¥ October 2, 2003
First Presbytery of the
% Associate Reformed
§ & Presbyterian Church held its
i § annual Senior Fall Fling at
§: the Mooresville Church on
£ Thursday, September 28.
A group from the local
: Boyce Memorial ARP
Church attended the activi-
ties.
Scheduled events included
| x a devotional time, Bible
+ study and other classes in
' the morning and afternoon,
= a time of entertainment and
i = door prizes.
Marcus Hamilton, artist
© = for Dennis the Menace,
| - shared some interesting
thoughts. He sang a couple
> of songs and told of how he
= became involved and associ-
- ated with Hank Ketcham
Ent. Inc., creator of the car-
- toon character. To conclude
his presentation, he did a
© sketch of Dennis and con-
~ tributed it as a door prize.
- The winner was Juanita
Steffy, who attended with
* . the group from Kings
Mountain.
: Year of Jubilee
- at Faith Baptist
Faith Baptist church, 1009
_. Linwood Road, Kings
- Mountain, will be celebrat-
© ing its Year of Jubilee {50th
~ anniversary) Sunday,
- October 12.
Special speakers will be
= former pastors, past officers
= of the church, and pastors
YYYY
: called and ordained during
. the church history. Any for-
mer leaders that wish to be
recognized are asked to call
+ Rev. ].r. Robbins at 730-8650
: by October 10.
: Special music guests will
. include gospel recording
- artist Billy Lord of Atlanta,
: GA, George Lockhart of
: Snellville, Ga, and local
= artists.
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= her initial
© sermon
% Sunday,
~ October 5
% at 2:30
o p.m. at
Services will begin at 10:30
a.m. with a break for lunch
on the grounds. Following
lunch will be more music
and worship. IIHT!
The public is invited.
: Roseboro to preach
her initial sermon
Lynn L.
Roseboro
will
preach
= New
: Hope AME Zion Church,
7000 Shallowford RoAd,
© Lewisville, NC.
Ta
Dr. Robert Lawton is pas-
= tor.
(Oe
Roseboro is a 1990 gradu-
ate of Kings Mountain High
:: School and a 1994 graduate
». of Winston-Salem State
+ University. She is a former
* member of Galilee United
i* Methodist church. She is the
: daughter of Chris and
~ Priscilla Roseboro and has
: one son, Christopher Omar
ease
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CHURCH NEWS
; Senior Fall Fling
th held in Mooresville
Roseboro.
~ Roseboro is active at New
Hope AME Zion, where she
serves as the Superintendent
of the Buds of Promise,
Treasurer of the Christian
Education Department, and
Praise Team Leader.
The public is invited to
attend. For direction to the
church call (336) 945-9083 or
(336) 945-5618.
fish fry, hot dogs
at St. Paul UMC
There will be a fish fry
and hot dog sale October 4
from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at St.
Paul United Methodist
Church, 220 N. Cansler
Street, Kings Mountain.
Fish plates are $6 and hot
dog plates are $3. A fish
sandwich is $3 and a single
hot dog is $1.
Deliveries of five or more
plates are available by call-
ing 739-1256.
Musical slated
at People’s Baptist
People’s Baptist Church,
1010 Groves Street, will be
“Celebrating Our
Differences” with a musical
variety October 25 at 6 p.m.
The public is invited.
Liberia Boys Choir
at Central Methodist
The Liberia A capella Boys
Choir will be in concert at 7
p-m. Wednesday, October 8
at Central United Methodist
Church, Kings Mountain.
Admission is free but a love
offering will be accepted.
The Liberia A cappela
Boys Choir is an evangelistic
outreach of African
Christians Fellowship
International. The choir con-
sists of 12 gifted young boys
in age from 11-16 years old.
The choir is unique in that
all 12 are orphans.
The boys are from five of
the 16 major tribes of
Liberia, Africa. The songs
are both English and several
I'African languages.
The Christian Adult Class
will host a fellowship sup-
per at 6:15.
