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THE EsasasJ RESISTING THOSE “EVIL SPIRITS” Backgroaad Scripture: 1 Samuel 18:1-29. Devotional Reading: Genesis 37- 12-24. Saul was a real human being, wasn’t he? At first, when with God’s help they wanted to make him king over Israel, he hid a mong the baggage. But later, when he had drunk deeply of the cup of political power, keeping his throne became Paine College to hold Religious Emphasis week The annual Religious Emphasis Week at Paine College is scheduled for March 18 through 20. The 3 day program will feature a seminar entitled “Dating, Cour tship and Single Parenthood” to be led by Dr. Cynthia Butler, an Augusta psychologist. This seminar will be held in the middle lounge of the Edmund and Ethel Peters Campus Center beginning at 1:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. Evening worship services will be led by the Rev. Dr. Raymond F. Williams, general secretary of Evangelism of the C.M.E. Church, and will be held in the Gilbert- Lambuth Memorial Chapel at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend these activities. Methodist Alliance to hold Lenten services Lenten services will be held weekly under the auspices of the United African Christian Methodist Alliance. Participating denominations are as follows: St. Mark United Methodist, African Methodist Episcopal, Christian Methodist Episcopal and African Methodist Episcopal Zion chur ches. Services will be held on March 20 at 7:30 p.m. at Hudson Memorial C.M.E. Church. Rev. Robert Davenport is pastor. Rev. John L. Thompson, pastor of Williams Memorial C.M.E. Church will preach for the evening. FH's attend Spring district meet Richmond County High Schools and Middle Schools Future Homemakers of America and Home Economics Related Oc cupations club members attended the Spring District II meeting at Screven County High School in Sylvania, Ga., March 9. Approximately 125 members at tended from Richmond County. Highlights of the meeting: the election of District II State officers and recognition of accomplish ments for individual chapters. Several Richmond County chap ters received stars. I teachers, land WORKERS... | J 1 You are invited to preview the all-new I I 1985 k/fih | Standard Vacation Bible School course. |S<AW. " L Come and learn and share! I | DATE: Monday, March 25th vjß~~ \rKNR ■» TIME: 7:30 p.m. -1- §| I s r I 35 I PLACE: Ramada Inn 1365 Gordon Hwy Augusta, GA 30901 PHONE: 404-722-2108 REFRESHMENTS I ' i an insane obsession. Yes, how very human. Os course, Saul’s problem was not that the people didn’t respect him. When he return ed Jfom his battles with the Philistines, the people would line the streets and hail him with “Saul has slain his thous ands.” With an accolade such as that in the midst of all the singing and dancing, the timbrels, the songs of joy and instruments of mu sic, wouldn’t you think he would be satisfied? WHAT MORE? But what really angered Saul was the fact that the peo ple also sang, “and David his ten thousands.” Instead of feeling gratified and pleas ed with his choice of David to lead his armies, Saul could only feel fear: “...what more can he have but the king dom?” Like a petulant child, Saul goes into a sulk and the writer of 1 Samuel tells us, “And Saul eyed David from that day on”(18:9). From this day forward there would be no peace in Saul’s heart or his house: Missionary Society to celebrate anniversary The Senior Missionary Society of the Good Shepherd Baptist Church will celebrate their an niversary on March 17 at 6 p.m. “The Women of the Bible” will be presented, narrated by Mrs. Ruth Roundtree. Music will be provided by the Good Shepherd Male Chorus. H. H, Brigham Gospel Chorus to celebrate anniversary The H. H. Brigham Gospel Chorus of the Mt. Zion AME Zion Church will celebrate its 30th Am niversary, March 17 at 4 p.m. Mrs. Wylene B. Reynolds, the mistress of ceremonies, will present various choirs participating in the program. The public is invited ato attend. Rev. R.C. Moore Jr., is the pastor. Deaconess Board to celebrate 30th anniversary The 30th Anniversary of the Deaconess Board of Springfield Baptist Church will be celebrated March 24th at 2:30 p.m. Rev. J. C. Trowell, pastor of Gethsemane Baptist Church will bring the message. Mrs. Betty Marshall of Thankful Baptist Church will serve as Mistress of Ceremony. The public is invited to attend. ■Rev. E. T. Martin is the pastor. Floor