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Trinity United Methodist
Church located on 129 S
Houston Road in Warner
Robins will be holding a
sunrise service on the front
lawn at 6:30 a.m., Sunday.
A Worship Service will be
held in the sanctuary at
8:30 a.m.
Praise and worship serv
ice will be held in the
Family Life Center at 9:30
a.m.
Sunday School will be
9:45 a.m.
A cantata, “Eyes of
Faith" will begin at 11 a.m.
in the sanctuary.
• • •
Oak Level Easter Sunrise
Service will be held Sunday
at 6 a.m. Breakfast will be
served afterward.
The church is located at
442 Lake Joy Road in
Kathleen. The Rev. Clyde
Turner is pastor.
• • •
Central Baptist Church
at 1647 Watson Blvd. in
Good teachers create classrooms free of ridicule
QUESTION: You once
wrote about an over
weight fourth-grade girl
who was teased by nine
aggressive boys as she
entered the classroom
all while the teacher
looked on in silence.
What would you have
done if you had been the
teacher on that day?
DR. DOBSON: Those
mocking, joking boys would
have had a fight on their
hands, I promise you that.
Of course, it would have
been better if the embar
rassment could have been
prevented by discussing the
feelings of others from the
first day of school. But if the
conflict occurred as
described, with Nancy sud
denly being humiliated for
everyone to see, I would
have thrown the full weight
of my authority and respect
on her side of the battle. Mv
spontaneous response would
have carried this general
theme:
“Wait just a minute! By
what right do any of you
His epitaph was written on the wind
Early last spring Beverly
and I made a bike trip from
Fort Valley to Marshallville
to enjoy the blooming flow
ers and beautiful farmland.
We traveled the back roads
to avoid highway traffic.
Traveling down Sleepy
Hollow Road we noticed a
small roadside graveyard
inside a wooded tract. We
parked our bicycles to inves
tigate. There we found
graves reflecting birth dates
in the 1800 s; some with epi
taphs etched thereon. Since
all deceased persons are
entombed in some fashion, I
thought how radically dif
ferent were the burial facts
of Jesus relative to the great
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Warner Robins will hold an
Easter Sunrise Service at 7
a.m. (at the Pavilion on
Hatcher and Lake Joy
Roads.
Sunday School will be
8:30 and 9:45 a.m. at the
Watson Boulevard location
and worship services will
be held at 9:45 and 11 a.m.
on Watson Boulevard.
For more information,
call 923-2615.
• • •
Oakland Baptist Church,
located at 1509 Russell
Parkway in Warner Robins,
will be celebrating Easter
Sunday with a sunrise serv
ice at 7 a.m. followed by
breakfast at 8 a.m.
Sunday School will begin
at 9 a.m. with the worship
service following at 10 a.m.
There will be no evening
services.
Everyone is invited.
Call 923-3533 for more
information.
• • •
Grace Church will be
holding special services for
Dr. James Dobson
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boys say such mean, unkind
things to Nancy? I want to
know which of you is so per
fect that the rest of us could
n't make fun of you in some
way? I know you all very
well. 1 know about your
homes and your school
records and some of your
personal secrets. Would you
like me to share them with
the class, so we can all laugh
at you the way you just did
at Nancy? 1 could do it! I
could make you want to
Billy Powell
Guest Columnist
prophets of other world reli
gions such as Islam’s
Mohammed, Buddhism’s
Lessons learned from a rusty nail
A friend talked of walking
through the woods one
afternoon in the spring.
Strolling along, picking
an occasional flower, she
stepped on a rusty nail.
For many people, a mishap
of this nature would have
spoiled the pleasure.
But, being of a humble
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Holy Week at Rozar Park.
On Sunday, a sunrise
service and Breakfast will
be held at 7 a.m. with
Easter worship Services
beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Pastor is Ed McMinn.
• • •
Rehoboth Baptist Church
in Perry will hold a sunrise
service at 7 a.m., Sunday.
Breakfast will be served
after the Service.
