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4) I I 4 WiM Crmm HloNloMt, May 8,1083 Sharing: Good News Bv DOROTHY FILLINGAME The good news from the word of God for this week comes from II Thes. 6:28 and II Tim. 2:19- 21. These verses tell us about being sanctified. Webster's New World Dictionary, The Everyday Encyclopedic Edition, gives this definition for theword sanctify • to make holy; to free from sin; purify, to sit apart as holy; consecrate. Whena person cones to God by the blood of his Son, Jesus Christ, he is set free from all his past sina God then begins to deal with that sinful nature of man. A nature that is willful, rebellious and does not know how to be obedient to God7 That nature has to be given wholly, completely to God by every newborn Christian, to a Higher Po wer and a strength greater than his own, so , that it can be dealt with and put under complete subjection. Only God can do tiiat, but we have to bewilling to give all to God. The Word of God says that the veiy God of peace will sanctify you wholly. That means all of ua Nothing held back. The Lord says to let everyone that nanes the name of Christ depart from iniquity, which is sin. He says that if we purge ourselves from sinful things, then we will be a vessel unto honor, santified, and fit for the masters use. He says we are prepared unto every good work then. We as Christians need to check ourselves often to see if we measure up to the definition of sanctification. Are we pure, holy, free from sin, set apart from all sinful things? The word says in every great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but of wood and of earth also, and some to honor and some to dishonor. Which vessel are you today? In Memory THOMAS 'TETE” WHITFOR D Fremcmt-Thomas “Pete” Whitford, 63, owner of Fremont Ford Motor Sales, died Saturday, April doth. Funeral was held Monday at Shackleford Funeral Home Burial, Elmwood Cenetery. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Tennie Stancill Whitford; daughter. Miss Ella Ann Whitford of the home; son, Tom Whitford of Pikeville; sister, Mrs. DoUie Bunting of Scotland Neck; brothers, John Whitford and Billy Whitford, both of Vanceboro. The Late Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Ormond j I * W.A.’s Honor ' Charter Member Mrs. Dora C. Ormond > By MRS. ALMA DRAKE On Sunday, April 24, 1983 the Woman’s Auxiliary of the Vanceboro Pentecostal Holiness Church honored one of their Charter Members Sister Dora Chandler Ormond, Widow of the late Cecil Ormond. We were very sad that Sister Ormond is very sick and in the hospital at this time. Our love and prayers are for her and her family. The choir songs were some of her favorites, they were as follows: “Oh How I Love Jesus”, “I Feel like Traveling On”, “ni Fly Away”, “He Is Lord”, and the choir special was “Heaven Is Real”. Mrs. Peggy Evans and her daughter Melanie sang "Canaan Land”. Rev. Frank R. Moore introduced our W.A.' President Mrs. Pauline Waters, She gave a lovely and inspiring testimony. She told how she remembered the home prayer meetings, and how Sister Ormond and her sister, the late. Sister Ada C. Taylor would play, (Sister Ormond played the guitar and Sister Taylor played the audioharp) and sing sonm of the old favorites. Mrs. Waters told how her father the late Brother Paul Fulcher was saved at one of those prayer meetings. Several of the Auxiliary Ladies gave some good testimonies, here are just a few: Sister Mary Wilson told how Sister Ormond was saved at Tent Meeting in Vanceboror, N.C. A prayer meeting was born inher home, they were held two nights a week. There were many saved, sanctified and filled with the Holy Ghost and healings at some of the prayer meetings. liie seed were sown there for the beginning of The Vanceboro Pentecostal Holiness Church. Mrs. Wilson read scriptures from II Timothy 4- 8. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. Sister Vivian Purser, remembered when Sister Ormond was saved. She stated her mother. Sister Mary Fulcher helped her to pray through. She remembered her faithfulness. Sister Mary Moore, as the pastor’s wife, expressed her and her daughter, Frankie’s love and appreciation for having known her for a short time, but always asked about the church and how she wished shejcouid come back. Her eldest sm, Rev. Lester Ormond, gave a very inspiring testimony, he told how his mother kept him on the altar. He stressed how faithful she had always been and how they had to walk to Holly Hill Pentecostal Holiness Church. He remembered the prayer meeting and preaching on the streets. He feels sure she is ready to meet her Lord. Rev. Frank R. Moore read her life’s story and told what an inspiration she had been to him. He said “No reward here could ever be enough for such a faithful person but Heaven holds the best reward.” The communion table was decorated with a white cloth, a lovely spring floral center piece with candles lit at each end and the open Bible. A special altar service was held to pray for her lost lovedones to be saved. Rev. and Mrs. Frank Moore and Mr. & Mrs. Lee Waters carried the floral arrangement and appreciation plaque to the hospital in the afternoon. MRS. LUCY P. KOONCE Mrs. Lucy P. Koonce, 73, died Wednesday, April 27, in Craven County Hospital in New Bern. She resided on Mills Avenue in Vanceboro. The funeral service was conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the ll^lkerson Funeral Chapel in Vanceboro by Rev. Albert E. Wingate, ^rial was in Celestial Memorial Gardens. Mra Koonce had lived most of her life in the Vanceboro C!omnunity. Surviving are two daughters: Mrs. Myrtle Mitchell and Mrs. Christine Acker, both of the home; three sisters: Mra Bertha Bvell and Mrs. Mamie Smith, both of Vanceboro, and Mrs. Ruby Fornes of Chocowinity; eight grandchildren; and eight great grandchildren. MRS. DORA CHAN DLER ORMO ND Mrs. D«'a Chandler Ormond, 86^ died Friday, April 29, in Craven County Hospital in New Bern. She resided on BuckLane inVanceboro. Tlie funeral service was conducted at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the Vancd)oro Pentecostal Holiness Church by the pastor, the Rev. Frank Moore and the Rev. Horace Rogers. Burial was in Celestial Memorial Gardens in Vanc^oro. Mrs. Ormond, a residoit of Vanceboro most of her life,was a charter member of the Vanceboro Pentecostal Holiness Chruch. Surviving are four sons: Lester C. and Donald Gray Ormond, both of New Bern; Ledrew and Jerome Ormond, both of Vanceboro; five daughters: Mrs. Lucille 0. Wilson and Mrs. Dan Wiggins, both of Vanceboro, Mrs. Murray Edwards and Mrs. AHhur Whitehurst, both of New Bern, and Mrs. Elvin Lawrence of Elizabeth (^ity; thirty grandchildren; and forty- three great grandchildren. . ^ SIGNS (F THE TIMES Even with the weather, we set our plants out just the sane. This caused me to ranember sunshine always follows rain. FhiL 4:8
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