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Page 8A, The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, June 15,2022
Angels do Play Harps and
Special to the Ledger said, “It’s a secret, and I should go along with Whenever I want some-
Dr. James L. Snyder
A few weeks ago, The
Gracious Mistress of
the Parsonage came to
me with a question. I’m
always very cautious
whenever that happens
because it could be a
trap.
“Next Saturday I
have to go and pick up
something. It’s about an
hour away, and I wonder
if you could come with
me?”
This is a new one. So
I asked her, “What are
you going to be picking
up?”
That’s a straightfor
ward question with no
strings attached.
She looked at me for a
few moments and finally
I don’t want to tell you
yet.”
That was enough to
put me on my guard. A
secret? What kind of a
secret could this be?
So I ask her, “What is
the secret?”
She didn’t respond
right away, but finally,
she said very soberly,
“I don’t want to tell you
right now. It’s a secret,
and you’ll understand
when we get there.”
I don’t mind secrets
as long as they are my
secrets. But when The
Gracious Mistress of the
Parsonage has a secret,
the red flags begin
waving.
Thinking about it for a
few moments, I thought
go along
her, so I said, “If you
need me to go with you,
I’ll be glad to go.”
Hoping to trip her up, I
said, “And what
is the secret?”
She looked at
me, smiled, and
walked away.
For her to
have a secret
and then want
me to help her
facilitate that
secret without
telling me what
it is, is beyond my pay
scale. As long as we’ve
been married, I’ve never
heard her ask for this
kind of favor.
Of course, this kind
of favor could work in
my favor down the line.
James L.
Snyder
thing, I could always
say, “Do you remember
that secret I helped you
with a few years ago?”
I’m sure I could
use it for some
value at the
proper time.
For the last
few weeks, I
noticed she’s
been searching
for things on
her computer,
but there’s no
way in the
world I’m going to get
on her computer and try
to figure out what she
was searching for.
Finally, the Saturday
came, and she said, “Are
you ready to go?”
“And,” I said stag-
Commission Vacancy
Election Set For November
During the county
commission meeting
Tuesday, June 14, the
commissioners adopted
a resolution requesting
the call of a special elec
tion to fill the unexpired
term of Rick Mug-
gridge. Mr. Muggridge
and his family recently
moved from District 4
that he represented on
the county commission.
Rick Muggridge was
re-elected as a mem
ber of District 4 of the
Board of Commission
ers of on November 3,
2020 and took office on
January 1, 2021 for an
additional term of four
years. With his moving
from his district resulted
in there being a vacancy
in the District 4 seat on
the Lee County Board
of Commissioners effec
tive May 10, 2022.
The term of office
of Rick Muggridge as
District 4 Commissioner
does not expire until
December 31, 2024,
which is more than
twelve (12) months from
the effective date of
such vacancy. The next
legal date that a Special
Election to fill such va
cancy can be held is the
Tuesday after the first
Monday in November,
which is November 8,
2022.
The the county com-
Special to the Ledger
Samford University
recognizes 1,720 stu
dents named to the 2022
spring semester Dean’s
List.
To qualify for the
dean’s list, a student
must have earned a
minimum 3.5 grade
point average out of
a possible 4.0 while
attempting at least 12
credit hours of course-
work. The Dean’s List
is the highest academic
recognition given by
the school at the end of
mission is required
by law to request that
the Board of Elections
and Registration call a
Special Election to fill
the unexpired term of
Rick Muggridge, such
Special Election be held
on November 8, 2022
in conjunction with and
as a part of the gener-
each semester.
The following local
have been named to
Samford University’s
Dean’s List for the
spring 2022 semester:
Sterling Cannady of
Albany, GA
Deena Willcox of
Albany, GA
Jonathan Durden of
Leesburg, GA
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I Have Proof
geringly, “what are we
going for?”
“You’ll find out in due
time.”
I didn’t know what I
was in for, and I did not
know how to prepare for
it. I’m not very good at
handling secrets, espe
cially if they’re not my
secrets.
We finally arrived at
our destination, and
my wife parked her van
there was a lady on the
sidewalk waiting for us.
My wife looked at
me and said, “That’s
the lady who has my
secret.”
We got out of the van
and I walked rather
slowly towards the lady,
not knowing if I should
shout or run. She did not
look like a dangerous
lady with a dangerous
secret, but I was going
to be cautious neverthe
less.
We greeted her, and
my wife introduced me
to her; then we walked
to the back of her van,
and I found out what
that secret was.
