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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, May 19, 2021 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 One of the most enlightening books of the Bible, and indeed of all literature, is St. Paul's great Epistle to the Romans. Paul was by nature and training a logician, perhaps the greatest logician of all time, and in this case, his words were Spirit-inspired, so that we have in his Epistle to the Romans a powerful logical argument about God and man, condemnation and justification. It is won- derful thus to have God's plan of salvation ex- plained for us. This is all too lacking in mod- ern evangelism. The doctrinal argument of Romans begins with a demonstration of the moral depravity of man. It says, even to the self-righteous: It is important to remind ourselves that free- dom of religion cannot be taken for granted. It requires constant attention. Sadly, Ameri- cans do not understand separation of church and state. Most think the statement has some- thing to do with our Constitution. The ACLU and elite media express these words written in a letter expressing the personal opinion of one man. They repeat it so often, without tell- ing the origin of the statement, that some actu- ally think it has something to do with the Con- stitution. We must constantly affirm the distor- tion of this single statement or else people be- lieve it. Even this man's opinion does not mean we should separate religion from public life. Religion and moral convictions are not an alien or threatening force in public life. The great majority of educated Americans know morality has its roots in the Christian religion. Throughout history there have been those who hate the values taught by Christianity. We are all created in the image of God and are accountable to Him. Every effort should be made in government and society in general to cultivate the princi- ples taught by the Ten Commandments. Hon- esty, integrity, compassion, charity, respect and marriage are values that have made Amer- ica great. The elite media and many political leaders seek to destroy all that made America great. We must reject the idea that tolerance supersedes the moral law of God. Let us re- view our heritage in this time of social activ- ism and protect our nation from the evil forces of socialism and corrupt politicians. 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 MK Farms Mike and Kay Anson Monroe City, Winslow — 812-890-5012 Play & Learn Preschool Campbelltown — 812-354-3999 Ramblings of my mind By Lowell Thomas See R AMBLINGS on 3 Wake up and protect America Religious Viewpoint By Dr. Clyde Dupin See MINUTES on 3 Paul's letter to the Romans Minutes with the Bible By Pastor Cornelius R. Stam Greetings to all you readers. We hope you have had a good week and are having a good one so far. It has been another rather uneventful week for us so I thank God for taking care of us. It was cool during the morning and it was com- fortable in the afternoons all week. I did get some things done such as picking up limbs and weed eating. The grass is growing fast right now, but it will slow down soon. Once the rain slows we will again see ourselves wanting a shower to wa- ter our plants. Our grandson has sure felt better lately but he had to go for a normal check up and a couple of shots. They gave him the shots in each leg and he was sore from them. He had a t- ball game and his legs were hurting, but he did a good job batting and even stopped a couple of grounders. All of his teammates are improving and they are coached by some good people who have lots of patience with them. It was windy and cool sitting out in lawn chairs watching their game. Finally got our patio cleaned off and the drive- way between house and shop blown free of ma- ple helicopters. It is all coming together as each day I get something else done. Our Lions meeting was last Thursday evening at Randy's Americana and we had several bul- let items on our agenda and still didn't get ev- erything talked about. There are several proj- ects coming up and two of them involve vehi- cles. On July 9 at 5:30 p.m. we plan to have our car show at the Village Inn. We will present tro- phies around 7 p.m. On August 28 we plan to have a "every day driv- er show" where you don't bring a show car unless you want to because there will categories drawn by O Reilly Auto parts store. It will be at O'Reilly Upcoming Events Southern Gospel concert this Saturday at Petersburg Gospel Center The Nelons, a nationally-known group from the Gaither homecoming videos, and the White River Quartet will be in concert at the Petersburg Gospel Center, 402 E. Illinois Street, on Saturday, May 22 at 7 p.m. For more informa- tion about the concert, call Doug Hawkins at 812-236 -4351. Irene's Room food pantry distributing food this Saturday Irene's Room food pantry, at the Winslow Church of the Nazarene, 106 W. Washington Street, (in the garage, be- hind the church)will be distributing food to anyone in need on Saturday, May 22, from 10 :30 a.m.-noon. Jeffry Bryant to perform at Gentle Shepherd Church of God this Sunday Jeffry Bryant will present a Praise and Worship service at Gentle Shepherd Church of God, located at 8350 East 350 North ( just west of Oatsville on the Oatsville/Wheel- ing road) in Gibson County, on Sunday, May 23 at 6 p.m. CDT. Everyone is welcome to come as Jeffry bring songs of praise of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, during the evening. Food and fellowship will follow the concert. CHURCH CHURCH Notes Notes Notes Baptist Baptist Assembly of God RIVER OF LIFE 342 E. CR 300 N., Petersburg Sunday morning worship 10 a.m.; Sunday evening worship 6 p.m. and Consumed youth group 7 p.m.; Wednesday eve- ning Bible study 7 p.m.; Men's ministry meeting every other Thursday 10 a.m. If you would like a ride to and from church services, call 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. 812-354-8800. Jim Gidcumb, Pastor Church Note Deadline 10 a.m. Tuesday Question about this concert? Call Doug Hawkins at 812-236-4351 The Nelons White River Quartet The Nationally known group from "Gaither" homecoming videos TheNelons.com Southern gospel style with Southern Indiana heritage. WhiteRiverQuartet.com CONCERT SOUTHERN Gspel Saturday, May 22 at 7 p.m. Gospel Center 402 E. Illinois St, Petersburg MT. PISGAH G.B. CHURCH 6100 S. Augusta Broadway Street Winslow Pastor 812-582-0756 Sunday morning worship at 10 :15 a.m.; children's Sun- day school during the morn- ing worship; Cross Fit youth meeting Sunday at 6:30 p.m.; Consume on Wednesday eve- ning at 6:30 p.m. If at any time you have no church to attend, feel free to join us for services. Your pres- ence will be appreciated and I'm sure you will feel the bless- ing of God. BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH An Independent Baptist Church 4995 N. Co. Rd. 850 E. Otwell (Meeting in the Iva Union Church building) Sunday school for children and adults 9 a.m.; Sunday morn- ing worship service 10 a.m.; Sun- day evening service, Youth Group (6th grade through 19 years old), and Patch Club (four years old through 5th grade) 6 p.m.; Thurs- day, prayer service 7 p.m. Scott Fulcher, Pastor "As many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God" (Romans 8:14). The first key for useful- ness in God's Kingdom is hu- mility. Pride cuts us off from God (and from other people) and deceives us into thinking we can do God's work with- out God's power. When we re- ly on the Holy Spirit, howev- er, He sanctifies us and em- powers us so we can be ef- fective tools is God's hands. But there is a second key, and that is faith, faith that God is sovereign, and that He is at work, even if we can't see it. Habakkuk complained to God that evil people were winning the day. But God replied, "I will work a work in your days which you would not believe, though it were told you"(Ha- bakkuk 1:5). God is at work, even in the midst of the problems, pessi- mism and frustrations of our day. He alone is sovereign and that is why we can trust Him, even when the way seems dark. Jerry "Tuffy" Blackwell, Pastor Sharon Kendall, Reporter