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April 27, 2006 i The Kings Mountain Herald CHURCH BRIEFS Page 5A God goes beyond our expectations Hank Aaron once spoke of how other people often made: him feel like an outsider just because of the color of his skin. He recalled his early days in the Negro League. On one occa- sion the team ate in a restaurant behind Griffith Stadium in Washington. He said he could still hear the kitchen employ- ees breaking all the plates in the kitchen so as to make sure no white person had to eat on the same plate a black person had used. Later, as he broke into the major leagues, Aaron received death threats and hate mail just because he was a black man who had passed a white man’s home run record. Through the centuries people have found many reasons to create an “us ver- sus them” mentality in the world. On the basis of age, gender, skin color, nationali- ty, religion, education, or any of a number Jeff Hensley Meditation ed ourselves into either the insiders or the “ muses outsiders, and if you've ever been on the outside looking in, then you know how Hank Aaron felt. When Jesus selected his disciples, he didn’t operate this way. Instead, Jesus chose people who probably wouldn't have been our choices. One of the first disciples was a man named Simon, who was also known as Peter. Though Peter made a profound impact on the early Christian community, historians tell us that he was probably illiterate and definite- ly among the ordinary people of the land. In fact, the best historical evidence tells us that as much as 95 percent of the population in Galilee during Jesus, ministry would have been unable to write their own name, and it was in this sim- ple kind of setting where Jesus chose to carry out most of his ministry. Furthermore, if we look carefully at the teachings of Jesus, we discover that the Kingdom of God places a high priority on people whom many folks would consider very ordinary, even outsiders. Why is that? Wouldn't it have been easier to take the message first to the scribes and religious authorities? But this wasn’t and isn’t the way God typically works. Instead, God often chooses the simplest ways to show the beauty of his creation and the most ordinary people to carry out his work. To teach her daughter about the simple beauty of God's creation, Jennie brought home a rose that was not yet opened. She told her daughter how a flower grows and how pretty the rose would be when it blossomed. Later, as Jennie passed through the room, she noticed that the petals had all been torn off the rose and it was destroyed, which prompted her to ask what had happened. The little girl replied, “I got tired of waiting, so I blossomed it!” It always amazes me how God works in ways and among people we would least expect, so maybe all of us ought to be more patient and open to the possibilities that go beyond our expectations. Dr. Jeff Hensley is pastor of Kings Mountain Baptist Church. His column runs weekly in The Herald. of other factors, we have regularly divid-, Rev. Joseph Alghrary will speak Sunday at Boyce Memorial ARP Church in Kings Mountain. Rev. Alghrary is an ARP minister who has been called to reach out to the . Muslim community in America. His" father’s tribe of 300,000 live in Iraq and are Sunni Muslims. His mother is from North Carolina and was raised in Charlotte. Rev. Alghrary has traveled to Iraq numerous times and offers a unique per- spective on Islam and its current ten- sions with the West. ALGHRARY Sunrise Baptist Church, 208 Mail Road, Kings Mountain, will host His 4- Ever Singers in concert April 30 at 6 .m. P Macedonia Baptist Church, 1101 S. Battleground Ave., Kings Mountain, will host the Chapel Grove Quartet in- in concert Sunday, April 30 at 6 p.m. For more information call 739-6811. Westover Baptist Church, Kings Mountain, will host His Anointed Ministries in concert April 30 at 6 p.m. Refreshments will be served after the singing. For more information call 739- 2117. Family Worship Center will host guitarist Doyle Dykes in concert May 3 at 7 p.m.A freewill offering will be received. Family Worship Center will host the fourth annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast