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A New Covenant
Deer Creek Shores
Presbyterian Church
The word “covenant”,
according to Christianity, is
a unique word. It signifies
the intimate relationship
that God intended to estab
lish with mankind. It is a
word without which the
Christian faith cannot be
fully shaped, understood, or
practiced. More than that, it
is a word without which God
would be an impersonal
God, mysterious and far be
yond our reach.
Therefore, and first of all,
a better understanding of
what the word means will
enable us to recognize the
basis upon which our faith is
built, understand what God
expects from us, benefit
from God’s means of grace
as we seek to strengthen his
covenant with us.
The first and most impor
tant fact about the new cove
nant is that it is God that
makes it. “Behold, the days
come, saith the Lord, that I
will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel, and
with the house of Judah.”
Behind every law, and
promise in the Old Testa
ment lies the covenant rela
tion between Jehovah and
his people. It is not as a bar
gain or agreement between
two equals, but as the offer
ing of gracious terms. It is
that God finds men, poor,
helpless, lying in sin and
ruin, and out of his free
grace he sets them upon
their feet and bestows upon
them the friendship of God
and all the hope, joy, and
riches involved in that. God
begins the new relation and
all it involves.
Depressed? Failed? Hope
less? Helpless? Open wide
the gate of your soul to let
God come in to make his
own covenant with you, a
covenant of inward change
as distinguished from one of
outward rules. “Not accord
ing to the covenant that I
made with their fathers in
the day that I took them by
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First Baptist Church
There is a blight on our
community that could easily
be eliminated if we’d simply
speak up.
The next time you visit one
of the neighborhood conve
nience stores, check the
magazine rack'to see if they
carry “girlie” magazines
such as “Playboy.”
Ladies, if anybody should
be incensed, it’s you! All the
verbal garbage about those
magazines containing good
literature is a stupid, flimsy
smokescreen for a bunch of
voyeurs, or peeping toms.
Those magazines cheapen
and degrade women to the
status of things, rather than
human personalities.
No matter how high up on
the rack these magazines
may be, they’re still trash
and a poor reflection an the
ownership of the store and
those who tolerate such slop
in our community. Ask the
who the owners are and call
or write them to express
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the hand, to bring them out
of the land of Egypt...”, “not
like the mosaic covenant of
lews and ordinances”...but
this is the new covenant, “I
will put my ldw in their in
ward parts, and write it in
their hearts.”
For the child it is good that
he should live by rules he
has not understood’ under
commands which derive
their authority from the
knowledge and experience of
others. But that is not good
for the man because charac
ter, moral worth and spiri
tual strength are forces
within his soul. Living by
mere rules and regulations
is a poor life, no freshness,
no growth. God works from
within outward in the life of
the people of the covenant. It
is a free life based on faith in
God and supported by his
grace.
Second it is a covenant
that establishes between
God and man a relation
rather than an obligation.
“And I will be their God, and
they shall be my people. ”
According to the new cove
nant, first, God is ours. He
binds himself to be ours in
all that He is; all his re
sources and powers are
committed to our salvation.
Second, we are his, his own.
We are bound to give him
ourselves, all that we are.
It is a covenant of intimate
personal communion. “And
they shall teach no more ev
ery man hisneighbor, say
ing, know the Lord. For they
shall all know me.” The old
testament covenant was
through mediators. It was
never personal. New testa
ment covenant is from God
to the individual, straight
and personal.
In this intimate covenant
with God iniquity is forgiven
and sin is forgotten’ so that
many may know all the
freshness, sweetness and joy
of the new life which God
makes for him and within
him.
your disapproval of such
“literature.” Be polite, but
firm. Let it be known in
kind, but definate, terms
how you feel about such
material.
In this age of moral decay,
Christians are known by
what they tolerate. To look
the other way and not see
the filth is to insure being
buried by it sooner or later.
Stand up and be counted.
You don’t have to sit idly by,
just taking what comes
along.
Be vocal. Sound off.
It ought to be obvious to all
that those who do usually
make things happen. But do
it in such a way that Christ
would be honored, not dis
honored.
FIRST CHRISTIAN „
CHURCH JjPfH
Gary Annas, Minister A - jiaMl
Rich Griffith, Youth Minister'"
Sermon Sept. 21: A.M.-"Tormitos in the Troth"
P.M.-"Keep the Rra Going"
SUNDAY SERVICES
Bible School - 9:30 o.m.
Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m.
Youth Meetings - p.m.
Evening Service - 7:00 p.m.
WED. Bible Study - 7:30 p.m.
Nursery Care, Graded Worship and
study provided for your children.
Local Quartet
To Sing At Meet
The Dave Holbrook Quar
tet of Cumming will be the
featured entertainment for
the annual meeting of the
North Georgia Production
Credit Association, accord
ing to an announcement by
David Skinner, president of
the association.
