Three Frigidaire heavy duty commercial chest freezers, 25 cubic foot, one, 6 months old and the others a year and a half old. Bought new for over $500 each, will sell for just $200 each. See them at Howard’s Seafood, Hwy 21 in Rincon, or call Howard at 826-1613. tfnSH

New Pride Jazzy Scooter, model #1107, paid $6000, asking $3000. Please call 748-6216.

Religion

Godspeaks

“Don’t let your hereafter depend on what you’re after here!”

-God

Bulletin Board Briefs

• The choir of Sand Hill Baptist Church will be presenting the Easter Musical, "The Way, The Truth, The Life" On Palm Sunday, April 9, during the 11 a.m. worship hour. The church is located at 1936 Sand Hill Rd. in Effingham County. Pastor Royce Henry extends a warm welcome to everyone. For More Information, Call 728-3671.

• The Music Ministries department of the Rincon Church of God will kick-off Holy Week when they present an evening of exciting and moving worship called “One Night at the Cross” on Sunday, April 9 at 6:30 p.m. in the church's main sanctuary. One Night at the Cross” will feature a time of praise and worship, special singing, choir songs and classic hymns of the cross. The evening will conclude with a time of Holy Communion. This service promises to focus hearts and minds on the passion of Christ as we move into Holy Week. The event is free and open to the public. Rincon Church of God is located at 3430 Highway 21 just north of town. For more information call the church office at 826-5927 or visit us on the Web at www.rinconcog.org.

• Easter Services at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 1541 Hwy 21 South in Springfield invites you to their Easter Services, April 16th. Sunrise Service will be held at 7 AM followed by breakfast, Sunday School at 9:15 AM and Morning Worship 10:30 AM. Join us as EBC welcomes Rev. & Mrs. Roland Dann to an Easter celebration of praise, worship and fellowship. Bro. Roland will be bringing the message. For more information, please call 754-3148.

• Gospel Sing! "Eternal Vision" of Knoxville, TN, will be at Hope Baptist Church on White Bluff Road on Friday, April 7th at 7 PM AND at Bethel Alliance Church on Saturday, April 8th at 7 PM. All are welcome!

• Chevis Oaks Baptist Church, located at 102 Sylvania Road in the Ogeechee Farms area, just past Walmart on Hwy 17, will be sponsoring a community wide Easter Egg Hunt! There will be lots of food, fun, and fellowship. It will take place on Saturday, April 15th, 12 Noon - 5 PM at the church. For more information, please call the church office at 925-3852.

• Special Sing, featuring Danny Runderburk will be hosted by Trinity Chapel UMC, 10th & Butler on Tybee Island. Saturday, April 15th, 6 PM - 8 PM. For more information, call 786-6377.

• The Sanctuary Choir and Drama Ministry of First Baptist Church of Rincon will present the dramatic musical, Bow the Knee, on Saturday, April 8 and Sunday, April 9 at 6:30 p.m. each night. Wearing biblical costumes, the choir blends with actors in singing and portraying the story of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ, as seen through the eyes of a Roman soldier. The soldier is confronted with whether or not he will bow his knee to Christ as Lord and Savior. The story of Bow the Knee is told with inspirational music by the 40-voice choir, and a presentation of banners. Soloists include Steve Shealy, Kyle Houston, Jason McNair, Cindy Martin, Debra Wynn, and Diane Frailey. The musical is under the direction of Rev. Greg Hartzog, Minister of Music and Senior Adults. Admission is free, no tickets are required, and the public is invited to attend. A nursery is provided each night. For more information, contact First Baptist Church of Rincon at 826-5536 or on the web at www.fbcrincon.com.

