PAGE 4B PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. AUGUST 25. 2022
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Ringing bells at Fellowship Presbyterian
If you’re looking for
something new, fun and re
warding this fall, you may
have just found it. Folks just
like you are playing Hand
bells every Monday after
noon at 3:30 in Fellowship
Hall at FPC off Cove Road in
Jasper. You don’t have to be
able to read music to learn.
You’ll find playing handbells
is good for your body and
your brains. Think of them as
hand weights but they make
music.
At Fellowship Presbyte
rian Church, ECO we have a
frill Five Octave set of Eng
lish Handbells. These beau
ties are solid brass and fill
several cases. The FPC
Handbell Choir is composed
of men and women who can
range from teens to eighties.
Under the direction of
Regina Martin they are cur
rently learning music to per
form during upcoming
Advent worship and as part
of the FPC Christmas Con
cert on December 11.
Discover how playing
handbells is different from
any other musical instrument.
As a “Ringer” you have one
job unlike say a piano or gui
tar where you are responsible
for playing an entire range of
notes. There are eight differ
ent ways to ring a handbell.
Playing handbells nas been
described like this “To ring
you move the bell in a ba
nana-shaped motion away
from your body as if you
were holding a glass of wine.
You stop the vibrating sound
or "damp” by bringing the
bell back against your body.”
Treat yourself now to this
unique opportunity. Come
have fun, meet new people,
learn something new and be
in a place apart from the
everyday world. Again, its
Mondays at 3:30 in the Fel
lowship Hall of Fellowship
Presbyterian Church, 389
Bent Tree Drive in Jasper just
off Cove Road. 770-893-
2555.
Everyone remember that
sermons by Pastor Blake
Hudson are available to you
in online Podcasts. Just visit
www.fellowshippc-jasper.org
and click on the headphones
icon. Bet you can’t listen to
just one.
“FPC: Come to worship -
be amazed at what happens
next.”
Church services and activities
GriefShare
Seminar/Support
Group Begins
September 11
GriefShare is offering a
seminar/support group from
2 p.m. - 4 p.m. on Sundays
September 11 through De
cember 4 at King of Kings
Lutheran Church in Talking
Rock.
GriefShare is a video sem
inar featuring some of the na
tion’s experts on grief
recovery topics. Each semi
nar is combined with a small
group discussion to allow
group participants to talk
about the content of the sem
inar and about how they are
dealing with the death of
their loved ones.
Anyone grieving the death
of a relative or friend is in
vited to participate in one or
all of the seminars. Childcare
is available at no charge,
along with a workbook.
King of Kings is located
at 45 Appalachian Circle,
Talking Rock, GA. To re
quest additional information,
leave a message with the
church at 706-301-9191, or
search online at
https://www.kingofk-
ingslcmsga.org.
Come Grow With
lls In Christ.
Sunday Worship at 10:30 AM
Adult & Children's Study: 9:00 AM
Sunday, August 28th
Sermon Series:
The Church Then and Now - A Journey Through Acts
A Reasonable Faith
Acts 17:1-14
Kins of Kings Lutheran Church
45 Appalachian Circle, Talking Rock
706-301-9191
Go North on SR 515. Take 1 st turn on left after Philadelphia Rd.
www.kingofkingslcmsga.org • kingofkingslcmsga@gmail.com
View recent worship services on our website.
The Power
of Regret
Mountain Light UU
Church rotational minister
Rev. Marti Keller speaks on
hosts on Sunday, August 28
on "The Power of Regret:
How Looking Backward
Moves Us Forward." Rev.
Keller is co-editor of "Jewish
Voices in Unitarian Univer-
salism.'"
The worship service be
gins at 10:30 a.m. Mountain
Light (mluuc.org) is a loving,
open-minded, welcoming
community that encourages
you to seek your own spiri
tual path. The service is in-
person at Mountain Light UU
Church, 2502 Tails Creek
Road (GA 282 West) in Elli-
jay with a Zoom option. See
the web site for how we're
operating due to COVID.
Mountain Light
UNITARIAN
UNIVERSALIST
CHURCH
An Accepting Community
with Open Hearts A Minds
2502 Tails Creek Rd.,
Hwy 282 W • Ellijay. GA
Dress: Casual
Sundays • Fellowship 10 a.m.
