Journal Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 7

Friday, November 22, 1991 Mattoon (El.) Journal Gazette A7 Church Griefs 0 gregations. The public is invited to join in worship. MAMA Thanksgiving services on Sunday The annual community-wide Thanksgiving Services, sponsored by the Mattoon Area Ministerial Association, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. 1 The host church is Central Community, 200 Lafayette East.

The pastors participating will be the Rev. Jeff Newton and the Rev. Ray Allen, the Rev. Gregory Stevens, Capt. Donald Kincaid and the host pastor, the Rev.

James D. Troop. Troop, newly elected MAMA president, will bring the Thanksgiving sermon. Richard Kiger, moderator of Central Community, will give the welcome and lead the singing. Guests will be the Marshall Avenue Christian Church choir, Free turkey dinner at Burgess Osborne On Sunday the public is invited to a free turkey dinner at the Burgess-Osborne Auditorium.

Music and plenty of good food will be available. Serving begins at 2 p.m. The event is sponsored by Mattoon Christian Center. For information or directions call 235-2275 or 235-1 142. Thanksgiving service at Smyser Christian Smyser Christian Church will be hosting the area-wide Union Thanksgiving Service at 7 p.m.

on Sunday. The Rev. Marian Stone, minister of the Windsor United Methodist Church, will be bringing the message and the Windsor Community Choir will bring special music. Also participating will be the Rev. Terry Sapp, pastor of Gays offers nine different programs of study on the master's and doctoral levels.

Trinity is affiliated with the Evangelical Free Church of America. Thanksgiving day dinner set The Mattoon Christian Church family invites the public to share in a free Thanksgiving dinner. It will be served from 1 1 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day.

The Wil-He-Picket Trio will entertain. Mattoon Christian Church is located at 22 1 N. 19th St, across from City Hall. East Side Community plans Thanksgiving meal The East Side Community Church, located at 512 S. Ninth Mattoon, will serve a Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday.

All denominations are welcome to attend. Serving will begin at' 12:30 p.m. Meat will be furnished by the church. Those who can are asked to bring a covered dish. Free Methodists slate gospel quartet The Men's Gospel Quartet Team from Greenville College will be singing at the Free Methodist Church on Sunday.

The service will be held at 9:30 a.m. The public is welcome to attend this special service of praise and inspiration. The church is located at the corner of 17th and Marshall. The Rev. Jeff Newton is the host pastor.

A nursery is provided. Hopewell Baptists slate annual supper The Hopewell Baptist Church of Johnstown will be serving their annual Thanksgiving supper Saturday. The meal begins at 6 p.m. Bring a covered dish. The public is invited to attend.

A social hour will follow. Special service planned at Terre Haute The Faith Fellowship Out," reach at TerreHaute will present, special services Nov. 24 to 27 and. 29. The Sunday services will be: held at 10:30 a.m.

and 6 p.m." Weekday services will be held at 7 p.m. The Revs. Joe Morris and; Tony Cameniti will be speaking. Both are graduates of Rama; School and are traveling evange-; lists. Cameniti will also be speaking on Sunday at Faith Builders Church at Charleston.

joining with the Central Community choir. A special musical contribution will be by the First Christian Church bell choir, Virginia Darnell, director, rendering, "Chorus Praise Medley." Soloist with the bell choir is Debbie Shaw. The Mattoon community is urged to attend this service of praise and thanksgiving this Sunday evening, and to remain for the refreshment hour following. Mattoon resident enrolled in divinity program Mark Wendell Nevius of Mattoon is enrolled at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in the Master of Divinity program. The school is located in Deer-field and has more than 1 ,400 students.

It is recognized as one of the world's largest seminaries. More than 60 denominations representing 30 nations from around the world contribute to Trinity's diversity. Founded in 1897, the school Gratitude make a life Rev. F.D.Ketner people as well as ourselves. We can say that, as Christians, the things that make our lives are people and possibilities.

