These toys were made by the Inmates at Scotland Correction Unit at
Wagram for Girt Scour Troops f 201 and 9632 to give for Christmas
presents for their project in helping a family in Hoke County for
Christmas.
Hollings worth
Makes Pres. List
Allen F. Hollingsworth made
the Presidents List for the fall
quarter.
He is attending Fayetteville
Technical Institute and is majoring
in Electronic Engineering.
Allen is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Hollingsworth of East
Donaldson Avenue.
Sanday School
Utson
Background Scripture:
Luke 7:36-50.
Devotioaal Reading:
Luke 5:17-26.
Earlier this week I made a long
distance call to a friend with whom
I had not talked in approximately
two years. The last time 1 had
spoken with him he had just gone
through a very traumatic ex
perience. After years of partner
ship with another man - whom 1
also knew - my friend returned to
the office one day to find his desk
cleaned out and himself persona
non grata. In a very underhanded
way, his associate had taken over
the business, excluded my friend,
and refused to pay amounts of
money owed to him. I had not
found his story hard to believe,
because his associate had also
cheated me out of some money,
although of a much lesser amount.
The experience for my friend
had been personally very painful
and professionally quite damag
ing. Thus, when 1 spoke to him
earlier this week, it was with some
hesitation that 1 asked him whether
he had ever heard anything further
from his former partner and
friend. "Well," he replied even
more hesitantly, "yes. ..he's work
ing for our firm now. His company
- our company, actually - went
bankrupt and he was out of a
job." "You mean," I asked in
credulously, "that you hired him
after all that he did to you?" My
friend chuckled almost with em
barrassment and said, "Well, you
know - life's too short for me to
hold a grudge against him." And
then, shyly, he added, "I'm trying
to be a good Christian."
1 was frankly amazed. By rights,
my friend had good reason to hold
a grudge for the rest of his life. The
things his associate had done to
him were unconscionable. But my
friend had realized that what life is
all about is not the grudge or bit
terness that *e hold "by rights,"
but the grace of forgiveness and
redemption taught and personified
by our Lord Jesus Christ.
Most of us have good justifica
tion - at least, as the world sees it -
for bitterness and anger towards
some who have injured us in some
way. Most of the people I counsel
have understandable reasons for
resentment towards some signifi
cant person in their lives. Often,
my job as counselor is to hdp them
realize that, no matter how
reasonable and understandable
those bitter feelings may be, they
can only continue to poison and
cripple their own lives so long as
they hold on to them.
In Luke's story of Jesus in the
house of Simon the Pharisee, it is
obvious that Simon had good
reasons for his reaction to the sin
ful woman who came to annoint
the feet of the Master. She was a
proven sinner - of that there could
be no doubt. It was entirely logical
for good Ood-fearing people to
avoid all contact with this "tort"
of woman. Yet, the logic of
Simon's thinking hid from him an
even greater truth: he was no less
in need of forgiveness than she.
"By rights," Jesus should have re
jected him, too. But Jesus
operated, not "by rights," but by
the forgiving, redeeming love ot
God.
Girl Scouts with part of their presents for their Christmas Project. They
were able to deliver their gifts on Thursday morning to the family.
Girl Scoot News
Girl Scout Troop #201 and #321
completed their Christmas Project
on Thursday. They had chosen to
help a family here in Hoke County
have a better and happier
Christmas than they would have
had due to their unfortunate cir
cumstances. The girls were able to
collect clothes, food and toys to
help a family of Nine (9).
This has been a continuing pro
ject for the past month. The girls
not only furnished or collected the
needed articles, but spent their
troop meetings in a large part in
preparing and wrapping the
presents. Thanks to the splendid
cooperation of the School Person
nel, the girls were able to take the
gifts themselves to the family and
wish them a "Merry Christ mat" in
person.
A project such as this is a great
part of Oirl Scouting. The girU I
have a learning experience: learn
ing to help others, giving of their
time to others, and ending with a
feeling of a job well done.
The troops wish to thank all who
helped make the project a big suc
cess. The Troop Leaders are: Betsy
Collins, Linda Richards, Betty
Nixon and Billie Post el.
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