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PAGE 2B PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 25. 2021
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Jasper United Methodist Church plans
Christmas events throughout next month
Jasper’s United
Methodist Church will host
a series of Christmas events
in December, including
Breakfast with Santa on
Saturday, December 4th at
8 a.m.
On Monday, December
6th, the Golden Bells of At
lanta will perform at the
church at 7:30 p.m. The
ladies Christmas banquet
will be held Tuesday, De
cember 7th at 6:30 p.m. and
the preschool Christmas
pageant will be held on
Thursday, December 16th at
7 p.m.
There will be Christmas
Eve candlight communion
services on Friday, Decem
ber 24th at 5 p.m. for the
contemporary service and 7
p.m. for the traditional serv
ice.
On Sunday, December
26th there will be one serv
ice only, at 11 a.m.
The church is located at
85 West Church Street,
Jasper.
Christmas dinner for families
at Living Word December 15th
Living Word Church is providing all of the ingredients
for a full Christmas Dinner for families. Including Turkey
and all of the side dishes.
Please register no later than Wednesday December 15th
by calling the Church or register on our website, www.liv-
ingwordj asper.org.
Pick up for the dinner will be Saturday December 18th
from 1:00 - 3:00 pm. For any questions, please call
the Church or Check our Website or Social Media pages.
Living Word Church is located at 215 Pioneer Industrial
Blvd. Jasper, Ga. 30143 Phone: 706-253-5965 www.living-
wordjasper.org.
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Join us as we celebrate the Advent Season
on Sundays and Wednesdays.
Sunday, Nov. 28th
10:30 AM
Sermon Series:
The LORD Comes...
To Fulfill
Jeremiah 33:14-16
Wednesday, Dec. 1 st
7:00 PM
Sermon Series:
God's Gifts
His Word
Matthew 1:18-25
Adult & Children's Study
9:0 0 AM
View recent worship services on our website.
Kins of Kings Lutheran Church
45 Appalachian Circle, Talking Rock
706-301-9191
King of Kings
LUTHERAN CHURCH
First left turn off US 515 north of Philadelphia Rd. in Jasper
www.kingofkingslcmsga.org S kingofkingslcmsga@gmail.com
A Menorah for North Georgia Mountains
The Jewish Congregation of Blue Ridge
with the help of a generous donor is installing
a Menorah in Downtown Blue Ridge for
Chanukah this year. The Menorah will be put
in place a few days before the beginning of
Chanukah and remain up through the holiday
season. Please join us on the first night of
Chanukah, Sunday, November 28th to light
the menorah for the first time. The Menorah
lighting will begin at 5 p.m. at Blue Ridge
City Park in the Daffodil Garden (by the
playground).
For the 7th night of Chanukah, Sunday
December 5th, Rabbi Chaim Markovitz, with
Chabad of Rural Georgia, will be lighting the
Blue Ridge Downtown Menorah at 5 p.m.
(location provided above).
All are welcome to attend.
Upcoming Church Activities
Live Nativity at Bethel
December 10 and 11th
Bethel Baptist Church in
Dawsonville will be present
ing a Live Nativity Program
on December 10th and 11th
from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m.
Scenes with Biblical char
acters will portray events
such as the prophecy of
Jesus’ birth to Abraham, the
birth of Jesus in a manger,
and the resurrection and as
cension of our Lord and Sav
iour Jesus Christ. Live
animals will be included in
scenes as Mary and Joseph
travel to Bethlehem and as
shepherds watch their flock.
Dress warmly for the tractor
drawn wagon journey which
will last approximately 45
minutes.
Admission is free and
everyone is invited to attend.
Bethel Baptist Church is
located at 2659 Highway 136
West.
Mountain Light Unitar
ian speaker to discuss
“the act of lighting
candles ” this Sunday
On Sunday, November
28, "Hidden Lights- Past and
Present" with Rev. Marti
Keller: An exploration of the
seemingly simple act of
lighting candles which has
been both dangerous and
courageous. Hanukkah, the
Jewish festival of Lights, be
gins the evening of Novem
ber 28 this year.
Please visit our website
(mluuc.org) for more infor
mation on how we are oper
ating during the COVID-19
Pandemic or how to join via
Zoom. Mountain Light Uni
tarian Universalist Church,
2502 Tails Creek Road (GA-
282 West), in Ellijay, wel
comes guests of all faiths,
ethnicities, and gender iden
tifications. Our worship serv
ice begins at 10:30 a.m. Join
us at 10 for fellowship.
Christmas in the
Mountains
Everyone is welcome to
Christmas in the Mountains
at Tails Creek Community
Building, 73 Cross Road
Church Rd., Ellijay on De
cember 11th from 12-6 p.m.
There will be gospel
singing groups and Evangel
ist Sam Hooper from Pied
mont, Alabama.