People are an essential ingredient of life. None of us can exist without them. We must have people to love us and to whom we can express our love to them. This Thanksgiving Day the Youth of First Nazarene Church and the Rotary Club of Mattoon are providing a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner for the hungry and lonely of our city. This is an opportunity for expression of love and caring fellowship.

This free dinner will be served between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day at the Mattoon High School Cafeteria. All families or individuals who are alone or unable to celebrate this special holiday with anyone, are welcome to attend. Need a ride? Call to reserve transportation, 258-6549 or 235-0896.

This Thanksgiving season let us thank God for his blessing and benefits, Let us thank God for 'people, people to love and to be loved by them. If life is to be meaningful, we must feel a sense of self worth that comes with caring for others. Let us be grateful for the things that make a life! i BURGESS STUDIO 81 Christian Church; the Rev. Dennis Warner, pastor of Ash Grove Christian Church; and the Rev. Richard Eident, pastor of the Windsor Christian Church.

A nursery will be provided, and a Linger Longer will follow the service in the Fellowship Hall of the Church. Pastor Tom Morris welcomes the public to attend. For more information, call 752-6667 or 2344649. St. John's Lutheran youth slate special program The Story of the Church Pew by Love" will be presented by the youth of St.

John's Lutheran Church Sunday. The presentation will be in the 8 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. services. The church is located at 200 Charleston Mattoon.

The story, along with familiar hymns, presents an inspiring portrayal of one family's link to the "church pew." All are invited to attend. Thanksgiving worship services set Faith United Methodist Church on the corner of Wabash and 15th Streets in Mattoon will have a special Thanksgiving Worship at 7 p.m. on Wednesday. Humboldt United Methodist Church at 415 Jefferson St. in Humboldt will have a special Thanksgiving Worship at 5:30 p.m on Wednesday.

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NOVEMBER 26. 10AM-7PM I ac Tlmo Fnr til Thanksgiving: for things that By REV. D. KETNER JR. First Church of Nazarene Families are planning for their annual Thanksgiving Feast with turkey and trimmings.

Will something be missing? There can be if we only think of ourselves and the abundance of food for our own feasting. Why is Thanksgiving so important? Unless we are thankful, we're not emotionally healthy. Or, to put it in other words, we're out of touch with reality. For all of us owe so much of what we are and enjoy to God and other people. God's open hand of blessing is available to all of us.

"The Lord is faithful to all of his promises and loving toward all he has made. The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time. You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing." Psalm 145:13,15,16. Also, there are many people to whom we owe thanks and to whom we should express it. Yes, something is missing at Thanksgiving unless we have gratitude for the things that make a life.

We all know money and material things are important and to some degree essential. Biblical teachings never said money and material things are Unimportant, although we sometimes infer that from Jesus' teachings. What the Bible does say is that in comparison to spiritual realities, material things are of considerable less value. One materialist declared "That money isn't everything but it sure beats whatever is in second place!" Jesus, who was spiritually oriented, would have responded, "Spir itualrealitiesinourrelationships to God and to people, aren't everything there is in life, but they are a million miles ahead of material things!" Our problem today isn't simply our interest in material things, but our lack of appreciation for spiritual realities that give us relationships to God and to people. If man's life doesn't consist in an abundance of possessions, then in what does it consist? And when we discover the real essence of life, let us, during this Thanksgiving season, be grateful for the things that make a life.

Concepts in psychiatry postulate man's mental health to center in the fulfillment of two basic human needs, the need to both love and to be loved, and the need to feel worthwhile to ourselves and to others. Turkey and trimmings are not enough. We believe our gratefulness to God for all of his blessings and benefits will enable us to be thankful for other Church of Christ earns service award COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) The University of Missouri School of Journalism has awarded its medal of distinguished service in journalism to the United Church of Christ's communication office for its years of pressing broadcasters to serve public interests and to include more women and minorities in management. Beverly J.

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