The Press-Dispatch
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013 C-1 Church notes���������Opinion���������Letters to the editor���������Files OUT of the past Services listed at area churches First baptist church Petersburg (Near the Post Office) ���Rejoice in the Lord. Again I say, rejoice in the Lord.��� Sunday school for all ages 9:30; worship 10:30. Wednesday at 7 is ���Kids Club��� and adult Bible study. Women are invited to the first Lenten breakfast at First Baptist Feb. 16 at 8 a.m. Watch for other dates in the paper, hosted by other churches. Next scheduled baptism is Feb. 24 during morning worship. Don���t just go to church, be a part of a church. First Baptist is growing and reaching out for Christ. Join us each Sunday. Each (previous) Sunday morning message is on WWBL 106.5 Sundays at 9 a.m. ���God is good all the time.��� C. Baxter, Pastor For I am the Lord thy God, the holy one of Israel thy Saviour. God said I am the first and the last. Jesus said, I will never leave you nor forsake you. I am with you always. Jesus loves us. He died for the sins of everyone. God is love. Jesus loves you. Church website: www. glezenrevivalcenter.org. Don Priest, Pastor Jerry Blackwell, Assistant Pastor Billie A. Grubb, Reporter vincent christian church 8264 E. State Rd. 56 Morning worship and the Lord���s supper 9:30 a.m.; Bible school at 10:30; evening worship at 6:30. This Sunday morning guest speaker will be Byron Holtsclaw. You are invited to these services. Missions Byron Holtsclaw is the minister of First Christian Church in Washington. He also works with Leadership for Christ International. In this work he has been in Nagaland, South Korea and other countries. Leaders for Christ International had their seventh conference in South in 2012 and are planning one in South Korea for this year. Men from many countries attend these conferences for encouragement and training. I hope you can attend this service. Because He Lives. John Manges, Minister rumbletown free methodist church 1485 N. St. Rd 57 Petersburg Sunday school 9:30; children���s Sunday school and morning worship 10:30; Sunday evening worship on hiatus until March 9; Tuesday Bible study 4 p.m. ���We love because he first loved us��� (I John 4;19 NIV). God sent us a Valentine. His name is Jesus. He loved us enough to die for us. Love Him enough to live for Him. We invite you to worship with us at Rumbletown, the Brenton Chapel little Church with the big Church of Christ heart that stands beside the 1194 E. Co. Rd. 400 N. road. Prides Creek Road, The Rumbletown Church Petersburg is located three and one half Sunday morning Bible miles south of Petersburg on classes 10; worship 10:30; Indiana State Road 57. evening worship 6; WednesChurch phone���354-8312 day evening Bible study 7. Jim Harrell, Pastor George Fiscus, Minister First Church of God christian 2135 E. Main Street holiness church Petersburg 1252 St. Rd. 57 S. Services 9:30 a.m. and 6 Located six miles bep.m.; children���s church 10 tween Petersburg and Oaka.m.; Wednesday night Bi- land City junction. ble study at 6. Sunday school 9:30; Come and join us, you are morning worship 10:30; always welcome. evening service 6; Thurs���Thou shalt love the Lord day prayer meeting 7. thy God with all thy heart We extend a warm weland with all thy soul; and come to everyone. with all thy mind. This is the Rick Walburn, Pastor first and greatest commandment and the second is like Iva Union Church unto it thou shalt love thy Sunday school 9:30 folneighbor as thyself��� (Mat- lowed by a short worship thew 22:37-39). service; Wednesday Bible Lisa Wilson, Reporter study 7. St. Peter���s Lutheran Church Stendal Bible verse of the week: ���For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does. The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love��� (Psalm 33:45 NIV). Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., Ash Wednesday worship with Holy Communion; choir practice after service. Sunday school 9 a.m.; worship 10:15. WOW Bible study Tuesday at 7 p.m. Wednesday���Lenten Soup supper at 6:30 p.m.; Lenten service at 7:30 and choir practice after service. Edwin H. Wicks, Pastor glezen revival center Sunday school 9:30, Phillip Sharp superintendent, Rick Jones, adult class teacher; morning worship and children���s church 10:15; evening worship 6; Wednesday evening Christian Education 7, youth class in Life Center 7, and classes for all age groups. Saturday, Feb. 16���Couples��� Valentine���s Day celebration from 6 to 9 p.m. in Family Life Center. Bring a casserole, soup or covered dish, and dessert and participate in fun and games and share good food. ���I am the Lord your God, your Saviour��� Now saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and formed thee, O Israel. Fear not for I have redeemed thee. I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine. when thou passeth through the waters I will be with thee and through the rivers they shall not overflow thee. When thou walkest through the fire thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. Everyone is welcome. Mary Gray, Reporter pleasant grove g.b. church Spraggins Sunday school 9:30, Kathy Miller, superintendent; Michael Miller, morning speaker at 10:30. Everyone is welcome. Sunday school lesson for Feb. 17���Clothes with Christ. Last week���s Trivia question and answer: What specific phase of the moon did Paul mention in Colossians 2? Answer: