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It takes more than
microwave faith
to wait on God
We live in the day and age where
everything is instant, geared
towards getting things fast. We can
get instant cash 24 hours a day, zip
in and out of a store in a flash, have
your oil changed in ten minutes or
less, a pizza can be delivered to
your house in 30 minutes or less.
Fast food drive through, instant
grits, meals at home no longer have
to cook a couple of hours, now that
we have the microwave, what home
would be without one. I think you
get the idea, but this mind-set, this
way of living has influenced the
way we look at God, the way we
pray, the way we attend church
(hurry up God I need this prayer
answered like yesterday).
Our faith in God has become
like a microwave, "God fix it fast.”
In Heb. 11:1 we see the definition
"now faith is the substance of
Handling your
finances is an
important issue
In his book, Just Because You're
on a Roll Doesn't Mean You're
Going Downhill , Robert Schuller
tells the humorous story of a
wealthy man who died and went to
heaven. He and Saint Peter were
walking down the golden streets
when they came upon a beautiful
mansion.
"Is this one mine?" asked the
man. "No," Saint Peter said, and
they continued walking. As they
came upon another lovely place, the
man said, "This one is great! Is it
mine?" Peter answered, "No, this
one isn't yours either. Let's just
keep walking."
The two continued to walk down
the streets of gold, passing
countless beautiful mansions.
"When will we get to mine?" the
man inquired impatiently. "Yours
is just around the corner,” said
Peter.
They rounded the corner and
came upon a tiny shack. The
shutters were falling off, and the
windows needed replacing. The
Crossroads UMC to honor Thomasons with farewell reception
The church family at Crossroads
United Methodist Church will host
a Farewell Reception honoring the
Rev. and Mrs. Phillip Thomason
on Sunday afternoon, June 12 from
3-5 p.m. in the Phelps Building
social hall.
Phillip and Lathel came to Perry
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Apply thine heart unto instruction,
and thine ears to the words of knowl
edge.
Proverbs 23:12
Wynn , from ia-
A Middle Georgia native and an
attorney who was bom and reared in
neighboring Macon, Wynn moved
to Houston County 25 years ago
after spending his high school years
in London, England, where his
step-father was stationed with the
United States Air Force.
He married Linda Ward Wynn in
1971 and currently resides in
Freeport, from 2A
cent freeport exemptions, bringing
in raw materials and other goods
only as they were needed, with the
jobs needed to house the inventory
being taken outside the county.
Sundquist added that many of the
jobs the county was losing were
low skilled, labor intensive jobs,
the type of jobs that could be filled
by local workers who did not have
high tech skills. He added that the
revenue lost to the city would be
made up by new industries coming
into the county, and by existing in
dustries expanding without being
penalized for extra inventory.
"I thought that this was a dead
issue," said Councilman Bobby
Glover. "We need to try to figure
out how to do it.”
Perry Mayor Jim Worrall said
Pastor
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things hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen," substance
meaning "a standing under" realize
that as a child of God you can have
a steadfast faith, because we are
under the promises of God even
when you don't see God working.
He is, hold on to your trust and
confidence in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Our faith needs to be one of long
lasting, not short term.
The Prophet Isaiah said in
40:31, "But those who wait on the
Lord shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings
like eagles, they shall run and not
be weary, they shall walk and not
faint."
The word wait means-look for,
expect, hope. It takes more than
microwave faith to wait on God,
but the benefits are what we really
need.
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place hardly looked liveable. The
man was puzzled, "You mean this
is my place? Why do I get this
tiny shack and not one of those
beautiful mansions?" Saint Peter
looked at the man for a moment and
simply said, "Well, I did all I could
with what you sent.”
People sometimes complain that
the church is always asking for
money, but how you handle your
finances is an important part of the
Christian faith. There is a clear,
unchanging truth in the Bible that
teaches us to support God’s work
on this earth with our financial
resources. Our gifts should be
given generously, regularly, and
willingly.
Do your finances honor the
Lord? Have you supported His
work through your giving at a local
church? 1 hope you will discover
the joy that comes as you give
faithfully to support God's work.
Try it-you just might like it!
by appointment from the Bishop
and Cabinet of the South Georgia
Conference in June, 1989. During
the five years in Perry, Thomason
has served as Americus District
youth director and as member of the
Board of Trustees of Dooly
Campground.