• • •
Houston Lake Baptist
Church will have a sunrise
service at 7 a.m., Sunday
with a light breakfast
immediately following.
An Easter Cantata will be
presented during the
Morning Worship Service
at 10:30 a.m.
Egg Hunt
First United Methodist
Church at 205 N. Davis
Drive in Warner Robins
will be holding an Easter
Egg Hunt April 10 at 10
a.m.
crawl into a hole and disap
pear.
“But listen to me! You
need not fear. 1 will never
embarrass you in that way.
Wby not? Because it hurts to
be laughed at by your
friends. It hurts even more
than a stubbed toe or a cut
finger or a bee sting.
“I want to ask those of you
who were having such a
good time a few minutes
ago: Have you ever had a
group of students make fun
of you in the same way? If
you haven't, then brace
yourself. Someday it will
happen to you, too.
Eventually you will say
something foolish some
thing that will cause every
one to point at you and
laugh in your face. And
when it happens, 1 want you
to remember what hap
pened today.
(Then addressing the
entire class) “Let's make
sure that we learn some
thing important from what
took place here this after
noon First, we will not be
Gautama Buddha, and
Taoism’s Lao-tzu. Their
remains can be found decay
ing in a grave somewhere in
the world today, but not
Jesus. His epitaph was writ
ten on the wind by an angel
who proclaimed from the
empty tomb: “He is not
here, He is risen!”
Some intellectuals sdoff at
the possibility of a resurrec
tion. To do so is to limit the
power of God. Man’s
Creator made him different
ly from animals. Whereas
an animal has neither
thought of death nor of an
after-life, it was God’s
pleasure to create man with
free will and to hard wire
nature, my friend saw
beyond her pain to a more
major incident.
Her thoughts focused on
another Friend who once
experienced severe pain
induced by nails.
Continuing her walk, she
meditated upon the mild
ness of her pain in compari
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Easter services on
Sunday will be held at 8:30
and 10:50 a.m.
Also Sunday, the Chancel
Choir will present “Eyes of
Faith, Seeing and Believing
the Messiah,” a new Easter
musical by David Cldesdale
will be presented.
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Saint Christophers’ at
the Crossroads Episcopal
Church will hold the follow
ing Holy Week Services:
• Today - Good Friday
Liturgy at 7:30 p.m.
• Saturday - Holy
Saturday Easter Even Rite
at 7:30 p.m.
• Sunday - Feast of the
Resurrection Festival Holy
Eucharist at 9:45 a.m.
Dance fever
A Saturday Night Dance
Fever Dance is planned to
be held at the Glenwood
Hills United Methodist
Church at 3357 Rice Mill
mean to each other in this
class. We will laugh together
when things are funny, but
we will not do it by making
one person feel bad.
“Second, I will never
intentionally embarrass
anyone in this class. You can
count on that. Each of you is
a child of God. You were
made with his loving hands,
and he has said that we all
have equal worth as human
beings. This means that
Susie is neither better nor
worse than Wade or Mary or
Brent.
“Sometimes I think maybe
you believe a few of you are
more important than others.
It isn’t true. Every one of
you is priceless to God, and
each of you will live forever
in eternity. That's how valu
able you are. God loves
every boy and girl in this
room, and because of that, I
love every one of you. He
wants us to be kind to other
people, and we’re going to be
practicing that kindness
through the rest of this
year.”
into his psyche a desire to
live beyond this earthly
domain.
Would a loving God create
man with the quest for
immortality and then aban
don him at the grave? The
whole fabric of Christianity
rises or falls based upon the
resurrection. Can God raise
the dead? If God created
the heavens and earth and
breathed into man the
breath of life, it would pose
no obstacle for Him to res
urrect His own creation.
The Apostle Paul, in his
defense before King
Agrippa, asked the despot,”
O King, do you find it
incredible to believe that
son with that which Jesus
was subjected to as He was
nailed to the cross.
