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CHURCH South Gibson Church Services Points to Ponder By Curtis Bond Two Minutes With the Bible By Pastor Paul M. Sadler Reflections From the Page By Cleoramae G. Stunkel Insight By Dave Ingler B-4 Tuesday, June 28, 2022 South Gibson Star-Times BUCKSKIN ST. JOHN'S CHURCH OF BUCKSKIN 8260 E. 900 S., Buckskin Sunday school 9 a.m.; Worship ser vice 10:15 a.m. CYNTHIANA FIRST UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST Corner of North and Walnut Sunday worship ser vice 9 a.m. FAIR HAVEN CHRIST FELLOWSHIP Church Street, Cynthiana Mike Douglas, Pastor Phone: 812-724-4735 Sunday morning worship 10 a.m.; Wednesday evening 7 p.m. FORT BRANCH BETHLEHEM GENER AL BAPTIST CHURCH 3208 W 525 S, Fort Branch (CR 325 W off of Hwy. 168) Steve Wilson, Pastor Bible study 9 a.m. Sunday worship 10 a.m. FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 601 S. Lincoln, Fort Branch Pastor Br yan Holzappel Sunday school 9:30 a.m. Morning worship 10:30 a.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 212 West Locust, Fort Branch Pastor Corey Atkins Phone: 812-753-4623 Sunday school 9 a.m.; Worship ser vice 10 a.m. (Communion first Sunday); Second Cup of Coffee (la- dies' group) all ladies welcome, sec- ond Wednesday, 9 a.m. FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF FORT BR ANCH 100 W. Vine St., Fort Branch Rev. John Baylor, Jr., Pastor 812-753-4424 Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., nurser y pro- vided for preschool age and under. Youth Groups for grades 4-12 meet at 6 p.m. on Sunday evenings, Sept. through May. Details on the church website www.fbfirst.org. HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH 200 S. Church St., Fort Branch Fr. Christopher Droste, Pastor Fr. Kenneth Betz and Fr. Luke Hassler, Associate Pastors Joe Siewers and William Brandle, Deacons Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Mass 8:30 a.m. PROVIDENCE PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH CR 550 S., NE of Fort Branch Mitch Breidenbaugh, Pastor Sunday school for children and adults at 10:30 a.m.; worship 11 a.m.; For information, call 812-753-3386. ST. LUCAS UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 6777 S. 350 East, Fort Branch Pastor John Heumann Sunday school 9:30 a.m.; Sunday worship 10:30 a.m. ST. BERNARD CATHOLIC CHURCH SNAKE RUN 5342 E. SR 168 (East of Fort Branch) 812-753-4568 Fr. Gary Kaiser, Pastor Sunday Mass 8:30 a.m. ST. PAUL'S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 4222 E. SR 168, Fort Branch Pastor John Heumann Sunday worship 9 a.m.; Sunday school 10:15 a.m. VERTICAL CHURCH Coal Mine Rd., Fort Branch Rich Clark, Pastor Sunday morning worship ser vices 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Vertical Kids chil- dren's ministr y available during both ser vices for children from birth to fifth grade. Ignite Ministr y is 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesdays for students in sixth-eighth grades. WESLEYAN CHURCH 202 E. Vine St., Fort Branch Sunday school from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.; Sunday worship, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening worship 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday evening adult Bible study, 6:30 p.m., GIG (Growing in God) Club for ages 5 to 11 (available while school is in session), Teen Group for ages 12 and up. For more information call the church at 812- 677-5007. HAUBSTADT NEW LIBERTY CHRISTIAN CHURCH Hwy. 68 between Cynthiana and Haubstadt Gordon Jones, Pastor Services Sunday 10:30 a.m. New Life House of Prayer 208 West Street, Haubstadt Adam and Lindsay Ping Phone: 812-215-9003 Sunday morning ser vice 10 a.m.; Children's Sunday school during ser vice; Food Pantr y open first and third Wednesdays of the month from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Ever yone welcome! IMMANUEL LUTHER AN CHURCH (LCMS) 1-1/2 miles south of I-64 and U.S. 41, Volkman Rd. Rev. Kirk Horstmeyer Saturday evening ser vices 5:30 p.m.; Sunday worship ser vices 8 a.m. and 10:15 a.m.; Sunday school 9:10 a.m. ST. JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH Old Princeton Rd., Haubstadt Fr. Christopher Droste, Pastor Fr. Kenneth Betz and Fr. Luke Hassler, Associate Pastors Joe Siewers and William Brandle, Deacons Saturday Mass 5 p.m.; Sunday Masses 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. STS. PETER AND PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH 201 Vine St., Haubstadt Fr. Christopher Droste, Pastor Fr. Kenneth Betz and Fr. Luke Hassler, Associate Pastors Joe Siewers and William Brandle, Deacons Saturday Mass 5 p.m.; Sunday Masses 7 and 