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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.