I didn’t quite know
how to handle the secret
or what to make of it,
but I just smiled and
helped transfer this “se
cret” from the lady’s van
to my wife’s van.
As the transfer took
place, my jaw dropped. I
really could not believe
what I was seeing. There
was a harp and all the
things that went with
it. The secret was my
wife had just purchased
a professional harp. I
did not know what she
was going to make of
it, but our travel home
was very interesting as
she described this new
interest to me in detail.
In the next several
weeks, The Gracious
Mistress of the Parson
age learned how to play
the harp. She watched a
bunch of videos and was
quite a fast learner.
She played the piano
for years and did it for
all our church services
as long as I knew her.
From what she told me,
playing the piano helped
her learn how to play the
harp.
Every time I came
home, I walked into the
house and she was sit
ting there with her harp
playing it. I discovered
she was quite good with
this harp as I listened
to it.
I did not know very
much about this kind of
an instrument; as far as
I was concerned, only
angels played harps in
heaven, which got me
wondering.
Is there another secret
that I don’t know about?
Could she be playing
this harp, preparing me
for heaven?
I know my wife knows
everything, and maybe
there is this other secret
she’s not telling me for a
reason.
One consolation is
she’s not playing fire
balls. I can handle the
harp preparing me for
heaven, so I just sit back
every time she played
and enjoyed it.
After all, angels do
play harps, and my wife
is getting better at it
every day.
As she was playing her
harp I thought of a verse
of Scripture. “I will
also praise thee with the
psaltery, even thy truth,
O my God: unto thee
will I sing with the harp,
O thou Holy One of
Israel” (Psalms 71:22).
Is going to be a won
derful time in heaven
as we gather together
listening to the Angels
play their hearts as
we worship the Lord
together.
Dr. James L. Snyder
lives in Ocala, FL with
the Gracious Mistress of
the Parsonage. Tele
phone 1-352-216-3025,
e-mail jamessnyder51@
gmail.com, website
www.jamessnyderminis-
tries.com.
Lee County
Church Of Christ
Eddie Garcia, Minister
Bible Study 9:30 AM
Worship..10:30 AM & 6:00 PM
Smithville Baptist
Lance Fendley, Pastor
Sunday School ...10:00 AM
Worship... 11 AM & 7 PM
Philema Road Baptist
Sunday School 9:45 AM
Morning Worship 11:00 AM
Evening Worship ..6:00 PM
Alpha Baptist
Les Reed, Pastor
Sunday School 9:45 AM
Morning Worship 11:00 AM
1st Sunday of the Month
Evening Worship ..6:00 PM
Antioch Baptist Church
Rev. Lem Wright
1st and 3rd Sunday
Sunday School 9:00 AM
4th Sunday
Worship Service. 10:00 AM
Friendship Baptist
Church of Lee County
Mark Spraggins, Pastor
Sunday School 9:45 AM
Morning Service.. 11:00 AM
Phillip Grove Baptist
Pastor Jenkins
Sunday School ...10:00 AM
1 st & 3rd Sunday 11:00 AM
Mt. Pleasant Baptist
Pastor E B Washington
Sunday School 8:00 AM
Worship Service ...,9:15AM
Albany Bible Church
Pastor Pete Daughtry,
Sun. Bible Class...9:30 & 11:00
Christ’s Sanctified
Holy Church
Rev. Gary Collier
Sunday School ...10:00 AM
Worship Service.. 11:00AM
Life Church
Pastor Matthew
Schluckebier
Sunday School 9:15 AM
Worship Service.. 10:30 AM
Westview Baptist Church
Rev. Grady Morey
Sunday School....9:45 AM
Worship Service...11:00 AM
Evening Worship...5:00 PM
Attend The House of Worship of Your Choice This Sunday
Kinchafoonee Baptist
Rev. Melvin Slappy
Sunday School 9:45 AM
Morning Worship 11:00 AM
Evening Worship ..7:00 PM
Smithville United
Methodist
Rev. Henry Lee Young
Worship 9:30 AM
Sunday School ...10:45 AM
Palmyra Baptist
J. D. Bolden
Sunday School ...10:00 AM
Morning Worship 12:00 PM
Bible Study (1st Sun) .5:00 PM
Eve. Wor. (1 st Sun)7:00 PM
McAfee Grove
Missionary Baptist
Minister Robert Lewis
Morgan
First & Third Sundays
Sunday School ...10:00 AM
Worship 11:00 AM
Second & Fourth Sundays
Sunday School 8:00 AM
Worship 9:00 AM
Macadonia Baptist Church
Sunday School ...10:30 AM
First Sunday
Morning Worship 11:45 AM
Third Sunday
Evening Worship .6:00 PM
Jordan Grove Baptist
Rev. Rod Hubbard
Sunday School 9:45 AM
Worship Service. 11:00 AM
The Pointe
Carl Barnhardt
Sunday Worship...9:00 am
Children’s Ministry
(Infants - 3 yr old)
Sunday Worship...10:30 am
Children’s Ministry
(Infants - 5th grade)
Leesburg Church
Of Christ
Bro. Howard Bouldin
Sunday School 9:30 AM
Morning Worship 10:45 PM
Evening Worship .5:00 PM
Greater Zion Hope
Apostle Henry L Hosley
Every 1st, 4th, 5th Sunday
Sunday School...8:00 a.m.
