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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2017
THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
PAGE 3B
Church News
Line Baptist
to hold
homecoming
Homecoming will be held
at Line Baptist Church, locat
ed on Old Hwy 441 North
Alto, on Aug. 6 at 10:30 a.m.
Special singers will be the
Phil Brown Family. The Rev.
Terry Rice will be the guest
speaker. Lunch will be served
after the service.
Everyone is invited to
attend.
Hudson River
homecoming
planned
Hudson River Baptist
Church will have homecom
ing on August 13 with the wor
ship service starting at 11 a.m.
Dr. Mike Jenkins will bring
the message and there will
be a special singing by The
Browns. A covered dish lunch
will follow the service.
The church is located at 171
Hudson River Church Road,
Commerce.
For more information, call
706-202-8958.
Church to
celebrate
135th
anniversary
The congregation of Com
merce Presbyterian Church
(PC USA) is celebrating its
135th anniversary.
“CPC is extremely proud of
their heritage and is a friendly
happy church and a giving
church. It is a Christ-centered
church and all are welcome
to participate as we continue
to know Christ, grow in our
love for Christ and we go forth
spreading the good news,”
state leaders.
Sunday School is from 9:45
a.m. to 10:30 a.m. followed
by a time of fellowship and
worship starts at 11 a.m.
The church is located at 89
Lakeview Drive, Commerce,
at the triangle formed by Uni
versity and Lakeview drives
on the Jefferson Road.
For more information, call
706-335-3282.
For the church’s calendar
of events visit www.commer-
cepresbyterian.com.
Hurricane
Grove plans
revival,
homecoming
Hurricane Grove Baptist
Church will hold its annual
revival service on Tuesday,
Aug. 22, through Thursday,
Aug. 24, at 7:30 p.m.
The Rev. Terrell Shields of
Greater Mt. Calvary Baptist
Church, Rome, will be the
guest speaker.
Homecoming will be held
at 11 a.m. on Aug. 20. Dinner
will be served after the morn
ing service.
The church is located at
710 Apple Valley Road, Com
merce.
Union Hill
to celebrate
100 years
Union Hill Missionary Bap
tist plans its 100-year celebra
tion on Oct. 15.
The church was estab
lished Feb. 23,1917.
Anyone with family history
of membership with church
and would like to include it
in the church’s presentation
can call Terrell Simmons 706-
677-3629 or e-mail tsfarms@
windstream.net.
Revival
coming up at
Silver Shoals
Silver Shoals Baptist
Church will hold fall revival
on Sunday, Aug. 13, at 6 p.m.
and Monday, Aug. 14, through
Wednesday, Aug 16, at 7 p.m.
The special guest speak
er will be the Rev. Dwayne
Ryals. There will be special
singing nightly. Everyone is
invited to attend. The pastor
is Kenneth Barrett.
Stonepath
Church
service
times listed
Stonepath Independent
Church, formerly Maysville
United Methodist Church,
would like to invite everyone
to come to its services.
Sunday school is at 10 a.m.
with 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.
Stonepath to
host southern
gospel singing
Stonepath Independent
Church will be hosting a
Southern Gospel Singing on
Thursday, August 3, at 6:30
p.m.
Walt Searcy and The Mitch
ells will be featured.
The master of ceremonies
is Clarke Kesler.
Everyone is invited and
encouraged to attend.
Beaverdam
to host VBS,
back to
school bash
Beaverdam Baptist Church
will host its vacation Bible
school program and back
to school bash “Campout”
- ‘Getting S’more of Jesus,’
on Friday, August 4, at 6:30
p.m. - 9 p.m. (registration
will begin at 6 p.m.,) and on
Saturday August 5, at 10 a.m.
- 2 p.m.
On Sunday, August 6, at
11 a.m. a closing ceremony
for students and families will
be held followed by a pizza
lunch.
Each day, there will be
worship, Bible time, crafts,
games, water day, bounce
house obstacle course,
meals each day and Swirlee’s
Ice Cream truck. Also, back
packs and school supplies
will be given to each student.
For questions or directions
or if students need a van ride,
call, 706-207-9188 or 706-255-
0656. The church is located
at 1627 Hwy 59, Commerce.
Freedom
Church to
partner with
food bank
Freedom Church of God,
in partnership with the Food
Bank of Northeast Georgia,
will be giving away free food
boxes on Tuesday, August
8, from 10:30 a.m. to 12
p.m. at Freedom Church of
God.
Leaders ask visitors not
to come before 10 a.m. The
parking lot will be closed.
For more information, con
tact Gloria at 706-5464874 or
Jimmy at 706-789-2102.
“Volunteers will be appre
ciated, come at 9 a.m. to
help,” state leaders.
The church is located
at 3428 Neese Commerce
Road, Commerce.
Banks Co.
Brotherhood
to meet Aug. 6
Banks County Brother
hood Church will meet on
Sunday, August 6, at 7:30
a.m. in the Don Stewart
Hall of Homer United Meth
odist Church on Sycamore
Street in Homer.
A full breakfast will be
served and the speaker will
be Dr. Wade Lott, associ-
ational missionary, of the
Tugaloo Baptist Associa
tion.
Tim Harper is the broth
erhood president and
invites everyone to attend.
