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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS PACE 7B Church 'Missionary Day' planned Arendall and New Faith Methodist Church will host “Missionary Day” Sunday, September 21, at 11 a.m. The guest speaker will be Ms. Karen Wood, wife of the Rev. Kevin Wood. The church is located at 402 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Commerce. Annual book sale planned Commerce First United Methodist Church will hold its annual book sale Friday through Sunday, September 12 - 14, in the fellowship hall. All proceeds will go to the church’s Guatemala children’s ministry. Book donations will be ac cepted at the church office or for more information, call Jan- ni Martin at 706-652-2815. For more information about the church, call 706-335-2031 or visit www.commercefumc. com. The church is located on Cherry Street. Day program set for Sept. 21 Jones Chapel Baptist Church, Commerce, will hold a men and women’s day pro gram Sunday, Sept. 21, at 3 p.m. Everyone is invited to at tend. The church is located at 5114 Waterworks Road. 'Give Back' to be held Sept. 13 The Jackson County Boys and Girls Club will host a community “Give Back” for disaster victims Saturday, Sep tember 13, at 8 a.m. Food will be provided for. For more information. call Alicia Pittman Harris at 706-206-8236 or Marvetta Gordon at 706-351-4306 or Barbara Pattman at 706-335-2498. The club is located at 126 Ridgeway Street, Commerce. Revival to be held this Sun. Redeemed Baptist Church, Commerce, will hold a revival Sunday, Sept. 14, at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. and Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 15 and 16, at 6 p.m. The guest speaker will be Dr. Randy Perry. Phil Parks is pastor. For more information, call 706-677-4446. The church is located at 42 Ila Road. Gospel meeting to be held soon Harmony Grove Church of Christ, Commerce, will host a gospel meeting Sunday through Wednesday, Sept. 14 - 17, at 7 p.m. nightly. The guest speaker will be Jerry Jenkins of Roebuck Parkway Church of Christ, Birmingham, Ala. The church is located at 2265 Homer Road, U.S. Hwy. 441. For more information, call 706-335-4587. St. Catherine ceremony was held Aug. 31 Archbishop Wilton D. Greg ory celebrated the 11 a.m. Mass at St. Catherine Laboure Catholic Mission Sunday, Au gust 31. Immediately follow ing the Mass the Archbishop and congregation gathered at the church’s new property, lo cated on Elrod Road and Hwy. 15, Jefferson, for the blessing of the land and groundbreak ing ceremony. St. Catherine’s is current ly celebrating Mass at 708 State Street in Commerce. For more information, call 706-335-2622. Mt. Calvary Sept, event set Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, Commerce, will host a concert and candle light memorial service Sunday, September 21, at 3 p.m. The guests will be the “John nie Mathis and Company Re vue.” For more information, call 706-335-6263. The church is located at 96 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Freedom revival ahead Freedom Church of God, Commerce, will host a revival Sunday through Wednesday, September 14 - 17, at 7 p.m. nightly. Special singing will be held nightly. Everyone is invited to attend. For more information, call 706-335-7032. The church is located at 3428 Neese Commerce Road. Berea Baptist plans craft fair Berea Baptist Church will hold its third annual craft fair to benefit the American Can cer Society’s Relay for Life on Saturday, Nov. 8, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Berea Baptist Church Community Center. For application forms and information, call Janice Ad ams at 706-789-2314. 'Word of Life' conference set Bethlehem Baptist Church, Homer, will host a “Word of Life” men’s conference Satur day, September 13, at 4 p.m. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Stanley Bolden. For more information, call pastor Truman Bolden at 706-245-4927 or pastor Tom my Sewell at 706-757-2314 or 706-424-7181. The church is located at 176 Bellamy. Temple Baptist events planned Temple Baptist, Homer, will host a homecoming Sunday, September 21, at 11 a.m. A revival will be held Mon day through Wednesday, Sep tember 22 - 24, at 7:30 p.m. nightly with the Rev. Preston Moore speaking. The guest singers will be “The Maxwells,” Nicholson. A nursery will be provided. For more information, call 706-367-2947. The church is located on Temple Road, off Hwy. 51 S. Pleasant Acres services ahead Pleasant Acres Church, Maysville, will host “Special Miracle” services on Sundays in September at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Evangelist Milton Martin Jr., Gainesville, will be speak ing. For more information, call 706-654-2978. The church is located at 129 Hale Road. Mt. Sinai to hold benefit Mt. Sinai CH Church, Lula, will hold a benefit for Tom Crocker Saturday, September 13. Mr. Crocker suffered a back injury some time ago and has not been able to work. The money raised will help with his expenses. A silent cake auction will be held and from 5 to 6:30 p.m. hot dogs will be sold. Seeking Godly wisdom Today, every body wants to give us answers to all of our problems. If you push the remote on the television, you’ll find Dr. Phil and Oprah, or you’ll find an infomercial for a product that is supposed to be the greatest thing ever invented. Even as Christians, some times we get caught up with the latest fad. In actuality, we have access to the answers of life’s issues and problems at the palm of our hands. The question is: are we willing to open the book of treasures and find our answers? My pastor, Winfred Bingham, is doing a series of messages in the book of James and this week he told us about James 1:5 which says, “ If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.” He reminded us that Godly wisdom is found in the Word of God. Just think about it. There is an answer for any situation or circumstance in which we find ourselves. When we need to know how to treat our fam ily; if we need help in our job: if we want to know how to treat people, we can find it in the word of God. Many times the answer we find in the Word is not what the world would tell us. For instance, when talk ing about giving. It would seem that the sensible thing would be to hold tightly to everything we have if we want to get rich. That’s not what it says in the word of God. Luke 6:38 says, “Give, and it will be given to you.” So if we want God to give to us, we need to be giving to others. I’m also reminded of Mat thew 6:14 which says,” For if you forgive others when they sin against you, your heav enly Father will also forgive you.” I know I need God to forgive me, so I need to be quick to forgive others. Also, the Bible warns us about judging others. Matthew 7:1 tells us not to judge oth ers or we too will be judged in the very same way. In verse three of that same chapter, we are reminded that while we may see a speck of sawdust in someone else’s eye, we’d bet ter check out the plank in our own eye. My prayer is that we will also seek to find His wisdom in every issue that we face. While this world and its ad vice will pass away, the word of God will stand f orever. Sherry Lewis is the associ ate pastor at the Lighthouse Congregational Holiness Church. She can be reached at bcnscoop@aol.com. Singing will begin at 7 p.m. with guests “The Brotherhood Quartet,” “The Lula Assembly of Praise Choir” and Mt. Sinai church singers. A love offering will be re ceived. Everyone is invited to at tend. For more informa tion, call 706-677-1486 or 678-446-7999. The church is located at 322 Mt. Sinai Road. Singing to be held Sept. 21 Community Baptist Church, Ila, will host a singing Sunday, September 21, at 6 p.m. “Georgia” will be the fea tured guests. For more information, call 706-255-0656 or visit www. yourcbc.com. 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