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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 5:30p.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
Miracle Temple
640 Millen Bypass
Millen, GA. Worship Services every Sunday
at 10:30 a.m. Pastor Joseph Radlift. For more
information please contact the church office at
478-455-1844
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
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A Seed
From
The Sower
-Michael Guido
Joyce fell behind in her Christmas shopping and suddenly
realized that she had neglected to purchase cards for her
friends. Hurriedly, she ran to the “surprise” section of a
large greeting card store and purchased 100 cards with a
beautiful scene of a family gathered in front of a glowing
fireplace enjoying its warmth.
Returning home she hastily signed each of the cards
without reading the message. Several days later she was
sitting with her husband reviewing the guest list for a
family dinner. She decided to show him the card she had
sent to their friends.
After looking at the picture, she opened the card and read
the verse to Jason, her husband: “This card is sent to you to
say, A lovely gift is on the way!” Quite a surprise!
God gave us a “star” to alert us that His “lovely gift”
would be discovered in a manger - His son. All of the books
of the Bible describe the Gift that He promised to send, tell
us the reason for His gift, and what we can enjoy now and,
in the life, to come because of His gift.
But, as with every gift, there are two parts: one is the
giver and the other is the receiver. An angel rejoiced and
proclaimed: “For unto you is bom this day in the city of
David, a Savior which is Christ the Lord.” That is God the
Giver, giving. And, John said, “As many as received Him...
to them He gave life.” But that is our choice: the receiver -
to accept God’s gift, His Son.
Prayer: We thank You, Father, for the Gift of life You
provided for each of us in Your Son. May we accept Your
Gift in faith believing that He came to save us. In Jesus’
Name, Amen.
Scripture For Today: John 1:12 But as many as received
Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God,
to those who believe in His name.
Schmidt named
Rotarian
of the Year
Jason Schmidt has been the Rotarian of the Year by the
Millen Rotary Club. Schmidt works with Core Civic in
Jenkins County and a big supporter of local businesses.
Congratulations Jason! Jason is pictured with fellow
rotarian Sherri Adams, President of Millen Chapter.
TAKE AWAY
Words of
Encouragement
By Joshua Johnson,
Special Contributor
for
The Times
Pastor Oak Hill
Baptist Church, Millen
’’The Light In The Darkness”
Isaiah 9:2 - “Thepeople who walked in darkness
have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land
of deep darkness, on them has light shone. ”
Even though I read most of my books on my
Kindle now, I still enjoy going into bookstores.
When I walk into a bookstore, there is always a
table in front of the entrance with the bestselling
books, and there is a large section on that table
devoted to “self-help” books. If you don’t know
what I’m talking about, you can skip the bookstore
and google “NY times self-help bestsellers”. What
amazes me about these books is that they don’t
stay on the bestseller list long - they are replaced
with sequels or the newest edition of “self-help”. If
we could help ourselves, why isn’t there just one
great self-help book that has been written? Why
do we need more and more self-help books every
year?
The last time I took my wife out for a romantic
dinner, we went to a restaurant with white
tablecloths, linen napkins, and candles on the
table. As we were looking at the menu, I noticed
something about the candle on our table - it was
artificial. This candle was an electric candle that
flickered, mimicking a real flame. It was so well
done, and it looked so much like the real thing,
that it tricked me into thinking it was real. Do you
know when I figured out it was a fake? When I
realized it was not giving off any heat.
Those self-help books, and all of man’s answers,
are like artificial light - it mimics the real thing,
but there is no life in it. A real candle is alive
- it flickers, it smokes, it dances, it changes, and
it gives off heat! There is a difference between
artificial light, and the real thing! Real light is
alive.
Isaiah 9:2 says that “a great light has come to a
people living in deep darkness.” This is a prophecy
about the future birth of Jesus. Matthew 1:21 says
that Jesus came to be the savior of the world, saving
His people from their sins. Jesus said in John 8:12,
“I am the Light of the world. Whoever follows Me
will not walk in darkness, but will have the Light
of life.” Do you have the Light of life or are you
walking in darkness?
Jesus is the great Light that has come to a people
living in deep darkness - darkness caused by our
sin. In the Bible darkness is always descriptive of
man’s sin, being far away from God. The problem
is, all of the artificial light in our culture has tricked
us into thinking we aren't living in deep darkness.
One more illustration - New York City, the
city that never sleeps. At 3 am, when the night is
darkest, NYC is lit up like noontime because of all
of the artificial light. In NYC you never have to
be in the dark because of all of the manmade light.
We live in a world that never sleeps, saturated
by the artificial lights of this world. What happens
when the lights go out? What happens when the
artificial light fails, and the darkness is so dark that
it feels like a heavy blanket? What happens when
the self help books fall short of fixing the problem?
Jesus is the solution to the problem - He is the
Light of the world that illuminates the deepest
darkness. He came to be your light, to remove your
sin, and to lead you out of deep darkness into His
marvelous light of life.
William Waters
'exciting worship'
Oak Hill Baptist Church
3233 Oak Hill Church Rd,
Mien, G/\3(M2
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