• Easter Events: Port Wentworth United Methodist Church in Port Wentworth will host several Holy Week Events April 13-16. Maundy Thursday, April 13th, will begin the Triduum (one-service-three days), 8 PM with a footwashing and Holy Communion. Good Friday will continue the Triduum at 8 PM with a Tenebrae Service. The Triduum concludes Holy Saturday with an Easter Vigil, a Service of Light, Word, Holy Communion, and Water beginning at 8 PM. At 10:30 AM on Saturday, April 15th, an Easter Egg Hunt will be held for children with lunch following. Easter Sunday begins with a Community Sunrise Service at 6:30 AM with a Sunrise Breakfast following and at 11 AM the choir will present the cantata "Amazing Grace." For more information on these events, please call the church office at 964-4210.

• Port Wentworth United Methodist Church "Helping Hands" Thrift Store is planning a Thrift Sale in the Port Wentworth Gym on Friday and Saturday, May 5-6th. Assorted clothing, household items, etc. are available. Hotdogs and hamburgers for sale land fun activities for the kids. For more information, call Patricia Jaudon at 964-7375.

• First Baptist Church of Port Wentworth invites everyone to come out on Sunday, April 9th at 6 PM for their Easter Cantata "Forever Triumphant". All are welcome!

• The Holcombes of Faulkville will be singing at Bethal Alliance Church, 17 Quacco Road on Friday, April 7th at 7 PM. Pastor: Rev. Mike Owens. Everyone is welcome!

• The Jewish Educational Alliance is organizing a trip to Charlotte, NC to see the "Dead Sea Scrolls" on Wednesday, May 3rd (58th anniversary of Israel's Independence). The cost is $58 per person This includes bus transportation, museum fee, continental breakfast, snacks, lecture and movie.

"The Dead Sea Scrolls" - a traveling exhibit from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem featuring 10 original scrolls and three replicas: Original scrolls include Isaiah, War Rule, Psalms, Leviticus, Genesis, Enoch, Community Rule, Calendrical Document and Nahum Commentary. Replicas are Deuteronomy, Aramaic Apocrypha and Damascus Document. Plus, a film explaining the significance of the scrolls, a display of coins from Qumran, pottery and fabric from the Dead Sea settlement.

Space is limited so Register early by calling the JEA at 355-8111.

• Appearing "Sons of Liberty", at Cokesbury United Methodist Church, 5411 Skidaway Road in Savannah. April 8th @ 7PM. For more information, please call 748-6174.

• Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of Springfield invites you to participate in their Easter Season Services. Maundy Thursday service with Holy Communion will take place at 7Pm on April 13th. Good Friday service will be held on April 14th at 7 PM. Easter Morning Vigil will be at 7 AM on Sunday, April 16th, and Easter Celebration with Holy Communion at 11 AM. The congregation and Rev. Joseph Copeck invite you to come and be a part of these inspirational service.

• Sand Hill Baptist Church will hold a "Spring Festival" on Saturday, April 8th, 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. We will be having fun, games, food, crafts, entertainment and an egg hunt. There will be face painting, balloons, egg and Easter Bonnet decorating. Bring your basket and get ready for a great time together. Bring a lawn chair to sit back and enjoy some of our own talent singing. Come be a part of this great event. The church is located at 1936 Sand Hill Road in Guyton.

• Faulkville Baptist Church Presents "More Than Just A Man", A Dramatic Easter Musical 7pm April 11th, 13th, 14th, 10 am Sunday, April 16th. Hwy 80 & Zeigler Road, Faulkville GA

Phone: 748-7332. Free Admission!

• Guyton Easter services

Guyton’s churches will hold a series of community services to celebrate the Easter season. The schedule includes:

At 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 13, a Maundy Thursday service at Guyton Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), located on the corner of Pine and Third streets.

At 7 p.m. on Friday, April 14, a Good Friday commemoration at Guyton Methodist Church, at the corner of Church and Fourth streets.

At 7 a.m. on Sunday, April 16, a Resurrection Sunrise Service and breakfast at the Pilgrim Missionary Association, located on Ga. 17 north of Guyton Elementary School. Dr. Doug Holden, pastor of Guyton Christian Church, will speak. Breakfast will be served immediately afterward.

