They're Up A It's 6:30 a.m. on a weekday. Most of the people In ShaUotte are beginntng their daily routine of preparing for school or work, listening to their alarms sound, or still sleeping. But in a snail room in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on River Road and Mintz Street, a visitor would find a handful of teenagers kneeling in prayer, then stretrhino a fhou rfonJ "-"f --o ? diaiiu up anu imi miu their seats. They students are participants in "seminary, a worldwide program offered by the Mormon Church." Unlike many religious seminary students who go to institutes of higher learning to prepare to be church ministers, these students will not be ministers in the traditional sense because there are no paid ministers in the Mormon Church. These local teens meet every morning before school to study. Every Mormon youth is encouraged to attend, according to church spokesman Our Churches ^ Preachers rarely like to admit what they know in their gut. Most Christians would rather avoid facing this painful sociological fact of our times. Even in the Bible Belt, it's truth is becoming increasingly evident. To what am I referring? It's a painful fact of our times: We no longer live in a church culture. By church culture. I mean a society where a majority of the people participate and are influenced by the life of the church. tn his new book, "Twelve Keys To An Effective Church," Ken Callahan observes that today SO percent of America's population is unchurched. This means we can no longer assume that most people share the values of Af/uiu?iuil UlikllUl WI11.U, the church can no longer assume that if it only has a good program, people will come flocking to its doors. You Should HEAR Who; Coasta Main St., FREK HEAI SECOND FRIDA Friday, May 13, AAA HEARIN Sales & Margaret D. Kelly Phone?799-0476 iws the brums* rl i UlKJKJKi I (Registration will be insicli ! NATIONAL HOSPIT m s knd Learning y Carolynn Skipper of Leland. Those that do find the effort worthwhile. "I go because I know that it is the right thing to do," said Cindy Skipper, a freshman at West Brunswick High School. "It has helped my testimony of the Church to grow." The course follows a four-year cycle naraUeUne the four years the teens spend in regular high school. Each year various books important to the faith are studied. One year it is the "Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ," followed in succeeding years by the "History of the Old Testament," a study of the "New Testa ment" and a year of studying the history of the Church. The cycle is then repeated. Once the class is assembled, a teacher is needed who is wiiiing to face a room of sleepy-eyed teenagers every day before work. Such people are rare, and to even the most saintly *Aust Reach Out CSP4, Rather, for many people today who are unchurched, their first contact comes through visitation or some expression of outreach in the community?not at Sunday worship or church school. Church members need to understand the difference all this makes in its ministry if today's church is to be able to help people with their hurts and hopes. In other words, what worked in a church culture will not necessarily transfer to a world where the church needs to function like a missionary. How can our church today learn to serve the unchurched? What can we learn from the mission field about serving people of different values and orientations? How can the church continually rethink its assumptions about ministry to a mission field culture? These questions must be addressed. My friend Paul Lowder rightly observes that "if the church does not iearn to serve people on the mission field instead of in a church culture, the church will fail in its mission." I believe the church can learn. (Dr. Stan Smith is the minister of Camp United Methodist Church in Shallotte.) \ You've Been Missing! ivifiB nmv mdvwi EARING LOSS NOW EEF*?CometeI Drugs Shallette RING TEST Y EACH MONTH , 10 AM to 1 PM G AID CINTRR Service 4705 Wrightsville Ave. /ickbeacon Wilmington, NC 28403 . % $ TWWf'-* ?SsSi i to ^ i'air '88 AND STRAND NERAL HOSPITAL it ffc Mall ay 14, 1988 M.