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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
"The Real Thing"
It has always been difficult for missionary families
to be together at special times for important occasions.
Often hearts ache for the joy and happiness that bonds
hearts and unites loved ones for special reasons and
seasons.
The headmaster of a school for the children of
missionaries knew that feeling very well. His parents
were missionaries, and he spent many birthdays alone
as well as many holidays apart from family members.
He knew that one of his students, in particular, was
having a difficult time one Christmas and decided to
visit him in his room.
After talking for a few minutes he asked, “John,
what would you like for Christmas this year?”
Looking at a picture of his father on the wall, he said,
“I would like my father to step out of that frame.”
That’s what Jesus did. He “stepped out” of the Old
Testament “frames” that prophesied His coming. He
became the “real thing” when he walked among the
people, laid His hands on the sick, and restored them
to health, fed the hungry with bread that would last
throughout eternity, and gave the water of life to those
dying of thirst.
The Son of God willingly and voluntarily made
Himself “nothing” when He assumed a human body
and a human nature and became the “real thing.” Jesus
is God seeing us through human eyes, hearing us with
human ears, touching lives with human hands, and
loving us with a human heart. In Jesus, we see God
with us - Immanuel!
Prayer: Thank You, Father, for sending us the “Real
Thing.” Through Your Son we know how much You
love us, understand us, and know our every need. In
Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Scripture For Today: Philippians 2:5-11 Who, being
in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be
equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation,
taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the
likeness of men.
Blank Canvas
delivers for
Christmas
Sharon Blank dropped by the newspaper office
to show off her latest artistic creation. She just
finished this portrait for Christmas. Sharon is
available for custom portraits, custom coloring
pages, landscapes, graphic design, banner and
flyer designs. If you can dream it, she can create
it! Email her at sharonblankcanvas@gmail.com
for more information. Photo by J. Brady.
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Words of
Encouragement
By Joshua Johnson,
Special Contributor
for
The Times
Pastor Oak Hill
Baptist Church, Millen
"Mary, Joseph and their son "
’’And when the time came for their purification
according to the Law of Moses, they brought him
up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is
written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who
first opens the womb shall be called holy to the
Lord”) and to offer a sacrifice according to what is
said in the Law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves,
or two young pigeons.” - Luke 2:22-24 ESV
Eight days after Jesus was born, Mary and Joseph
went to Jerusalem to dedicate Him to God at the
Temple. This was done because God commanded
His people to do it in scripture (Leviticus 12). This
was a symbolic and spiritual dedication - praising
God for His gift and making a commitment to
raising their child to fear the Lord God and walk in
His ways.
The dedication was commanded by God, required
to be done at the Temple, and involved a sacrifice
of specific animals. Leviticus 12 tells us that God
made a provision for families that couldn’t afford a
lamb for this sacrifice - they could instead sacrifice
two turtle doves. The fact that Mary and Joseph
brought two turtle doves to the dedication shows us
that they were too poor to afford a lamb.
If Mary and Joseph made the journey and paid
precious money that they didn’t have to bring Jesus
to the Temple to dedicate Him to God, what does
that say to us parents today? The most important
thing you can do in your life as a parent is to present
your children to the Lord.
An old puritan pastor said, “If you neglect to
instruct your children in the way of holiness, the
devil will not neglect to instruct them in wickedness.”
Our children will be discipled - by Christian parents
and a good church, or by the devil and the world he
rules over. Great things come to us at great cost. It
will take maximum effort for us to raise our children
in the fear of the Lord. Mary and Joseph set a good
example for us to follow - at a week old, Jesus was
in the Temple before the Lord.
Proverbs 22:6 -” Train up a child in the way he
should go; even when he is old he will not depart
from it.“ That’s our job as parents, to train our
children in the way of the Lord. Take your children
to church, pray with them at home and tell them
about Jesus, pray for them as they grow, and set a
good example for them to follow you, as you follow
Jesus. How wonderful it will be to stand before
Jesus one day and say, “Lord, not just myself, but
here are the children you gave me also.”
Church News
Miracle Temple House of True and Living God will hold a
free food distribution on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024 from 8-10
a.m. Please contact Pastor Elijah Coney at 478-455-1844
for questions. The church is located at 640 Millen Bypass.
Our pizza’s are made fresh to order!
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537 East Winthrope Ave.
Millen, Georgia
(478)982-2390