•Service 10:30 a.m.
www.mluuc.org
The Kingdom of
God at Holy Family
On Sunday, August 28 at
8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. the
Rev. Dr. Ted Hackett will
preach at the Episcopal
Church of the Holy Family
on the question, "Lord...what
will it take for me to get into
the Kingdom of God?"
Ted joined the staff of
Holy Family as Priest Asso
ciate June 1, 2006 after retir
ing as Associate Professor of
Church Ministries at Candler
School of Theology where he
was responsible for giving
Episcopal students a solid
grounding in Anglican stud
ies. He is an expert in the
fields of liturgy and historical
theology, continues to preach
and celebrate the Eucharist
regularly and teaches Sunday
school frequently. Ted and
his wife, Dr. Debbie
Freudenthal, are residents of
Big Canoe.
The Episcopal Church of
the Holy Family is located in
Jasper off of Cove Road at
100 Griffith Road. Sunday
services are 8 a.m. and 10:30
a.m. with Sunday School at
9:15 a.m. For more informa
tion, please visit the website
at holyfamilyepisco-
palchurch.net or call the
parish office at 770-893-
4525.
Orthodox Vespers
The next Vesper Service
for the Antiochian Orthodox
Mission Blue Ridge will be
held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Au
gust 27th at St. Luke’s Epis
copal Church located at 7
Ewing St, Blue Ridge GA.
For those of the Orthodox
Faith as well as those inter
ested in the original church as
established by Jesus Christ
are invited to visit and expe
rience formal worship in a
loving atmosphere. For fur
ther information contact Or-
thodoxBlueRidge@yahoo.co
mor 706-455-8903.
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Minister ’s
Corner
How stiff is your
neck?
By Rev
Max Caylor
“A Treaty
of Mutual gH
Recogni
tion” united
The Grand Lodge of
Georgia and The Prince
Hall Grand Lodge of
Georgia in Masonic cere
mony on April 9, at the
City Springs Auditorium
in Sandy Springs. It was
momentous because” the
two Grand Lodge juris
dictions achieved mutual
amity and recognition.”
In Masonic circles, I
have been a Mason for 54
years as was my dad, only
one Grand Lodge could
be recognized as the “Of
ficial Lodge” in a state
and that was The Grand
Lodge of Georgia until
the “Treaty of Mutual
Recognition.”
The Masonic Messen
ger published the inspir
ing remarks of former
Governor Roy Bames. He
stated, “ we are divided in
this nation and in this
state and seem not able to
have a civil discourse
among ourselves most of
what we see and hear is
hatred and vitriol to those
who may not share our
beliefs.”
He continued, “We are
neither Christian, nor Jew,
Muslim, nor Hindu, De-
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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, GA 30513
Services
2nd and 4th Sundays, 3 pm
OrthodoxBlueRidge@yahoo.com
706-455-8903
Believing
Is Seeing
“For since the creation of the world
God’s invisible qualities—his eternal
power and divine nature—have been
clearly seen, being understood from
what has been made, so that people
are without excuse. ”
—Romans 1:20 NIV
W e all know the old saying “seeing is believing,” which makes perfect
sense, since it is hard to doubt something that is right in front of you.
But the equation of seeing and believing works both ways. That is, we
often believe only because we have directed our eyes, or our mental gaze, in
the direction of something. Many of us believe in God because we have seen
His work in our lives or have experienced him in a way that is hard to doubt.
Many view the natural world around them as the handiwork of God and this
strengthens their faith. The eleventh chapter of Hebrews gives a working
definition of faith as “confidence in what we hope for and assurance about
what we do not see.” (Hebrews 11:1 NIV) Those who believe without seeing
are sometimes commended for their faith, but sometimes, in the effort to
strengthen our faith, we really need to look harder. If you aren't looking for
God in the world then you probably won’t see Him there, whereas if you make
a determined effort to see God, both in the guise of your fellow human beings,
and in the natural world all around you, you are sure to see Him everywhere.
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8:00 am - Quiet Service & Communion
9:15 am - Christian Education
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