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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, August 28, 2019 C-1 CHURCH Submit church items: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg and the program was well presented by ev- eryone who had a part in it. Steve and I were happy to be asked by Ca- thedral Health facility to play for their sum- mer family picnic. We had a lot of fun enter- taining them and we even got to eat a good meal as well. Another extended health care center which is very neat and clean, all the Homes we play for have always been neat and well cared for. Someone asked us if we are looking for a facility for when we get old- er. I must admit they all run a pretty even race when it comes to being neat and clean. Our Sunday school topic was about how God Almighty pours His heart out to us through His ministers and we all turn our ears away so we can't or won't listen to His love. God is pleading for us to return to hav- ing a compassionate heart and caring for one another. We also have lots of things competing with our devotion and it isn't that hard to give God a couple of hours on Sun- days. There is coming a time when we will bow our knee to answer for our lives and I would love to have our Lord tell me to enter in you have been faithful over a few things. Don't wait too long to make a decision for God and the life He would like you to live. The morning lesson covered bitterness and how it can destroy your devotion. My wife is a good preacher with a congrega- tion of one. She has told me for years that if someone does you wrong it isn't them who suffers, but the one who keeps the offense in their heart just looking for an opportuni- ty to release their anger on them is the one who suffers from being upset. The offend- er most often doesn't care that they hurt you nor do they care how upset you are. In the mean time you have wasted a portion of your heart that should have been reserved for your love of God. We talked about the fact we have two ears and one mouth so we should listen twice as much as we speak. Of- tentimes if we would have taken the time to listen there may have not been any reason to even be upset. You have heard from God now be a doer of the word. Let's get out there in the world and be the guy who opens doors for people and being friendly to all those you can, so be a bless- ing and be blessed. We are taught in Romans 5 that the be- liever in Christ receives justification, peace with God, access to God and the "hope," or anticipation, of sharing His glory some day. God wants His children to enjoy this com- ing glory by faith, to live in eager anticipa- tion of it. How much there is to humiliate us in this life! God created man in His own image and likeness, but man sinned and fell from his exalted position. To Adam God said: "Cursed is the ground because of thee; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life." Since that dreadful day man's life has been a constant struggle. Everything tends to go wrong rather than right. Each has his share of trouble, sorrow, sickness and then — death, the greatest humiliation of all, when in sickness and pain, or at best in ut- ter weakness, he must give up this life itself. Sin and the fall! This is what modern sci- ence and philosophy fail to face up to. Most popular scientists and philosophers today hold that man has come up from the slime pit and the ape to modern man; that man is improving all the time. But the truth of God's Word is that man has fallen through sin and is growing worse morally and spir- itually until now he can kill more of his fel- lowmen faster than he ever could before. But it is this fact, this fact of sin and the fall that God has so graciously provided for. He took all the suffering and shame, paid all the penalty for our sins, and then rose from the dead so that we might rejoice in the hope, the eager anticipation, of glory to come! As St. Peter puts it in I Pet. 1:3: "[He] hath begotten us again unto a liv- ing hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead." The Church Page is made possible by the following Firms and Businesses: Amber Manor Care Center Petersburg — 812-354-3001 Benner & Co. 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They found the sec- ular and liberal teaching to be at odds with their Christian faith and values. The liber- al socialist mindset on many campuses is to make it politically incorrect to be a person of faith. They found their educational expe- rience to be hostile to Christianity. According to a recent Gallup Poll, our teens leave home with a strong faith. The survey found 95% believe in God. Accord- ing to this survey 91% of teens believe in heaven and 76 % believe in hell. A fter a few years in a college classroom hostile to God many lose their way. What will your teens find next fall when they leave for college? Unless it is a Chris- tian college with strong values the gay and lesbian organizations will be encouraged and subsidized while Christian organiza- tions will be discour- aged and scorned by most faculty mem- bers. On one campus they encourage gay faculty to serve as role models for stu- dents. The peer pres- sure can be overwhelming, and many stu- dents lose their faith and traditional values. Our young people deserve to know the truth and be sheltered from evil when pos- sible. Parents should teach their children God's Word and establish them in a good Bible teaching church. Sending your chil- dren to a Christian college may cost more but, in the years ahead, you may see it as your best investment. In this time of a polit- ical and religious generational change pro- tect your children. Our week started out with my grandson and I going to Somebody's Place to unload the pantry truck. Ray Loveless watched Wy- att while we worked with the truck and the grandson really likes Ray so I didn't have to worry about him. By the time we left the guys had sugared Wyatt up so much he was running on high octane. Mamaw was real proud of her high speed kid. The other guys must like him too because they all had him going and they even said that he almost act- ed like Papaw because he always has a sto- ry to tell you. If you are like my family we make a run almost weekly to get a prescription filled at one pharmacy or another. If my