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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017
Church News
Maysville Baptist Church offers
celebrate recovery ministry
Maysville Baptist Church provides a weekly Thursday
evening, Celebrate Recovery meeting for the community
and the church for all those who are hurting.
All are invited to attend.
Celebrate Recovery is a recovery ministry based on 12
steps and 8 principals from the Bible, Matthew 5 Beatitudes.
There is a light meal provided free at 5:30 p.m. followed by
worship, teaching and a time for open sharing that holds
anonymity and confidentiality, women with women and
men solely with men.
The church also provides free child care if a call is made
to the church the morning before the meeting 706-652-2228.
The church is located at 8875 Highway 82 Spur Maysville.
Contact the church office for more information.
New Salem UMC
homecoming planned
New Salem United Methodist Church invites everyone to
its annual homecoming service, Sunday, July 23.
Music will start at 10:45 a.m. and a service will be held
at 11 a.m.
Pastor Mike Campbell will direct the service.
Music will be performed by several groups and individ
uals.
There will be a covered dish dinner after the service.
New Salem is located at 2170 Highway 59, Commerce.
For more information, call 706-335-6316 or 706-490-0037
or email rrylee@windstream.net.
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Youth Day planned
in Commerce
A youth day will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 30, at
GBTC Ministries, located at 2201 North Elm Street, Com
merce.
Guest evangelist will be Minister Michelle Willoughby of
Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Hull.
Dinner will be served prior to the event, from 1:30 p.m.
to 2:30 p.m.
The pastor is Sylvania Watkins Sr.
Children's Orphan Choir
from Haiti to sing at
Freedom Church of God
Children’s Orphan Choir from Haiti with love and
ministry will be at the Freedom Church of God on July
21 at 7:30 p.m.
The church is located at 3428 Neese Commerce
Road, Madison County.
“The choir was born from tragedy. All but five of these
children lost everything in the earthquake in 2010. Most
of them lost their complete family that day. They found
their way to the home of the Pauls who were music
teachers,” stated Margie Richards. “The Pauls never
intended on having an orphanage but out of necessity
LifeSaver Orphanage was born. The Pauls have truly
been a Life Saver for these children. They are one of
the happiest families we have ever met.”
The funds raised during the tour will go to support
children in Haiti, Ukraine and U.S.
Stonepath services,
singings listed
Stonepath Independent Church, formerly Maysville
United Methodist Church, has announced its services.
Sunday school is at 10 a.m. with the worship service
at 11 a.m. The Wednesday prayer meeting is at 7 p.m.
Every Thursday night, at 6:30 p.m., a Southern gospel
singing is held.
Every fourth Friday night, at 7 p.m., a “picking and
singing is held.
For more information, contact Pastor Dugar Strick
land at 706-654-0551.
Homer UMC to host
Connectional group
Homer United Methodist Church, located at the corner of
Sycamore and Church streets in downtown Homer, will host
a connectional meeting of area United Methodist churches for
a worship service and dinner this Sunday July 23, at 5 p.m. in
the church fellowship hall.
Churches participating in Connectional 5 consists of: Com
merce, Gillsville, Homer, Hickory Flat, Mt. Pleasant, Mt. Bethel,
New Salem, Warren Chapel and Wilson.
Visitors are welcome to attend both the service and dinner.
Harmony Baptist
plans singing
Harmony Baptist Church in Baldwin plans a singing on
Sunday, July 30, at 6 p.m.
Divine 3 Ministries will perform.
There will also be a homemade ice cream fellowship that
follows the singing. It will be located in the Family Life Center.
The church is located at 5223 Hwy. 441 Bypass, Baldwin.
For more information, call pastor Tony Byrd at 706-391-3377
or Janell Roberts at 678-316-2308.
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Grace to meet
every need
There is grace
for you. There
is grace for me.
There is grace to
meet our every
need.
Thank God
for his amazing
grace. Ephe
sians 2:7-8
explains that we
experience this
unmerited favor
because of Jesus
Christ. “It is by grace we
are saved through faith; it
is a gift of God.”
This indescribable gift
doesn’t end on the day of
our salvation, but will keep
us every day of our lives.
Romans 5:1-2 explains that
we gained access by faith
into this grace in which we
now stand.
As we have experienced
his unconditional love,
let us realize his grace
is available to meet our
every need. It will also
sustain us when trials and
tribulations arise in our
lives. John 1:14 tells us that
He is full of grace.” So let
us be reminded that he is
the source no matter what
issue may arise.
One of the greatest
examples of grace comes
when Paul experienced a
thorn in his flesh. Just like
many of us, when a thorn
of life arises, we immedi
ately ask God to remove
it. In 2 Corinthians 12:8-10
Paul asked God to remove
the thorn three times to no
avail. Then God tells him,
““My grace is sufficient for
you, for my power is made
perfect in weakness.”
What powerful words. Let
those words sink in for a
moment.
“I’ve been wrongly
accused.” God’s grace is
sufficient. “My health is
failing.” God’s grace is
sufficient. “I desperately
need a change in my life;
I can’t bear the struggle.”
God’s grace is sufficient.
If you find yourself in that
place or any other place,
look to the Lord. Don’t
continue to ana
lyze the situa
tion and come
up with a plan
to get out; look
to God for his
amazing grace.
Many times God
will move the
mountain in due
time, but Paul’s
situation was dif
ferent.
He would live
with the thorn and experi
ence God in an incredible
way. He was able to stand
because of God’s power.
When Paul was weak he
realized God would be
strong. In fact, Paul said,
“I delight in weaknesses,
in insults, in hardships,
in persecutions, in diffi
culties.”
Then we read the last
nine words that ring true
in the lives of believers
today. “ For when I am
weak, then I am strong.”
At our weakest moments
we can’t do it. When we
have exhausted every via
ble option and we are
worn out. That is when
we rest in the arms of
God. As Paul says, when
we are weak, that is when
we will see the power of
God work flawlessly in
our lives.
Finally, it is God’s grace
that will lead us home.
Living a life for God is the
only way to experience
true contentment in good
times and times of diffi
culty. As John Newton’s
popular church hymn,
“Amazing Grace,” tells
us ’’Through many dan
gers, toils and snares, I
have already come; ’Tis
grace hath brought me
safe thus far, and grace
will lead me home.”
My prayer is that we will
never forget God’s amaz
ing grace no matter where
our paths may trod.
Sherry Lewis of Mays
ville is pastor at New
Beginnings Ministry. She
can be reached at bcn-
scoop@aol.com.
sherry
lewis
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