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Let’s Chat by mabel b. Jordan' piliallH TIME TO SHOUT AND SING The somber days of tell are past. It’s time for brighter things. The color and the music that Christinas season brings. The wishes sent across the miles on season, tea* tooned greeting cards. It is time to sing old carols. Time to clear our hearts and minds. Florence Bowtwell PEACE AND TRANQUILITY To find peace and tranquility, go through life learning and demon strating total acceptance by having an open mind and by being a good listener. Robert Young YOU ARE YOUNG You are as young ae your faith, as old as your doubt, as young as your self confidence, aa old as your fear; a# young aa your hope, as old as your despair. In the central place of your heart, there is a recording chamber. Ho long aa it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, love and cour age, so long you are young, William C. Newman FAITH A good crop of faith helps you to make the best decisions Jn every area of your life. Faith helps you go the extra mila as a witness. Rex Humbard To grow we must go through the valleys. The mountaintops alont art not enough. Rex Humbard POWER If we can convince someone with problems that he or she is not power less to overcome them, or that no attitude is unattainable even though outside help is not readily b vailable, the person’s battle is over. Doug Hooper JOY 1 '.an do not hi ng well without joy nr-;j n good conscience is the ground of K’V Anonymous LOVE 1 s-vo in giving, forgiving and shar ing. l ove is deep and tremendous ; S. l/ove is a many splendored tbmg Ixive is the song the world wnritg to sing BY KVA L. PERRY LOVE “And we know that all thing* work together for good to them that love ' I<xi, and are the called according to His purpose.” (Roman* 8:28). "t iod hath not given u* the apirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of m sound mind.” (II Timothy 1:7). “The Lord direct your heart* into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Chriat.” (II The* sal om ens 3;5). Whoso keepeth His word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in Him Ifany man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” (I John 2:5 -15). 'Whoso hath thi* world’* good, and andseeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of com passion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? My little chil dren, let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth." (1 John 3:17-18). “Know therefore that the Lord thy God, He is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations.” (Deuteronomy 7:9). “If we love one another God dwelleth in us, and His love is per fected in us. We have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him." (I John 4;12). "Herein i« our love made perfect, that we may have boldneei In the day of judgment; beeauee m He is, ao are we In thi* world. There lino fear in love; but perfect leva eaateth out fean because (bar hath torment, He that feareth ie net made perfect in love "(1 John 4il7), 'Whosoever believath that Jesus is the Ohrist is bern ef Qed, And everyone that ieveth Him that begat loveth Him also that is begotten ef Him. By thie w# knew that wa leva the children of God, when we love God, and keep Hie commandmente.* (I John 6:1-2). I have found that the Word of God turns on the searchlight for every one. If we will only read the Bible prayerfully and diligently, we will find out exactly what we need to know about ourselves. God answers prayer! He ie glad to lift us and bring us to the felines* of the statute of Christ. Read your Bible prayerfully and think! Amie McKinnon HAPPINESS My first wish is to see the whole world in peace, and the inhabitants of it as one band ofbrothers, striving who should contribute most to the happiness of mankind. George Washington POSITIVE IMAGE The desire to be appreciated is a deep human need. To be an attrac tive person, you must start with a long look at yourself. You must not allow fear to destroy your image. Guilt is a damaging emotion. Doubt is the last destroyer of self-image. Hope is the antidote for doubt, and hope is built on faith. Dr. Norman V. Peale THE LOVE OF WONDER There is in every heart the love of wonder, the undaunted challenge of events and the joy and the games of life. William Newman PEACE To find peace and tranquility, go through lips learning and demon strating total acceptance by having an open mind and by being a good listener. Robert Young THE RETURN Instead of allowing yourself to be unhappy, just let your love grow. Seek goodness in others. Love more persons. Love them more imperson ally, more faith, courage and vision are always in charge. In the face of a difficult challenge, we must react in faith and certainty. Unity THE GIFT OF JOY Joy is another word for love. Joy is - the positive emotion that a human