medicine didn't do good for me I would ask my doc- tor to drop some of it, but he convinced me about the meds I'm on is why I feel as good as I do. I have been exercising daily for more than a year and I am seeing results muscle wise but my weight just stays the same. My doctor said it is odd that my weight doesn't vary much and it has been this way for about seven years. The exercising has helped my blood work to be lots better in most areas but my sugar and it is a little higher than I would like it to be. The doctor told me what to cut out and when I'm doing this I feel hun- gry almost all the time. We can and we will do what we have to do. Time really flies because believe it or not we celebrated our grandson's fourth birth- day. I'm not ready for him to grow up so fast. I must admit it does make me happy to see him changing from a little mischie- vous knot-head to a pretty good little boy. My mom used to tell me when we were rais- ing our boys that if they didn't act up a lit- tle there was room for worry. So I learned to adapt to this fact and our boys were cer- tainly normal boys. We were invited to the 4H award presen- tation this past Saturday night to see Willow receive her prizes for being second in the cutest baby contest. Her prizes were nice Continued on page 2 RIVER OF LIFE 342 E. CR 300 N. Petersburg Sunday morning worship 10 a.m.; Sunday evening worship 6 p.m. and Con- sumed youth group 7 p.m.; Wednesday evening Bible study 7 p.m.; Men's ministry meeting every other Thurs- day 10 a.m. If you would like a ride to WASHINGTON ASSEMBLY OF GOD 320 S. Meridian Street Washington Sunday school 9:30 a.m.; morning worship 10 :30 a.m.; Wednesday evening dinner and Bible study at 6 p.m. and from church services, call 812-354-8800. Jim Gidcumb, Pastor ARTHUR G.B. CHURCH 5670 S. St. Rd. 61 Winslow 812-582-0354 AYRSHIRE VALLEY G.B. CHURCH 1947 E. Co. Rd. 375 S. Winslow Phone: 812-354-3862 Sunday school 9:30 a.m., Jim King, superintendent, Paul Couts, assistant; morn- ing worship 10 :30 a.m.; Sunday evening 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday evening Bible study 6:30 p.m. My hope and prayer for all people who read this is that you will make a decision to confess the past, repent from your sins and accept Je- sus as the Savior and Lord. See our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/Ayr- shireValleyGB. Frank A. Coleman, Pastor BETHEL G.B. CHURCH 4933 E. Co. Rd. 900 S. Stendal Sunday school 9:30 a.m.; morning worship 10 :30 a.m.; first and third Wednesday of each month, Bible study at 7:30 p.m. • Sunday, Sept. 1, Assis- tant Sunday. • Wednesday, Sept. 4, Bi- FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 8th and Poplar Street Petersburg 812-354-6582 Welcome to our church family Sunday activities: 9 a.m. GLEZEN G.B. CHURCH Corner of Center and Sycamore Sunday school 9:30 a.m.; morning worship 10 :30 a.m., Dwight Howe will be brining the message; Wednesday Bi- ble study at 6:30 p.m. Remember those on our MT. PISGAH G.B. CHURCH 6100 S. Augusta Broadway Street Winslow Pastor 812-582-0756 Adult Sunday school at 9:15 a.m.; Sunday morning worship at 10 :15 a.m., chil- dren's Sunday school during morning worship; youth on Sunday evenings at 6 p.m.; Wednesday prayer and de- votions at 6:30 p.m. "Behold I am coming quickly" (Revelation 22:7). What would you say about a person who had made a hundred promises to you and already kept ninety-nine BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH An Independent Baptist Church 4995 N. Co. Rd. 850 E. Otwell (Meeting in the Iva Union Church building) Sunday school for chil- dren and adults 9 a.m.; Sun- day morning worship ser- vice 10 a.m.; Sunday evening service, Youth Group (6th grade through 19 years old), and Patch Club (four years old through 5th grade) 6 p.m.; Thursday, prayer ser- vice 7 p.m. Scott Fulcher, Pastor Sunday school 9:30 a.m.; morning worship and chil- dren's church 10 :30 a.m.; Sunday evening Bible study at 6 p.m.; Business meeting third Sunday of the month. We will be having our Homecoming Sunday, Sept. 22. Bring a friend, covered dish and join us. Meal served following the morning service. "God being rich in mer- cy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ-by grace you have been saved" (Ephe- sians 2:45). Remember those in prayer who have lost loved ones. May God grant peace and comfort. We invite you to worship with us at any of our ser- vices. Ralph Newkirk, Pastor Marla Morrison, Report- er Praise Band practice; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school for two years old-adult; and 10 :30 a.m. Sunday worship. Wednesday activities: Adult Bible study 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. No Kids/Grub to Club through the sum- mer; Youth: sixth grade through 12th grade from 6:15 -7:30 p.m. Welcoming our new pas- tor Michael Miller. His first sermon will be on Sunday, Sept. 1. Michael Miller, Pastor Bill Slaven, Deacon Chairman of them? You probably would think he was honest enough to fulfill the last promise as well wouldn't you? Jesus Christ has fulfilled every promise ever made except one. He has not returned. Will He? In both the New and Old Testaments, there are ref- erences to the return of the Lord. Isaiah, for example, looked forward to the day when the Messiah's return would be a reality. "Behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former shall not be remembered or come to mind" (Isaiah 65:17). If at any time you have no church to attend, feel free to join us for services. I am sure you will leave feeling blessed by the presence of the Lord. Jerry "Tuffy" Blackwell, Pastor Sharon Kendall, Reporter ble study. Studying Job 37- 39. • Sunday, Sept. 8, regu- lar business meeting after morning worship service. • Sunday, Sept. 15, Rev. Ed Stevens Day. • Wednesday, Sept. 18, Bi- ble study. Studying Job 40 - 42. • Sunday, Sept. 22, fourth Sunday and morning wor- ship offering will go to the building fund. • Sunday, Sept. 29, fifth Sunday and we will have Communion service during the morning worship ser- vice. Bible Trivia Last week's answer to: Whose daughters were said to be the most beau- tiful in the land? Answer: Job. Reference: Job 42:15. Q: How much gold did the queen of Sheba give Solomon? Answer to come next week. Steve Selby, Pastor Elaine Barrett, Reporter