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PAGE 4B THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS • THE COMMERCE NEWS WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2016 Church News Bible school set June 12-16 at First Baptist Church of Commerce The First Baptist Church of Commerce will hold its annual vacation Bible school June 12-16, from 6 to 8:30 nightly. Dinner will be included. The theme is “Surf Shack: Catch the Wave of God’s Amazing Love.” Children will learn about God through Bible stories, crafts, sci ence, games and music. Bible school is open to children from pre-K (at least age 4) through fifth grade (just completed). Registration will be in the entry way by the church office. The church is located at 1345 South Elm Street, Commerce. Call 706-335-4083 for information. New Beginnings holding special programs for women New Beginnings Worship Center, located at 708 State Street, Commerce, announces two upcoming programs for women. The church will hold a women’s prayer breakfast on Saturday, May 21, at 10 a.m. The speaker will be Sabrina Atkism, pastor of Arnold’s Chapel in Monroe. The church will also host a Women’s Day celebration the following day, Sunday, May 22, at 3 p.m. with Marion Sailor, pastor of Christ the King Baptist Church in Dacula, as the guest speaker. Singing planned at Erastus Christian Georgia Gospel Trio will be at Erastus Christian Church on Sunday, May 22, at 6 p.m. The church is located at 2050 Neese Com merce Road. Madison Street Baptist plans yard sale for May 21 The youth of Madison Street Baptist Church will hold a yard sale at 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 21. Other plans include “an evening of wor ship and praise through music” at 6 p.m. on Sunday, May 29. Special guests will be Carla Cobb Whitton, Richard Dills and others. Following the singing, finger foods will be served and everyone is invited to stay for a time of fellowship. Maysville UMC to hold singing May 19 Maysville United Methodist Church will host a southern gospel singing on May 19 at at 6 p.m. featuring Resurrection Singers. The master of ceremonies is Clarke Kesler. Little Country Church to hold May 22 gospel singing The Little Country Church will have its monthly 4th Sunday night singing on May 22 featuring The Saxon Family Singers. Singing will begin at 6 p.m. The church is located on Old Airport Road, Commerce. For more information, call Pastor Swayne Cochran at 706-677-2839. Bush River plans special program The Bush River Baptist Church men’s group will be hosting the “What’s On Your Mind” program from 10 a.m. to noon Sat urday. All men, pastors and deacons from the age of 13 to 113 are invited to attend. The Rev. Julius Mack is the pastor. Maysville Baptist Church plans VBS Maysville Baptist Church will hold Vaca tion Bible School Sunday June 12, through Thursday, June 16, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. each night. The theme will be “Cave Quest: Following Jesus the light of the word.” Classes will be held for ages 4 through rising eighth graders. The church is located at 8875 Hwy. 82 Spur, Maysville. For more information, call 706-652-2228. The church website is www.maysvillebaptist. net. Lots to be thankful for Once the car stopped rolling end over end, Jessica got out and lifted her hands to praise the Lord. Without a doubt, she had just experienced a mira cle. She was the first of three miracles that happened in our lives that morning. Ejected from the back seat through the driver’s window, another teen lay on the ground. She was in pain, but by the grace of God, she was alive and doing pretty good considering all she’d been through. The third person in the car, which flipped four times, limped out of the hospital a little later that morning along with her passengers. It wasn’t that the driver of the one vehicle wreck was speeding; she just lost control on a dirt road. I’m sure it is a day that will be forever etched in their minds. It most likely changed their perspective as well. I know it impacted my life. These young ladies have been near and dear to our hearts for years, and we will contin ue to praise God for sparing their lives. What started as an ordinary trip to school, turned into the miracle of their lives. The police officer and the medical professionals confirmed that fact. They had worked many similar wrecks, and they don’t usually turn out with such a happy ending. We read of miracles in the Word. The gospels record at least 37, but listen to John 21:25. “Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.” The very life of Jesus is a miracle we can all experience. He is the sacrifice for our sins so that we can experience an eternity in heaven. He healed count less people and all that was required