The annual stockholders’
meeting will be held Oct. 2 at
the Winder Lions Club build
ing in Winder, beginning at
6:30 p.m.
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There’s Good Ahead
First Christian Church
The late Bishop Fulton
Sheen went into a greasy
spoon restaurant for break
fast one morning.
The waitress, who seemed
half asleep, asked what he
wanted to eat. “Bring me
some ham and eggs and a
few kind words for the day,”
he said.
She returned 15 minutes
iater and set the food before
him.
“There,” she said.
“What about the kind
words?,” he asked.
The waitress looked over
at him for a moment and
then replied, “ I’d advise
you not to eat them eggs! ”
There are times when it
seems almost impossible to
get a kind word from any
one. The first few events of
the morning make it clear
that bad news is on the way
and there is no stopping it.
Someone with a great sense
of humor described a few of
those circumstances that let
us know it is going to be a
bad day when:
You call Suicide Pre
vention and they put you on
hold.
You see a “60 Minutes
News Team” waiting in your
office.
Your birthday cake col
lapses from the weight of the
candles.
Your twin sister forgets
your birthday.
You’re following a
group of Hell’s Angels down
the highway when suddenly
your horn goes off and re-
Church Sets
Sale Of Goods
Deer Creek Shores Pres
byterian Church will sponsor
a booth with home-baked
foods for sale at the Cum
ming Country Creations Ba
zaar Oct. 18-19 at Cumming
Elementary School.
Foods for sale will include
whole wheat bread, cream
cheese bread, cinnamon-nut
bread, zuchinni bread, rolls,
cupcakes, cookies and
cakes.
Singing Set
In Pickens
The Pickens County Sing
ing Convention will be held
Sunday, Sept. 28, beginning
at 1 p.m. in the Jaspter El
ementary School Audito
rium in Jasper.
Special, guest singers for
the occasion will be the
Evangels.
All are invited to attend.
There is no charge.
Other activities will in
clude a report on association
progress during the past
year, election of directors
and a report of the board of
directors, also old fashioned
pork barbecue will be served
and door prizes will be given
away.
North Georgia Production
Credit Association makes
short and intermediate loans
to farmers and rural home
owners.
mains stuck.
I think we’ve all gone
through days of irritation
and frustration.
The psalmist reminds us,
however, in Psalms 118:24,
“This is the day the Lord
hath made,. Rejoice and be
glad in it.” That’s some good
advice for facing each day
rejoice and be glad in it.
See all the good that lies
ahead, the joy of living,
rather than dwelling just on
the frustrating moments.
So today is here how
will you face it?
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Cumming United Methodist Church recently held a Rally Day and Promotion Sunday. A re
cord number of people were in Sunday School on Sept. 7. It was the largest attendance in the
church’s 145 year history. During the morning assembly, children promoted from the second
to the third grade were presented Bibles. Receiving Bibles were, front row from left, Sharon
Buke, Beth Faw; second row from left, Tracey Hayes, Laura Folsom, Sue Nicholson; third
row from left, Chippy Jordan, Geoffrey Allen and Marie Studdard.
Use the round dusting
brush to vacuum base
boards, sills, moldings and
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Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.
Wed. Prayer Service 7:30 p.m.
Sun. Training Union 6:30 p.m.
Sun. Evening Worship 7:30 p.m.
CHURCH 887-4802 PASTOR 887-5985
Nursery Provided.
THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS-WEONESOAY, SEPTEMBER 24.1900-
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picture frames. It’s quicker
than dust cloths. And it
doesn’t scatter the dust.
CALVARY BAPTIST TEMPLE
Fundamental Pre Millenial Unaffiliated
Sunday School. . 10 a.m.
Morning Worship. 11 a.m.
Sunday Evening Service 7 p.m.
Mid-Week Service 7:30 p.m.
Nursery Provided
3,4 A 5 year old kindergarten
Church at Hwy. 20 at 369 887-6982
Pastor's Res. Hwy. 369 887-6982
Don Jackson, Pastor
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Agency
Thanks
Volunteers
The Speir Insurance
Agency recently delivered a
special commendation to the
Cumming volunteers in
volved in the recent Muscu
lar Dystrophy Association
fund drive.
More than 25 men, women
and children worked all day,
shaking cannisters on street
corners, handling telephones
and serving refreshments.
The total raised by the
Cumming Speir collection
center was $630.70.
Billy Waters, local cam
paign coordinator and
branch manager for Speir
Insurance Agency said, “It
was just fabulous! Every
body pitched in and helped
so we had a great time for a
great cause.”
LABOR FORCE
The civilian labor force in
Georgia at the end-of June,
1980, was 2,428,348. The em
ployed tataled 2,243,883; the
unemployed 184,575.