The public is invited.
Peoples Baptist
anniversary slated
The Peoples Baptist
Church will celebrate its
13th anniversary Sunday,
Oct. 5 at 3 p.m.
Guest speaker will be Rev.
Larry Dixon of Long Branch
Baptist Church, Grover.
The public is invited.
Revival to begin
at Harvest Baptist
Fall revival will be held
October 5-8 at Harvest
Baptist Church, 144 Ware
Road, Kings Mountain.
Services are at 6 p.m.
Sunday and'7 p.m. Monday
through Wednesday.
Rev. Jamie Ellis will be
guest speaker.
The public is invited.
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Youth revival set
at St. Peter Baptist
St. Peter Baptist Church,
Grover, will hold a two-
night youth revival October
14-15 at 7 p.m.
The speaker will be Rev.
Johnny Brown of
Georgetown, SC. Various
* churches will present special
music.
The public is invited.
Westover Baptist
revival to begin
Westover Baptist Church,
114 Westover Drive, Kings
Mountain, will be in revival
October 5-8 at 7 p.m.
Guest speaker will be Dr.
Wilburn Edmondson.
The public is invited.
Barbecue slated
at Bethea UMC
A barbecue sale will be
held October 17 from 11
a.m.-7 p.m .at Bethea United
Methodist church, 605 East
Maryland Avenue, Bessemer
City.
Plates are $6.
Faith & Fun Fest
at Shelby church
Aldersgate United
Methodist Church, 1207 W.
Dixon Blvd., Shelby, is hav-
ing a free faith and fun fest
Sunday, October 12 from 2-7
p.m.
There will be a car show,
fie house, food, live music,
clowns, puppet show, story
tellers, children's games and
prizes, rides, rock climbing
wall, cake walks and min-
istry fair.
On site and satellite park-
ing with shuttle service are
available.
Cherryville church
schedules fall fest
Victory Life Assembly of
God, Hwy. 150 West of
Cherryville will hold its
annual fall fest Saturday,
Oct. 11.
The Cherryville Police
Department will be on hand
at 10:45 a.m. to provide free
ID cards for children.
For more information call
435-5539.
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Bill Worthen preaches
first sermon at age 71
BY ANDIE L. BRYMER
Staff Writer
At age 71, Bill Worthen
preached his first sermon in
April.
The Kings Mountain man
preached at his home
church, Carolina Praise and
Worship Center. He was
ordained by his denomina-
tion, the Church of God, ear-
lier this year.
Worthen’s work within
the denomination will
revolve around teaching
ministries and churches of
all denominations how to
obtain religious books and
materials from publishers.
He first learned to do this
job volunteering for Son
Light Ministries. The min-
istry serves inmates at the
county jail. Worthen says
ministering to inmates
brings him joy.
He proudly displays a
cloth inmates made for the
ministry team. They painted
praying hands clasping a
BILL WORTHEN
cross, an open Bible and
flowers. The names of all the
volunteers are listed at the
top.
“It’s a treasure for me,” he
said.
Worthen does not preach
to the inmates, instead he
offers a listening ear.
“When I was out in sin I
didn’t want people telling
me what to do,” he said.
Before becoming a
Christian over 30 years ago,
Worthen abused alcohol,
was racist and felt hatred
toward others.
He gives God the credit
for changing him.
“Once the Lord works
you over He does a good job
if you let him,” Worthen
said.
He credits God for help-
ing him overcome crippling
arthritis and a weak heart. A
few years ago he had trou-
ble walking to the mailbox.
Today Worthen has regained
much of his strength though
some days he still is in pain.
“I don’t care what's
wrong, I'm going to go on,”
he said.
Worthen says his wife
Ruby often encourages him
when he feels bad.
“She is precious,” he said.
Ever optimistic, Worthen
is eager to continue his min-
istry and savor every day till
God calls him home.
“I get a joy out of every-
thing I do,” he said.
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