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U.S. 341 Just North of 1-75
Warner Robins with his family of
two sons, Randy Jr., 21, and Scott,
19, and three daughters, Susie, 16,
and twins Carrie and Sheri, 18.
Upon graduating from high
school and returning to Middle Ge
orgia, Wynn attended Macon Col
lege, after which he spent seven
years in the retail business and six
years in finance while working his
the city needed to work with
Houston County to raise the
freeport exemption to 100 percent.
"We need to work with the county
to do it properly," he said.
In other business, the city
amended the city solid waste ordi
nance, eliminating the need to bag
grass clippings.
James Phillips, Perry sanitation
supervisor, said that grass and
leaves should be left unbagged at
the curbside. He said the city had a
vacuum truck, which it used to
suck up the grass and leaves and
take to the city's composting sites.
The council also approved a con
tract between the city and the Perry
Area Chamber of Commerce for
$12,000 for the chamber to provide
public relations and industrial rela
tions work for the city.
Churches plan activities for members, public
New Hope
Baptist
The church is presenting a week
of Vacation Bible School which fo
cuses on the theme "Come to the
Party, Celebrate Jesus".
Each day’s session will empha
size on celebration events from the
Life of Jesus.
Kids, teens and adults alike can
celebrate Jesus at New Hope Baptist
beginning Monday, June 13
through Friday, June 17 from 6-9
p.m.
Rev. Dennis Harden and Sisters
Bernice Norwood and Cassandra
Cassie invite the public "come to
the Party, Celebrate Jesus".
The church is located on W.F.
Ragin Drive in Perry.
First Freewill
Baptist
The public is invited to an old
time revival June 13-17 featuring
Evangelist Bro. Richard McFadden.
Services begin at 7:30 p.m. each
evening and will feature special
singing.
The church is located on Brady
Drive in Warner Robins.
Andrew United
Methodist
Sunday, June 12 will be a day of
celebration for the family of
AUMC with an outdoor 11 a.m.
worship service in the pecan grove.
An old fashioned picnic basket
lunch will immediately follow the
service. The congregation invites
members of the community to
come and fellowship with us.
In the past two years, the church
has grown by leaps and bounds
from a very small congregation to
an active congregation that reaches
from one end of the county to the
other. The church is excited about
the Christian experiences at Andrew
and want to share with those
looking for a church to be a part of.
Construction in Phase I begins this
month.
Church activities for the week
include the Methodist Youth Group
meeting Saturday at the church;
early morning worship Sunday at
8:30 a.m.; UMM at 9:15 a.m.; and
Sunday School for all ages at 9:45
a.m. Nursery provided for all ser
vices.
A new adult Sundav School
Working closely with her hus
band, Lathel has been the director of
the church's youth program and has
been a much sought after Bible
teacher. The Thomasons have a
son, Jason, who lives in Atlanta.
Rev. Thomason has chosen to
leave the active pastorate for further
way through law school.
He graduated in the top 25 per
cent of his class with a Bachelor of
Arts Degree from Mercer University
and later received a Juris Doctor
Degree from Mercer’s Walter F.
George School of Law. He was
even included in Who’s Who
Among American Law Students and
has had a law practice in Houston
County for the past five years with
offices in Warner Robins.
Outside of the business world,
Wynn says he enjoys spending time
with his family. They are all mem
bers of Green Acres Baptist Church
in Warner Robins, where Wynn,
himself, has served many years as a
Sunday School teacher.
Additionally, he says he has de
voted much of his time to develop
ing and guiding youth activities and
has coached both youth softball and
basketball. He currently serves as
the Parliamentarian of the Houston
County Chapter of the Democratic
Party of Georgia and is also a
member of the Warner Robins
Chamber of Commerce.
He is a two-year contributor to
the Robins Air Force Base 21st
Century Partnership and says that,
among the many other issues listed
on his campaign platform, as a
county commissioner, he “will do
everything possible to protect the
class will begin June 19 with study
on "What it means to be a disciple
of Christ as a Methodist in the 21st
century". A tent has been erected to
accommodate this new class.