Coveriag By @ rmstFOltg •BEST QUALITY COrjßls lile vinyl •BEST SERVICE osph.lt. hnolenm Floor Covering Coniracton R.A. DENT 724-2182 1120 Pine St. —THE BON AIR — APARTMENTS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS Rent based on income 2101 Walton Way Augusta, Georgia 30904 (4041738-0781 Equal Housing Opportunity} “And on the morrow an evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul, and he raved within his house, while David was play ing his lyre, as he did day by day” (18:10). I would give a name to that “evil spirit” that rushed up on Saul, I would call him “Jealousy.” But, unlike the writer of 1 Samuel, I would not ascribe this evil spirit to God, just as Jesus did not attribute evil spirits to his Father. Nor would I be willing to say with the writer that the Lord “had departed from Saul” (18:12). Rather, it is apparent that Saul had departed from the Lord. SAUL WAS AFRAID Furthermore, the reason that the “evil spirit” could enter his life was that there was a void in Saul where God had been pushed out of his life. As Jesus was later to il lustrate in his parable (Mat thew 12), the evil spirits of life—fear, suspicion, jeal ousy, etc. —can rush in only when our hearts are empty. Had Saul been grateful to God for what he had done with and for him, if he had been content to be the great Saul who * ‘has slain his thous ands,” the evil spirit of jeal ousy could not have “rushed upon” him. If he had con tinued to walk with God, he would not have had to fear David. For it was God, not himself, who had made him king, just as it was God who was giving David his suc- Hale Street Baptist to celebrate Youth Day Hale Street Baptist Church will celebrate its Youth Day March 17 at 3 p.m. Mrs. Bettye R. Tindall retired teacher of the Richmond County school system will be the guest speaker. Rev. E. A. Brown is the pastor. The public is invited to ati 3d. Rummage sale to be held The Kia Thomas contestant committee of the Augusta Alum nae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. will sponsor a Rummage Sale of March 16th beginning at 7 a.m. in front of Bethel A.M.E. Church on the cor ner of Ninth and D’Antignac Sts. Kia is competing for the title of Miss Creme de la Creme. The win ner will be announced on April 6 at the Annual Creme de la Creme to be held at the Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center. All proceeds from the sale will go toward the ■chapter’s scholarship and com nunity service fund. cess. “And when Saul saw that he had great success, he stood in aweof him” (18:16). That was Saul’s fatal error: he kept looking at David when he should have been watching God. And is that not also often our mistake, too, fo cussing on the creature in stead of the Creator, creating a void in our lives that invites a host of evil spirits to rush in upon us? (Based on outlines copyrighted by the Division of Christian Education, National Council of the Churches of Christ In the U.S.A, Released by Community Press Service.) 5/. Patrick ’s Day parade to be held The Irish American Heritage Society is sponsoring a St. Patrick’s Day celebration and parade on March 16. The celebration will begin with a special Mass at the Holy Trinity Church on Telfair St. at 11 a.m., followed by the parade which will begin and end at the parking lot of the City County Building on Telfair St. The parade will travel down Telfair St., turn onto 12th St., down Broad St., then onto 6th and return to the City County Building. A reviewing stand will be set up between J.C. Penny’s and the Richmond Apartment complex for the Grand Marshal, officials and guest to watch the parade. Following the parade the public is invited to the Hilton Convention Center for an afternoon of music and dancing. Delta’s to hold Poetry Reading contest • A Poetry Reading Contest will be sponsored by the Augusta Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. on March 15 at 7 p.m. in the Paine College Odeum. There will be two divisions of competition: Middle School and Senior High School. Contestants have been drawn from schools in the Augusta area. The presentations by each con testant will be judged on dramatic delivery and poetry selection. Cash prizes will be awarded in each division. The event is free and the public is invited to attend. Attend the church BAPTIST CHURCH 1404 Brown Street of your choice. urec X' e F X’c—« phone o as t 0r Shaw phone 724-6117 Deacon Jake Walker