-3:00 P.M. Radio broadcasting live :h more! ; available for $15 anything for 8 hrs. before s drawn r? M?ill of 1/ K4n rt antrnn/^A u iviuu ai i\"iviuii viiiiuiiLL AL WEEK MAY 8-14 ?My Gosh of Mormons it is not easy. "My biggest challenge is showing the kids how the events of the Old Testament relate to their lives," said Virginia Gore, the seminnrv tparhpr in Shallotte. "I have to show them that the people in the Scriptures faced problems and overcame them. "They have to realize that even though they were born in the latter days, the trials and challenges faced by earlier people are similar to the ones they face today." Last month a seminary bowl was held in Wilmington. This was a twopart competition between all seminaries in the same area or "stake" of the church. The first part was a Scripture chase over the 40 passages of focus for the year as chosen by leaders of the Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. The second was a bowl competition consisting of questions covered in class and in personal reading. Natasha Gore, another freshman CHURCH / Town Creek Mc Town Creek Baptist Church at Winnabow will celebrate the centennial anniversary of the Southern Baptist Convention's Women's Missionary Union during its 11 a.m. service on May IS. Centennial Chairman Shelby Eason said those women who have helped shape the history of Town Creek Baptist Church will be recognized. Invited to attend are all past members of the WMU organizations, including Sunbeams, GAs, Mission Friends, Young Baptist Women and Baptist Women. The service will include = brief memorial to those past members who are deceased, as well as anticipated dedication service for a newborn baby girl?the youngest member of the WMU's Mission Friends. After the service, the church will hold an old-fashioned chicken bog dinner for members and guests. Mrs. Eason asked that former members of WMU organizations contact either her, at Route 2, Box 482-A, Leland, NC 28451 (253-5544) or Jessie Best, Route 2, Box 490-A, Leland, NC 28451. Sow and Reap The WMU atShaliotte First Baptist Church is challenging church members and other churches to grow an extra row of vegetables this summer and donate the harvest to Home Missions in Bolivia. Mrs. Dean Carroll, Mission Action chairman, said harvested vegetables could be donated fresh from the garden or canned or frozen for later use by the Mission's clientele, the NCAE Leader T< Gladys Graves, president of the 45,000-member _ North Carolina Association of Educators, will speak on Sunday, May 15, at the first Woman's ^ Day Celebration ^ Little ^ Macedonia Baptist Church in Supply. Grav" The program will begin at 3:30 p.m., according to Odell Hankins, president of the Woman's Home and NEW 40-BEC NOW rCARflF^ MI1U LSI Modern 80-Bed F to Provide Con We offer private and semi-prii mosphere with gracious surround ly cares, therapeutic diets, recre tivities. Physician on call. Private cepted. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL TOM; BRUNSWIG RESIDENTIAL < Mulberry Str< 754-6621 or 754-9770 (Bus! -6:30 A.M.! at West Brunswick, says she finds the knowledge she has gained through seminary study an advantage lor facing the problems in her life. She calls seminary an "uplifting and knowledgable experience." Matthew Mintz, a sophomore at West Brunswick, says seminary has been very helpful to him, particularly in developing self-discipline. Getting up at 5:30 a.m. every day is not easy. But the students find Scripture to back their commitment, including this verse from the Book of Mormon, "I know that the Lord given no commandment to the children of men save He prepare a way that they may accomplish the thing which he has commanded them." These teens are gaining perspective in facing life's problems through o ctnrfo C7. I-* * u OIUUJ VI UIC OLI IJJtUI CS. 11 SUUII15 10 have given them not only guidance, but a positive attitude toward life and a new assurance. ACTIVITIES irks WMU Date county's needy residents. Revival Begins Spring revival at Shallotte First Baptist Church in Shallotte begins May 22, with a message in song by The Crossbearers, a trio from Wilmington that includes two Brunswick County natives. nev. uannis i^ancaster, pastor, said revival will continue Monday and through the week with Rev. Steve Pennington, formerly of Shallotte, as the guest evangelist. All services are at 7:30 p.m., and each will feature special music. The public is invited. Sets BBQ Dinner New Britton Baptist Church in Ash will hold a barbecue dinner on Saturday, May 21, starting at 11 a.m. and continuing through the supper hour. Each plate will include homecooked pork barbecue, candied yams, coleslaw and hushpuppies. Cost will be $3.50 per plate. Proceeds wil benefit the building fund, said spokesman Olive King. . .. >i Revival To Begin Revival at Letties Grove Church north of Shallotte begins Sunday, May 15, and continues through Friday, May 20, with services at 7:30 p.m. Featured speakers will be Bill Ellis, Don Sauls and Herbert Carter, while special music is planed by the I jetties Grove Adult, Junior and Children's choirs, Bobby Lewis and B.L.E.S.S., the St. Andrews Church Choir and Visions. Everyone is invited. d Speak Locally r ureign mission circles, The speaker's topic will be "Education, Polities and Our Community." Mrs. Graves, who holds an honorary doctorate from her alma mater, Shaw University, is serving her second term as president of NCAE. She makes her home in Greensboro when not serving NCAE in Raleigh. She teaches grades four and five and is a gifted and talented resource teacher. The church is located on Little Macedonia Road, located two miles off N.C. 211 north of Supply. The public is invited. ) ADDITION OPEN SABLED :acility Equipped nfort and Care /ate rooms in a home like atlings and a trained staff that reolational therapy and planned acpay and Medicaid recipients acOR PERSONALIZED TOUR ? MY MILLER ? K VILLAGE I CARE CENTER i jet, Shallotte ness) 754-8825 (Home) THE BRUNSWICK BEACC CEDAR GRQV Two Attend S BY BARBARA T. HEWETT Rev. M.C. Herring and James H. Bryant attended the General Baptist Moderators and ARB}- One-Day Session ^* held May 4 and 5 a' High Point's 7 ut if ? 