being experiences when he is really touched. When you have a tremen dous positive feeling, it is joy—a gift to you! Dr. Robert Schuller ATTITUDE A positive attitude is the gateway to creativity. Dr. Robert Schuller PAINFUL DUTIES To apologize when found wrong, to admit errors to admit errors can didly are painful duties. Anonymous WITHOUT WORDS No lecture, no pep talk, no insight ful platitudes, no recital of under standing. Just your presence. Just a shared silence to touch and to help. Without words, is all that is asked. Mary Lou Bennett OMISSION The little acts of kindness, so eas ily out of mind, those chances to be helpful which everyone may find is one of the sins of omission. Barbie Jones POSITIVE THOUGHTS People can’t change truth, but truth can change people. Jan Maclaren Most people don’t plan to fail; they fail to plan. John Beckley Paul Debated On Slavery Or Political Action The apostle Paul’s letter to Philemon occupies barely a page of the Bible, but it has influenced nearly two millennia of social teach ing and political action on slavery. In an age when a former leader of the Ku Klux Klan is seeking the presidency, appealing to a claimed newfound Christianity to erase his past, a renewed debate has emerged over the Pauline view of slavery found in Philemon. One scholar, Allen Callahan of Holy Cross College, proposed a radi cally new argument at a recent meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Kaneas City: Philemon isn't about slavery at all, but is an attempt by Paul to recon cile two brothers who are on the outs, For centuries, the letter has been interpreted as a plea by Paul to Philemon on behalf of a runaway slave. According to the traditional interpretation, Paul sends the run* away slave Onebimas back to Philemon, but encourages the mas ter to take him back no longer as a slave but as a "beloved brother." Illustrating the chasm between principle and practice, those who, have favored slavery throughouttHe ages see only the act of Paul return ing a slave. In U.S. history, Philemon was the primary New Testament text invoked in favor of the Fugitive Slave Act. Those opposed to slavery have long argued that Paul's appeal to Philemon to treat Onesimas as a brother went as far as the apostle could to oppose slavery at a time when it seemed an insurmountable social institution. conference U.i Bill Of Rights Overturns Thinking Of Free Speech. Racist Talk DENVER, Colo. (AP)-A state wide conference on the Bill of Rights apparently haa changed some teach ers’ perspective on free speech, rac ist talk and freedom of religion. Edna Sutton, who teaches social studies at Montbello High School in northeast Denver, said the first time she saw a school policy barring rac ist talk in the classroom, she was in favor of it. The policy “said everything I be lieve in my heart,* she told her 11th grade class last week during a Bill of Rights discussion. But, after talking it over with other teachers, Sutton decided a ban on racial slurs might stifle valuable discussion because even wrong opin ions must be expressed-so they can be dispelled. “As a teacher, I want every one of you to express what you think. It’e important to me,” she told her stu dente. "It’e my job to help you see the other side.” Sutton and other Colorado teach ers put the Bill of Rights under a microscope last week as the nation celebrated the 2090th anniversary of the document. Classrooms were decorated with posters displaying the text of the Bill of Rights, and students discussed what the document means and what rights it guarantees. Colorado teachers oflfere' mss sages for students: that A wu founded on respect for other people’s opinione and that drawing a line between righte and irresponsi bility opene up a tangle of ambigu ity. “The goal ie that they keep think ing about it. Thafe what Thomas Jeffereon was all about," eaid Mary Kay Buckiue, a social studies teacher at Campus Middle School in the Cherry Creek 8chool District. Campus eighth-graders were asked to render decisions on con flicts drawn from real U.S. Supreme Court cases that pitted freedom of religion against other social goals. Among examples was the case of the Christian Science couple who flowed their baby to die of an intes tinal blockage that could have been cured. The Cherry Creek middle echool students also were asked to decide cases in which the Supreme Court attempted to balance religious free dom with state laws. One case pitted members of a North Carolina group that believes the Bible requires people to handle poisonous snakes against a state law barring dangerous reptiles. Some students thought religious freedom should take precedence over danger laws. But 13-year-old Chayla Olson was more concerned about the irrepa rable harm that might occur if the snake Mt a child. LAODICEA United Church Of Christ 1004 Hook Quarry Road Raltlgh. NX, 17110 Phana: Prayer Una: •••■PRAY this Sunday*! Oarmen Tapis: “CLIMBIN8 ON THE BUMPS" Sunday WaraMp 11:00 a.m. BtMe Study Wad., MO p.m. RUIN METROPOLITAN / A.M.E. ZION CHURCH IVMliy Ill'll.l:SO 1,10. ^woloi WmMp.11:10 mi, v.0.1. 