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Minister’s Comer
ate their despair. They were
struggling. They were strug
gling to the point they could
not recognize a stranger who
started walking beside them.
You listen as the stranger ask,
“what is happening?” You
observe their surprise in how
the two men looked at Jesus
when he started talking.
Cleopas, one of the travelers,
explains that Jesus was a
prophet, who was supposed
to redeem Israel, and he was
killed. We’ve heard rumors
but we can’t find out what is
going on.
You witness Jesus, still a
stranger to the two men, con
tinue to walk and talk with
the men. As the journey cul
minates, the men begin to un
derstand and discern who the
stranger is.
I would suggest to you
that in the story we find two
people, just like you and I, on
a faith journey. A faith jour
ney filled with all sorts of ex
periences that cause us joy,
happiness, heartache, grief,
pain, uncertainty, worry, and
sorrow.
I admire the men’s faith
journey as they continued to
move forward while looking
back. Imagine the intense and
overwhelming emotion they
felt and the numerous ques
tions they had. It would have
been easy for them to throw
up their hands and kick off
their shoes and say this is too
much. But they continued to
move forward while looking
back.
As Christians we can re
ally glean a lot from this
model, moving forward
while looking back, dis
played on the Emmaus Road.
Many of us have had all
kinds of experiences in our
faith journey. There have
been births, friendships, end
of friendships, family strug
gles, struggles from within
our own skin, jobs that have
brought both joy and misery.
In addition, there have been
marriages, divorces, illnesses
that has touched our life or
the lives of the people we
love, tragedies that have bro
ken our hearts, and deaths
that we continue to grieve. As
we look back, we have mo
ments of peace and clarity
and moments that trouble our
soul.
The events that still trou
ble our soul come from our
most painful or darkest parts
of our lives. As I think back
over my dark and painful
times, I have had many ques
tions like the men on the road
to Emmaus. Some of those
questions have been an
swered over time and some I
am still wrestling with today.
However, the people of God
around me and the spirit of
God continue to push me for
ward when I do not want to
go another step. When it
comes to the darker and
painful moments of our lives,
we as followers of God, all
deal with the pain and dark
ness differently. Some of us
might wrestle with it, ques
tion it, experience doubt, or
maybe just accept it. Jesus
never seemed to be bothered
by the emotions and ques
tions of the men on the Em
maus Road. I believe that
same Christ today is still big
enough to handle our
wrestling, questioning, and
doubts.
The Good News is, no
matter our experiences as
people of faith, we have not
taken off our walking shoes
and we have continued to
move forward while looking
back. The Good News con
tinues because we have fel
low brothers and sisters who
are called to journey along
side us as we journey along
side them. We have carried
one another. The same Christ
figure who journeyed with
the men to Emmaus walks
beside us moving forward
while looking back. The rea
son we are here today, de
spite all our experiences good
and bad, is a testament to our
God, our fellow sisters and
brothers who walked with us,
and ourselves who refused to
take off our walking shoes.
Benefit Gospel Singing
this week in sports history
By Ethan Swiech
Everyone is welcome to a benefit gospel
singing at House of Compassion Church,
Hwy. 53, Fairmount on Saturday, May 7th
from 2-6 p.m. The church is located one mile
before Fairmount, watch for the big white
sign.
Gospel groups performing will be: Perry
House, John Moore, Jerry Mitchell, Out of
the Ashes, Jesse Comer, Teresa Austin and
Bro Coey Hart Line.
All proceeds will go to children at Christ
mas. For more information call Minister Eve
lyn Adams at Faith Deliverance Ministry
706-671-7988.
GriefShare at GO Church
GriefShare, a special help seminar and
support group for people experiencing grief
and loss, will be held on Tuesday evenings 7-
9 p.m. at Gospel Outreach Church (GO
Church) in Ball Ground, beginning April 19th
thru July 12th. Meetings will be held at 835
Mineral Springs Rd, Ball Ground, Room 101.
You are welcome to attend our GriefShare
group at any point in our 13 week cycle.
For more information please contact
Jenny Woods (770) 833-1055.
Uncertainty topic at Mountain
Light Sunday
On Sunday April 24, Rev. Marti Keller,
one of Mountain Light's "rotational" minis
ters, will speak on "Uncertainty." In the story
of the Exodus from Egypt, the Israelites es
caped enslavement but did not find liberation.
Instead, they found great and lengthy uncer
tainty.
The worship service begins at 10:30 a.m.
Join for fellowship at 10 a.m. Mountain Light
is a loving, open-minded, welcoming com
munity that encourages you to seek your own
spiritual path. The service is in-person at
Mountain Light UU Church, 2502 Tails
Creek Road (GA282 West) in Ellijay with an
option to attend via Zoom. Please see
mluuc.org for more info including the Zoom
link.
