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Church News
Let God’s promises shine on your problems
Words of Encouragement
Pastor Joshua Johnson
Oak Hill Church
“One Passion, One Goal”
What’s your goal in life? We can make small goals, such as starting a healthier eating habit or
losing 10 lbs, and we can make larger goals, like achieving a Doctoral degree or becoming the next
state senator. These small and large goals that I just gave as examples all deal with how we live our
lives, but don’t really consider the whole of our life. What’s the goal of your entire life? How do
you want to spend the lifetime that God has given to you?
The philosopher William James said, “The great use of life is to spend it for something
that outlasts it.” Samuel Brengle, the founder of the Salvation Army, said something similar, “One
of the outstanding ironies of history is the utter disregard of ranks and titles in the final judgement’s
men pass on each other. The final estimate of men shows that history cares not an iota for the rank
or title a man has borne, or the office he has held, but only the quality of his deeds and the character
of his mind and heart.” William James and Samuel Brengle would both agree that we can make the
best use of our life by using it to serve others, in a way that outlasts a single lifetime.
If I had to choose one great example of a life used to serve others, in a way that outlasts
a single lifetime, it would be the man or woman who cures cancer. This person would be world-
renowned and remembered for centuries for their ground-breaking, lifesaving, sorrow-stealing
discovery! As great an example as this one is, curing cancer, it's still not the greatest example of a
life well spent.
I am reminded of Martyn Lloyd Jones, who as a young man was trained in medicine as a
doctor and served as an assistant to the Royal Physician and London. However, God called him to
preach, and he surrendered to that call, leaving medicine to become one of the greatest preachers
of the 20th century. As a doctor he healed a man’s body, but as a pastor, he spoke to their eternal
soul. Curing cancer might give a man 10, 20, or even 50 more years, but what is that in the grand
scope of eternity? The greatest use of a life well lived is to give it to Jesus, to walk with Him and
be used by Him, in His will and purposes.
Count Nicholas Von Zinzendorf was another young man called to the ministry. He was a
rich, young ruler with wealth and power in his future, and all he had to do was reach out and receive
it. When God called him to start a church, he obeyed, starting the Moravian church, and sending
out missionaries worldwide. The Moravaian church was known for one interesting statistic - they
had three times as many members in their churches overseas than they did at home. When asked
why he had given up riches and royalty for Jesus, Zinzendorf answered, “I have but one passion;
it is He, He alone.”
One more example, the apostle Paul. He was another young man with power, authority,
and prestige in his future, as he ascended the ranks of the Pharisees like a shooting star. But when
Jesus confronted him on the road to Damascus, his life was never the same again! Paul became one
of the greatest missionary church planters the world has ever seen and wrote more of the books of
the Bible than anyone else. In Philippians 3:7-10, he gives us a glimpse into his heart, and why he
lived how he lived - “But everything that was a gain to me, I have considered to be a loss because
of Christ. More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of
knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider
them as dung, so that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own
from the law, but one that is through faith in Christ—the righteousness from God based on faith.
My goal is to know him..
What’s your goal? What’s your passion? Anything less than Jesus can be a life well-
lived, but it will never be the life best lived.
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WESLEYANNA MEMORIAL CHURCH
HOMECOMING
Sunday, October 23 11:00 a.m.
ETERNAL VISION TO PERFORM AT FRIENDSHIP
Renowned gospel group Eternal Vision will perform Sunday, Oct. 16 at
Friendship Baptist Church at 6 p.m. Bryan Clees will perform at 5:30. All
are welcome to come enjoy an evening of refreshments and good Christian
music. A love offering is appreciated. (Photo contributed)
LIVE AUCTION
OAK HILL BAPTIST CHURCH
3233 Oak Hill Church Road, Millen, GA
YOUTH CAKE AUCTION
FUNDRAISER
October 9,2022
5:00 p.m.
If you’d like to donate a cake/pie/brownies
please call Michelle @ 478-982-1616
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Constituted May 2, 1891
First ministers were \Y,W, Lee and \Y. R. Thompson,
First meetings were in a log school house. First church
built in 1894 on land donated In \V. J. Brinson. Sr.
Original members were members of the Brinson,
T hompson, and Cohen families.
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Bay Branch Baptist
Church
4029 Millen Hwy
Sylvania, Ga 30467
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service 11:00
Pastor: Rev. Blake Hicks
Bethel Brick United
Methodist Church
1259 Oglethrope Trail
Sylvania, GA. 30467
(912)829-6924
New Pastor: John Powell
Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.
Wednesday: Bible Study &
Prayer: 12 noon
Sunday Children Church:
11:30 a.m.
Buck Creek UMC
2545 Buck Creek Rd
Sylvania, GA 30442
Church: 912-863-4165
Pastor: Carroll Gay
cell: (478) 494-6228
Sunday School: 10 a.m.
Morning Worship: 11 a.m.
Wednesday Family Dinner
and Bible Study: 6 p.m.
The City of Victory
103 Azalea Dr.,
Sylvania, GA 30467
912-564-5745
Pastor: Nicole Peeples
Sunday Worship: 10 a.m.
Building people, families,
communities, and the city.
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Double Heads Baptist
Church
141 Captola Road
Sylvania, GA., (912) 863-
6101 Pastor: BJ Horne
Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.
Wednesday Bible Study:
6:30 p.m.
