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jenkinscountytimes.com The Jenkins County Times Wednesday, November 29, 2023 - Page 3 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 5:30p.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: 10 a.m. Sunday Morning: 11 a.m. Wednesday: 7 p.m. Adult Bible Study - Young Adult Bible Study Youth Group - Team Kids 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 T-Th-F Do you need to add, remove, or change any information of your listing in the church directory? Give us a call or email me at: deb.jctimes@gmail.com This section is a complimentary service for Jenkins County ana surrounding area churches listed in the Church Directory. We will run your church news for two weeks. Email announcements to thejenkinscountytimes@gmail.com or drop them off at our office Tuesday, Thursday or Friday at 425 Hwy 25 S., Millen, GA. Our deadline is noon on Fridays for the following week. ADVERTISE BH H TRUSTED SOURCE A Seed From The Sower -Michael Guido Whenever pennies were made in ancient Rome, they were always stamped with the image of the emperor on them. It served as a constant reminder to those who used the coins that they were expected to honor him and obey his laws. In the opening verses of His Word, God said, “Let us make man to be in our image, to be like us.” Moses, quoting God, said that we have the image of our God on us. And, the fact that we have the image of God on us proves our unquestionable worth to God. People frequently talk about self-worth. And, we often hear of individuals who have low self-esteem. Some people even describe themselves by saying, “I’m certainly not worth very much. I can’t do anything right.” This unfortunate attitude is a result of believing the opinions of others who influence us - perhaps parents, friends, or teachers. That is unfortunate because they would not want others to make negative statements about them. However, it is never about our sense of self-worth, no matter who influenced us. It is about our God- worth. Whenever we are tempted to think that we have no significance or importance, we need to remind ourselves that we were created in the image of God. And, even though that image was lost when Adam and Eve disobeyed God, the story does not end there. A few verses later, God begins to reveal His plan to make us a new sin-forgiven creation through the death of His Son on the cross where we can see our true worth - our God-worth - in Christ’s work. Prayer: We admit, Father, that we cannot understand how much You love us. We accept Your grace and ask that through Christ, Your Son, our Savior, we will see our worth to You. In Jesus’ Name, Amen. Scripture For Today: Fet us make man to be in our image, to be like us. Genesis 1:26-31 Words of Encouragement By Joshua Johnson, Special Contributor for The Times Pastor Oak Hill Baptist Church, Millen "Redeeming the Time" Ephesians 5:15-16 - ““Therefore look carefully how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” I believe that when I was a little kid, I grew up in the golden age of the Dairy Queen. A kid’s meal came with a plastic coin that could be redeemed for an ice cream. I could take that coin to the counter (without my parents’ help!) and redeem that plastic coin for an ice cream of my choice - a vanilla cone, a small sundae, a dilly bar, or my favorite, a starkiss bar! I felt rich when I was holding that coin in my hand. That cheap plastic coin represented something much better to me than the coin - ice cream! In Ephesians 5, Paul tells the Christians in Ephesus to redeem the time. What does that mean? Redeeming the time means exchanging the time you have for something better. What is our life but time? When we are bom, our birth certificate is stamped with a time of birth. We are fed as babies, on time. We count our sleep hours, work hours and leisure hours based on time. We celebrate seasons, birthdays, holidays, all based on time. Then when we die, our death certificate has a time of death. We measure our lives, our days, our moments, in time. What is our life but moments? Our years are measured by months, days, hours, minutes - moments that we live in. Tomorrow is not here yet and may not come. Yesterday is gone, only existing in our memories. All we have is today, and today is made up of moments. Redeeming the time is spending those moments on something better. What does God want us to redeem our time for? His kingdom, His name, His glory. Life is too short, our days too few, and our world too evil for you to live your life on your own terms - how you want, what you want, when you want. God created you to live for Him. He gave you life to be spent doing His will and not your own. God created us for His glory and not our own, not to live selfishly but to live selflessly. In Daniel 3, three young men were told to worship a golden statute when the music played. If they followed that command, they would disobey the law of their God, which said “you shall have no other gods before me... you shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I am the Lord your God.” These three men were brought before a furious king, who had issued the command, and had prepared a fiery furnace to throw them into if they did not obey. The king gave them another opportunity to bow when the music played. Their response to the king is found in Daniel 3:17-18, “The God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace and from your hand O King, but even if he doesn’t, we still will not bow down.” Their names were Shadrach, Meshech, and Abednego, and they were willing to exchange their lives for something better - God’s glory. Even if it was their last act on earth, they chose to redeem the time, and live for God rather than themselves. 'exciting worship' We are so | ! i excited! LETTERS Santa Claus has asked FOR us to help get his SAMTA letters to him. 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