We will serve everyone a
free Christmas dinner with
dessert and tea. Toys will be
given out to the children who
come as long as they last.
Anyone can drop off toys at
this location that day.
For more information call
Faith Deliverance Ministry
and Outreach Minister Eve-
lyn Adams 706-671-7988.
Adventist Food Pantry
The Adventist Commu
nity Services food pantry
will be open Wednesdays
from 1-2 p.m. at Jasper Sev
enth-Day Adventist Church,
600 Burnt Mountain Road,
just past the library.
Free Groceries
at Talking Rock Baptist
Free groceries and a free
bag lunch available as long
as supplies last at Talking
Rock First Baptist Church,
429 Old Blairsville Hwy;
Talking Rock on Thursday,
December 2nd from 10 a.m.
- 1 p.m.
For more information,
call
706-253-7733 and leave
message.
Notice of Public Hearing
The Mayor and City Council of the City of Jasper
will hold a Work Session to discuss the proposed
2022 Draft Budget at Jasper City Hall on Monday,
November 15, 2021, at 6:00 PM. The proposed
2022 DRAFT Budget is available for review at
Jasper City Hall and on the city website at
www.jasper-ga.us. A Public Hearing will be held to
discuss the proposed 2022 Budget at Jasper City
Hall on Monday, December 6, 2021, at 6:00 PM.
The adoption of the 2022 Budget will tentatively
take place at Jasper City Hall on Monday Decem
ber 20, 2021, at a Special Called Meeting at 6:00
PM.
Please call the Finance Director’s office
at City Hall at (706) 692-9100 for any
additional information.
Minister ’s
Corner
The Great
Thanksgiving
Table
Max Caylor
Churches
reenact “The
Great Thanksgiving” each
time they receive and experi
ence Holy Communion.
Like most everything else
Christian churches call it by
different names, regulate
who can receive it and vary
when it is offered. However,
they all understand it to be
Thanksgiving to God for
sending Jesus to die on the
cross for our sins and one
day through faith be united
with him in heaven!
The Apostle Paul wrote
these familiar words in I
Corinthians 11:8-26 NIV:
“the Lord Jesus, on the night
he was betrayed , took bread,
and we HE HAD GIVEN
THANKS, broke it and said,
‘this is my body, which is for
you; do this in remembrance
of me.”
Continuing Jesus said,
’’this cup is the new covenant
in my blood, do this, and
whenever you drink it, in re
membrance of me. For
whenever you eat this bread
and drink this cup, you pro
claim the Lord’s death until
he comes again.”
When Christians think of
table, in the kitchen, in the
dining room or on the patio
we are reminded of the
Lord’s Table because we
give thanks for our food, the
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The Church as originally
established by Jesus Christ!
Formal Worship in a loving atmosphere.
Come Visit and Learn!
Meeting at St. Luke's
Episcopal Church
7 Ewing Street
Blue Ridge, GA30513
Services
2nd and 4th Sundays, 3 pm
OrthodoxBlueRidge@yahoo.com
706-455-8903
Saying
Grace
T he act of saying grace before meals is
common to most cultures, and has its
roots in antiquity. The common Catholic
grace which runs “Bless us, 0 Lord, and
these thy gifts, which we are about to
receive, from thy bounty, through Christ our
Lord, Amen” is found in the Gelasian
Sacramentary, a Catholic service book which
dates from the late 7th or early 8th century.
An even simpler grace is the prayer which
runs “Lord, bless this food to our use and us
to Thy service, and make us ever mindful of
the needs of others.” If you grew up saying
grace before each meal, as I did, you may
have become deaf to the meaning of the
words. We are often struck most when we
hear a prayer or a poem for the first time.
When I recently heard an even simpler
version of the above prayer, i.e., “Bless this
food to our use and us to thy service,” I was
moved by its simplicity. Growing up Catholic,
however, and hearing the Catholic grace
every single day of my life, I grew numb to
that prayer’s many facets and deeper
meaning. Only recently did I find renewed
meaning in the prayer, when I realized that
the relatively short prayer contains three
separate prayers, a prayer of petition (Bless
us, 0 Lord), a prayer of Thanks (implicit in
the words “gifts” and “bounty”), and a prayer
of exaltation (through Christ our Lord). There
are many ways to say Grace, and perhaps
the simplest way is to bow your head and
thank God for His goodness.
—Christopher Simon
“For everything created by God is good\ and nothing is to be rejected if it is
received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer. ”
1 Timothy 4:4-5
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Cagle Funeral Home
364 E. Church Street • Jasper, Georgia 30143
Office (706) 692-6615
Sunrise Memorial Gardens & Chapel Mausoleum
Office (706) 692-4349
Obituary Line (706) 253-6399
Helen Cagle Fax (706) 692-9399
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