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Pastor’s Corner
Reporter.
November 14. 2012
BY REV. KEN
STEPHENS
I he task before
| the church today
seems to
be over
whelming.
It would be easy to
say we cannot do
this or that. We can
not afford it or we
have never done it
that way before. Of
ten times the church
loses sight of her
mission. The mis
sion of the church is
to make disciples of
Jesus Christ. (Matthew
28:19-20)
Then He takes care of
the rest of it.
One of the thousands of
hymns written
by Charles
Wesley was “A
Charge to keep I
have”. The sec
ond verse goes
like this: “I serve
the present age,
my calling to ful
fill; 0 may it all
my powers
engage to do my
Master’s will.”
The present age
is knocking at our doors.
The present age is knock
ing at our doors seeking
comfort and counsel in
these troubled times.
The present age is knock
ing at our doors saying,
“Can I find love in a world
of hate?’
The present age is knock
ing at our doors saying, “
What can I do with this
fear? How can I find faith
in the midst of fear?
The present age is knock
ing at our doors saying,
“What is the reason for the
hope that lies within you?”
While World War II was
winding down it is told
that Winston Churchill
sent president Franklin
Roosevelt a cablegram,
which read something like
this, “You send us the tools
and we will finish the job.
There is a message from
heaven for the church
today seems which says.
“You have the tools now
finish the job.” Amen!
Rev. Ken Stephens is the
pastor of Forsyth United
Methodist Church and a
member of the Forsyth-
Monroe County ministerial
association., which spon
sors the Pastor’s Corner.
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Before superstorm Sandy
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ern U.S. are still without
power as a snowstorm was
piled upon the damage
from Sandy, but that isn't
stopping the Harbucks,
whose Thanksgiving trip
now includes taking a
trailer full of supplies and
clothes with them. The
Harbucks are welcoming
any help that Monroe
County wants to pitch in.
Mrs. Harbuck said her
siblings had already
planned to come up from
Florida next week so they
can travel to New Jersey
together.
With the area still in
need and many residents
having lost homes to flood
ing, the Harbucks decided
to load up a trailer with
supplies for the needy.
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the major needs seem to
be clothes, diapers, batter
ies, toilet paper, gas cans
and even underwear.
"Usually you don't
donate underwear because
people don't want to wear
that second-hand," said
Mrs. Harbuck. "But people
are begging for under
wear."
Donating is easy as
locals can simply drop
items off at Mrs.
Harbuck's Pediatria office
between Ann's Deli and
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also use help packing up
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drive back with it.
Mrs. Harbuck said they'll
take the trailer full of sup
plies to a donation center
near Staten Island for dis
tribution to the needy peo
ple of the storm-ravaged
northeast.
"People are gonna be so
happy because some peo
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said Mrs. Harbuck.
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Caelan Outlaw, above, wrote
a letter saying “Thank you”
to a soldier after he talked
with his father about his mil
itary service.
‘Dear Soldier, Thank you’
BY DIANE GLIDEWELL
On Monday, which was the Veterans
Day holiday for many government offices
and businesses since Nov. 11 came on
Sunday this year, Monroe County bus
driver Virgil McCallum found a letter
addressed "Dear Soldier" on a seat in his
bus after students had departed for
Hubbard Elementary School. He was so
touched by the letter that he shared it
with The Reporter.
The letter was written by 5th grader
Caelan Outlaw. His teacher, Ms. Curtis,
asked students to write a letter to our sol
diers in the armed forces. Before he wrote
the letter, Caelan's dad talked to him and
his twin brother about what it was like
being in the U.S. Marine Corps. Caelan
said he wrote the letter some from his
heart and some from his head. When
asked if he thought he might join the mil
itary one day, Caelan said, "It depends on
how it goes."
"I enjoy these kids," said McCallum,
who has been driving for the Monroe
County School System for four years. He
says that the 25 children on his bus usu
ally behave and respond when he asks
them to do something, even though he
starts the day with them at 6 a.m. It is
obvious that he cares about each of his
young riders.
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