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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, September 30, 2020 B-5 CHURCH Submit church items: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg DAY FALL festival AND family FUN 8 1 2 - 3 2 4 - 9 0 1 0 • H w y . 4 1 ( 5 m i . N . o f V i n c e n n e s ) • Lu n c h M e n u • C a r a m e l A p p l e s • I n f l a t a b l e J u m p e r s • Wa t c h A p p l e C i d e r B e i n g P r e s s e d • M a n y A p p l e Va r i e t i e s • K o o l A d e t h e C l o w n Bushels of FUN! Apple Hill Orchard Saturday, Oct. 10 9am - 5pm EDT OPEN HOUSE RIVER OF LIFE 342 E. CR 300 N. Petersburg Sunday morning worship 10 a.m.; Sunday evening wor- ship 6 p.m. and Consumed youth group 7 p.m.; Wednes- day evening Bible study 7 p.m.; Men's ministry meet- ing every other Thursday 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 BETHEL G.B. CHURCH 4933 E. Co. Rd. 900 S. Stendal Sunday school at 9:30 a.m.; morning worship at 10 :30 a.m.; First and third Wednes- day of each month, Bible study at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4. Assistant Sunday. Wednesday, Oct. 7. Bible study, Psalm 76 -79. Sunday, Oct. 11, monthly business meeting. Sunday, Oct. 18, Pastor Ap- preciation Day. 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; morning wor- ship 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 Jesus as the Savior and Lord. See our Facebook page: www. facebook.com/AyrshireVal- leyGB. Frank A. Coleman, Pastor CROSSROADS BAPTIST CHURCH 2789 S. State Rd 57 Oakland City Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and worship service at 10 :30 a.m.; Wednesday at 6 p.m., adult and children's activities, with meal at 5:30 p.m. All times are CDT. We appreciated the commu- nity supporting our fall yard sale. Your generosity allowed us to have a great success, which directly provides funds for our community backpack school supplies, Easter egg hunt, Christmas toys for kids, baby shower for expectant mothers and our community Thanksgiv- ing dinner. Speaking of Thanks- giving, that it next on our so- cial calendar. Our church lead- ers will be meeting soon to dis- cuss the dinner, so stay tuned GR ACE G.B. CHURCH 1007 E. Union St. Winslow Sunday school 9:30 ; Sunday morning worship 10 a.m.; Sun- day evening worship 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study at 6 p.m. Bill Chesser, Reporter for an announcement. This Wednesday, we return to our study in Ruth. As always, the study and children's activi- ties begin at 6 p.m., but every- thing is preceded with a meal at 5:30 p.m. Hope to see you there. Also, allow me to invite you to visit Crossroads for our Sunday worship. At Crossroads, we love Jesus and love people, and would be honored with your visit. Curt Beadle, Pastor Wednesday, Oct. 21, Bible study, Psalm 80 -84. Sunday, Oct. 25, is fourth Sunday, morning offering to building fund. Bible Trivia Last week's answer to: Jo- seph retained _____ as a hostage. Answer: Simeon. Reference: Genesis 42: 24. Q: Joseph arranged for his brothers and their fam- ilies to live in ______.An- swer to come next week. Steve Selby, Pastor Elaine Barrett, Reporter FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 8th and Poplar Street Petersburg 812-354-6582 American Baptist Church Adult, youth and childrens Sunday school at 9:30 a.m.; morning worship at 10 :30 a.m. in the Family Life Cen- ter. Continue wearing a mask and honor the six-foot social distancing guidelines. Needing volunteers to teach children church. Con- tact Pastor Mike, ASAP. Wednesday evening Bible study will be meetng in the sanctuary at 6:30 p.m. Jr. High-Senior High youth group will meet in the Fam- ily Life Center Wednesdays from 6:30 -8 p.m. Trunk or Treat, Oct. 31 at the church parking lot. Join us live on Facebook for all services. Michael Miller, Pastor The church page is made possible by the following firms and businesses: Amber Manor Care Center Petersburg — 812-354-3001 Benner & Co. Heating and Air Petersburg — 812-354-3433 Computers Plus Radio Shack Petersburg — 812-354-9633 DougGlass DBA Hold Everything Self Storage — 812-354-1110 Four Star Fabricators Petersburg — 812-354-9995 www.fourstarfab.com Harris Funeral Home 7th and Walnut Streets, Petersburg Phone: 812-354-8844 Play & Learn Preschool Campbelltown — 812-354-3999 Assembly of God Baptist Ramblings of my mind By Lowell Thomas America's foundation Religious Viewpoint By Clyde Dupin See R AMBLINGS on 7 Forgiven Minutes with the Bible By Pastor Cornelius R. Stam See VIEWPOINT on 7 There is no institution on earth as valuable to our society as the family. No political party or extreme anti-God people will ever change this fact. God created man and woman and no liberal judge can change