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April 26, 2007
' Consistent witness points others to God
My son is a student at Gardner-
Webb University. He went there
with the notion that he might
study history, but lately we have
begun to discover that he is feel-
ing. God calling him in some
other direction. We haven't yet
figured out what direction that
may be, nor has he, but we are
joining him in the labor of wait-
ing to see what God intends.
Meanwhile, I find myself
remembering those old pastors
from my own past who cau-
tioned me when I first began to
feel God's call. “If there is any-
thing else you can do and be
happy doing it, then go and do
that instead of becoming a minis-
ter,” one old saint once told me.
I'm not sure everything that was
in that minister's mind when he
spoke those words, but I was a
bit frightened by the implica-
tions of his remark.
Nevertheless, I continued on my
journey and became a pastor,
and I have enjoyed being one.
Yet, as I think about young
people considering ministry
these days, I often wonder about
what our expectations really are.
Brett Younger, who is pastor of
the Broadway Baptist Church in
Fort Worth, Texas, says
something about our
expectations with his
own personal story of
God,s call in his life.
He says that he made
the decision to follow
God into full-time min-
istry with fear and
trembling, but he also
had an interesting and
for what his ministry might be
like.
“I imagined I would end up as
a missionary to an uncharted
island in the Pacific,” Younger
Jeff Hensley
Meditation
humorous expectation = wsmsmsmmummmns if you renounce Jesus,
says. “My assignment
would be to take the
gospel to a tribe of sun-
worshipping cannibals.
I would row ashore in
my canoe, tell the native
women to wear shirts,
lead them down the
‘Roman Road’ ‘and be
taken to the chief. He
would say, ‘Missionary,
then we will let you go home to
your refrigerator, recliner, and
televised sports, but if you insist
on believing, then we will throw
you into this huge kettle of boil-
Two National Day of Prayer
services will be held in Kings
Mountain on Thursday, May 3.
Family Worship Center, 1818
Shelby Road, will host the fifth
annual Kings Mountain Mayor's
Prayer Breakfast Thursday, May
3 at 8 a.m. in the FWC Youth
Center.
The annual event is sponsored
by the Pastor’s Prayer Circle.
Featured speaker will be Gary
Newell, a political consultant
from Westville, FL.
Musical guest is Danny Wolfe,
master trumpeter.
For more information call 739-
4520.
The annual community prayer
service is scheduled for 12:15
p.m. at the water fountain out-
side of Ci fall, on East Gold, «Church
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beginning with a yard sale at 7
a.m. Hot dogs will be sold begin-
ning at 10 a.m. A gospel singing
featuring “Chosen to Serve” will
begin at 6 p.m. To make dona-
tions or for more information call
the church at 704-730-9507,
Janice Martin at 704-473-2160 or
Pastor David Chapman at 704-
418-1097.
Galilee United Methodist
Church Women will hold a yard
sale April 28 at 6 a.m. at Bridges
Hardware in Kings Mountain.
Kings Mountain Baptist
Church, corner of Mountain St.
and Piedmont Ave., will host
Four Anointed in concert
Sunday, April 29 at 6 p.m. CDs
will be available.
East Gold Street Wesleyan
, will, sponsor a BBQ
‘plate benefit Saturday,
Special prayer will be Siro April 28 from 12-6 p.m. in the
for the city, state, nation and
world.
For more information call Rev.
Eddie Gray at 739-4266.
New Beginnings Church of
Jesus Christ, 541 Crocker Road,
will host a benefit for cancer
patient Belinda Bates April 28
Family Life Center. The price is
$6 per plate.
Sunrise Baptist Church, 208
Mail Road, Kings Mountain, will
host the Blue Grass Gospel Tones
in concert Saturday, April 28 at 6
p-m. Refreshments will be served
following the service.
Westover Baptist Church, 114
servic
Westover Dr., Kings Mountain,
will host Real Faith in concert at
6 p.m. April 29. A love offering
will be accepted and there will be
refreshments after the service.
For more information call 704-
739-2187.
Calvary Way Holiness Church
will hold a gospel sing featuring
the Calvary Way Singers
Saturday at 7 p.m. An offering
will be received for the building
fund. The public is invited.
Refuge Ministries will hold a
Fisher of Men Community Bible
Study “The Heart” Thursday
April 26 at 6:30: p.m. at
Cleveland Memorial Library,
Shelby. For more information
call 704-236-2542.
Crossroads Rescue Mission
will continue its sixth annual |
Jubilee Thursday and Friday at 7.
p.m. at a tent in a field on Hwy.”
18 about two miles north of the
Hwy. 180 South and Hwy. 18
South intersection. Thursday's
speakers are Pastors Greg Locke
of Nashville, TN and Barry
Philbeck of Love Valley Baptist
Church, Kings Mountain.
Friday’s speakers are Pastors
Locke and Wayne Ownby of
Sevierville, TN. The Love Valley
Singers will sing at each service.
A concession stand will be in
operation from 5-6:30 p.m. Call
484-8770 for more information.
Family Worship Center, 1818
Shelby Road, will host master
- trumpeter Danny Wolfe in con-
cert Wednesday, May 2 at 7 p.m.
For more information call 739-
7206.
Good Hope Presbyterian
Church, 105 N. Cansler St., will
have a fish fry Saturday, May 5
beginning at 11 a.m. Plates are
$6.50, sandwiches $3.50 and tea
50 cents. Delivery is available by
calling 739-1062.