April 17 - April 23
April 17th:
On this day in 1892, the Cincinnati Reds
and St. Louis Browns took the field for the
first Sunday baseball game in National
League history. This contest was originally
scheduled for June 16th but got moved ahead
for an unknown reason and the Reds defeated
the Browns, 5-1.
April 18 th:
On this day in 1942, the Toronto Maple
Leafs became the first and only team to over
come a three-game deficit and win the Stan
ley Cup. Toronto climbed out of the hole,
forced a seventh game and came from behind
in that contest to defeat the Detroit Red
Wings. The Leafs trailed, 1-0, in the third, but
ran off three unanswered goals. Toronto left
winger, Sweeney Schriner, scored twice, in
cluding the goal that put the game away with
3:43 remaining. This was also the first Stan
ley Cup Finals series that needed seven
games before being decided.
April 19th:
On this day one year ago, San Jose Sharks
center, Patrick Marleau, surpassed Gordie
Howe as the NHL’s all-time leader for games
played with 1,768. The Sharks took on the
Vegas Golden Knights and the contest went
to a shootout before Jose dropped a 3-2 deci
sion. Marleau had one shot on goal and
missed his shootout attempt. He retired after
playing 1,779 games and set several San Jose
franchise records, including the all-time
marks for goals and points.
April 20th:
On this day in 1988, New Jersey Devils
left winger, Aaron Broten, became the first
player in franchise history to record a post
season hat trick. Broten’s trifecta took place
in the second game of the Patrick Division
Finals against the Washington Capitals. He
scored twice on the power play and com
pleted the hatty with his second special teams
goal, which came at the 5:23 mark of the sec
ond period. Broten’s heroics lifted the Devils
over the Caps, 5-2.
April 21st:
On this day in 1898, Philadelphia Phillies
pitcher, Bill Duggleby, became the first
player to hit a grand slam in his very first
major league at-bat. This occurred during the
Phils’ 5-1 win over the New York Giants.
Three other players, Jeremy Hermida, Kevin
Kouzmanoff and Daniel Nava have joined
Duggleby in this exclusive club.
April 22nd:
On this day in 1876, the Philadelphia Ath
letics and Boston Red Caps took the field of
Philadelphia’s Jefferson Street Grounds for
the first official baseball game in National
League history. The historic first run was
scored by Boston center fielder, Tim McGin-
ley, a Philly native. McGinley’s run helped
open the door for the Red Caps, who defeated
the A’s, 6-5.
April 23rd:
On this day in 1903, the New York Yan
kees won their first game in franchise history
as the New York Highlanders. First baseman,
John Ganzel, went two for three with a run
scored, third baseman, Wid Conroy, went two
for five, and pitcher, Harry Howell, finished
two for four while adding a run of his own.
Ganzel, Conroy and Howell each had an RBI
as well and Howell threw a complete game.
New York took a 4-0 lead before posting a 7-
2 victory over the Washington Senators.
Continued from Sports Pase
Race Recap - Food City Dirt Race
over an hour, but the rain
passed through and they went
back green on lap 151. Kyle
Busch was in front for the
restart because he was the
highest running of all the
drivers that didn’t pit. Red
dick would get around to take
the lead. After several more
cautions, the rain came back
to red flag the race with 28 to
go. The rain finally stopped
and the race resumed with 24
laps to go. Briscoe caught up
to Reddick on the last lap and
tried to slide in front of him,
but instead, he slid into him
and they both spun out and
Kyle Busch (in 3rd) snuckby
for the win.
Overall, this was a good
Bristol dirt race. It was defi
nitely hard to pass, but it
wasn’t as hard as it was in
Martinsville. There were
more battles in this race plus
we had another classic finish
and a lot of action in it from
all of the cautions (14).
Next week, we head to
Talladega baby, the biggest
(2.66 mi) and baddest (33 de
grees banking) track on the
NASCAR circuit where we
should definitely experience
some great high-banked rac
ing.
Next Week - Geico 500 at
Talladega
Technical Advisor - Scott
Korowotny
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NOTICE TO THE QUALIFIED
ELECTORS
Notice is hereby given that
on April 26, 2022, a logic and
accuracy test of the Dominion
Voting System will be held at the
Pickens County Board of Elec
tions and Registration office lo
cated at 83 Pioneer Road,
Jasper, Georgia 30143, com
mencing at 9 am and continuing
until all units have been tested
and prepared for the May 24,
2022 Primary Election.
This testing shall remain open to
the public to observe, and mem
bers of the public are entitled to
be present during the prepara
tion and testing of the Dominion
units.
This notice is given pursuant
to an order of the Pickens
County Board of Elections and
Registration
Stacey Godfrey, Supervisor
Pickens County Elections and
Registration
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our lien against Sheldon Essick,
76 Burgess Road East, Jasper,
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fishing gear tots, boxes, toys
and various other misc. items.
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