10 a.m. ZION UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST Second and Elm St., Elberfeld Rev. Paul Fraser Sunday school 9 a.m.; worship ser- vice 10 a.m. LYNNVILLE BARNET T CHAPEL Stanley Road, Lynnville Don Williams, Pastor Real liberty is spelled JESUS 'In Congress July 4th, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thir- teen United States of America.' When Thomas Jefferson penned those words, he had no assurance that this "Declaration" of Indepen- dence" would be successful. The Continental Congress had taken a daring step: a leap of blind faith and a reckless gamble. In 1776, if one were to compare the ragtag rebel colonies with England's might, one could conclude the colonists were mad or fools. There was one thing Jefferson was sure of: he believed this "Decla- ration" was of God and the Colonists would win their Independence! Providence indeed interceded, and on September 3, 1783, Great Britain formally recognized the in- dependence of the United States in the Treaty of Paris. The Constitution of the United States, in operation since March 4, 1789, makes Ameri- ca the longest lasting democracy in histor y. Our Constitution's opening paragraph begins: 'We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Jus- tice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do or- dain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.' In the ensuing years, how did 'We the People' fare? The Union was in peril by the time Lincoln was elected. He is heralded as the 'great emancipator,' the savior of the Union. However, if you read his actions during the civil war, you will discover he trampled upon most of the bill of rights. He shut down newspapers, threw a congressman in jail, and suspended the writ of habe- as corpus. Anyone criticizing his han- dling of the government or war felt his wrath. His critics characterized him as a tyrant and his patrons as a savior. His apologists say these were extraordinar y times which demand- ed extraordinar y actions. I guess that depends on which side of the jail cell you're in. America has reached a perilous point in time. Analogous to pre-civ- il war days. We are, use Lincoln's words, a 'house divided.' A house divided cannot stand. Can America continue as a nation in which count- less people are divided along politi- cal, racial, economic, and cultural lines to name a few? The words of Lincoln have re- turned. 'Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.' Businesses have been weaponized to disrupt and discriminate against any- one not politically correct. Workers are forced to undertake all types of sensitivity training. White workers are being told they have white priv- ilege by virtue of being born white. White workers must denounce their whiteness as being racist. Express the wrong view at work and you'll find yourself in the unemployment line. Cancel culture is being used as a weapon to silence free speech and gainful debate on critical issues fac- ing America. Critical race theor y has become a divisive discourse that pits people of color against white people. Black Lives Matter has stoked the fire of racial tensions to the point where Even He provides the fruit "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, not standeth in the way of sinners, nor sit- teth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree plant- ed by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. (Psalm 1:1-3) Like the roots of a tree which go deep into the earth for life giving water, Christians must always be searching for a greater understand- ing of Christ and His indwelling pres- ence if they expect to experience suc- cessful, fruitful living which comes as a result of abiding in Him. Jesus taught that His followers should produce good works and bear Spiritual fruit as a demonstra- Reflections from the page I really don't understand what, when back in 1997, Sebastian Junger titled his book The Perfect Storm, he imagined that he was playing at. Basically, this term designates a particularly violent storm which has arisen out of a rare combination of adverse meteorological factors. But it has also been adopted to designate a particularly critical state of affairs arising from a number of concurrently existing negative and unpredictable factors. A combination of factors such as, say, a continuing plague; an ap- proaching recession; a war which is not only disastrous on home ground, but whose ripple effects are threat- ening star vation on a neighboring continent; to say nothing of heat waves, earthquakes, fires and floods occurring here and there around the globe. This sort of combination may suggest a certain completeness, but "perfection" it