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THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 16. 2023 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 3B
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Minister’s Comer
aggerate?
Can I be trusted?
Am I a slave to dress,
friends, work, or habits?
Am I self-conscious, self-
pitying, or self-justifying?
Did the Bible live in me
today?
Am I enjoying prayer?
When did I last speak to
someone else about my faith?
Do I pray about the
money I spend?
Do I get to bed on time
and get up on time?
Do I disobey God in any
thing?
Do I insist upon doing
something about which my
conscience is uneasy?
Am I defeated in any part
of my life?
Am I jealous, impure, crit
ical, irritable, touchy, or dis
trustful?
How do I spend my spare
time?
Am I proud?
Is there anyone whom I
fear, dislike, disown, criti
cize, hold a resentment to
ward or disregard? If so,
what am I doing about it?
Do I grumble or complain
constantly?
Is Christ real to me?
“What is a Presbyterian???” answered.
Cross mounted at front of
sanctuary at FPC
•This church is one branch of the larger
Christian family scattered across the world!
There are many Presbyterian groups in the
USA, but ours is known as ECO because we
are a community grounded in the evangelical
mission of Jesus. We exist to make disciples
of Jesus by sharing the Gospel and embody
ing the love of Jesus in, to and for the world.
•Presbyterians began way back in the 16th
century in Europe as part of the Reformation
movement. We trace our own history to the
Scottish immigrants who brought their faith
with them when they settled across America
and especially the Appalachian Mountains.
•If you’re Baptist or Methodist you’ll find
our beliefs, worship and ways very similar!
•We focus on Jesus as the Savior of the
world. He is the promised messiah foretold
in the Old Testament and confirmed in the
New Testament, who died in our place so we
might have access to eternal life. This life be
gins not just when we die, but here and now.
We exist to help people live into that life and
become more like Jesus.
•Our worship services will be familiar. At
Fellowship Presbyterian Church each Sunday
morning at 10 o’clock we sing hymns, pray
and listen to preaching from our pastor,
whose life is devoted to teaching about Jesus.
•We want to be a faithful community so
we can bless the city where God has placed
our church! We are sincerely committed to
following the commands of Jesus, which
means growing together in our faith AND
helping those in need here in Pickens County
and around the world.
Fun Fact: The word “Presbyterian” comes
from the Greek word for “elder,” one of the
earliest descriptions we find of church leaders
found in Luke’s Book of Acts in the New Tes
tament. We aren’t led by a bishop or pope, but
by the Spirit of God moving among the peo
ple.
Select a sermon to hear from Pastor Blake
Hudson during one of our worship services.
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This week in sports history
&y Ethan Swiech
February 12-February 18
February 12th:
On this day in 1878, Frederick Thayer re
ceived a patent for the catcher’s mask, an idea
he came up with two years earlier. Thayer was
a Harvard University student athlete who
played for both the football and baseball teams.
As a baseball player, he was the team’s starting
third baseman while also serving as its man
ager. It was on the diamond where Thayer no
ticed that his catcher, Jim Tyng, was constantly
getting hit in the face. To protect Tyng’s eye
sight, he went to a local tinsmith and requested
a “bird cage” style mask with additional
padding to the chin and forehead areas. Thayer
and Tyng practiced with it, it proved effective
and the first professional baseball game featur
ing the catcher’s mask took place on April 12,
1877.
February’ 13th:
On this day one year ago, the Rams earned
their second Super Bowl title in franchise his
tory, including their first in Los Angeles. LA
won Super Bowl LVI by coming from behind
and defeating the Cincinnati Bengals, 23-20.
The Rams’ previous championship came in
1999, when the team resided in St. Louis. Wide
receiver, Cooper Kupp, won the Most Valuable
Player award by making eight catches for 92
yards and two touchdowns. Kupp also had the
game-winning score with 1:25 remaining. To
ensure it was the game-winner, defensive
tackle, Aaron Donald, applied heavy pressure
to Cincinnati quarterback, Joe Burrow, forcing
a fourth down incompletion with 39 seconds
left. Donald had two sacks, spearheading a fe
rocious rash that logged seven overall.
February’ 14th:
On this day in 2019, Oklahoma City Thun
der guard, Russell Westbrook, set an NBA
record for consecutive games with a triple dou
ble. Westbrook registered 44 points with 14 re
bounds and 11 assists. He even went 18 of 30
from the field with four three-pointers, but
OKC suffered a 131-122 loss to the New Or
leans Pelicans.
February’ 15th:
On this day in 1931, the New York Yankees ’
spring training complex, located in St. Peters
burg, Florida, was renamed Miller Huggins
Field. The organization made this decision as a
tribute to their late manager, who passed away
on September 25, 1929, at the age of 51. Hug
gins led the Yanks to six American League pen
nants and three World Series titles. Two of
those championships came consecutively in
1927 and 1928. He also became the club’s very
first Monument Park nominee on May 30,
1932.
