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Forgiveness Needed
DEER CREEK SHORES
Presbyterian Church
Love is a major principle
in Christianity. It is the
source of all the fruits of the
spirit. It is not only the na
ture of our God, but the very
name of his. Yet very often
we speak about love, we sing
of love, we believe in love ...
and rarely we show love.
One of the ways which real
love may be clearly shown is
through forgiveness. I con
sider forgiveness the num
ber one proof of a loving
heart. Love is forgiving and
forgiving is love.
Here are some things we
need to know about forgive
ness:
Forgiveness is something
beyond our human ability.
David Augsburger, in his
book “The Freedom of For
giveness” said “If anything
comes natural to every man,
it’s the urge to get even. To
deliver insult for insult, blow
for blow, injury for injury.
Forgiveness is something
beyond our human ability
because it, sometimes, in
cludes:
The giving up of rights, of
self, and of belongings.
Forgiveness is something
beyond our human ability
because it is rooted in some
thing that is not human. It
takes its origin from the
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Deeper Discipleship
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
What evidence is there
that you love God and His
Son, Jesus? Jesus said that if
we loved Him, we would
obey Him and follow Him.
Obeying Him means not only
doing what He asks us to do
(read the four gospels, Mat
thew, Mark, Luke and John
to see what He said) but also
developing and cultivating
the attitudes, values and ac
tions of Jesus. What was
important to Him must also
be important to us. The way
we implement some of these
things may vary because of
cultural differences, but the
principles will be the same.
The personal habits of Jesus
are certainly worth of our
scrutiny and imitation. He
spent regular time in prayer,
in worship and in rest. He
studied God’s word and
memorized much of it. He
spent some time daily in the
specific application of that
word and in sharing it. He
did these naturally as He
went about His daily activ
ALFALFA COMEBACK
Alfalfa is staging a
comeback in Georgia. Ex
tension Service agronomists
say it is best adapted to
North Georgia; however,
successful plantings have
been made in tbe lower
Coastal Plain. A well man
aged stand of alfalfa should
produce four to six tons of
FIRST CHRISTIAN
CHURCH
Gary Armes, Minister
SUNDAY SERVICES
Bible School 9:30 a.m.
Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.
Youth Meetings 7:00 p.m.
Evening Service 7:00 p.m.
WED. Bible Study 7:00 p.m.
Nursery Care r Graded Worship and
study provided for your children.
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spirit of God.
Forgiveness is something
beyond our haman ability
because its process de
mands:
• Self-denial
• Putting others first
• Building up the offend
er’s spirit.
Forgiveness can not be
fully processed apart from
the person of Jesus Christ.
There are times in our
lives, if it is left up to us,
when we have no choice but
to get even with the offender.
From Christ we learn “If
anyone strikes you on the
right cheek, turn the other to
him also.”
Forgiveness in Chris
tianity has three construc
tive purposes:
1) It is the means of spiri
tual strength. Violence is,
and always will be, the los
er’s way. The only way to
strength is love.
2) It is a dynamic method
for helping the offender. Je
sus said: “Do not resist one
who is evil. Love your ene
mies and pray for those who
persecute you, so that you
may be sons of your Father
who is in heaven. Love alone
can conquer hatred.
3) It is a way of showing
greatfulness to God who had
forgiven us first.
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ities. So should we. His ef
forts were concrete and
practical. They were unlike
the man who wanted to show
everyone He loved them by
smiling kindly at them as he
rode the subway to and from
work. Our discipleship must
be deeper than kind smiles
and polite words.
Evidence of our
relationship to Him will al
ways involve some suffer
ing. All people suffer from
time to time but not all of it is
because of, or for, the Lord.
Pagans, as well as Chris
tians, suffer accidents, poor
health, death of loved ones,
job loss, etc. These aren’t
crosses we are called to
bear. Suffering that comes of
cross bearing is a result of
our deliverate and direct ef
forts to serve Christ and
stand for Him. Without serv
ing Him and standing up for
Him that suffering would not
be present. Evidence of love,
loyalty and gratitude must
be direct and not simply
circumstantial evidence.
hay per year, and the stand
will last five to seven years
in North Georgia and three
to four years in South
Georgia.
Four tons of alfalfa
hay has more energy than
100 bushels of com and more
protein than three tons of 20
percent protein supplement.
Summer Has
Learning Time
Even though summer for
most students is the time for
swimming, playing and just
having fun, many young peo
ple over the state are en
rolled in academic
activities.
Six hundred gifted and tal
ented high school juniors and
seniors began six weeks of
study at the Governor’s Hon
ors Program at North
Georgia College in Dahlo
nega and Valdosta State Col
lege in Valdosta. The
program, conducted by the
Georgia Department of Edu
cation, provides students in
depth study in various aca
demic, vocational and fine
arts areas.
Many young Georgians
will learn that reading can
be fun as well as educational
when they join the vacation
reading clubs sponsored by
public libraries over the
state. “Reading Rodeo” is
the theme of this year’s
reading club. The students
receive certificates signify
ing the number of books they
read during the summer.
Nearly 8,000 public school
students will participate in
summer classes funded
through Title I of the El-
July Revival
Is Planned
Revival services will be
held at the Orange United
Methodist Chruch July 5-10,
1981.
The beginning service on
Sunday night, July 5, will be
at 7:30 p.m. The services
Monday through Firday will
be 10:30 a.m. and 8 p.m.
daily.
