The Press-Dispatch
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013 C-1 Church notes���������Opinion���������Letters to the editor���������Files OUT of the past Churches list coming events Otwell Wesleyan Church Sunday school 9:30 a.m.; morning worship 10:30 a.m.; evening worship service 6:30p.m. Tuesday morning women���s Bible study at the fellowship hall 10 a.m. Youth group every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the fellowship hall. All area youth are invited to attend. We invite all of you to come and worship with us. On Saturday, April 13, starting at 5:30 p.m. the Judith Montgomery Family will be in concert at our church. The Eyes of Love A grandmother and a little girl, whose face was sprinkled with bright red freckles, spent the day at the zoo. The children were waiting in line to get their cheeks painted by a local artist who was decorating them with tiger paws. ���You���ve got so many freckles, there���s no place to paint,��� a boy in the line cried. Embarrassed, the little girl dropped her head. Her grandmother knelt down next to her. ���I love your freckles,��� she said. ���Not me,��� the girl replied. ���Well, when I was a little girl I always wanted freckles,��� she said, tracing her finger across the child���s cheek. ���Freckles are beautiful.��� The girl looked up. ���Really?��� ���Of course,��� said the grandmother. ���Why, just name me one thing that���s prettier than freckles.��� The little girl peered into the old woman���s smiling face. ���Wrinkles,��� she answered softly. Roy Stilwell, Pastor Pam Lemond, Reporter 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 a.m.; worship 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday, Kids Club and adult Bible study continues with high-lighting the post-trib section of Revelation at 7 p.m. Micah 6:8 ministry will be having a special meal and program this Saturday at 6 p.m. in the Family Life Center. Tickets (for catered meal, entertainment and support) are $25 per person. This ministry is to help curb child slavery in a specific foreign area. Confirm your attendance ahead of time. Holy Open Golf Scramble will take place May 11, get signed up for this. Get a team. Funds go toward scholarships. Sunday evening we continue looking at a video series about ���Fan Follower?��� How do you see yourself in relation to 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!��� Dr. C. Baxter, Pastor abundant life church 409 S. 4th St., Petersburg Sunday services 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Thursday 7 p.m.; casual Bible study groups last Thursday of month 7 p.m. Can we eat enough on one day to last all week? It would be ridiculous to think we could eat enough in one winslow christian day to last all week. In the spiritual realm, no spiritug.b. church al experience is sufficient Union Street Sunday school 9:30; to satisfy us for an extendmorning worship service ed period of time. No special 10:30; Sunday evening wor- church service can provide ship 6; Wednesday, Bible enough spiritual food to last the rest of the week. study 7. Les Coomer, Pastor Spiritually speaking, whether we simply prepare Petersburg a small bowl of rice or a five Holiness Church course meal, the only an5317 N. Knox Road swer to spiritual strength Phone 354-9446 and maturity is to eat regSunday school 9:30; Sun- ularly. day worship 10:30; evening Oh, taste and see that the service 6:30; Wednesday Lord is good! Those who evening prayer and praise hunger and thirst after righmeeting 7. teousness shall be filled. Everyone is welcome to all Troy Johnson, Pastor services. Ron Ficklin, Reporter Craig Line, Pastor Betty Decker, Reporter The Church Alive 506 N. 9th St. St. John���s Petersburg Lutheran Church Sunday morning worship 6483 W 580 N, Otwell 10 a.m., Wednesday night Sunday, April 14: Food worship 7. Bank Sunday, Sunday school The Church Alive worship and Praise Team practice 9 Center is an Independent a.m.; LYO Fundraiser ser- Full Gospel Church that vice 10 a.m. welcomes all people to come Tuesday, April 16, Bible and worship God freely and study 7 p.m.; Wednesday, hear about the good things April 17, Confirmation 6:30 God has for his church and p.m. our community. Catherine Burnette, Are you looking for a Pastor church that preaches the Paula Mann, whole Bible, believes in the Administrative Assistant gifts of the Spirit in operation and teaches that the River Of Life Five Fold Ministry is needFellowship ed for the perfecting of the 342 E. CR 300 N. saints? Petersburg Pastors Mark and SanMorning worship 10; Sun- dy Davis welcome you to day evening worship and come and help us take back Consumed youth group 6. and restore the broken peoWednesday evening Bi- ple and reach out in our arble study and Extreme Kids ea for souls to be saved and 7 p.m. families lives to be changed. If you would like a ride to Hope to see you in church! and from church services, Mark Davis, Pastor call 354-8800. Greg Davis, Asst. Pastor Jim Gidcumb, Pastor and Music Director 30th AnnuAl Union Community Church 3082 N. CR 850 W., Union Sunday school 9:30; worship service 10:30, followed with lunch and Bible study. Kevin (Linda) Easton, Pastor First Church Of God 2135 E. Main, Petersburg Sunday services 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; children���s church 10 a.m.; Wednesday night Bible study at 6 p.m. Sunday, April 14���study on ���Not A Fan��� at 6 p.m. for five Sunday nights; also Ministries Council and Board of Trustees meetings. You are always welcome. Come and join us. ���Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him glory��� (Revelation 19:7). Lisa Wilson, Reporter Huntingburg Holiness Church Sunday morning service and Sunday school 10; Sunday evening worship 6; Wednesday prayer and praise 7. Everyone is always welcome. For information or transportation phone 354-4273 for a ride. Brent S. Myers, Pastor house of mercy Sunday morning worship service 10 a.m.; children���s class 10:10 a.m.; Teen class 10:45 a.m.; Sunday and Thursday