I The Sunday School Lesson 1 I kyJohn MLBrmyboy.SmiemMkskmrnryBaptistCkyrck I BBHBBBH^^ fWiiiliiA/fW frtmrntim* Ft ftosarr Jttmmm 2:t, M-14. 21-14 L Tht Twm Sfit tmtt JtitM* tJmh. 2: It 11 ***** * fmtmmvt Ft m UL Tht Meptttf+t TwSfU> (t2~24j L Tht Two Sfitt enter Jtricht Utth. 2 :1) God's moanae to toelsraeines u about ?o become reality for *m Moeet kti aovtd off dit scant and Joshua km become the leader of the people Joshuas name Woshea which means deliverance. Motes tinned n to Judnmsafsahon which iatvpcni ufJm Moses me etvpeuf dar la* sad Joshua was a type of the grace oi God. The In ceo brae a person to wriwpiie fees need ofdenveraoce bat dvmaisi only com through grace Therefore Joshua *a? appointed to lead Israel into the promised land. E ven though God w a* giving Israel the land Joshua had to wMfcejiiepraiii sis tooccupv the land that God had prumiaed There is a sayhw that paople do not plan to tail, day fail saplaa. la otdsr to uvrv out God s plan one most be prepared for the mission to be sacccasftil. Joshua was traauau God. bat he knew thai God warned ban to prepare to move mto Jendto Joshua sent t?o spies in to gather hslonsiaiiun about the ctf} He onlv sent two so that they itouid br ai>ic to move abont and uathei mhitwiatiua undstected IW spies - wem to ft knows psoaUfuto's bowse whose name mm Rahab to r?te information Thev would toe le? fMpicium rtifrc plm nmy of ftif mtosmv people ilfite: tostahni h was a mo? Itkel v ptgcp to dad out ifcaft a^id ftatMm of thepiupiftMlIcTK-bo Lven though Rahab *as a hartot tor was well respected and mttd aanag ike pcoplc^f^k^lm Jh^fiad rtai^wltoD two men tor toweled ihem in toe directi.>a of the Jordan river meanwhile toe lud tke spies until it was sale for them 10 leave //. Kmtmb'% fttMmmi*for m PnmtiMt iV%. K-14/ ood had used Rehab to protect tke spie> from danger. Rahdbandtbe people had heard all the stories of how God had delivered them from the hands of toe Egyptians and toe victories over the Amonies She told them how toe people we hunt from heennywhaioodhaddone tor Israel When we uand for God and allow Hun io have preeminence in our lives even out enemies will he tt peace with us Now Kahnb wanted a favor of toe spies she ask that they deliver her and her family whea they came m to lake the land I am reminded of the Philippine jailer when be ask "sirs whM must I do to be saved"'' Paul replied believe on toe Lord Jesus C'hrtsi and thou shall be saved and tos Household God will not only save you but vour whole household if you believe So the men promised Rahab torn would deal kindly with her and ?d^po?isr ir^rTwSr?*? ^S^wuTbeliv1? tfS F U1 TV Spin Escape i V* 22-24) Kahab Mat the spies away from bar house ^ towanTihf daysuaol foe soldiers gave up kxArn* for (beat tbea they returned to where Joshua was The spies had told Rabat) that the scarlet rope she need to help them must be left hanging beside her family to coaac nay as her home Aleo 4c a net be committed to aecrecy about what was about to iianspue IT>e spies reported to Justus* all ilni li Hi ml i n iila i ulitiaarl the Lord had deli vered the land auto ukmm . They told Joshua how that the Gotfhsd doae far them When we have God on our side we can face aay obataclea that come oar way if only we will tiuat God. Wbaa we allow God to wort a our Uvea others will aee aad recognize that we have something the world does not have Evan fee world will have teapect for God. U ir time that we rattan to the old path* aad ra-opeo aoate of the old wells that we have cloned. Let'tataad up for Jeaua and let the world know that He it alive and well If cou are not saved give your heart to ieaua now. Believe and repeat He will save vou. God Bleea You until next week, pray for ua [ Readers' Forum D - '? ? Some Thoughts From a Reader in Greensboro ?* :i'jr v'iJSsp!