Douglas Branch
Baptist Church
116 Douglas Branch Church Rd.
Rocky Ford, GA 30455
Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m.
Wednesday Morning Bible
Study 10:00 a.m. Pastor:
Wayne Powell 912-425-9804
First Baptist Church
Sylvania
214 S. Main Street
Sylvania, GA. 30467
Pastor: Rev Wayne Ayer
Sunday School: 9:45 am
Morning Worship: 11:00 am
Evening Worship: 6:30 pm
Wednesday Night Adult Bible
Study: 6:45 pm
Children’s Snack Supper: 5:30 pm
Children’s Choirs: 6:00 pm
RA’s/GA’s/Mission Friends 6:45 pm
Youth (7-12 grades):6:00 pm
First United Methodist
Church
201 N. Main Street,
Sylvania, GA 30467
912-564-2747
Pastor: Dorsia Atkinson
Sunday School: 9:45 A.M.
Morning Worship: 9:00 A.M.
(In Fellowship Hall)
11:00 A.M. (In The Sanctuary)
Tuesdays: School Prayer
Breakfast (Middle & High
School) 7:00 A.M.
Adult Bible Study 1:00 pm
Wednesday:
Supper & Devotional
6:00 - 7:30 pm
Youth & Children Activities
6:00 - 7:30 pm
Goloid Baptist Church
296 Goloid Church Road
Sylvania, Georgia 30467
(912)863-7660^
Pastor, Keith McFeely
Sunday Worship: 10:00 A.M.
Grace Unbound
Ministries 203 Filbert
Street, Sylvania, GA
Pastor: Travis Smith
Fellowship: 10:00 a.m. for
coffee, donuts, etc.
Service: 10:30 a.m.
Bible Study: Thursdays 6 pm
ALL are welcome to attend.
Come as you are.
Green Hill Baptist
Church
2648 Savannah Hwy,
Sylvania, GA. Morning
Worship 11 a.m. Sunday
School 10 a.m. Evening
worship 6 p.m. Youth meet on
Wednesday evenings at 6 p.m.
Wednesday prayer meetings
6:30 p.m. Pastor David Sharp
Jackson Baptist
Church
5554 Newington Highway
Sylvania, GA. 30442
(912)829-3908
Ralph Dixon, Pastor
Sunday School: 10:00 a.m.
Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.
Sunday Night Worship: 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Night Prayer
Meeting & Children’s Activi
ties; 6:30 p.m.
Memorial Baptist
Church
126 Mock Street, Sylvania.
Church Phone 912-564-2409.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.,
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.,
Evening Worship 6:30 p.m.,
Wednesday Night Prayer
Meeting 7:00 p.m. Pastor Bill
Kent.
Middle Ground Baptist
Church
259 Middleground Road
Sylvania, Ga. Sunday School
9:45 am. and morning wor
ship 11:00 am. Sunday
evening worship, 6:00 pm.
Wednesday night prayer
meeting, 6:30 pm. The current
interim Pastor is Dr. Charlie
Cooper.
Newington United
Methodist Church
Middleground Road
Newington, Georgia 30446
912-829-3318
Sunday School (all ages) 10 am
Sunday Morning: 11 a.m.
Wednesday: Choir Practice 7 pm
Pastor: Rev. Dr. Karen R. Zeigler
Everyone is welcome
Oak Hill Baptist
Church
3233 Oak Hill Church Road
Millen, GA 30442
478-982-1616
Pastor: Joshua Johnson
Sunday School: 10 a.m.
Morning Worship: 11 a.m.
No Sunday Night Services
Wednesday: 7 p.m.
Adult Bible Study - Youth
Group - Team Kid
www.oakhillmillen.com
Our Lady of the
Assumption Catholic
Church
121 Ridgecrest Dr.
Sylvania, GA 912-564-2312
Pastor: Lou Lussier
Weekday Mass:
M-W-F 8:30 a.m.
Weekend Mass:
Saturday 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 9:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m. Spanish
Parker Grove
Missionary Baptist
Church
5314 Scarboro Highway
Rocky Ford, GA 30455
Pastor: Elder Levon Alston
Sunday School - 9am
Morning Worship Service - 10am
Midweek Worship Service -
Wednesday at 7pm
For more information contact
Jen Ruffin 912-682-4493
Red Bluff Independent
Baptist Church
215 Red Bluff Rd.
Sunday School begins at 10
a.m. and worship services at
11 a.m. Sunday night worship
at 6 p.m. and Wednesday
services at 6 p.m. Pastor
Spike Albritton and may be
reached at 904-838-2179. All
are welcome.
St. Michael’s Episcopal
Church
Eucharistic Services begin
Sundays at 10:30 a.m. St.
Michael’s Episcopal Church
is located on Liberty St. next
to the park in Waynesboro.
Call 706-554-3465 for more
information. Website:
stmichaelswaynesboro .org
Larry Jeison, Rector
Trinity Episcopal Church
4401 Country Club Rd,
Statesboro, 30458. Trinity
Episcopal celebrates Sunday
Eucharist at 8:15 a.m. and
10:30 a.m., Father Charles
Todd, Rector and Jonathan
Murphy, Music Director.
Please call the church office
at 912-489-4208 or visit their
FB page www.facebook.com/
TrinityEpiscopalStatesboro
for further information on
weekly activities.
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