Chairman of Deacon Board BEULAH GROVE . MACEDONIA Home Phone 722-1078 BAPTIST CHURCH BAPTIST CHURCH 1428 Poplar Street 72 Laney-Walker Blvd. Sunday Rev. Sam Davis Rev. J S Wright Pastor Wam Sund 7 Arcadia Court Church Phone 722-1389 H:lsa.m. Morning Worship North Augusta Phone 278-3695 Sunday Monday Sunday 9.30 a.m. Sunday School 5 p.m. The Shaw Choir Rehearsal 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 11 a.m Morning Worship (before Ist and 3rd Sundays) lla.m. Morning Worship 6 P- m - Baptist Taming Union 6 p.m. B.T.U. Evening Worship Tuesday 7:30p.m. Evenig Service Tuesday ,■ Sr. Choir Rehearsal 7 p.m. Each 3rd Sunday 7 p.m. Prayer Meeting (before 2nd and 4th Sundays) Holy Communion Wednesday 5 p.m. Junior Mission Wednesday Monday 7 P- m - Gospek Choir Rehearsal 5 p.m. Jr. Missionary Socty. MT. CALVARY (before Ist and 3rd Sundays) BAPTIST CHURCH Senior Choir m charge of song service Tuesday 1252 Wrightsboro Road 2nd and 4th Sunday. Gospel Choir has 5 p.m. Jr. Missionary socty. R ev . clyde Hi || Sr Pastor charge of song service Ist and 3rd Sunday. Wednesday Church Phone 722-0925 Senior Mission meeting Ist and 3rd 7:30p.m. Prayer Service Home Phone 722-8242 Tuesdays at 5 p.m. Saturday Sunday Senior Usher Board meeting Ist Wed- 11 a.m. "An Hour With God” 8 a.m. Morning Worship nesday of each month at 6 p.m. 8 a.m. Early Morning Worship Junior Usher Board meeting every Ist CRAWFORD 9:45 a.m. Church School and 3rd Sundays after service BAPTIST CHURCH H a.m. Morning Worship F.D Shaw Choir Reversal Saturday before first 955 Florence Street 5:30p.m. Church in Training and third Sundays at 12 pm. Rev. Charles Moore Sr., Pastor Tuesday Gospel Choir and the F.D. Shaw have charge of Church Phone 724-2009 7 p.m. Bible Class song service. First and Third Sundays. Sunday Senior Mission meeting Tuesday after the first 9:45 a.m. Sunday School Thursday and third Sunday in the month at 5 p.m. Dea. Cordy Hobbs In Charge 7 p.m. Prayer Service 11:20a.m. Morning Worship ST. MARK UNITED Monday Friday METHODIST CHURCH 7 p.m. Club No. 17 p.m. Church School 1291 Mark’s Church Rd. 7:30 p.m. Club No. 2 Teachers Meeting Augusta, Georgia ..... Dr. Roland Haynes, Pastor OLJSTORM«*NCH 7 p.m. o“s»™b™=l,SL £» ursday Rev. Nathaniel Irvin Sr., Pastor lla.m. Worship Service 5 p.m. Youth Choir Church Phone 593-2885 M ftenefiekMnCha™ H ° me Phone 279 ’ 4128 THANKFUL 8 Child Development Center BAPTIST CHURCH , orn "id* 593-3274 304 Walker Street 6p..m. Official Board Meeting Sunday Rev. N.T. Young, Pastor GOOD SHEPHERD 10 am - Sunday School BAPTIST CHURCH lla.m. Morning Worship Home . hone 22-8955 Rev. Essie Mclntyre, Pastor Nursery Provided Dea. A. Frazier, Hon. Supt. 0 ., n „ _ s . Church Phone 733-0341 Tuesday 9.30a.m. Sunday School 1905 Sunset Avenue Bible Study for Men lla.m. Sunday Worship Sunday Wednesday Tuesday 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 5:30 p.m. Prayer Service 7 P m - Prayer Meeting lla.m. Morning Worship 5 p.m. B.T.U. Thursday Thursday 6 p.m. Evening Worship Bible Study For Women 7:30 p.m. Senior Choir Wednesday Saturday Saturday 7 p.m. Bible Study 12 noon Bible Study for All 6 P- m - Gospel Choir Rehearsal Wednesday WILLIAMS MEMORIAL Sunday 5:30 p.m. Mid-week Worship CHRISTIAN METHODIST 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 7:30 p.m. Gospel Choir Rehearsal EPISCOPAL CHURCH lla.m. Morning Worship 1630 15th Street 6:30 p.m. Evening Worship Thursday Rev. Gene R Dean, Pastor 7:30 p.m. Senior Choir Rehearsal Church Phone 733-9430 Mon. Thur Fri. Home Phone 724-3682 6:45 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Day Care Saturday Center service for children age 1-5 2p m Leola Key Choir Rehearsal 3 p.m. Voice Choir Rehearsal The Augusta News-Review March 16,1985 —Yolh church — Mrs. Geneva Y. Gibson, Church Coordinator Church Reporters: Miss Theodosia Edwards Joseph E. Johnson, George Turner, Bennie Mae Williams. 145 W Florence Street SUNDAY SCHEDULE Sunday School.. 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship.,,ll: a.m. ''wßaß' Training Uni0n...5:15 p.m. TUESDAY wST mSIP Prayer Service...7:3o a.m. iF. church 724-2809 > Resident 738-1365 B I Rev. R.E. Church of Christ 1002 D'Antignac Street SUNDAY SCHEDULE Bible Study ’. ,9:45a.m Worship 11:00 a.m. Evening Worship. . 6:30 p.m jH| MONDAY Brethren L ship Class . 7 p.m ■K-.> FRIDAY Praver Service 7 p.m. „ ni , Song Practice 7 p.m. Bro - Rlchard 722-0059 Office Miuiater Page 5