1HV. TCIIIU1I 1>1U* sionary Baptist Church. The two have wholesome information that will be used as a resource in meeting Associational objectives. They tell of an inspirational, informative fellowship. u ........ at_4i?i... ""HfJ uii iiiuoj Happy birthday to Anne Johnson, Tnaddus Davis, Ada Ruin Vereen, Alma Stanley, Hattie F. Chapman. Retha H. Bryant, Earnie Bumey, Tiffany Rogers, L. Hodges Morgans, Norvin Grissett, Carl Parker, George ?I ST. JAMES rrfl EPISCOPAL CHURCH \l/ Ths Rev. Reginald Bliss Holy Eucharist ? 1st & 3rd Sundays Morning Prayer?2nd & 4th Sundays 10:00 AM Hwy. 17, Shallotte i You ai to a Blood Glucose and May 20, 1988, 10: I ^ B r,ti? Suppl across from the I spons Brunswick LiJ Brunswick County Becton Imp Call 754-81 Brunswick Pro J to obtain nece: for proper a Personnel RPH, RN, L Take care of yourself, ( SERIES 3 OF Seeing Well A Grow Older A Special 12-Part Series About Our C Sponsored By Carolina Eye Associate Centers located In Pine hurst. Laurtnburg. 1 After Age 55: C Be Improved? By Robert G. Martin. M.D. Studies indicate most people who have poor vision often are unaware of the problem. This is especially true for adults over age 55. Senior adults have ten times the number of eye problems as younger-aged adults. Good vision is required in order to perform most of the daily tasks ol living. Over 90% of the skills to drive an automobile are visual. Preparing food, participating in most hobbies and sports, and navigating a stairway require good vision. Yet older adults frequently ignore early signs of visual problems, accepting them as inevitable. Then there is the false notion that sight can, in some way. be used up. Thus reading or watching TV may be reduced or abandoned. Some people feel that their poor vision is the result of reading in poor light in youth. Many older patients see their complaints about their eyes as relatively trivial and something not ~ A v? ?; a 1 : _ w witii uuiiiuiiuy tuuii doctor about. A new study indicates ( ? ?N, Thursday, May 12, 1988?Page 15-A fE AREA NEWS tote Workshop Mercer, Marcus Bernard, Kobert Bellamy, Rosa Douglas, Rachelle Douglas, Marie Brittain, Brian and Joyce McAllister. Tune In Be sure to listen to WVCB Radio (1410 AM) in Shallotte at 3 p.m. Thursday and 10:15 H.m. Saturday for the Cedar Grove Area News. Listen on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. for thp Momonlc r>f IncnirotiAn ? VI HkJ|iII UUVJII 5VO{iVI music program. Weekly Scripture The Scripture for tire week comes from Psalms 68:4, "Sing praises to the Lord! Raise your voice in song to him who rides upon the clouds! Jehovah is his name. Oh rejoice in his presence." You Are Invited To Worship With Us iEaat Asaemblg NON-DENOMINATIONAL Sunday, 10 AM, 7 PM Wednesday, 7 PM Village Rd., across from Shallotte Dry Cleaners Pastor, Bobby Causey ====== II e invited FREE Cholesterol Screening 00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. at sa*iema2 y, N.C. Brunswick Hospital ored by Health Call escan > Health Department Dickinson ortant 60 or come by , "essional Pharmacy ssary information J lipt for thp tpvr ' to be present PN, Lab Tech. you 're important to us. KM THE BRUNSWICK BEACON hanging Eyesight trunswlck County. Raleigh. & Loulsbuig NC Zan Your Vision the single factor that prevents older adults from improvina their vision is that they are overwhelmed with other health problems. When their poor vision is the major and only handicap. only then is an effort made to seek help. Can your vision be improved? In many instances the answer is yes. A complete eye examination will give you an answer to that question for your eyes. If you are having problems with your eyes, come to our free community SightSaver eye srroon i n rt r-olc*V-\r/-f i *-*/-* . uv?v.wiwiuiy the grand opening oi Carolina Eye Associates NEW Brunswick County Eye Center in Supply. North Carolina. The eye screening will be held on Saturday, May 21st. Join us for complimentary refreshments and get a free SightSaver Eye Kit to take home with you. To sign up for the free eye screening, or to get more information abouteye problems, call SighiLine. our ioll-frou in foxmotion service at 1-800227-5189. ' i