Thursday, May 4 at 8 a.m. Special guest will be Senator Radu Tirle of Bucharest, Romania. Doyle Dykes will present special music. Tickets are $15. For more information call 739-4520. Allen Memorial Baptist Church, Longbranch Road, Grover, will hold a children’s bike-a-thon May 6 at 11 a.m. at the ball field. Proceeds will go to Relay for Life. Lunch will be provided for the children after the bike-a-thon. For more information call-487-1234. Allen Memorial Baptist Church, Longbranch Road, Grover, will hold Ladies Nite Out May 6 at 6:30 p.. Guest The Pennington-McIntyre Art Gallery at CCC is currently hosting “Eye of the Camera,” featuring photographs by award winning photographer Fred Carey. The exhibit will be on display until the end of May. : A Shelby native, Carey has won sev- eral Kodak-spon- sored and newspa- per-sponsored photo contests, including an honorable men- tion in the Kodak sponsored National Park Service Photo Contest for his photo of Mabry Mill located ~on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia. He also won a space in the 2006 National Park Calendar. There were 14,800 entries in the contest. “I want to share different ways peo- ple can enjoy national parks and how they can take good pictures even on days with bad weather,” Carey said of his photographs of the Blue Ridge CAREY Activities Sunday Morning 8:45 Praise and Worship Service -9:30 Sunday Morning Fellowship Children’s Activities: Ages 4 to High School Snack supper and Bible Related Activities 5:00 to 5:30 Children’s Choir- Preschool to 5" gr. 5:30 to 7:15 Kids for Christ- 5t" gr. and younger 5:30 to 7:15 United Methodist Youth- 6" to 12™ gr. Tuesday Evening 6:30 Youth Bible Study - 6" gr. to 12" gr. 6:30 Boy scouts www.kmcumc.org Is your life a blur? Lost Your way? This is a personal invitation for you to come and visit and let the Peace of God help you find your way! Central United Methodist Church Kings Mountain, NC Wednesday Evening 5:15 to 5:45 Children’s Choir Practice- 9:45 Sunday School 7:00 Adult Choir Practice 10:50 Traditional Services Sunday Evening Thursday Evening 7:00 Over 40’s Basketball Community Kitchen Serving our 11,000 meals in 2005 Monday- 11:30AM to 1:00PM Thursday- 5:00PM to 6:00PM Preschool Ages 2 to 4 years Monday - Friday 8:30AM to 12:30PM Preschool to 5" gr. Butterfly farm in Aruba Parkway. The CCC exhibit displays a variety of photographs featuring different nation- al parks and scenes from abroad as well as local photos. The exhibit is free and open to the ITT IRT VE LVN oR TT a TR THE ADDED VALUE OF A $50 REBATE Nola ALA Tire Inc. speaker will be Ashley Hartley. Special music will be by Rhonda Freeman. The cost is $10 with proceeds going to Relay for Life. For more information call Tracy Creswell at 284-5456. Allen Memorial Baptist Church, Longbranch Road, Grover, will hold a yard sale/breakfast May 13 beginning at 7 a.m. Sausage, ham and gravy bis- cuits, juice and coffee will be available for purchase. All proceeds benefit ‘Relay for Life. St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 258 W. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia, will host Antiques Off Roadshow Saturday, April 29 from 10 a.m-4 p.m. Professional appraisals (limit 2 items) are available for $10 per item. There will be entertainment, raffle, food, antique and gift shops and tours of St. Mark’s Church. All profits benefit church charities. For more information call 704-864-4531 ext. 19. Victory Life Assembly of God, 1655 Shelby Highway, Cherryville, will hold a yard sale Saturday from 7 a.m.-1 p.m. to raise funds to support a mission trip to Ecuador. For more information call 704-435-5539. public during regular College hours, 8 am. to 10 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays. For more information, contact Hal Bryant at 704-484-4023. 227 S. Cherokee St. © Kings Mountain Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 - 6:00, Saturday 8:00 - 12:00 NC INSPECTIONS | : 113 S. Piedmont Ave. Kings Mountain, NC 28086 704-739-2471 ALIGNMENT ET = *Rebate good on purchases made April 2 - May 7, 2006. Must purchase 4 new tires. See store for details. ©2006 MNA, Inc.
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