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By Kim Pace Hinely,
First Congregational Church
Sylvania, GA
God Bless You
I have been to several
churches in my day, some
I was invited to, some I
rode to just take pictures
and pray over that church.
But the fondest memory
was this past year when
our church bought a church
that Satan wanted to close.
God saw otherwise. First
Congregational Church of
Sylvania is happening!
So many times, in our
walk we are faced with
good and bad situations,
those choices that we face
on a daily basis. Our church
is a beauty, one of the
many churches we prayed
over when we first started
looking, we all knew what
we wanted to happen, but
we had no idea how the
Lord would move. I am
in such awe every Sunday
to worship in God’s house
with my church family. The
good, the bad, the broken,
the sick. We come as we
are seeking God’s will for
our lives and our children’s
lives. I enjoy every Sunday.
It has been such a humbling
experience, how God is
orchestrating every step.
Thanks be to God!
We are all needing
something, we just don’t
know what it is until we sit
at the feet of Jesus.
I will travel to many
places and explore different
seasons in my life, but the
greatest blessing is knowing
I do not walk alone that my
Lord and Savior is by my
side and holding my hand
and telling me Kim, you
got this, just have faith, and
believe.
There is so much
happening in people’s lives
today, I wish that people
could understand this:
God made everyone and
if He loves them enough to
create them. Why can’t you
love them to? It takes a lot
to be the better person and
do right.
I know when I worked
at the cancer center I had
a sign on the ceilings in
my exam rooms that read
“When you look up God
is present.” “God bless
you.” It always calmed the
patient’s spirits, and later
in my life thinking back to
those moments the sign has
calmed me.
Finding a church isn’t
hard, there is usually one
on every street comer,
every town. Love yourself
enough to get involved
in a church, love yourself
enough to save your soul,
and love yourself enough
to bring others to church
with you, because eternity
is too long to be wrong.
God bless you.
McCormick wins fire
department raffle
Hunter McCormick won the raffle hosted by the Millen
Fire Department. The grand price was $1,000 cash.
“Thank you to everyone who participated,” Fire Chief
Dwayne Herrington said. Photo contributed.
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East Burke Baptist Church
Sunday Services 11 a.m.
Pastor: Jordan Clayton
Hwy 24 Sardis, GA
Please call 706-526-1733 for
more information.
Green Fork Baptist Church
Pastor Jesse Sadler (Phone Number:
850-843-6102)
Worship Opportunities:
Sunday Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Evening Worship 5:30 p.m.
Children's Choir 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday Bible Study/Prayer Mtg 7:00 p.m.
Millen Baptist Church
Come join us!!
Morning Worship 11AM
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
219 N. Gray St, Millen, GA
478-982-5411
Pastor Brad Asbury
pastorbradasbury@gmail.com
Millen Methodist Church
Morning Worship 11AM
Sunday School 10 a.m.
413 N. Gray St, Millen, GA
478-982-2664
Pastor John Drake
For questions about our services, please
email us @ millenmethodistchurch@gmail.com
Oak Hii i Baptist Church
Sunday School: 9 a.m.
Sunday Morning: 10 a.m.
Wednesday: 7 p.m.
Choir practice - Bible Study
Youth Group - Kids Mission Group
3233 Oak Hill Church Rd, Millen, GA
Pastor: Joshua Johnson
478-982-1616
www.oakhillmillen.com
Scarboro Baptist Church
4204 Scarboro Church Loop
Millen, GA 30442
706-466-4494
Pastor: Perry Hearn
Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.
Due to the fire, this will be our service time until further notice.
Trinity Episcopal Church
4401 Country Club Rd, Statesboro, GA
Sunday Eucharist
8:15 a.m. and 10:30a.m.
Father Charles Todd, Rector
Jonathan Murphy, Music Director. 912-489-4208
www.facebook.com/TrinityEpiscopalStatesboro
Help visitors find you! List your church in the
directory for six months $60 or one year $120
Call: (912) 451-NEWS or 478-401-5007
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First Christian Church and Friendship
Baptist are pleased to welcome Eternal
Vision this Sunday, Oct. 15 at 6 p.m. at
First Christian Church.
A love offering will be accepted.
First Christian Church
306 Frontage Road East
Sylvania, GA 30467
Words of
Encouragement
By Joshua Johnson,
Special Contributor
for
The Times
Pastor Oak Hill
Baptist Church, Millen
The Law of
Reaping and
Sowing
Galatians 6:7-8 “Do not be deceived: God is not mocked,
for whatever one sows, that -will he also reap. For the
one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap one
who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal
life. ”
There is a principle in scripture referred to as “the
law of reaping and sowing,” which I first learned
about as a young boy. In those days, I would often get
caught red-handed and resort to lying instead of taking
responsibility and telling the truth. My mom, however,
would consistently remind me of three things: it’s easier
to remember the truth than a lie, be sure your sins will
find you out, and you reap what you sow.
What does it mean to reap what you sow? To understand
the concept of reaping what you sow, let me use a simple
gardening illustration. Imagine going to a local garden
store, purchasing a bag of squash seeds, taking them
home, planting them in the ground, watering them, and
waiting for them to grow. Eventually, you will harvest
squash to eat. While there may be external factors, such
as being an inexperienced gardener or deer consuming
your crop, the absence of squash would not be due to the
squash seeds failing to produce squash plants. No one
plants squash seeds and expects to find watermelons. You
know if you plant squash seeds, they will only produce
squash.
Galatians 6:7-8, the law of reaping and sowing, teaches
us that we will one day harvest what we have planted.
This means that the decisions we make today produce
fruit. Poor decisions, poor fruit. Wise decisions, wise
fruit. What kind of choices are you making? Do you
accept responsibility and tell the truth, or do you tell lies
and make excuses?
Our daily choices not only have immediate and future
consequences but also eternal consequences. We can
sow to the flesh or sow to the Spirit. Sowing to the flesh
is living a me-centered life - my wants, my desires, my
dreams, what makes me feel good, what makes me happy.
Sowing to the Spirit is surrendering to Jesus, dying to
myself, and following Him - and then doing it again
every day until we die. Sowing to the Spirit is a life lived
not for self, but for Jesus. Did you know that your daily
decisions have eternal consequences? Are you choosing
to live for yourself, for “me”, or are you choosing to live
for Jesus?
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Oak Hill Baptist Church
3233 Oak Hill Church Rd,
Millen, GA 30442
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^ Joshua Johnson, Senior Pastor
Little Horse Creek
Baptist Church to
hold gospel concert
Little Horse Creek cordially invites the public to a
free gospel concert on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023 at 7
p.m. featuring the Anthem Edition formerly The Old
Paths. A love offering will be taken.
On Sunday, Oct. 15, Little Horse Creek Baptist Church
will host a Friends and Family Day worship service at 10:30
a.m. There will be special singing and a meal to follow.