Sunday Worship..9:00 a.m.
Albany Community
Seventh-day
Adventist Church
Pastor Steve Rose
Saturdays
Bible Study 9:30 AM
Worship 10:40 AM
Unity Church of Christianity
Rev. Joanna Gabriel
Morning Worship ...,11:00 AM
New Hope AME
Rev. E.X. King
Every 1st and third Sunday
Sunday School 10:00 AM
Sunday Worship 11:00 AM
House Of God
Saints In Christ
Elder A.F. Caldwell, Pastor
Sunday School 10:30 AM
1st, 2nd, & 4th Sundays
Morning Worship ...,11:45 AM
2nd & 4th Sunday
Evening Service 6:30 PM
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The Church at
the Groves
Worship 9:30 AM
Worship 11:00 AM
Wooden Grove Baptist
Joe Jones, Pastor
1st, 3rd, & 5th Sunday
Sunday School ...,9:45 AM
Worship 11:00 AM
2nd & 4th Sunday
Sunday School 7:45 AM
Worship 9:00 AM
Lifegate Church
Sunday Service... 10:00 AM
Thundering Springs
Baptist Church
Sunday School 9.45 AM
Morning Worship 11:00 AM
Evening Worship .6:00 PM
Leesburg United
Methodist Church
Pastor Lee Smith
Worship 8:30 AM
Sunday School ...,9:30 AM
Worship 10:30 AM
Green Grove Baptist
Smithville, GA
Rev. H. Waters
Sunday School ..11:00 AM
Every First Sunday
Morning Worship 11:45 AM
Kingdom Vision
Christian Center
Rev. Earl S. Harrison,
Pastor
Sunday School ...10:00 AM
Sunday Worship .11:15 AM
Heritage Full
Gospel Church
Hickory Grove Road
Sunday School 9:45 AM
Sunday Service.... 10:45 AM
Sunday Evening.. 6:00 PM
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Sunday School 9:00 AM
Worship 10:15 AM
Evening Worship ..6:00 PM
Greater United Pleasant
Green Baptist Church
Rev. Andrew E.
McDowell, Jr.
Sunday School 9:45 AM
Worship 11:15AM
Flint Reformed
Baptist Church
Joshua DeLong, Pastor
Worship 10 AM
Evening Worship 5 PM
Amazing Grace
Baptist Church
Dr. Johnny Nixon
Sunday School 9:45 AM
Morning Worship..10:45AM
Evening Worship...6:00 PM
Mt. Hope Baptist Church
Services 1st Sunday
Church 8:00 AM
Sunday School 9:00 AM
Piney Grove #3
Charles Carr, Pastor
Sunday School... 10:00 AM
2nd and 4th Sunday
Worship 11:00 Noon
Emmanuel Community
Baptist Church
Al Bryant, Pastor
Sunday School ..10:00 AM
Morning Worship 11:00 AM
Shady Grove
Baptist Church
Ferlin Tyson, Pastor
Belinda Tyson - First Lady
1st and 2nd Sunday
Worship Service . 11:00 AM
Every Sunday
Sunday School ..10:00 AM
St. Matthew Missionary
Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. H. C. Wilson,
Pastor
Sunday School... 10:00 AM
2nd. Sun. Worship..11:00 AM
4th Sunday 7:00 PM
Church Family of
Prayer Ministry
Pastor Norbert Ingram
Sunday. 11:00
New Hope Baptist
Church
Jonathan LaBarge Pastor
Sunday School 10 am
Service 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.