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Church News
AND NOW WE THANK YOU, OUR GOD, AND PRAISE YOUR GLORIOUS NAME.
Words of Encouragement
Pastor Joshua Johnson
Oak Hill Church
“Advent”
The Christmas season is also the season of Advent. Advent is all about hope.
The word Advent means “coming” or “arrival,” and it is traditionally a time of
expectation, waiting, anticipation, and longing.
Advent is not just an extension of Christmas—it is a season that links the past,
present, and future. Advent offers us the opportunity to share in the ancient
longing for the coming of the Messiah, to celebrate His birth, and to be alert for
His second coming.
Advent looks back in celebration at the hope fulfilled in Jesus’s coming, while
at the same time looking forward in hopeful and eager anticipation to the
coming of Christ’s kingdom when He returns for His people. During Advent we
wait for both—it’s an active, assured, and hopeful waiting.
Far too often, our Christmases become frenzied and overwhelmingly busy.
We pack our schedules with so many seasonal happenings. Stores start pushing
Christmas decor and merchandise and fueling a gift-buying frenzy in October.
Our season of peace is quickly overloaded as a season of stress.
But Advent is an opportunity to set all that aside. Advent is a time to prepare
our hearts and help us place our focus on a far greater story than our own - the
story of God’s redeeming love for our world. It’s not a season of pretending to be
happy or covering up the pain or hardships we have experienced during the past
year or continue to experience - it is a season of digging deep into the reality of
what it means that God sent His Son into the world to be Immanuel, God With
Us.
So wherever you are on your level of stress, or anxiety and uncertainty,
wherever you are on your own spiritual journey, I invite you into this season of
Advent. We’ve been given the opportunity to rediscover Christmas - hope, peace,
joy, love, and eternal life found in Jesus Christ, Immanuel, God With Us!
GARDEN
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Regulations and Guidelines
1. The judging will be held on
December 15, 2022.
2. All homes and churches in
the City of Sylvania (within
301 by-pass and Sylvania by
pass adjacent to Hwy 21) are
eligible to enter the contest.
3. Lights for homes and
churches must be on between
the hours of 4:30 p.m. - 10:30
p.m.
4. Homes, doorways, outdoor
displays, and mailboxes will
be viewed by judges from the
street or driveway.
5. Ribbons will be awarded
for first, second, third place
and honorable mention in all
divisions.
Scale of Points
1. Overall Design: 30 points -
artistry, proportion, and scale
2. Lighting: 20 points -
placement, concealment of
mechanics
3. Color: 10 points -
suitability to setting
4. Distinction - 20 points
- design appropriate to
architecture of home,
craftmanship
5. Communication of the
Christmas Spirit: 20 points
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Belle, returns home for
Christmas after two years
A woman in Powys, Wales was
heartbroken when her dog was taken out
of her fenced yard two years ago. Trisha
Joseph, the owner, never gave up looking
for six-year-old Belle, a beautiful springer
spaniel. Trish posted on more than 500
Facebook groups, and put up signs all
around town looking for Belle. Then two
years later this past Friday, one of the
group members spotted the dog being put
up for sale 75 miles away. All of her hard work had paid off! An 18-year-old had
kept Belle for six months and was selling her. Actually, he was shocked to find
out the pup was stolen. But, now Belle is back home with Trisha right here before
Christmas. What a great heartwarming story! Congratulations BELLE!!
Waits gives Rotary update on events
Sarah Saxon
Reporter
At the Rotary Club meeting, Grace
Waits, the Screven County Chamber
of Commerce Director spoke to the
Sylvania Rotary Club members about
the various upcoming activities.
Waits discussed the Victorian
Christmas Extravaganza that will
be held on December 10 at 3 p.m. in
downtown Sylvania. The Christmas
tree lighting ceremony will be held
after the parade. Of special interest
is the observance of the 175th
anniversary of the City of Sylvania.
“With the assistance of the Sylvania
Times, the Chamber is putting
out a Community Guide that will
let newcomers and tourists know
what Sylvania has to offer,” Grace
explained. “This is the first year we
are doing this and hope to make it an
annual event.”
The annual chamber banquet has
been scheduled for January 27, 2023,
at Sylvania First Baptist Church,
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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.
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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.
Sunday Theology Class meets
at 9:45 a.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
Farmdale Baptist Church
1300 Farmdale Rd,
Sylvania, GA
Pastor: Cade Bazemore
912-863-4714 or 912-689-9863
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Morning Worship 11 a.m.
Evening Worship 6 p.m.
Wednesday Worship 7 p.m.
Children’s Church and
Nursery
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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