDNESDAY
10:00 AM ■■ - Sunday School 7:00 PM -Bible Study
11:00 AM —Worship FRIDAY
6:00 PM -■ Evangelistic 7:30 PM - Youth Program
Pastor Tommy Baker, 770-867-9377
BAPTIST
N0N-DEN0MINATI0NAL
OAK GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH
4921 Jackson Trail Road. Hoschton, Georgia
Sunday School 9:45 AM
Morning Worship 11:00 AM
Sunday Evening Worship G:00 PM
Wednesday Evening Worship 7:00 PM
706-367-2777
Pastor, Robbie Black
Fundamental Independent Baptist
“A Heart for the World,
A Home for Your Family”
love.
¥' nuk now.
17 N. Broad Street • Winder, GA 30680
Service Times:
Sunday Morning 10:45 - Nursery provided
Contemporary Worship, Relevant Teaching,
Kid/, Church, Casual dress
Sunday evening at 6:00 - Youth and Adult
small groups
www.WarHillSouth.com
EPISCOPALIAN
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
§| St. Anthony's
I Episcopal Church
174 St. Anthony Dr., Winder
Sunday:
9am ■ Round Table Conversation
10am - Holy Eucharist Rite II
Rev. Don Harrison
770-867-5633 Nursery Provided
Auburn Seventh-day
Adventist Church
14 County Line Road Auburn, GA 30011
Phone Number 770-995-0811
Saturday Service Times:
9:30 a.m. Sabbath School
11:00 a.m. Worship Service
Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Adult Bible Study
7:00 p.m. Teen/Collegiate Bible Study
Pastor Gary B. Rustad
“A Christian Faith Community Preparing
Everyone for the Return of Jesus Christ.”
INTERDENOMINATIONAL
UNITED PENTECOSTAL
CHURCH AT WINDER
546 Treadwell Rd., Bethlehem
Sunday Services
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Praise and Worship 10:30 a.m.
Sunday Evening 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday
Prayer Fellowship 7:00 p.m.
“■Jesus Christ, The Same Yesterday, Today and Forever”
770-867-8888
CHRISTIAN
, LifeCENTER.
Pastor: Lewis L. Long Assoc. Pastor: Jeff Long
8383 Hwy. 53 • Braselton, GA
(770) 867-9740
SERVICE SCHEDULE
Sunday @11:00 a.m.
Wednesday @ 7:30 p.m.
(Youth Class on Wed @ 7:30 p.m.)
"Enjoy Pentecost at its Best!"
Located between Interstate 85 and
the Road Atlanta Racetrack
ATTEND THE CHURCH OF YOUR CHOICE
If you would like information about including your church
in this directory, call 770-867-7557 and ask for
an advertising representative.