At the South Georgia Annual
Conference at Wesleyan College on
June 13 at 8 p.m. the church's pas
tor, Rev. Gene Bates, will receive
his elders orders in an ordination
service and be received into full
connection to the annual confer
ence. On Wednesday, June 15 at
5:30 p.m. a* Mulberry Street
UMC, Macon, Andrew will be rec
ognized for being the church of the
year for the Macon District.
Bonaire United
Methodist
The church will be celebrating
its 100th anniversary in September.
A search is being conducted for in
formation on the following former
pastors:
R.A. Edmundson (1895), W.J.
Churchwell (1921), T.B. Kemp
(1934), J.T. Summcrford (1935-
37), Edward Ray (1943), James
Holston (1944), Comer Woodall
(1945) and E.G. Hutchings (1947).
Please mail any information
available to: Church Historian,
Bonaire UMC, P.O. Box 250,
Bonaire, GA 31005 or call the
church office (923-7317).
Houston Lake
Baptist
Sign up now for Youth Camp
and remember permission slips and
sls are needed no later than
Sunday, June 12.
Deacon election will be con
ducted Wednesday, June 15. Four
vacancies must be filled and the
candidates recommended are Willard
Parker, Curtis Rinehart, Bill
Chambers, Ken Kennedy and Mike
McMillan. A profile of these men
and a personal testimony from each
will be presented in the Sunday
morning service June 12.
Other opportunities for the week
include:
•Children's Super Saturday trip t
High Falls State Park Saturday,
June 11. The buses will be loaded
at 8:30 a.m. and the group will re
turn around 5 p.m.
•Southern Baptist Convention in
education. On September 1, he
will be affiliated with Emory
University Hospital's Clinical
Pastoral Education Program dealing
with persons in crisis. During the
summer, he will direct the youth
activities at Zoar United Methodist
Church also to serve as the Director
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future” of the base.
Other promises included on his
platform are to work aggressively
to create new jobs in the county; to
support lower taxes for senior citi
zens; and to work for an improved
transportation system including the
paving of unpaved roads, the exten
sion of Russell Parkway to Inter
state 75, the four-laning of Houston
Lake Road from Perry to Warner
Robins, the initiation of a north
south road between Russell Park
way and Feagin Mill Road to reduce
the traffic on Moody and Houston
Lake Roads, and the four-laning
and completion of the Golden Isle
Parkway.
Other promises on his platform
are: to cooperate with the local
sheriff’s department and district
attorney’s office to work for a safer
Houston County; to support and
provide equal representation for all
citizens; to work to improve the
water system; and a commitment to •
good management of county money
providing citizens the most services
for the least cost.
The first round of the elections
comes on July 19 with the General
Primary Elections during which
voters will one candidate from each
of the Republican and Democratic
parties.
Saturday, June 11,1994 Houston Times -Journal-
Orlando, FI. is June 13-17.
•WUM meets Tuesday, June 14
at 7 p.m.
First Baptist
Perry
A reception will be held in the
Fellowship Hall to celebrate Mrs.
J. Frank (Exie) Rozar's 90th birth
day on Sunday, June 19 from 2-4
p.m.
Congratulations to Robert and
Patti Cordova upon the birth of
their son, Rendell Oren (Orry).
Proud grandparents arc Ann and
Mitchell Taylor and Sarah Cordova.
Summer will be an exciting
time for the children of the church.
Activities planned include trips to
Zoo Atlanta, Crystal Lake, Stone
Mountain and much more. Parents
are needed to help with transporta
tion and as chaperones. Please con
tact Becky to volunteer.
Stand 4 Him Summer '94 has
officially kicked off. This Saturday
at 7 a.m. 24 students and seven
adults will take off for Orlando,
Fla. as World Changers. This group
will join eight other church in do
ing renovation work in low income
housing projects.
The church membership is in
vited to the June 11 wedding cere
mony for Jennifer Alisha Brooks
and Keith L-oe Beck. The wedding
will be held at the church at 2 p.m.
Members are encouraged to give
blood on June 14 at CB&T Bank or
on June 20 at Perry Hospital. Each
drive begins at noon and lasts until
5:30 p.m.
Other opportunities for the
week:
•Sunday School weekly workers
meeting will be held Wednesday at
6 p.m.
•Weekly visitation is Monday at
6:30 p.m.
Perry United
Methodist
As several adults and youth leave
this Sunday to participate in
Habitat for Humanity in
Charleston, S.C., the church family
is requested to remember the group
in their prayers. For a whole week,
the group will travel, work,
minister and live together. Look for
a report on the trip in next week's
of Christian Education.
