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jenkinscountytimes.com The Jenkins County Times Wednesday, December 13, 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 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 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 ADVERTISE ST TRUSTED SOURCE YOUR LOCAL *te»Jenkins County Times 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 Download Oak Hill Church APP Today! ^ Joshua Johnson, Senior Pastor j
