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Religion

  • Evergreen Outreach

    By Charlene M. Jett
    You can tell it’s football season, because on Monday we had to PUNT! More about that later.
    Betty Schulte played the piano as we started our meeting. We had a full 10 tables, and caught up on the past week as we had our refreshments. Cindy Hunter, our program manager for the day, set the stage for the Rev. Ernie Flowers. Let me tell you a little about him. He has two children (both around 60 years old), which, according to his own words, makes him "older than dirt." Ha!  

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  • Church Briefs

    Archery clinic is Saturday at Bethel
     
    An archery clinic will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday at Bethel Baptist Church.
    The clinic, sponsored by the Nimrod Squad, includes archery games, prizes and lunch. The cost is $5 per person, and all ages are invited.
    The church is located seven miles northwest of Vandalia on Ill. Route 185.
    For more information, call Steve Bowen at 339-5244 or Tony Flowers, at 337-967-4482.
    To register, e-mail Bowen at: stevebo64@ymail.com.

    Life Chain rally planned for Oct. 7

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  • In these troubled times, we must stay alert, awake

    I have never been one to predict a date for the second coming of Jesus Christ. We all know of those who have made predictions, and ended up looking rather foolish!

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  • God commands us to gather together to worship

    While I was in seminary, oh,  so many years ago, I became very close friends with a fellow student of mine who was from the Czech Republic (the former Czechoslovakia).

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  • Church Briefs

     Three-day revival set at New Bethel

    A three-day revival is planned for Sept. 21-23 at New Bethel Baptist Church northwest of Ramsey.
    Preaching during the revival will be David Keyes, an evangelist from Paducah, Ky., who formerly lived in Fillmore.
    Evening services will be held at 7 p.m. each night, and a basket dinner homecoming event will be held on Sunday.
    For more information, call the Rev. Larry Arndt at 217-851-1779 or 283-2396.

    Crown Point revival starts this Sunday

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  • Church Briefs

    Sefton churches to meet this weekend

    The 130th annual Sefton Township Churches Convention will be held this year at Emmanuel Methodist Church this weekend.
    The event will begin at 7 p.m. on Saturday with an ice cream social.
    Sunday morning services will be held at 9:30 a.m., and the convention will conclude with a basket dinner at noon.
    The church is located at the intersection of 1200 E and 1850 N.

     The Chosen Ones concert is Saturday

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  • Outdoor wedding vows prompt 'awesome silence'

    It was a wedding. One would expect us to speak of the promises of God on which we stand. Promises of love that will never let us go; promises that are certain. It is sure, God says, “I will never, never, never, never, ever forsake you or abandon you” (Hebrews 13:5-6).

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  • Evergreen Outreach

    By Mary Woolsey
    Sounds are important. Sunday night, the gentle sound of rain falling was a wonderful thing. Listening for the stir of a baby during the night is another. The sound of beautiful music is always refreshing.
    Such was the case on Monday as SoftFire began playing. David and Patricia Pence (known as SoftFire) have an assortment of musical instruments, and are also talented vocally. One of their early numbers was “What a Mighty God We Serve.”

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  • Church Briefs

    St. James women publish cookbook

    For more than 150 years, the women of St. James Lutheran Church in Vandalia and Zion Lutheran Church in Loogootee have been known as great cooks.
    To help raise money to restore the church's steeple, the women have published the "Town and Country Cookbook."
    The book includes more than 250 recipes, contributed by more than 100 church members. To obtain one, call the church at 283-0725.

    Sefton churches to meet Sept. 8, 9

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  • Minister's Forum

    In the beginning, God created the Garden of Eden for his children. In the midst of the garden grew the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil and the Tree of Life. The Lord God told Adam that he could eat from any tree in the Garden of Eden except one, the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.

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