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Wednesday, April 3, 2024 - Page 5
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Words of
Encouragement
“The Silversmith ”
Malachi 3:3 - “He will sit as a refiner and
purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of
Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and
they will bring offerings in righteousness to the
Lord.”
The silversmith works diligently to remove the
impurities from raw silver, producing priceless
metal. To do his work, he must have raw
silver, a blazing hot fire, a crucible, and most
importantly a steady hand and a watchful eye.
The smith places the raw silver in the crucible
and holds it over the fire.
As the heat of the fire melts the silver, all the
impurities, everything that must come out of
the silver to make it priceless, rise to the top
to be scraped away. The smith sits, watching
the crucible, silver bubbling, scraping every
impurity away until at last, the silver is ready
to be brought out. Then the silversmith pulls
the pure silver from the heat of the fire, and as
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it cools, he shapes it into his own making. The
silversmith’s work is now a great treasure.
Malachi 3:3 tells us that God is a silversmith,
except He doesn't refine raw silver, He refines
His children. He is first a refiner; He places
Hi children in the heat of the fire. He is also a
purifier; He holds them there! He holds men
in the fire until all of the impurities are gone.
Then He takes the refined and purified man and
shapes them into something new and beautiful.
They are His treasures, the work of the Lord.
Are you in the fire? Are you feeling the
intensity of the heat and the scorch of the
flames? Take heart, God is a refiner of silver.
God is a silversmith with a steady hand, but
even more important, with a watchful eye.
He will not keep His children in the fire one
second longer than is needed. Remember Job in
dust and ashes! Remember Joseph in prison in
Egypt! Remember Daniel in the den of lions!
Remember Jesus in
the Garden and on the
Cross!
God does not place
His children in the
flame except to refine them and bring something
beautiful out of the refining. The fire may hurt,
and the flames may consume, but God’s hand
holds the crucible. Romans 8:28 says, “All
things work together for the good of those
who love God and are called according to His
purposes.”
All things are not good. All things, good
and bad, do work together for good, for those
who love God and are called according to
His purposes. How can, we be sure? Because
God tells us so. In the end, we must trust Him.
Someone once said, when you cannot see God’s
hand, trust His heart. We can know His heart
because He has shared it with us in scripture.
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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
Pastor: John Powell
Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.
Wednesday: Bible Study & Prayer: 12 noon
Sunday Children Church: 11:30am
Buck Creek Church
2545 Buck Creek Rd - Sylvania, GA 30467
Church 912-863-4165
Pastor: Carroll Gay
Cell: 478-494-6228
Sunday School: 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m.
Wednesday Family Dinner and Bible Study: 6:00 p.m.
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.
First Baptist Church
214 S. Main Street - Sylvania, GA. 30467
Associate Pastor Rev. Clint Sheppard and
Worship Pastor Rev. Tom Campbell
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 Christian Church of Sylvania
306 Frontage Road - Sylvania, Georgia
Pastor Jay Akin
Sunday School - 9 am
Worship Service 10 am
Wednesday Night Meal 6 pm
Wednesday Night Service 6:45
First Congregational
Church of Sylvania
246 Goloid Church Rd., Sylvania, GA 912-531
Worship 10 a.m.
Children’s Church 10:30 a.m.
Life Group Bible Studies
Monday 6:30 p.m.
Pastor: Dr Benny Tate
@ RockSprings.com
Lay Leaders: Dale Forehand & Tommy Pace
“Come As You Are”
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
(912)863-7660
Pastor, Keith McFeely
Sunday Worship: 10:00 A.M.
Hiltonia Baptist Church
123 4th Ave - Hiltonia Ga, 30467
Pastor Darrell Young
Sunday School 10:00 AM
Worship Service 11:00 AM
Phone Number 478-552-4809
Hiltonia Trinity Church
2470 Waynesboro Hwy Sylvania, GA 30467
Phone Number: 912-829-4632
Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.
Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.
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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
Activities; 6:30 p.m.
Little Horse Creek Baptist
814 Little Horse Creek Rd., Rocky Ford, GA
706-402-1199
Pastor: Jim Cheyne
Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.
Wednesday Prayer mtg: 6:30 p.m.
“Where Friends Become Family”
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.
iddle Ground Baptist
hurch
259 Middleground Road Sylvania, Ga. Sunday
School 9:45 am.
and morning worship 11:00 am.
Sunday evening worship, 6:00 pm. Wednesday
night prayer meeting, 6:30 pm. The current
Pastor is Dr. Charlie Cooper.
Newington 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
Youth 5:30 p.m.
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
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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.
Rocky Ford Baptist Church
RFBC, here for the Gospel
132 Main Street - Rocky Ford, GA 30455
(912J-863-4288 - Pastor: Wayne Bragg
Sunday School: 10 a.m.
Morning Worship: 11 a.m.
Sunday Evening Sen/ice: 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday Night Children/Youth Program: 6-7:30 p.m.
www.rockyfordbaptist.com
www.facebook.com/rockyfordbaptist
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.
PRAYER
Elam Baptist Church is
accepting applications for
Associate Pastor of Youth, 5199
Elam Road, Millen.
West Millen Baptist Church
is looking for a full
time pastor. Please email:
westmillensearchcomm@gmail.
com or P.O. Box 599 Millen, GA
30442
Hiltonia Trinity Church is
seeking a part-time pastor to lead
our church and preach God’s
word. Send resume to: s4hand@
yahoo.com
Pediatricians Can Help Teens Quit Vaping and Using Tobacco
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death and
disease in the United States, and it almost always begins
during adolescence. According to leading medical advocates,
pediatricians have a role to play in
getting kids to quit vaping electronic
cigarettes and using other tobacco
products.
Ten percent of American student’s
report using tobacco products,
according to the FDA. And while
there have been declines in the use
of cigarettes among adolescents, the
popularity of e-cigarettes and other
smokeless tobacco and nicotine
products is on the rise. Smoking and
vaping are both harmful to health,
particularly to youth, whose brains are
still developing and who are uniquely
vulnerable to nicotine dependence.
That’s why the American Academy of
Pediatrics (AAP) has developed the Youth Tobacco Cessation
Progressive Web App. This new, free clinical decision resource,
which can be used on a computer, tablet, or offline mobile app,
leads physicians through the following steps:
1. Ask: Screen for tobacco use with all youth, during every
clinical encounter.
2. Counsel: Advise all youth who use tobacco to quit and have
them set a quit date within two weeks.
3. Treat: Link adolescents to behavioral treatment extenders
and prescribe pharmacologic support when indicated. After the
visit, follow up to assess progress and offer support.
The web app also provides a
flowchart for clinical interactions,
links to product descriptions, an
AAP policy and clinical report,
sample counseling statements,
behavioral support options, such
as texting services, quit lines and
online resources, and detailed
information on pharmacologic
support, including nicotine
replacement therapy.
There is currently little data
on successful youth tobacco
treatment strategies. In the
meantime, clinicians can leverage
existing literature and promising
practices to support tobacco
cessation in young people. To learn more and to access the
Youth Tobacco Cessation Progressive Web App, visit aap.org/
HelpKidsQuit.
Tobacco use and nicotine dependence are significant health
concerns. Pediatricians can use their vital, trusted role as a
source of expertise, support, and guidance to provide teens
with confidential tobacco cessation care.
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