WORSHIP
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Martha Bridges, center, retiring Kings Mountain Crisis Ministry Board member, was recently honored
with a dozen red roses and a plaque for her 20 years of service. Left to right are Mike Smith, board
member; Rebecca Lineberger, director; Mrs. Bridges; Emily Suber, board member; and Sherry Hamrick,
previous director.
8 CHURCH BRIEFS
Central Methodist plans
ake sale and soup sale
Central United Methodist
Church will hold a soup and
bake sale November 11. The bake
sale is from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and
the soup sale is from 11:30 am.-
2:30 p.m.
Tickets are required for bulk
quantities of soup. Purchase tick-
ets from a member of the United
Methodist Men or at the church
office.
» The cost is $5 per quart, $8
bowl of soup and sandwich is $4
(no ticket required).
Cakes, casseroles, pies, cook-
ies, frozen dishes and home-
canned items will be sold.
Ladies may drop off their
items on Friday, Nov. 10 from 5-7
p-m. or Saturday morning from
8:30-10 a.m.
Pathway Baptist Church, 3100
Parkdale Circle, Kings
Mountain, will host the blue-
grass group Virginia Cross Ties
in concert Sunday, Nov. 5 at 11
a.m. For more information call
734-0852.
Westover Baptist Church,
114 Westover Dr, Kings
Mountain, will hold revival
November 5-8. Sunday’s services
are at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Services
on Monday through Thursday
are at 7 p.m. Guest speaker will
be Rev. larry Brewton.
Grace United Methodist
Church, 829 Cleveland Ave.
Kings Mountain, will host a
country style buffet breakfast
November 4 from 6:30-10 a.m.
The cost is $4 for adults and $2
for children ages 7-12. For more
information call 739-6000.
House of Refuge, 406 Suttle
St., Shelby, will host “A Time of
Worship" Sunday, November 5 at
5 pm. The speaker will be
Minister Carla Ellis House of
Refuge, Shelby. Dinner will be
served. For more information
contact Evangelist Billie Jefferies
704-739-4776
Antioch Baptist Church will
hold its annual WMU Craft and
Bake Sale Saturday, Nov. 11 from
8 am.-2 p.m. at the Antioch
Community Center, Antioch Rd.,
Blacksburg, SC. Biscuits will be
sold from 8 a.m.-10 a.m. and hot
dogs will be sold beginning at 11
a.m. Craft and bake sale items
will be sold and door prize tick-
ets are $1. For more information
call Becky Broome at 864-839-
6366.
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A Public Servant
Not Another Elected Official
For County Commissioner.
Paid for by committee to re-elect
Brandon Lee Dover, dressed as a fireman, tries his luck at the ring
toss during Fall Festival Sunday night at Dixon Presbyterian
Church.
Nothing is as im
November 2, 2006
portant
as relationship with God
There is a story by Harold
Wildish about a wealthy
landowner, who lived in the
Scottish Highlands. He had
many possessions and lived in a
stately mansion that overlooked
a beautiful valley. But there was
an emptiness in his life.
In a
small
located near
the entrance
to the wealthy
man’s estate
there lived a
herdsman
named John,
who was an
employee of
the landown-
er. John had
few possessions, but he was a
man of profound faith in God.
With his family, he regularly
attended church, and the Lord's
presence was a genuine reality in
his home. From time to time the
landowner would visit John and
his family and he would often
find them on their knees in
prayer.
One morning, as the landown-
er was gazing out on the rising
sun, he was saying to himself,
“It’s all mine.” Just then, the
doorbell rang, and when he went
to the door he found John. “Are
the animals alright, John,” he
asked. Looking somewhat
embarrassed, John said, “Yes sir,
but could I have a word with
you?” So the landowner invited
John into his home and they sat
down together. “Sir,” John said
hesitantly, “last night I had a
dream, and in it the Lord told me
that the richest man in the valley
Jeff Hensley
Meditation
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is going to die tonight at mid-
home"
night. I felt I should tell you, and
I hope you don’t mind.”
“Tut, . tut,” replied. the
landowner, “I don’t believe in
such dreams, so you just go back
to your work, John, and don’t
worry about it.” But though he
sent his employee away, John’s
words continued to trouble the
wealthy man, so he went to his
doctor to have a complete check
up. The doctor pronounced him
“fit as a fiddle” and said he
would give him at least another
twenty years. Even though this
news eased his mind, the
landowner was still troubled by
lingering doubts, so he invited
the doctor to come to his home
for dinner that night.
The two men enjoyed a sump-
tuous meal and good fellowship,
and shortly after eleven-thirty
the doctor got up and said he
had to leave, but the landowner
begged him to stay. Eventually,
when midnight had passed, the
landowner escorted his doctor to
the door and went up to his
room muttering, “Silly old
John!” But no sooner had he
gone to bed than he heard the
doorbell. It was nearly one
o,clock in the morning. Going
down he found a grief-stricken
girl at the door, whom he recog-
nized instantly as John,s daugh-
ter. “Sir,” she said with tears
rolling down her cheeks,
“Mother sent me to tell you that
Daddy died tonight at mid-
night.” The landowner froze for
a moment, because at last he
realized who was the richest
man in the valley.
All of us enjoy having things,
but the reality is that there is
nothing in this world that is as
important as our relationship
with God. That is what makes us
wealthy.
Jeff Hensley is pastor of
Kings Mountain Baptist
Laney Johnsonbaugh, left,
tries to eat a swinging donut
during Fall Festival Sunday
night at Dixon Presbyterian
Church in Kings Mountain.
GARY STEWART / HERALD
Parkwood Baptist Church,
1729 E. Garrison Blvd., Gastonia,
will host a Veterans Day concert
Liberty Baptist Church, 3000
Sam Wilson Rd., Charlotte, will
host Jeff Owens, author, confer-
November 11 at 6:30 p.m. ence speaker and pastor of one of
Admission is free. Featured the fastest growing independent
groups are soloist Ronda Baptist churches in America,
Freeman, the Songsters and the
Chapel Grove Quartet. For more:
information call 867-8749.
December 4-5 at 7 p.m. For more
information call 704-399-0142.
VOTE TO ELECT DON ALLEN SHERIFF
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community values we must have
strong leadership. Don Allen is a
man with genuine concern and
compassion for people. Don is our
. county’s most qualified candidate
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RECLAIMING OUR COMMUNITY VALUES
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Clerk of Court
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