The Rev. Billy Boggs, pas
tor of the Macedonia and
Pleasant Grove United
Methodist Churches will be
the evangelist.
Everyone has a very cor
dial invitation to attend.
The Rev. Ralph E. Harris
is pastor at Orange.
Centenniel Day
Set For July 19
There will be a Centennial
Service at Cross Plains Bap
tist Church July 19, 1981,
beginning at 10 a.m. This
will be an all day service
with lunch served at noon.
During the morning serv
ice the history of the church
will be read, former pastors
and their families and oldest
members will be recognized.
There will also be a worship
service at 11 a.m. After
lunch, there will be an hour
IRRIGATION GROWS
Irrigated cropland in
Georgia stood at 985,535
acres last year, an increase
of 164,300 acres (20 percent)
over 1979. Kerry Harrison,
Extension service engineer,
says com and peanuts make
up 69 percent of the irrigated
acreage. Last year, 410,241
acres of com and 271,323
acres of peanuts received
supplemental water. Nearly
135,000 acres of soybeans
were irrigated in 1980.
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101 SAMARITAN DRIVE
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CUMMING, GA.
887-8504
ementary and Secondary
Education Act. This summer
19 school systems will offer
help in reading, mathemat
ics and kindergarten to these
educationally disadvantaged
students. In these programs
students receive individual
help to catch up in areas
where they are failing or
doing poorly.
Children of migratory
farm workers or fishermen
may attend summer classes
in 25 school systems spon
sored by regional migrant
education agencies.
For 30 days this summer,
the 24 psychoeducational
centers for severely emo
tionally disturbed children
will operate modified classes
for students. The summer
programs consist of recre
ational activities, arts and
crafts and behavior-oriented
sessions. Two centers
Middle Georgia Psychoedu
cational Center and Oak
Tree Children’s Center
will offer two special camp
ing programs for the special
education youngsters.
Other special education
activities will be conducted
by four local school systems
Fulton, Clayton, Dodge
counties and Vidalia city.
Other children will partici
pate in a 10-day outdoor the
rapeutic camping program
at Cleveland.
Many other school sys
tems will offer special sum
mer programs for their
students. For example, De-
Kalb County will offer a
summer reading program as
a compensatory “early in
tervention approach.” It is
designed to improve word
attack and comprehension
skills for approximately 1,-
200 students who are com
pleting their third school
year but are reading at one
year below grade level. This
program will be conducted
from June 22 to July 17 at
five elementary school cen
ters.
of fellowship. In the af
ternoon, there will be singing
by the Dave Holbrook Quar
tet, The Sunny South Quartet
and other groups.
The Rev. Charles Dispain
invites the public to attend,
especially decendents of the
founders and former pastors
and their families. The
church is located on McGin
nis Ferry Rd. in the southern
part of Forsyth County.
EPISCOPAL
CHURCH OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT
Pilgrim Mill Rd.
Sundays 10 A.M.
For information, call
887-8190
Cotton
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America Can Learn
FIRST CHRISTIAN
CHURCH
This weekend people will
celebrate in various ways
our Independence Day.
There will be picnics, pa
rades, fireworks and all
kinds of celebrations. We
should be thankful for the
freedom we have in this
country and many of the
privileges that go with it.
Yet, we must be careful if we
get the idea that just because
we are Americans, we are
better. Whoever said Jesus
was an American? We call
ourselves a Christian nation,
but there seems to be enough
evidence of what’s happen
ing in our country that would
make us a mission field! We
have the wealthiest nation in
the world, yet it seems we
are also the most greedy.
Just look at the various
strikes; the coal miners, air
traffic controllers, and the
most ridiculous of all, the
baseball strike. All of these
people crying out for a big
ger slice of the pie, while
right outside a lot of stadi
Youth Meet Scheduled
Reinhardt College, in Wa
leska, is hosting the 1981
annual Youth Convocation,
sponsored by the Conference
Committee on Youth Min
istries of the United Method
ist Church, June 29 through
July 2.
The three-day event of the
UMC’s North Georgia Con
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ums, there are children who
go to bed hungry.
I love my country and I
wouldn’t want to live any
where else. If communism is
so great, why did they have
to build the iron curtain to
keep people in, and why are
so many making so many
desperate attempts to get
out. Sure, there is much
wrong with our country. And
I feel we ought to be big
enough not to say “My coun
try right or wrong,” but “My
country when right, and
when wrong,to be made
right.
Yet, as Christians, we
need to look beyond our pa
triotism to our country for a
higher committment. In
Phil. 3:20 we read “But our
citizenship is in heaven. And
we eagerly await a Savior
from there, the Lord Jesus
Christ,” We are told in Rom.
13:1 and Titus 3:1 to be sub
ject to and respect the lead
ership of our country, yet
even then we have a higher
allegiance to Jesus Christ.
ference will deal with equip
ping youth and adult leaders
for service in local churches.
Bishop Joel McDavid, resi
dent Bishop of the Atlanta
Episcopal Area of the United
Methodist Church, will be
ing to decision making to
effective evangelism among
young people.
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i —THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS—WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1981 i,
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New Member 1
Everett Little, center, a resident of Cumming, who serves as
the chief of police in Smyrna, recently joined the Forsytb-
Cumming Optimist Club. Ken Williams is shown left pinning
the membership pin on Little.
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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.
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 & 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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