* ' ' _ ' "V . . Weil summer is almost over n Menu like vestofdsv tfiat sunnnfi begin, in a little while the daw will ?art to yet Wat and the nights ion tier No mure frogs and crickets swum? their summer songs, after a king hot dav Lvervune Is asking me about the Lien bee race, which I explain u, them I am Not Lumbee. Fhes warn flomshev did nut tome Ifront tin cast .uaar. hut from Roanoke Rivet out the island ' was sutpnsed u Mew this person xav that the\ tlmucin tlx Fusunura vanie about bctauK si a split w Hh LROA I tned toesplain to them it was muse todu ?ith historical tasarpreraiioa. that out people m a wavhave always been divided Look back at die Stouan. Cherokee oi Robeson C ounty period and before thai the Cruatau. and the Robe ton (. ountv Indian period all these wen due to the tact the people dtdn ? rw Mh one anothei as tai a? pu But vou know Ms i onaec the dung thai surartaes memost.tt even with then differences our ancestors were still able to puii togethei Bui wben I look around todav I have to ask what happen to thai nptris. the willingness to get along even with JMfcrenoea. For a kmc time Lumbers would my All the afferent groups of Tuscarora whv can't vou all get along Well now the shoe is on the other lout why cau l all you Lutnbee gat along Tnte the Tuscarora still have a lew things to iron out one thing I can say Is our problems unl\ cfleci u? but tlx I umbce problemta the stale. One stmgeatton I nugbi offer is one whtchTha v e vuied time abi tune again. 'Slop all the Negative talk and Anger Dominic Remember the old saytag Whau von point at someone aw you are trying to get the anasgioo away ftum the real problem, yourself' I m euro If me looked around bard enough we could all And something poeMtva going on. after all dw glass is not half empty, it's fedflWl 1 w ' 'ri Uettiqg back to the converiatton I wo lid vine mMi m\ friend Who ??? icllipt' me about the Tribal l haumap debates and the question about leathers came up i didn I ibuw mat mm the correct question so when Inula little research I found out the question m at and I quote histornallv the Lumbee cultural events, such as |*w *u?i. Indian .Jaiuuig and the wearing of Indian regalia However. there appear- h i>r a hanttc in this directum Hot* d> vgu teel about thai ano ait nut prepared to interact Mtththi- apparent change in attitude as vou serve in voui elected position' Much io inv surprise I was able to see a video tape of the debate and I notice verv tew candidates answer this question directl. \Mi. am I ovetiv concern Mith tins question u realK isn't asking vould vou weai leathers, but more iinponantlv Mould vou interact with uaditkHiatist I know that ui the *erv near future the Lumbee and luacarvira will have to start to work topethei. 1 pray thai who ever wins Mill he now minded tortus idea. Not only Mill bus person have to work with ihe puscarora. but the> will come in cfmiact with various tnbes across Mtefeaiton And the attitude of I'm Indian without feathers is one that sendepui a bad message, because we are taming about akx more than fust leathers N ou see this it anorbet difference between Lumbee and lutcaroraa. verv few l urn bees want to have anything to do with their Indian traditional side. Maybe I should say very few have wanted to learn about traditional culture, it's always bean there vou fust pot to want to know it Don i pet me wrong I n nut lellinp mvonetosell their Hartey Davidsons and per nd of their suits, e ven though ii would not hurt vou tor one day I am not saving we must go back in tune of hunting and gathering either Did vuu know tbeiraditional teachings speak of family values, bemguf clean mind and spint.benig ?l i w i i slot more to offer than juat feathers and beads, many of you were raised k> respect your elders and care for the land and animals, these are traditional teachings Many of vou mav have a problem with this but when you compare Traditional Native American values and C hristian values they are more alike be a heathen, which for from the truth I was asked, ifvour a Christian w hat about the long hair. I told them the Bible states iesus was a Nazarite Jew ibev didn t cut their hair either The practice of cutting hair was started by the pagan Egyptians, it was not accept among Christian I told her if it's good enough for Sampson and Jesus and my own ancestors then long hair is good enough for me When I hear Lumbees sav they have no tradition. I sell them vou have mote than you are aware of and I not talking about Hog Killings You want to know why their ate so many Churches in Robeson County