night services 7 p.m.; Nursing home services fourth Sunday of each month at Amber Manor in Petersburg at 2 p.m., there will be no night service at House of Mercy on this day. Every other Tuesday night is intercessory prayer at 7 p.m. at House of Mercy. Where the Spirit of God Dwells Are you ready for your family to be saved, do you have friends that are lost? How about your neighbors, do they know Jesus as Lord and Savior? Jesus told us to go out into all the world and preach the gospel. Ghandi said he read the New Testament four times and almost became a Christian, until he came in contact with those who said they were followers of Jesus and he changed his mind. I pray that we will be followers of Jesus and that would cause others to want to know Jesus as Lord of their lives, that we truly shed the light of His love and we are salt that would cause them to be thirsty for Jesus. Look into the mirror of life and judge yourself. If you are looking for a house of worship come by and visit. We have a family atmosphere and people with big hearts of love desiring to see people grow in a relationship with Jesus. We will show you mercy and compassion as our Jesus did when He was upon this earth for He is our example. You will feel the presence of His Spirit and be refreshed and renewed. Remember to pray for your loved ones, friends and neighbors that are sick in body or facing problems of life. Only thing missing in ch-rch is you that don't know Jesus. Hope to see you in church Sunday. In His Service George Bruce, Pastor Continued on page 4 SAturdAy, April 13 free Supper at 5:30pm Auction at 7:00pm Large variety of items for saLe��� may incLude: Supper CrAft AuCtion AND Wood crafts/signs Hand-crafted shoplight Floral crafts Hand-painted chairs Crochet & fleece afghans Hand-made throws Home-made pies, cakes & candy Merchant donations Gift certificates Photography craft Original watercolor painting -More items added daily- ALL PROCEEDS GO TO WG BUILDING 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. Religious viewpoint Go, and sin no more By Pastor Cornelius R. Stam The self-righteous Pharisees had brought a fallen woman to Jesus and, ���when they had set her in the midst���, they began to accuse her, saying: ���Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest Thou?��� (John 8:5). They were using this fallen woman to embarrass the Lord into agreeing that this woman should be stoned, or else leaving Himself open to a charge of repudiating Moses��� Law. At first He made ���as though He heard them not���, but, when they continued asking, they got what they asked for! Simply answering: ���He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her���, the Lord turned away again to let that sentence do its work. They had ���set her in the midst���. Now He had set them in the midst and, ���being convicted by their own conscience���, they ���went out one by one��� (Verse 9). And there stood the woman alone before Him: a great sinner and a great Saviour. Since none of the Pharisees had dared to cast a stone at her, the Lord said: ���Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more��� (Verse 11). Thus the Lord graciously forgave the sinner-woman, yet without ignoring the demand of the Law. He had not denied that the woman deserved punishment. He had only pointed out that the Pharisees themselves were sinners; that they, like she, needed a Saviour. Thank God! Since ���Christ died for our sins���, God can justly forgive us���and He will, IF we but acknowledge our sin and our need of a Saviour, and do not join the self-righteous who keep ���going about to establish their own righteousness��� (Romans 10:3). ���This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners������ (I Timothy 1:15). God is very gracious to those who will acknowledge their sin and their need: ���For the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon Him.��� ���For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved��� (Romans 10:12,13). By Clyde Dupin ���First Pope from the New World��� In March hundreds of thousands in Rome and millions around the world anxiously watched as the white smoke curled from the chimney in St. Peter���s Square. The first Pope ever to be elected from South America is now Pope Francis. The 76-year old Pope is the first Jesuit priest ever to be chosen. Now the 1.2 billion Catholics have a leader who is a humble man of the people. The new Pope Francis has three strong beliefs. He is a conservative on social issues. He believes the gay lifestyle is a sin, same-sex marriages are condemned in the Bible and all life is sacred. Second, he is known for his humble lifestyle and this is why he chose the name Francis. Third, living and serving in a socialist country, he embraces socialism and simply believes in spreading the wealth. What impact will the new pope have on America? He will stand firm against abortion, same-sex marriage and the gay lifestyle. He will, no doubt, do this with love and humility. The 85 million Catholics in America now have a new leader. In America, only one-third of Catholics attend Mass weekly. Many liberal groups with a social agenda will oppose the new Pope as absolute ruler of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Francis will impact the world. Many still remember Pope John Paul II for his love and Continued on page 4 The Church Page is made possible by the following Firms and Businesses: Amber Manor Care Center Petersburg ��� 354-3001 Benner & Co. Heating and Air Petersburg ��� 354-3433 Computers Plus Radio Shack Petersburg ��� 354-9633 DougGlass DBA Hold Everything Self Storage ��� 354-1110 Four Star Fabricators Petersburg ��� 354-9995 www.fourstarfab.com German American Banking | Insurance | Investments Main Office ��� 354-8471 Harris Funeral Home 7th and Walnut Streets, Petersburg Phone: 354-8844 Martin���s Used Cars Monroe City ��� 743-2229 Play & Learn Preschool Campbelltown ��� 354-3999 Solar Sources Coal for Steam and Industrial Market Petersburg ��� 354-8776