New moon. Question for next week: Paul identifies the term covetousness with what other word? Hint���Colossians. Mini message: Living the new life People must be able to see a difference in the way you lived your life as a nonChristian and the way you live life after accepting Christ. Still we should not expect instant maturity as Christians and think we will never sin or make mistakes, because these things will happen. Growing in Christ is a life long process. It must be, we will either be moving toward Christ or moving away from him. If we keep listening to God we will keep changing and going forward all of the time. For the times that we may slip up there is hope. Reconciliation is possible. Confess your sins to God and get moving in the right direction again. Changes in your new life may be slow, but it will change for the better if you put your trust in Christ to lead you. Until next week���Keep listening to God and making positive changes. Fred Faith, Deacon Kathy Miller, Reporter Immanuel Baptist Church 295 W. Main St. Petersburg The Immanuel Baptist Church is located next to the Jay C Store in Petersburg. Sunday school 9:30 a.m.; morning worship 10:40; evening worship 6:30. Tuesday Church visitation at 5 p.m. Wednesday ladies Bible study at 10 a.m.; prayer and Bible study at 6:30 p.m. This Wednesday, Church business meeting at 6:30 p.m. ���Wisdom is better than strength��� (Ecclesiastes 9:16). Larry Barr, Pastor Religious viewpoint One thing By Pastor Cornelius R. Stam Referring to the great Temple of God, which King David so earnestly hoped to build, he said: ���One thing have I desired of the Lord; that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in His temple��� (Psalm 27:4). Similarly, when Martha of Bethany complained to Jesus that Mary ���sat at [His] feet and heard His Word��� while she was left to serve alone, the Lord answered: ���Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things, but one thing is needful, and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her��� (Luke 10: 41, 42). Today, with regard to the message of grace from the ascended, glorified Lord, the Apostle Paul exhorts us: ���Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly���(Colossians 3:16). Wonderful results follow such a determination to know Christ through the Word. When the Lord Jesus opened the eyes of the blind beggar, the poor man was immediately persecuted by the religious leaders of the day. He could not answer all of their questions but he could answer the one most important to himself: ���One thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see��� (John 9:25). The rest of the narrative relates how the blind beggar also received spiritual sight as, face to face with the Son of God, he exclaimed: ���Lord, I believe! ��� and���worshipped Him��� (Verse 38). But what about our conduct after spiritual sight has been bestowed? The most consecrated believer will acknowledge that he often fails to live up to the light he has received. St. Paul, by inspiration, gives us the solution to this problem also, saying: ���This one thing I do: forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press [strain] toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus��� (Philippians 3: 13, 14). ���Our first amendment freedom of religion��� By Clyde Dupin The First Amendment to the Constitution is the one most often misunderstood. It may be because of Hitler���s tactics in the 1930s. Tell a lie and say it often, keep it simple, and make it burn. With this philosophy he almost conquered the world. In America, a statement totally out of context is used by the elite media, liberal politicians, Supreme Court Justices, educators and liberal clergy. The words are simple but have absolutely nothing to do with our trusted Constitution. We hear them daily but never in the true context; ���separation of church and state.��� Here are the first words of the First Amendment to the Constitution. ���Freedom of religion, speech and the press, rights of assembly and petition.��� Read it over and note the first word, ���Freedom��� and then ���Religion.��� The next paragraph explains that America shall not establish one particular church as England had done. Most of our children and even college students have been denied this basic and important part of our heritage and American history. As a result our schools now have shootings and kids getting pregnant by the thousands. The Bible is no longer read and prayers are seldom offered. As a result we have moral decline and a government gone socialist. Our culture has become pagan and our movies and video games are filled with violence. In America, we see how cultural and political elites seem blinded to the historic Christian faith. Our politicians justify the taking of innocent life and provide abortion pills to our youth at taxpayers��� expense. While politicians approve the killing of babies, as Mother Teresa lamented, but they are shocked when our schools Continued on page 4 Continued on page 4 buffet saturday feb. 16 5���7:30PM supper SERving 4 KindS of Soup -all HoMEMadEChili, Vegetable Beef, Potato and Chicken Corn Chowder With Choice of Sandwiches, Desserts and Drinks fREE-will offERing: proceeds go to wg Bldg. fund Walnut Grove united Methodist ChurCh 4 miles south of Monroe City on State Road 61, watch for large white sign on E. side of highway. 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