February’ 16th:
On this day in 1969, Detroit Red Wings cen
ter, Alex Delvecchio, became the third player
in NHL history to post 1,000 points. Delvec
chio logged a pair of assists as Detroit came
from behind, scored four unanswered goals and
defeated the Los Angeles Kings, 6-3. This ca
reer-long Red Wing retired in 1974 with 1,281
points through 1,550 games. He became a
member of the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1977.
February’ 17th:
On this day in 1968, the Naismith Memorial
Basketball Hall of Fame opened its doors in
Springfield, Massachusetts. The idea for this
facility was established in 1959, but no bricks
were laid because of unsuccessful attempts to
raise money. Almost a decade went by before
the hall of fame organization collected enough
funds for constructing the museum. This build
ing was named after Dr. James Naismith, who
invented the game of basketball in 1891.
February’ 18th:
On this day in 1983, Calgary Flames right
winger, Lanny McDonald, became the first
player in franchise history to score 50 times in
one season. McDonald netted Calgary’s only
goal at the 4:25 mark of the third period, but
the Flames suffered a 5-1 loss to the Buffalo
Sabres. Lanny reached this milestone for the
only time in his career and he completed the
1982-83 campaign with 66 goals.
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Free concert at Holy Family Episcopal Feb. 19
On Sunday, February 19
at 4 p.m. please plan on at
tending a recital by Dr.
Nathan Munson, tenor, with
John King Carter, pianist at
the Episcopal Church of the
Holy Family. In observance
of Valentine’s Day, the pro
gram will consist entirely of
love songs, including Robert
Schumann’s great song cycle
Dichterliebe (Poets’ Love).
A member of the voice
faculty at Kennesaw State
University, Nathan Munson
has sung roles with the Sara
sota Opera, Hawaii Opera
Theatre, and Atlanta Opera
including Beppe in Pagliacci,
tenor soloist in Carmina Bu-
rana, Tom Snout in Britten’s
A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, the Steersman in
Wagner’s Der fliegende Hol
lander, the Camera Man in
The Golden Ticket, Nor-
manno in Lucia di Lammer-
moor, Rodolfo in La boheme,
the Emperor in Turandot, and
the Father in Weill’s The
Seven Deadly Sins.
He made his Carnegie
Hall debut as the tenor soloist
in Haydn’s Lord Nelson
Mass with Manhattan Con
cert Productions, and has
Dr. Nathan Munson, Tenor
made concert appearances as
soloist with the Helena Sym
phony Orchestra, the
Huntsville Symphony Or
chestra, the Bryan Symphony
Orchestra, the Augusta
Choral Society, the Atlanta
Sacred Chorale, the Georgia
Symphony Orchestra, and as
guest artist in Mozart’s Re
quiem at Dartmouth College.
Dr. Munson can be heard on
the world-premiere recording
of The Golden Ticket (Al
bany Records). He has also
been a featured soloist in a
Christmas Concert with the
Atlanta Opera, which was
recorded live for broadcast
by WABE-Atlanta.
The concert will be fol
lowed by the brief service of
Choral Evensong, led by the
Choir of Holy Family, John
King Carter, director, in
which Dr. Munson will again
be featured as soloist.
The concert is free how
ever voluntary donations are
appreciated. 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 Christian
Education at 9:15 a.m. For
more information, please
visit the website at holyfami-
lyepiscopalchurch.net or call
the parish office at 770-893-
4525.
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Racing
Report
since 2001. Rookies like
Chase Briscoe and Tyler Red
dick were able to win and
smaller teams like 23X1 with
Bubba Wallace and RFK with
Chris Buescher won as well.
Considering how much parity
we had last season, it’s hard to
imagine why we won’t get a
similar amount this season.
There may not be as much
equality since getting 19 dif
ferent winners in a season is
really hard, but it is possible.
Drivers and teams were still
figuring out the NextGen car,
so now that everyone should
have figured out the cars by
now, we could see different
teams more often near the
front than last season. Parity
in NASCAR is a good thing
because even though it
doesn’t exactly lead to good
racing, it does make it inter
esting to watch the races just
to see who could ran up front
without knowing for sure who
could be the best driver that
season. Seeing more drivers’
fans like will make fans be
happier when watching
NASCAR.
So overall, improvement at
short track and road course
racing and more parity are
two things that we can look
forward to this new season of
NASCAR racing.
Next week, the Great
American Race returns, and
so does a new season of
NASCAR.
Next Week - Race Recap -
The Great American Race -
Daytona 500
Technical Advisor - Scott
Korowotny
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