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We don’t need to pay to
live in God’s area code
Dr. Jeff Hensley
Pastor
Kings Mountain
Baptist Church
212 is the area code for
Manhattan and it is the most
envied and desirable area
code in the world. It screams
power and prestige. Now I
am told that Vonage will sell
us a 212 area code for our use
no matter where we live.
This area code will work any-
where a broadband connec-
tion is available.
That Vonage has a market
for such electronic hypocrisy
says that we Americans know
that to be powerful we need
to be connected to the power-
ful; to be wealthy we need to
be connected to the wealthy;
to be privileged we need to
be connected to privilege,
and for those of us who don’t
have such connections on our
own, we can now get a hand
out and a leg up on the com-
petition.
In Exodus 34:29-35 God
gave Moses the opportunity
to come into God’s own area
code. It was an invitation to
have what people often call
“face time” with the Creator
of the Universe. There are
some interesting things that
happened to Moses’ in his en-
counter with God.
First of all, we may notice
from that Moses responded to
God’s invitation. In other
words, it was God who initi-
ated the encounter — who
asked Moses to step out of
his comfort zone and enter
into. a new spiritual area
code. This is the way it is
with life-changing encoun-
ters with God — God is the
one who does the calling and
we are the ones who respond.
Secondly, we may notice
that Moses’ appearance was
changed by this encounter.
The Bible says that his face
shined so brightly that he had
to cover it with a veil. We
don’t know exactly what this
looked like, but the theologi-
cal point is clear. Being close
to God changes our appear-
ance, and it seems that this is
an appearance that others can
see in us too. The apostle
Paul said essentially the same
thing when he pointed out
that those of us who are fol-
lowers of Christ are being
changed by the Holy Spirit
on a daily basis until we re-
flect the image of Jesus.
Third, we may notice here
that Moses only saw God in-
directly. A direct face-to-face
encounter with God seems to
be way too much for us to
handle, so God often reveals
God’s self indirectly. For ex-
ample, Jesus said he that
would be found in the most
vulnerable among us; that is,
in the hungry, the poor and
the suffering, and sometimes
we don’t see him until after
the fact so we need to be
looking for him.
The best area code iri the
country may be 212, but the
most powerful area code be-
lievers may reside in is God’s
area code, and that area code
is not limited to geography.
When we live in God’s area
code, we can live to be our
very best, and the good news
is that we don’t need to pay
any price to live in this area
code, for God has already
paid the price on Calvary.
Fellowship & Faith
KINGS MOUNTAIN 704-739-9371
Long Creek Presbyterian New Way Missionary Baptist Church
Church 105 Waco Road
701 Long Creek Road 704-724-0414
704-629-4406
Oak Grove Baptist Church
~ Love Valley Baptist Church 1022 Oak Grove Road
2032 Bethlehem Road 704-739-4833
704-730-0075 : ;
: Oak View Baptist Church
Macedonia Baptist Church 1517 York Road
1101 S. Battleground Avenue 704-739-7831
704-739-6811 : :
i : Pathway Baptist Church
Midview Baptist Church 3100 Parkdale Circle \
703 Margrace Road 704-734-0852
704-739-6711
Mount Zion Missionary Baptist
Church » .
220 N. Watterson Street
704-739-8354
Mountain View Agape Church
506 Sparrow Springs Road
704-739-0160
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Compact School Road
704-739-4516
Patterson Grove Baptist Church
301 Oak Grove Road
704-739-5826
Peoples Baptist Church
1010 Groves Street
704-739-0398
Proclaiming the Word
Ministries
7011 Cleveland Avenue
Progressive Church of Our Lord
CHURCH BRIEFS
August 1, 2012
Dixon Presbyterian
Church - Superior Court
Judge Jesse Caldwell of Gasto-
nia will fill the pulpit Sunday
at 11 a.m. at Dixon Presbyte-
rian Church of Dixon School
Road.
Family Worship Center -
The 6th annual Kevin White
camp meeting, a week of
power and praise, will begin
Sunday, Aug. 12 at 6 p.m. and
continue at 7 p.m. nightly Au-
BRIEFS
cons
Grover Town
Board to meet
Aug. 13
Grover Town Board will
meet August 13 at 6 p.m. at
Grover Town Hall. The meet-
ing was rescheduled from Au-
gust 6.
