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It is the faith of many Christians who feed the hungry, clothe the naked, make peace, and visit the sick and imprisoned. No matter how gut shot, blind or crazy, to serve another human being is to serve that Jesus they fi nd in the Bible. Retired Green River Baptist executive Billy Honeycutt quoted that passage from Matthew 25 as he ran the fl oor sweeper at Rutherfordton's First United Methodist Church during one of its community suppers which happen every Monday afternoon at 5. "People start showing up here as early as three or 3:30. They enjoy the fellowship; and of course for some this helps stretch a food budget," Honeycutt said. Also there on Monday nights are the participants in NETworX Rutherford, the nonprofi t ministry that looks to eliminate poverty in Rutherford County. What? Through a curriculum that puts emphasis on life-changing skills, NETworX teaches people how to overcome poverty. The group's director, Sandra Turner, manages training for volunteers and Monday night classes that teach people how to negotiate everything from dress to job interviews to attitudes dealing with prejudice and motivation. One of the group's volunteers, Malanie Price, said she came to the work two years ago thinking she would be a rescuer. "Now, I understand I'm the one who needs rescuing." She said middle class people often only know middle class people and therefore have no deep understanding of poverty. Price has a background in nonprofi t work with Hospice and Habitat organizations. She has also had experience with mental health service. She has high praise for NETworX as an opportunity to see poverty and her own life in new light. The group meets every Monday night at the community meal in the Rutherfordton church. The class follows the meal at First Baptist next door. Honeycutt said good things about the Baptists and Methodists working together to make the meal happen, also with the help of First Baptist in Forest City and St. Francis Episcopal Church. NETworX has hired Becky Pendleton to work as a coach in the program and encourage other coaches. Her husband, Rev. Keys Pendleton is on the group's board and serves Sunshine United Methodist Church in retirement. Other volunteers who were on hand recently were: Dan Smith, Bud Deck, Patsy Johnson, and April Williams. Folks who'd like to know more about the group can talk with Turner at 828-305-8094. Article provided by Pat Jobe at patjobe13@gmail.com. by Pat Jobe, Special To Rutherford Weekly by Pat Jobe, Special To Rutherford Weekly ENJOY OUR SPRING EDITION! ENJOY OUR SPRING EDITION! The Monday community meal at First United Methodist in Rutherford often draws a big crowd. The cooking and clean up The Monday community meal at First United Methodist in Rutherford often draws a big crowd. The cooking and clean up are the work of volunteers from the host church; First Baptist next door; St. Francis Episcopal down the street and First are the work of volunteers from the host church; First Baptist next door; St. Francis Episcopal down the street and First Baptist in Forest City. The meal is also attended by participants in the NETworX Rutherford anti-poverty ministry. Baptist in Forest City. The meal is also attended by participants in the NETworX Rutherford anti-poverty ministry. Running From The Call Local Pastor Says: "Be Angry, But Sin Not' A d nd nd Jes esus us s i ai aid, "I wa was s hu h ngry and you fed me." They asked, "When did we se see you hungry and feed you?" He answered, "Even when yo you feed the poorest among yo you, you feed me." Fro Fro From M m M m Matt att atthew hew hew 25 25 25 25 Many preachers tell the same story. You can't outrun the call to preach. Renee Kimbrough is in the fourth year of a preaching ministry that she ran from for decades. "I kept feeling God's call on me, but wouldn't answer," she said. Her earliest memory of a miraculous healing goes back to her childhood. The now great grandmother of seven, remembers very clearly massaging a baby's legs and praying for healing. She also prayed for a miraculous healing for a granddaughter whose doctors had told her she needed her legs to be broken to straighten them. She remembers praying and, "They did not need to break her legs." The call just kept getting reaffi rmed. One woman walked up to her at church, and said, "Why are you running?" She asked the woman what "running," she was talking about. The woman said, "You know what I'm talking about. You have the anointing on you." Rev. Kimbrough is an associate minister at the Holy Temple Church #2 on Hamilton Street in Forest City, a small but devoted congregation of Pentecostal folks whose anointing traces its roots back to the Azusa Street revivals in Los Angeles. Another woman told her, "As long as you're running, every time you go to church, you're gonna get whooped." Although she spent many years avoiding the call to preach, she was always willing to talk the spiritual life with others and continue to pray with others anywhere, any time. When she visits the local Senior Center, people ask her to pray. "One woman heard us praying from the kitchen, and she came out saying, 'I just want to get in on the praying.'" When asked about the advantages of being part of a small church, she said, "You don't have to worry about what other people think of you. If the Lord tells you to scream, you scream. If the Lord tells you to run, you run." If she could preach only one sermon, what would she preach? "Be angry, but sin not," she quoted the scriptures and added, "I talk about that a lot. If somebody smacks you, walk away. If you smack back, you're sinning." Criss Daniels, a longtime friend and neighbor said, "I've seen her do it. I've seen the change in her. She's as cool as a cucumber." Daniels also asked Rev. Kimbrough to tell the story about the robe. "I saw this robe hanging in the store and I said I really wanted it, but when I started out of the store with it, I thought that I didn't want that robe, so went back into the store, but a woman there told, 'That is your robe,' and I knew she was right. She asked me to pray and we prayed together right there in the store," she said. She has also had a vision of the gates of heaven opening and closing. She believes that is another sign that she should preach. Her message is one of welcome to all. She has one simple message for those who might visit the Holy Temple Church #2 on Hamilton Street, "Welcome to the neighborhood." Renee Kimbrough in a robe that called out to her in a Renee Kimbrough in a robe that called out to her in a Shelby store. She prayed with a woman in the store who Shelby store. She prayed with a woman in the store who encouraged her to buy the robe. encouraged her to buy the robe. by Pat Jobe, by Pat Jobe, Special To Rutherford Weekly Special To Rutherford Weekly H a p p y a p p y E E a s t e r a s t e r !

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