among the Indian people, if comes from the fact Native Americans have strong religious values. True aiotof people who talk the talk, but don't walk the walk, but that still doem't mean we can 't learn to deal with one another. I know some of you say all that feathers and beads stuff is slot of foolishness One of the first relet of reaching a person is you Must reach from where they are and not from where you are. Thists what the Good Book was talking about when Paul was telling the flrst misaioareies "To mission to the Romans you must be like them" For us to teach the Cherokee and other tribes we must become like them and once again I am speaking on the level of traditional values and not just feathers and beads. I wish for juat once we would use some of our Wisdom from tha Country ' to fix problems instead of |ust talking about them Aller all is said and dona it's our ftiture we are talking about la the True Way. Derek Lowry u&'s*. ? . vWri'r' If* v tit > I "*k i ** Moore Regional Hospital Has Lower Price Moore Regional Hospital ? medial chmpes for mac of 10 hospital HuuiMa are lam than ike average of eighi area hoapaala. according to maiaoc* re lamed August 24 Moure Regional?median charges* 10of 12 ^S^Ttartoee m%orNorthCaulma The median rtwri were made available to the general!public through the Consumer's Guide to Hospitalization Charges ia N ( Hospital's published bv the NC Medical Pmahaar Commiaaioii the was Charted by the NC General ' mi inhl in I1W5 to release medical data m the public The IW4 Guide is We recognize thai pahesus are becoming more and more aware of their hospital bill and we consciously seek io have some of the lowest charges vuu II find not unh in south-central North Carolina. but across the state. " said Charles T. Frock. President sad Chief Executive Officer at Moore Regional Hospital This is s commitment we have made on every t level in our organization from our Board of Trustees to individual hospital departments' Hie largest difference in hospital charges came in total hip replacements While MRH's median charge is SI4.746. the three other refetTat centers averaged S20.WO - *>.244 more than MRH These three are CNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. Duke University Medical Center m Duiham. and Carolina! Medical Center in Charlotte The median price is the middle price in the range charged fur a particular procedure The median charge was released for 12 procedures. In addition to total hip replacement, other procedures include coronary bypass, angioplasty laparoscopic cholecystectomy < gallbladder removal). appendectomy without complications, mastectomy. irooovil of ruptured disk or pan of the bu?? etch of a segfs of the spinet, cardiac catheterization, hysterectomy, and proatatectomy ?removal of proatate standi When people Bank of Moore Re (Clonal Hospital, they primarily think of our established high quality of care through our physiciaa and staff expertise as well as our available technology said Frock. Wed also like fur patients and em plovers to know rfaar tltcv can receive tins high qualirvot care ar a price which is less than most hospitals in this region People should neigh several factors a hen choosing a hospital Quality ot care, patient vatuhactioo. proximity. and coat are all issues to be weighed b> patients " The eight other hospitals in MRH's comparison group are AMI Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford. Cape Fear Vallev Medical Center in Fayetteville. Scotland Memorial Hospital in Laurinburg. Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham 'southeastern Regional Medical Center. Hamlet Hospital ? mUSIs? Iff * a its not just a snuff, its an adventure. Ha K Company ? " ?% , | s I;. , ,?-? ' The Intertribal Council of Elders * 1 if looking for members from al* Carolina tribes, * groups, and bands to aid in Traditional Heritage, Cultural, Spiritual Gatherings. For More information call SpottedTbrtle at (910) S2 M178, PaintedTUrtle at (910) S21-0020 or Wild Turkey at (910) 521-2826* Or write in care of the Carolina Indian Yoke, P.O. Box I07S, Pembroke, NC 28372. Fax (910) 521-1975. * - * ' J.V r V V-Vv ' ?; / L.jL * tL* ' . i ? ? & -V"vr'?/ ______