Crossroads
homecoming
ahead Aug. 6
Crossroads Worship Cen
ter Church of God will hold
its homecoming on Sun
day, August 6, at 10:30 a.m.
There will be no evening
service.
The pastor is T. Gary
Thompson.
For more information,
call 706-540-9549 or visit
www.crossroadsworship-
center-cog.com.
The church is located at
365 Hwy. 441 S.
St. Catherine
offers classes
St. Catherine Laboure’
Catholic Church will be
holding registration for its
2017-2018 religious educa
tion classes through August
27.
Religious education is
open to registered parish
ioners of St. Catherine
Laboure’.
The cost is $40 per child
with a $100 maximum per
family.
First through fifth grade
classes will be held on
Wednesday evenings from
6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Sixth
through eighth grade class
es will be held on Sunday
Mornings from 9:30 a.m. to
10:30 a.m.
Confirmation preparation
classes will be held once a
month on Sunday evenings
from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Masses are scheduled
Thursday at 12:10 p.m., Fri
day at 9 a.m., Saturday Vigil
at 4 p.m. and Sunday at 11
a.m. Confession is available
on Saturdays from 3 to 3:45
or by appointment.
St. Catherine Laboure’
Catholic Church is located
at 180 Elrod Road, Jeffer
son. For more information,
call 706-367-7220.
Put the Lord first
In an online
class, at times I
would send my
work to the profes
sor at 11:55 when
it was due at mid
night. I’ll admit that
1 do some of my
best work when
I’m crunched for
time, but there was
a price to pay occa
sionally.
I’ve found
myself in a panic
while talking to my
Internet provider. My voice was
probably elevated and going at
90 miles per hour, but I had to
get the work in on time. Thank
fully, I was always able to pull
that off, but it also taught me an
important lesson. It’s not worth
it. Don’t dwell on it; don’t make
excuses. It is important to take
care of my responsibilities in
a timely manner. I’m sure it is
much better for my health!
In Scripture, we find many
examples of people who fol
lowed Jesus. Some said yes
immediately In John 1:43,
Jesus approached Philip and
said, “Follow me.” That’s when
Philip ran to find Nathanael
and shared the good news.
The first time Jesus saw him
he said, “Here is an Israelite in
whom there is no deceit.” Now
that piqued Nat’s interest and
shortly thereafter, he declared,
“You are the son of God.” So
almost in an instant, Nathanael
believed.
Sadly, our next example
didn’t turn out so well. In Mat
thew 19:16-22, we see Jesus had
an encounter with a rich young
ruler. This fellow was interested
in what he needed to do to have
eternal life. He’d kept the com
mandments since his youth, so
this sounded promising. Once
he found out that he needed
to submit everything, includ
ing his worldly possessions, he
went away sorrowful.
Now let’s look at Felix. In
Acts 24, we read of Paul’s time
in a prison, and Felix was in
charge. In verse 24, we see
that Felix called for Paul to talk
to him and his wife, Drusilla.
Paul told the couple about faith
in Jesus. Paul talked about righ
teousness, self-control and the
upcoming judgment. Felix let
his fear get in the way. “That’s
enough for now! You may
leave. When I find it conve
nient, I will send for you,” Felix
replied. Over the next couple of
years, Felix called for Paul, but
once he left his position, he left
Paul in prison.
Felix had an opportunity to
accept the Lord, and I know
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Paul’s grace and
humility surely
affected his life,
but he never
found the right
moment to sur
render to the
Lord. I’d say he
procrastinated.
He was looking
for a more conve
nient time. Sadly,
that time is never
recorded.
How many of
us procrastinate
in our service to the Lord? How
many of us wait to give our lives
to the Lord?
Just like Felix, we may be
waiting for a more convenient
time. In the busy world in which
we live, that time may never
present itself. There are going
to be work, children, grandchil
dren, chores, and hobbies that
may hinder us. Everyday life
could consume each of us.
My prayer is that we will put
our priorities in order right now.
Don’t procrastinate on service
to Almighty God. Our children
will not always be small where
we can take them to hear the
gospel. Our health may not
always be strong so that we
have the energy to get to Sun
day service.
Attending church is a great
start, but let us also be remind
ed that the God of Sunday
needs to be the Lord of our
lives everyday. Let us not pro
crastinate on reading the Word,
praising Him, and diligently
praying for our family and the
other people God has put into
our lives.
As we ponder the life of
these men, especially Felix,
may we realize that we need to
intentionally decide to put the
Lord first in our lives. This is a
decision we will never regret.
Sherry Lewis of Maysville
is pastor at New Beginnings
Ministry. She can be reached at
bcnscoop@aol. com.
Headmaster’s
Comer
by
Steve Cummings
CAKE COERCION! - Can a
State government force a Chris
tian baker to design cakes for
same-sex weddings? That is the
question coming before the US
Supreme Court later this year.
In 2012, two gay men asked
a baker to design a cake to cel
ebrate their same-sex ceremony.
The baker politely declined, ex
plaining he would make them
any other baked item, but could
not design a cake for their cer
emony because of his religious
beliefs. The State Civil Rights
Commission intervened and said
the baker must design cakes to
celebrate same-sex ceremonies.
What?? How can a democracy
function when a citizen is forced
to violate his religious beliefs
through government coercion?
We pray the Supreme Court will
right this wrong.
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