1:00 0.0k l*»nln( WonMp.7:00 j Pnyir lirvln.7:00 p.m., C.E. WILLIE, W (OwlfttUio ■ ■- mAWli' SI. AMBROSE EPISCOPAL ' CHURCH ■ 19 Darby tti-Mt Phone: 833-BOSS J. Calloway, Rector Sundry — Holy Communion m. Eoch Sundoy.... Church School ..... Holy Communion • Sormon Mi. Wodnoidovi.Lucnoon Euchortot •Only Adult Classes during Bummer Vacation j Mount Calvary Holy Church 1014 Smithfield Street Raleigh, H.C. 27601 Phone: 832*1800 SERVICE SCHEDULE: Sundoy School.9:30 o.m. Sundoy Wenhlp.11:00 o.m. Wodnoodoy Proper 0 Bible Study 7:30 mi. Friday EvonfoDtticol Sorvlco... 7:30 p.m. Mon. - Frl. Noon Doy Proyor. .11:00 o.m. to 1 p.m. PASTORt SHIRLIV OAIOAR CO-PASTORi KBVIN SHOUOI RTTEM SERDICE i MARTIN STREET j BAPTIST CHURCH 1001 I. Martin Straat| Ralalgh, N.C. 17004 ' Phono: 833-9766 , INTIR TO WORSHIP Sunday School.8:00 A.M. Morning Worahlp. 11:00 A.M. BagOil Training Union.5:00 P.M. Wtdmidiy: Prayor Mooting/BIblo Study_7:00 P.M. DR. CHARLES T. BULLOCK. PASTOR RRST BAPTIST CHURCH 101 0. Wilmington Stroot (DOWNTOWN RALEMH) Phono 83MI49 Church School.S:SOo.m. Sunday Wonjdg.11:00 o.m. PASTOR: Rov. NathanM Boykin TUPPER MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH •01S. BlgMRtttrgot Phono 114*7141 OtRSSl.. OllO IiIRi lunday Worship.11:00 o.m, PMTOOl Hit, Loslhi Dalnim Sunday School Lesson r A HYMN TO THE j, 'CREATOR Psalms 8:1-2 In his hymn to tha Creator, David was particularly awestruck by two wonders. First, he was impressed by God’s glory as reflected in the created universe—the earth and the heavens. Sec ond, he was impressed by God’s crowning finite hu mans with glory and honor. David began his song by focusing his attention on the Creator. Verse 1 points out the regal dignity, splendor, and grandeur of God’s name. By oalling God’s name “excellent,” David ex pressed that God’s very exis tence is majestio and glori ous. In the Old Testament, one’s name revealed the true character and being of that pereon. Thus David’s reference to God as “O Lord - our Lord" is important. The phrase ”0 Lord” is actually a translation of the Hebrew word Yahwth (YAH-weh), the personal name for God in the Old Testament (Yahwth is often wrongly rendered Jtho vah). The name conveys the idea of eternal self-exis tence. Yahweh did not come into being at a point in time; He has always existed. He was not born} He will never die. He does not grow old because He is beyond the realm of time. David often referred to God as “our Lord,” a transla tion of the word Adonai (AH doe-neye). Adonai indicates God’s absolute sovereignty and rule over His creation. This title pictures God as the supreme authority in the universe. Verse 8 illustrates God's glory in a more concrete way. David applauded God for evoking the pralaa of little children—the weakest end frailest of all human beings—to silence the argu ments of His anomies. Only God can accomplish sueh a fiat. Hence, God’s glory is declared by the highest heavens and the frailest humans. David was elearly im pressed by God's creation. Perhaps he wee observing the sky on a clear night, beholding Innumerable stars from horiaon to horl aon. He reflected on the majesty of the Creator and Bustainor of the universe as he viewed the splendor of Creation before his eyes. Perhaps it was this dax* xling display in the heavens that lad David to question, "What Is man that you are mindful of him?” ; Pray For Peace! 1 Join us each Wednesday evening at 7:3C * p.m. as we honor the Black Madonna, f Queen of Peac^~and pray forah end to JKar and find's nwn Pi ' fj Sj. SUNDAY MASS 9i00 AM 11:30 AM a parish m (he Roman Catholic j’’] | .tradition small enough to call home "IS if* ,4/ WAKE CHAPEL 1 BAPTIST CHURCH 4IHMM MW|ll. NX. trios IImmi ITMIII » HRVIOM , j Ondoy.lutHIpj. taN*l Mod.I:Nlr. ■MMOUdy.7p.M.Tmiay > PnynModloi.4t ToooOoy1 Saul IwH-mrmr, Phoni: 779-1401 Sunday IskMl. Sunday WtnMp. Thru April, 1M1! I i United Full Botpel at the Upper Room of God In Christ Laka Whaalar Read—Ralalgh TELEPHUnT DUNHAM M/fVtUTflWR. 493-0898 or 411-0711 4:90 p-M, T:*0 p.O. 7:10 p.d. Sunday WonMp..... Wadnaiday MMo Study Saturday Joy Nt|M >. I fc f R0CHISTIR HEIGHTS CHURCH OP CHRIST iaoe Walter Plooo Phono 111*1177 OooOiy Oifete IMy .mi.till OuoOiy WonMp ■ i ■ 111 ■ 11 ■ ■ lliM fumfay IvmM| WonMp.oiut wopniooftY MM IMy 1111111 • 11111 • ■ > TlM I VMOoOil MRHMl DUOUN Gethoemine Missionary Baptist Church Bunn, North Carolea 17101 ' (•it) 4oe-eoai Sunday Mud.0:40 m. WonMp Oordoo.11:00 w. “ISYins the Bunn are tar led it that wo oaa lave the WertdT M. JOIIPH G. PAIBI, PAITOR not - Mini wnym, Rimiill rGSvGf
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