Neill Family
Reunion Aug. 12
All descendants, friends
and neighbors of James An-
drew and Mary Jane Eaker
Neill are invited to attend the
annual Neill family reunion
Sunday, Aug. 12, at ‘Shady
Grove Baptist Church's Family
Life Center, 3240 Tryon Court-
house Road, Cherryville. This
gust 13-17 at Family Worship
: Rev. Michael Glen, pastor of
Center, 1818 Shelby Road. The
public is invited.
Mt. Pisgah Baptist
Church - 273 Tryon School
Loop Road, Bessemer City,
will host its annual Homecom-
ing and Revival services Aug.
12-15. Rev. Oscar Cleveland,
Pastor Ray of Hope Baptist
Church in Roebuck, SC, will
be the guest speaker for Home-
coming Sunday. Revivalists
throughout the week will be
reunion has been a tradition for
more than 100 years. Bring a
well-filled lunch basket and
enjoy a meal at | p.m. and an
afternoon of fun. For more in-
formation, call 704-435-9885
or 704-435-6970.
Woman's Club
Attic Sale Sat.
Kings Mountain Woman's
Club will hold an attic sale Sat-
urday, Aug. 4, from 7 a.m.-11
a.m. at the Woman's Club, 109
‘E. Mountain Street. All types
of household goods, clothing
for women, men and children
and much more will be avail-
able. The public is invited and
proceeds benefit the club's
community projects.
Friendship Baptist Church in
Spartanburg, on Monday, Aug.
13; Rev. James Coleman, pas-
tor of Good Samaritan Baptist
Church in Shelby, on Tuesday,
Aug. 14; and Rev. Benny
Thomas, pastor of Mt. Calvary
in Vale, on Wednesday, Aug.
15. Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church
is located on the Dallas-Cher-
ryville Highway 279, Besse-
mer City.
Dr. Englert at
Life Enrichment
Center in Shelby
Neurologist Dr. Danielle
Englert will discuss deep brain
stimulation surgery to relieve
symptoms of Parkinson’s Dis-
case Tuesday, Aug. 28 at Life
Enrichment Center in Shelby.
Dr. Englert is affiliated
with Carolinas Medical Center.
The program, which begins at
6 p.m. is free of chatge and
open to anyone interested in
Parkinson’s.
The center is located at
110 Life Enrichment Blvd.,
just off Fallston Road between
Teddy and Meekins law office
and Cornerstone Dental Asso-
ciates. For more information,
. call Linda t 704.484.0405.
Bertirad Chgrdh of the Week:
First Presbyterian Church
St. Paul United Methodist Church
N. Cansler Street
704-739-1256
Sunrise Baptist Church
+ 208 Mail Road
704-692-3007
Temple Baptist Church
612 N. Cansler Street
GASTONIA
Bethesda United Methodist Church
3714 S. New Hope Rd
Grace Community Advent
Christian Church
206 West 3rd Avenue
GROVER
704-739-9230
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
220 N. Watterson Street
704-739-8354
New Beginnings Church of
Jesus Christ
541 Crocker Road
704-730-9507
New Bynum Chapel Zion Church
N. Cansler Street
704-739-2606
New Camp Creek Baptist Church
863 New Camp Creek Ch. Road
704-487-7128
New Life Family Worship
Center
428 Oak Grove Road
1001 Cleveland Avenue
704-734-1070
Resurrection Lutheran Church
600 Crescent Circle
704-739-5580
Royal Praise Ministries
2055 Shelby Rd.
Saint Matthew's Lutheran Church
201 N. Piedmont Avenue
704-739-7466
Second Baptist Church
704-739-4716
' The Favor Center Church Bethany Baptist Church
602 Slater Street ; 423 Cleveland Avenue
704-937-3010
Te oo Sines Church Carolina Praise and Worship
: : Center
Dire 201 N. Main Street
Unity AME Zion Church 704-937-7541
948 Unity Church Road
704-228-0328
Vestibule AME Zion Church
2175 Vestibule Church Road
704-739-7961
Westover Baptist Church
114 Westover Drive
First Apostolic Church of Blacksburg
205 E. Cherokee St.
Blacksburg, SC704-937-7390864-839-
1873
WACO
New Testament Missionary Baptist
Church
120 Linwood Road
704-739-4216
Shady Grove Baptist Church
* 339 Shady Grove Road
704-739-8920
Notice: wm order to accommodate the number of churches in our communities,
we will print two alternating lists of churches each week.
you don't see the church you're looking for, he sure to check next weeks paper.
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