THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24,2016 5
Playground To Be Dedicated
STAFF PHOTO BY PETER WILLIAMS
Perquimans County and Trillium Health Resources will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony today at 10 a.m. to
celebrate the grand opening of the truly inclusive playground at the Perquimans County Parks and Recreation
Center.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Thaddeus Mann shakes hands with Perquimans County
Manager Frank Heath. Mann participated in a two day
youth summit in Winston-Salem.
Mann attends Summit
Creef
attends
teaching
program
From Staff Reports
Perquimans Central
School teacher Tammy
Creef recently attended a
program held at the North
Carolina Center for the Ad
vancement of Teaching, a
recognized national leader
in professional develop
ment programming for our
state’s teachers.
NCCAT provides teach
ers with new knowledge,
skills, teaching methods,
best practices and informa
tion to take back to their
classrooms. NCCAT con
ducts a variety professional
development programs for
pre-kindergarten through
12th-grade teachers.
For more information
about NCCAT visit www.nc-
cat.org or call 828-293-5202.
Church
NEWS
■ Bagley Chapel MBC
Bagley Chapel Mission
ary Baptist Church will be
celebrating Women’s Day
Sunday at 11 a.m. The guest
speaker will be Minister Sal
ly Brooks.
■ Ellis Temple Church
Ellis Temple Church will
open revival services Sun
day at 2 p.m. with Bishop
Mason and Greater Saun
ders Grove. Nightly services
will continue Aug. 30-31 and
Sept. 1 at 7:30 p.m. A home-
coming cookout is set for
3 p.m. Sept. 3 and a home-
coming service will be held
Sept. 4 at 11 a.m.
■ Riddick Grove Baptist
Riddick Grove Baptist
Church will hold a singa-
rama on Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
to celebrate the Church and
Usher’s Anniversary.
■ Soup Kitchen
Hertford United Meth
odist Church will host The
Lord’s Table Soup Kitchen
every Wednesday from 11:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the fel
lowship hall. Call 426-5467.
Information for Church Notes
should be emailed if possible to per-
quimanswee!dy@ncweeklies. com.
The deadline is Friday at noon.
Early submissions are encouraged.
Church Notes features special ser
vices and activities that are open
to the public. Photographs of special
activities are also welcomed.
Pets Of Die WEEK
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Shadow and Mya are nine-week-old kittens available
at the Tri-County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center.
Shadow is a male Russian Blue and Mya is a blue
eyed white cat with orange tabby ears and tail.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Ollie, a teen-age male
gray tabby, is available
for adoption at the Tri-
County Animal Shelter
and Adoption Center
in Tyner. He loves to
entertain. For more
information call 221-
8514.
From Staff Reports
Thaddeus Mann attended
The initiative aims to
overcome the mindset that
many youth are disengaged
Death Notice
ELIZABETH CITY —
J.E. Matthews, 52, died
on Aug. 20, 2016. Funeral
Aug. 25 at 2 p.m., at funeral
home. Visitation 7-8:30 p.m.
Wednesday. Arrangements
by Miller & Van Essendelft
Funeral & Cremation Pro
viders.
the seventh annual North
Carolina Association of
County Commissioners
(NCACC) Youth Summit,
which was held in Winston-
Salem on Aug. 12-13.
North Carolina 4-H and
the North Carolina Coop
erative Extension Service
partnered for the seventh
year with the NCACC on a
multi-year initiative to in
crease youth involvement in
county government.
and lack trust in govern
ment.
Mann represented Per
quimans County along with
over 63 other counties dur
ing this event. The event is
sponsored and supported
by the North Carolina Asso
ciation of County Commis
sioners.
For more information on
the 4-H program in Perqui
mans County, contact Mer
edith Wood at 426-7697.
HERTFORD UMC
200 Dobbs Street, Hertford
Pastor Jane Leechford
(252) 426-5467 www.hertfordurnc.org
All good athletes train hard. They do it for a gold medal that tarnishes and
fades. You're after one that's gold eternally. I don't know about you, but I'm
running hard for the finish line. I'm giving it everything I've got. No sloppy liv
ing for me! I'm staying alert and in top condition. I'm not going to get caught
napping, telling everyone else all about it and then missing out myself.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27 (THE MESSAGE)
Go for the Gold!
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would be applied toward
the fundraising goal.
Cale draws on not only
residents from the sur
rounding area, but other
areas of both North Caro
lina and Virginia.
Cale is a ministry of the
Chowan Baptist Associa
tion, which is comprised of
68 churches in a 10 county
area in northeast North
Carolina. The camp is lo
cated off New Hope Road.
Several years ago the
Cale completed a new con
ference center complete
with dining facilities. It is
used year round.
“Cale Camp and Confer
ence Center is one of the
best kept secrets in NC
Baptist life,” said Marty
Dupree, evangelism con
sultant for the Baptist
State Convention. “It is a
wonderful property on the
Perquimans River that has
everything from boating
and water sports to sports
fields, basketball courts
and many activities as well
as gun ranges and lots of
great activities for youth
and children and for re
treats and conferences.”
While the camp is open
to all faiths, the original
focus remains the same
Thomas said.
“We want to be that
place were people come to
know Christ, grow deeper
in their faith, and build re
lationships as the body of
Christ.”
For more information
about Cale you can go to
campcale.com or contact
their offices at 264-2513.
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Many of us have enjoyed the summer Olympics as the games were broadcast
into our homes from the action in Rio. We take pride in watching the young
athletes that have trained rigorously for years as they compete in their
particular game and as they “go for the gold.” These athletes have accepted
the invitation to run hard for the finish line, and they give it everything
they’ve got. They stay alert and in top condition. They also ask the question,
“What will be expected for me to win?”
Much like an athlete, when we accept the invitation to put our faith in
Christ, it is not a static or one-time event; it is the beginning of a life-long
journey. The Apostle Paul compared it to the striving of an athlete that trains
for an event. In the same way, Christians are to be actively engaged in a
never-ending process that begins with our first awareness of Jesus Christ
and continues for the rest of our earthly life. Faithful disciples continually
ask, “What does the Lord expect of me?” “What does it take to be a deeply
devoted disciple of Jesus Christ?”
John Wesley, Anglican priest and founder of the Methodist movement, taught
that faithful Christians live with a desire to follow the pattern or lifestyle
of Jesus perfectly and to live in harmony with Jesus’ teachings. Wesley
believed that we are to strive constantly for this goal, although few will fully
achieve it in this life.
We are to “go for the gold” that lasts eternally, one that doesn’t tarnish or
fade. As Paul says, “I don’t know about you, but I’m running hard for the
finish line. I’m giving it everything I’ve got...I’m not going to get caught
napping, telling everyone else all about it and then missing out myself.”
May we make the journey toward faithful discipleship that begins, first and
foremost, with a deep commitment to Jesus Christ.
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