the truth of God's eternal Word. Sadly some denominations and many churches have caved into our culture. The basic building block of our American society is the family. When our homes are destroyed, our society will eventually disinte- grate. The church must proclaim the message of the Bible when it comes to God's plan for the family. Any pastor who does otherwise is a phony and should leave the ministry. When homes are broken and shattered we must first focus on restoration, for- giveness and a new be- ginning. We must never depart from God's orig- inal, well defined plan for the home. The fami- ly is in crisis and only the message of Jesus Christ can change things. A few years ago a study by the Southern Baptist Convention dis- "We have… the forgiveness of sins, accord- ing to the riches of His grace" (Eph. 1:7). The climax of Paul's first recorded sermon is reached in Verses 38 and 39 of Acts 13, where he declares: "Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this Man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: "And by Him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses." Thus God, through Christ, forgives and jus- tifies those who believe. Nor is this all that was accomplished for us by the death of Christ at Calvary. There is also reconciliation, baptism by the Spirit into Christ and His Body, a posi- tion at God's right hand in the heavenlies and all spiritual blessings there. "The forgiveness of sins" must come first, however, and the above passage assures us that in Christ we have this — not barely, but "according to the riches of His grace." Indeed, the next verse continues: "wherein He hath abounded toward us…" Thus Eph. 2:2-7 declares that though we were once "the children of disobedience," and therefore "by nature the children of wrath," "God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us" has given us life and raised us from the dead, exalting us to "heav- enly places in Christ…" His purpose in all this? "That in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus" ( Verse 7). When God forgives us He no longer sees us in our poor selves, but in Christ, who took our place, dying for our sins on Calvary's cross. There He hung in our place that we might now stand in His — "complete in Him" (Col. 2:10). Hey it is time to share a few words with you folks so here goes nothing. I hope everyone is doing as well as possible. We'll start this week with a shout-out to Gar- ry Shelton or Tater as he was affectingly called when we worked together at IPL. Tater was a good worker and he wasn't afraid to tear in- to anything although there were times when maybe we shouldn't have went so far because we sometimes got stumped. The job however got done and we moved on to another project. I pray Garry and his family receive many bless- ings and long and happy lives. It is seeming the covid virus is doing its best to infect us and it gets closer and closer to my family. My sister tested positive and is now in an isolation area at Amber Manor with sever- al other residents. She has not shown many symptoms yet except being congested so may- be everything will be okay. Her son lives in Odessa, Texas and I keep him aware of what is going on with his mother. It makes it bad when you can't see people affected by the virus but it is for the best to be cautious. My friend who pastors at Cup Creek Gener- al Baptist caught the virus and he and his fam- ily are sick from it. The people at church are praying for his family and of course there are concerns about exposure or not. My question is this, how do you know if you have had an ex- posure. How much of an exposure do you have to have to be in danger? There are more ques- tions than answers and it seems as though the virus does as it pleases. We were in Vincennes recently and Indi- ana was supposed to be back to normal oper- ation but there weren't many more people out than before. The mask mandate is still in af- fect but there were some ignoring the wearing CHURCH CHURCH Notes Notes Notes Baptist Baptist Continued in next column Continued in next column Continued on the next page Sunday, O ct Ober 4 MT. TABOR General Baptist Church Homecoming Sunday School at 9:15 a.m. Morning Worship Featuring: Interim Pastor, Rev. Ralph Clark at 10:30 a.m. Carry-In Dinner at Noon Gospel Music Concert Featuring: Homeland at 1:30 p.m. Mt. Tabor is located ½ mile north of Mark Ford Road on N. 650 E. PASTOR, REV. WESLEY HAAS Everyone is welcome! (All times are CDT) House f Mercy Pastor George Bruce • 812-789-5229 Corner of East and Porter, Winslow Across from Winslow Elementary School f f f Pastor George Bruce • 812-789-5229 meets on Sunday morning at 10:15 a.m. Beginning Oct. 1, we will start hosting Thursday night services at 7 p.m.