was faith. A person’s wealth or status wasn’t His concern. He approached the woman at the well who obtained her water in the hottest part of the day. She knew she would be scorned by the others. He offered healing to the lepers. Being around people with such a disease wasn’t his concern. May we remember that He came to serve, to be a ransom for all. Remember when the taxes were due? Jesus told Peter to go fishing, which seemed like an odd request under the circumstances. Peter opened the mouth of the fish he caught and there was the money to pay the taxes. As I joined with a group of ladies praising God for the miracle, we had experienced in our church family, we remembered God is still in the miracle business today. They began to tell of other miracles in their lives. I heard sto ries of a child with health complications who was not supposed to live past the age of five. That young lady is 17 and will graduate high school. Another lady who had lost her children because of her addiction chimed in. After many years her family has been reunited. Her 14 year old daughter is part of her life. We also agreed there are other requests in which we wait, but we will continue to serve our sovereign God. Let us all take a look at what the Lord is doing in our lives. We all have so much to thank Him for. Sheny Lewis of Maysville is pastor at New Beginnings Ministry. She can be reached at bcnscoop@aol.com. sherry lewis Mt. Olivet holding Old Fashion Day Mt. Olivet Church is hosting an Old Fashion Day on Sunday, May 29. Worship service will begin at 11 a.m., with Reverend Tommy Childress preach ing. Special music will be performed by Clarke Kesler and friends. Lunch will be served on the grounds following the worship service. Those attending are ask to bring a covered dish meal to share. The church is located off Highway 51 North and Damascus, on Mt. Olivet Road. The church is owned by what was the Tri-Circuit - Mt Pleasant, Mt. Bethel, and New Salem United Methodist Church es. It has never been painted, and has no electricity or mnning water. It has recently had some extinctive foundation work done to preserve it for many more Old Fashion days and other services. All are invited to come worship and enjoy a time of fellowship in this peaceful set ting. A cleanup at Mt. Olivet church will be held on Thursday, May 26, at 6 p.m. Jackson, Water and Sewerage Authority proceeding with $6 million bond issue The Jackson County Water and Sewer age Authority took a major step last Thurs day night toward getting the cash to start work on its SPLOST 6 projects. The authority approved a resolution to proceed with a $6 million bond issue that will be paid off with proceeds from the spe cial purpose local option sales tax round that begins in 2017. Bank of America presented the low bid, offering a 1.65-percent interest rate. How ever, the resolution approved Thursday does not lock down that rate. The plan is for the county to authorize the interest rate on June 9. Bond attorney Roger Murray explained that because Bank of America had a $300,000 penalty should the bond issue not close or be delayed, officials made the decision to have the authority authorize the transaction in principal, “allow us to go through validation, but not set the interest rate until after validation.” “We anticipate it ought to be real close to the 1.65 percent,” he concluded. Should something major happen in the bond market to increase the bond rate significantly, the authority has the option of backing out. Bryan Huskey of Merchant Capital said that the matter should be finalized — and the money become available — on June 23. The bonds are backed by the Jackson County government, not the water author ity. The authority expects to receive $9 million in SPLOST revenue over the six- year course of the tax. Selling bonds allows the authority to begin work on the SPLOST projects without waiting for the money to trickle in. Five banks bid on the bonds, with inter est rates ranging from 1.65 percent to 2.49 percent. “Six million for under two percent is pretty good,” Murray noted. The Jackson County Board of Commis sioners was due to approve the intergov ernmental contract ratifying the authori ty’s action this past Monday, the interest rate will be set June 8, the authority will approve the rate June 9 and the money will be available on June 23. CHURCH PAGE SPONSORS Worship regularly at a church of your choice! For more information on\ becoming a church page sponsor, please contact 706-367-5233. 8 Brands to Choose From! GARRETT PAVING COMPANY Asphalt Paving and Sealcoating |Office: 706-546-76431 Cell: 706-540-4090 QUALITY FOODS OF COMMERCE Commerce Village Shopping Center 335-5050 Sanders furniture 1697 S. 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