is not. Well, we've been here before. No, not us as individuals, in our brief sojourn here on this earth, but as a race. Wars, plagues, famines, "weath- er events"--recall your histor y les- sons, and pick your centur y. The Israelites, during their wan- derings in the wilderness between Egypt and Canaan, were not always having mar velous times. While there was water at Marah when they arrived there, it was too bitter to drink. At Rephidim, they found no water at all. About six weeks into their journey, the people are recorded as grum- bling concerning hunger. (Had they, hitherto, been subsisting on picnics that they had packed?) At a time when the people were skirting the boundaries of Edom, they were punished for their grum- bling by having sent among them fier y serpents with venomous fangs. But, in the midst of all these trou- bles, the people were sustained. At Marah, the bitter waters were made sweet by the tree that Moses threw into them. At Rephidim, a place later called Massah and Meribah, because of their quarreling and their testing of the Lord, water poured forth from a rock, when Moses had struck it. In the wilderness of Sin, bread, in the form of manna, rained down from the heavens. As a result of being bitten by those fier y serpents, some of the Israelites died. For repentant ones, however, a healing solution was provided by their looking at the bronze serpent which Moses made and set on a pole. The people were still wandering around in the wilderness, not yet delivered to that promised land of great and good cities already built, of houses filled with all good things, of cisterns already dug, and vineyards and olive trees already planted. They were still in the wilderness with all its afflictions, but in the midst of those afflictions, they were being sustained. If the burden had not yet been lift- ed from their shoulders, they were being made strong to bear it. When they came at last to the brink of the Jordan, Moses remind- ed them of how God had "brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, who led you through the great and terrifying wil- derness, with its fier y serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the flinty rock, who fed you in the wilderness with manna.... "Moreover, during that forty years in the wilderness, their clothing had not worn out upon them, and their foot had not swollen. It is told: that in a certain small town, there lived a much-beloved el- derly lady whose hundredth birthday was approaching. Naturally, the print reporters turned up on her front porch with their pens and notebooks, and the electronic media with their cameras and their microphones. Of course, they wanted to know, "Granny, how did you make it through all those years?" She informed them that it was her faith that had sustained her, through good times and through bad. The old lady had experienced her share of the five bad times. She had lost loved ones to death, known times when the pantr y was not particularly well-stocked, and suffered her share Call me crazy "For whether we be beside our- selves, it is to God…" (2 Corinthians 5:13). The Greek word translated as "be- side ourselves" means, in this con- text, to be out of one's right mind, insane, or mad. Because of his zeal for the truth and constant drive to live for the Lord and get the gospel out to the lost, the Apostle Paul was viewed as being crazy. With his fer- vor for ser ving the Lord, he seemed like a man out of balance and fanati- cal to the world. In Acts 26:4-23, we learn how Paul shared the testimony of his conver- sion before Governor Festus and King Agrippa. In verse 24 of this pas- sage, we read that "Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad." This statement put Paul in the best of company. People also said our Lord was "beside Himself" and "mad." Mark 3:21 tells us, "And when His [the Lord's] friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on Him: for they said, He is beside Him- self." Likewise, in John 10:20: "And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad…." Being called crazy for the sake of Christ is not an insult, but a compli- ment for the believer. If people think we're crazy because we live for the Lord, that's a good thing. It shows we're following the Lord and His Word. Following the Lord and living by His Word will make us appear different to the world because we're not going with the flow and we are not living "according to the course of this world" (Ephesians 2:2), and so it seems to them that we're a bit off and crazy. Dogmatism, belief that the Bible See CHURCH on page 5 See REFLECTIOIN on page 5 See MINUTES on page 5 See INSIGHT on page 5 See POINTS on page 5