Making her way back
home, the lady said she
became less aware of her
discomfort and more aware
of Christ bleeding, suffering,
and dying for our sakes.
“He himself carried our
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The event is hosted by
the Fellowship of Christian
Singles and will begin at 8
p.m. and end at midnight.
Cost is $lO per person.
For more, call Sue
Klinger at 827-0178.
Spring revival
Oak Level Youth Spring
Revival is set for April 12-
19.
Guest speaker is Pastor
E.E. Ruffin of Mississippi.
The program will begin
at 7:30 p.m.
The church is located at
442 Lake Joy Road in
Kathleen.
Catotoratlon and
dedcatton
Hephzibah Children’s
Home located at 6601
Zebulon Road in Macon
invites everyone to a cele
bration and dedication of
the Bethlehem Stables, a
When a strong, loving
teacher comes to the aid of
the least respected child in
her class, as I’ve described,
something dramatic occurs
in the emotional climate of
the room. Every child seems
to utter an audible sigh of
relief. The same thought is
bouncing around in many
little heads: “If Nancy is safe
from ridicule even Nancy
then I must be safe too.”
By defending the least
popular child in the room, a
teacher is demonstrating (1)
that she has no “pets”; (2)
that she respects everyone;
(3) that she will fight for
unyone who is being treated
unjustly. Those are three
virtues that children value
highly, and that contribute
to mental health.
And may I suggest to par
ents: Defend the underdog
in your neighborhood. Let it
be known that you have the
confidence to speak for the
outcast. Explain this philos
ophy to your neighbors, and
try to create an emotional
harbor for the little children
God can raise the dead?”
The resurrection of Jesus
emboldened Paul to pen
these conquering words in
Romans: “0 death where is
thy sting? O grave where is
thy victory? Thanks be to
God. who giveth us the vic
tory through our Lord Jesus
Christ.”
A momentous expression
of faith came from the lips
of Job. In abject misery, Job
was sitting atop an ash
heap. He had lost his pos
sessions, his family and was
heset with agonizing physi
cal maladies. Instinctively
knowing that his next ren
dezvous might be with
death itself, he reached out
sins in His own body on the
cross so that we might die to
sins and live to righteous
ness." - 1 Peter 2:24,
Modem.
I wonder ... If I had been
the one who stepped on the
rusty nail, would I have
looked beyond my own
infliction - Do you think you
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The event will be held
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The Middle Ga. Christian
Women’s Club will host a
“It’s All In The Hands”
Luncheon April 19 at 11:30
a.m.
Cost is $10.50.
Laverne Lowe will tell
about her involvement with
the hearing impaired and
demonstrate sign language.
Guest soloist Amanda
Blasche will present music.
Guest speaker will be
Niki Brown of Athens who
will talk about “How to
Find a Cure for an Aching
Heart” as she shares her
life story.
For reservations call 328-
7033 or 923-6543.
whose ship has been threat
ened by a storm of rejection.
Don’t be afraid to exercise
leadership on behalf of a
youngster who is being
mauled. There is no more
worthy investment of your
time and energy.
• • •
Marriage is a lifetime
adventure that rewards
those who persevere. May is
“Marriage Month” on the
Focus on the Family daily
broadcast. Log on today to
www.family.org/marriage.
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Dobson, c/o Focus on the
Family, PO. Box 444,
Colorado Springs, CO
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to a Power beyond himself.
He declared, “1 know that
my redeemer liveth.” Joh
intuitively knew that his
redeemer was an
Intermediary capable of vin
dicating him either in this
world or the next. Job’s
Redeemer is Christ, the
Savior, who built a bridge of
redemption between sinful
man and Holy God.
With His atoning work
complete, Jesus promised, “
Because I live you shall live
also.” This is the message of
Easter —the hope that we
shall live again and be
reunited with our precious
loved ones.
could?
Editors Note: Selected
for inclusion in “Seasons
of Love ”, the second series
of articles compiled by
Earline Ross Cole. The
120 paf{e inspirational
book is expected to be in
released June .
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