Shiloh Presbyterian Church,
307 Cleveland Avenue, Grover,
will have a yard sale, breakfast
Biscuits and homemade bake
“sale Saturday, May 5 from 6:30
a.m.-12 noon.
Miracle Tabernacle
Ministries, 610 E. Gold St., will
open its first free Dorcas
Clothing and Elijah Food Pantry
on Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. To make an
appointment call the church
office at 739-9449.
COUNCIL
From 1A
Hutchins of Kings Mountain
spoke .in favor of a four year
term, saying the change would
be good for Kings Mountain.
The filing period for the
November city election opens at
noon on July 6 and closes at noon
on July 20. All seven seats and
the mayor’ seat on council are up
for grabs. State law requires that
once an ordinance is adopted it
must be effective 90 days before
the next election and clearance
by the Justice Department must
be accomplished by filing time.
Corry has already forwarded to
the Justice Department in
Washington, DC the board’s
notice of intent to change the
charter, which members passed
recently by 6-1. At that meeting
Corry said “This will be a quick
process to complete but it can be
done.”
Last Thursday only eight people
turned out for a public hearing
on lengthening the terms of
office of elected officials. Three
people - former councilman
Clavon Kelly, Bobby Maner and
Cleveland County HealthCare System
invites you to celebrate the
Spud ot Nursing
Tuesday, May 1-6-8 p.m.
Keith Ramey urged Council to
let the people decide. “It it ain't
broke, don’t fix it,” said Kelly
who asked Council not to deny
the voters. Maner said the coun-
cil’s attempt to change the terms
would appear as self-serving if
they don't first gain approval of
voters and both Maner and
Kelly said that council should be
held accountable more often
than every four years. It's a mat-
ter of trust, plain and simple,”
said Maner. Ramey said that the
decision should not be made by
seven people.” I don’t have a
problem if you go to four year
Nurses show selfless devotion to their patients throughout the
year, and today we celebrate those contributions. Join us as
we honor the spirit of nursing.
All registered nurses, currently working, retired and nursing
students graduating in May are invited to attend.
T. R. Harris Conference Center
Cleveland Regional Medical Center
Nursing memorabilia displays ® Refreshments will be served
Please RSVP by calling, 704-487-3846
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terms but let the people decide,”
he said. Ric Francis spoke in
favor of four year terms, saying
it would better serve residents
and the governing body.
Responding to a question,
Corry said if the council were to
vote to change the two year
terms to four years and cleared
by the Justice Department, it
would be two years before the
terms could be changed back fol-
lowing a petition from voters.
Mullinax, who voted against
the charter amendment and stag-
gered terms, said the decision
should be up to the people.
ing water and have you for our
main course.” The drums would
then stop pounding and the
natives: would stop chanting.
My heart would stop beating.
The birds would stop singing
and I, like Martin Luther, would
defiantly exclaim, ‘When I was in
. eighth grade I promised to die
for what I believe. Throw anoth-
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er log on the fire.
Younger imagined that his
martyrdom would be reported in
Guideposts or = Christianity
Today, and it would be so dra-
matic a story that it would even
get condensed in Readers Digest.
In his years of ministry, nothing
that dramatic has happened, of
course, but it’s interesting that
we sometimes have unrealistic
expectations of what it means to
serve God. The reality is that sin-
cere ministry most often has very
little to do with fame, fortune or
getting in Readers Digest.
Instead, it has everything to do
with living a consistent daily
witness that points others to the
power and presence of God.
Jeff Hensley is pastor of
Kings = Mountain = Baptist
Church. His column runs week-
ly in The Herald.
Greater Gaston
Baptist Association
sets annual meeting
The Greater Gaston Baptist
Association will have its Annual
Spring Meeting Monday, April
30 from 4-9 p.m. at St. John’s
Missionary Baptist Church, 1282
Bradford Heights Road,
Gastonia.
The GGBA consists of 136
churches in Cleveland, Gaston,
Lincoln, Mecklenburg and
Iredell counties. Total member-
ship in the churches is 56,000.
The theme of the meeting is
“Celebrating Our Diversity.”
Presently, the association is
made up of Hispanic, Anglo,
African-American, Asian-
Indian, Laotian, Vietnamese,
Cambodian, and numerous mul-
ticultural churches.
The association continues to
do missions and. evangelism
locally, ,,and globally. The-
Counseling Ministry and Sports
Outreach Ministry also impact
thousands. This year the associa-
tion will send mission teams to
the Gulf region, Mexico,
Honduras, Oklahoma and
England and will work with
“World Changers” in Gastonia
and Charlotte, working on over
60 projects to help needy fami-
lies with housing and spiritual
needs.
Summer camps and activities
at the association’s 114-acre
Robert's Retreat Area, near
Sisk-Butler
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Eight breakout sessions will be
offered. Topics are GGBA
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Discipleship Resources, GGBA
Missions Partnerships
Honduras/England, GGBA
Missions Partnerships Mexican
Border, and Christian Women's
Job Corps.
Mark Gray, Church Planting
Team Leader with the Baptist
State Convention, will be the
keynote speaker. Praise. and wor-
ship will be led by “Unisong” of
Unity Baptist Church, Gastonia,
and the St. John’s Missionary
Baptist Church Praise Team.
A fellowship dinner will be
provided by the St. John's
Missionary Baptist Church.
For more information on the
meeting, call 704-867-7257.
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