The public is invited to attend any of these services.

• The Bloomingdale Alliance Church Creative Arts and Music Department Presents ... "The Last Easter", a dramatic musical presentation. There will be a gospel sing beginning at 6 PM with the Musical Performance beginning at 7 PM. Saturday, April 8th and Sunday, April 9th. 501 West Highway 80 in Bloomingdale. For more information, please call the church office at 748-6351.

Pleasure Is For A Season

by Gary Toole, Minister

I was listening to this preacher's sermon and he said that sin is fun. Sin is pleasurable, but we must resist the temptation to sin. True! But, he fell bad short. The truth is this - sin according to the Word of God, is pleasurable (fun) for a season. For a short while and then, believe you me, pleasure turns to pain. Fun turns sour and so called fun is longer fun. About midway of getting drunk, I would ask someone, "Are we having fun yet?" In other words, "Call it fun if you want to, but let me tell you flat out, 'It almost destroyed my life and had it not been for the mercy of God, because of the prayers of saintly folks and because God had a job for me, then alcohol would have literally killed me!'"

Let's tell it like it is! There's really no fun in the garbage of this old world. This word, "Fun", is like the word, "Happiness." It's all temporal! Just for a season, but living for God brings joy (eternal joy), it brings peace and gladness! Priceless-wonderful blessings of God that make everything else in life cheap. Cheap fun! Living the cheap-cruddy life! Thank God that true pleasure lies in knowing Him. Now, that's the good life! Can you say amen?

Giving for Eternity

By Nicholas A. Kennicott

“‘Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.” Malachi 3:10NIV

I heard a story once of a guy who went to church with his family. As they were driving home afterwards he was complaining about everything. He said, “The music was too loud. The sermon was too long. The announcements were unclear. The building was hot. The people were unfriendly.” He went on and on, complaining about virtually everything. Finally, his very observant son said, “Dad, you’ve got to admit it wasn’t a bad show for just a dollar.”

Does your giving reflect greatness? Probably not, according to statistics; In American Churches the breakdown of giving shows that 20% of the members give 80% of all funds, 30% of the members give the other 20% and 50% of the members give nothing – ever!

Did you know that we are nothing more than God’s asset managers? He has entrusted His people with what we can use to further the work of His kingdom, yet seldom is this accomplished.

The most striking characteristic of the early Christians is that they shared all they owned, liquidating their money and possessions to give to the needy (Acts 2:44-45, 4:32-37). We are told in one verse that “much grace was upon them all,” and in the next, “There were no needy persons among them.” Radical giving demonstrates the life-changing power of God.

Most Christians would agree that giving to the church is Biblically required, just as holiness, love, and prayer are, for example. Yet, most Christians have performed their worldly duty – hoarding and buying, leaving nothing for the Lord and His work. We have become masters of storing up earthly treasures when we should instead be concerned about our treasures in heaven – after all, that’s where we shall spend eternity, right? God entrusts us with his money not to build our kingdoms on earth, but to build His in heaven.

If only we could all adopt the attitude of John Wesley when he said, “money never stays with me. It would burn me if it did. I throw it out of my hands as soon as possible, lest it should find its way into my heart.” What destructive lives we lead when riches rule our hearts. When we look at money only as money, and not in light of its impact on eternity, we walk away with a cloudy and shortsighted vision.

Many Christians say, “I know it is right to tithe, but I can’t start right now – I can’t afford it.” To procrastinate obedience is to disobey God. Trust Him to help you begin the life-changing, eternity-impacting adventure of giving. Not only will it please God beyond belief, it will be an exciting time in your life to sit back and watch the floodgates of heaven pour out blessings on you!

Editor’s Note: Nicholas Kennicott and his wife Felicia attend Ardsley Park Baptist Church where he has been licensed to preach. Questions, comments, or prayer requests? You can e-mail Nicholas at kennicon@comcast.net