Thomason has been actively in
volved with the Perry Players hav
ing leads in several of the Players'
productions. He has also been cast
in Macon Little Theater produc
tions.
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Budget, from 1A
Houston Lake Road to U.S. 341
South.
The six largest expenditures in
the 1995 budget are in the Perry
Police Department, Street
Department, Sanitation
Department, Fire Department, ad
ministration and Recreation
Department.
The Perry Police Department
will receive $1.6 million in the
new budget, an increase of seven
percent over the 1994 budget.
Included in the budget are two po
lice cars. Moore noted that the city
normally purchases four new police
vehicles each year.
The street department will re
ceive $960,000 in 1995, down
$329,000 from 1994. The decrease
is primarily due to several com
pleted projects in 1994.
The sanitation department will
see its budget increase by 10 per
cent, the largest increase in the gen
eral fund budget, to $776,000.
Included in the 1995 budget is
$72,000 for new vehicles.
Perry will spend $36,000 more
for fire protection in 1995 than it
did in 1994, an eight percent in
crease. Included in the $471,000
budget are a new base radio station,
10 sets of firefighter bunker gear
and a new rabbit tool to excavate
people from wrecked vehicles.
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Messenger. The group leaves from
behind the Cross Way Sunday at 1
p.m. and will return Saturday, June
18 around 2 p.m.
Youth can sign up now for mid
dle school and senior high camps to
be held in July. Registration forms
are available in the church office.
Wally Shaw will be taking over
for Chris Murrell this week since
he and 47 Prime Timers will be
leaving Saturday morning for a five
day cruise to the Mexican
Caribbean. Please keep this group
in your thoughts and prayers as
they travel.
Also, congratulations to Shaw
for being selected Teacher of the
Year at Houston County High
Rehoboth Baptist
Church
The Children's Department is
having a picnic at Rozar Park
Saturday, June 18, beginning at
10:30 a.m. Children in grades one
through six are invited to come and
enjoy a time of fun and games as
well as lots of good food.
Also on June 18, the Pre-school
Department is having a special time
of "Fun in the Sun" from 11 a.m.
until 12:30 p.m for Pre-schoolers
only. Parents, this is an opportu
nity for you to leave you pre
schooler in good hands for an hour
and and a half and for them to enjoy
some water fun, games and a pic
nic. (Children are encouraged to
wear their swimsuits.)
Three couples from the church
will be travelling to Orlando, Fla.,
next week as Messengers to the
Southern Baptist Convention. They
are Mr. and Mrs. Wood Rush, Mr.
and Mrs. Curtis Fountain and Rev.
and Mrs. John Waters. The dates of
SBC are June 13-16.
Women's Aglow
Willie Mae Wesley will be the
speaker for Perry Women’s Aglow
on Saturday, June 18, at the
County Extension Building
meeting at 10 a.m.
Our chapter has a Bible Study at
the New Perry Hotel on the first
Tuesday of each month. Etah
Garcia will be the teacher. For
more information call 987-1393 or
987-4977.
Friends from the community are
invited to join the Crossroads
church family in bidding the
Thomasons farewell at the reception
on June 12. The services on June
19 will be the final ones for this
parsonage family at Crossroads.
City administration, not count
ing the mayor's salary, will go up
six percent to $429,000. Mayor
Jim Worrall will see his salary de
creased S3OB to $21,012 from
$21,320.
The Perry Parks and Recreation
Department will see its budget
slashed by two-thirds. In 1994, the
department received just over $1
million. In 1995, the department
will receive $333,000.
Most of the savings in the parks
and recreation budget will come
with the completion of the
Community Center at Rozar Park
for which $762,000 was budgeted
in the 1994 budget
In 1995, Perry will spend
$35,100 to build a large (1,440
square feet) and small (800 square
feet) picnic shelter at Rozar Park
next to the lakes. The city will re
ceive a $12,500 grant from the
Georgia Department of Natural
Resources and an SB,OOO donation
to help in constructing the two pic
nic shelters.
Also included in the 1995 budget
is a three percent across-the-board
salary increase for city workers.
"This year," said Moore, "the
same as in the past, for budget
purposes, is going to be a tough
one."
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