Category: Faith & Family

debbiesnapp@embarqmail.com (850) 997-3568 June 24 – 28 Waukeenah United Methodist Church 81 Methodist Church Rd. Athens: Paul’s Dangerous Journey to Share the Truth 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday Ages: Pre-K…

Reflections and Images Our lives are like reflections and images: reflections of where we’ve been combined with images of who we are and where we are heading. I believe the longer we…

The buzzard, the bat, and the bumblebee Think about the truth of these phrases: “Open wide now, this isn’t going to hurt a bit.” “It is easy to assemble. Just follow the…

Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Elizabeth Baptist Church (EBC) youth have been very busy with community service projects to raise funds for their summer Beach Camp in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Student Life…

debbiesnapp@embarqmail.com (850) 997-3568 June 9 – 13 Elizabeth Baptist Church 4124 Bassett Dairy Rd. In The Wild 6 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday Ages: Kindergarten to sixth grade Contact Brian Saylor…

Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Pastor John Hicks, of Monticello’s First United Methodist Church, will retire after the Sunday Morning Worship Service on June 30. There will be one combined worship service…

Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Rev. Kassalando M. Brooks, pastor of Sweetfield Missionary Baptist Church, and the Jefferson County 4-H Working Soldiers Sweetfield Youth, thank all of the people and organizations in…

A pair of what? A Paraprosdokian is not two Prosdokians nor is it one of the lost books of the Bible. It took me a while to be able to pronounce it,…

A note to those graduating Graduation exercises are called “Commencements.” Commencement means to begin or start. To be sure, there is life after high school and new beginnings and new starts. The…

Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. The Restored Glory Christian Center, currently located in the Winn Dixie shopping center at 1287 S. Jefferson St., will soon have a new location on the other…

We have a God who is able to do exceedingly, abundantly, above all that we can ask or think! When we pray, remember: 1) The love of God that wants the best…

John Willoughby ECB Publishing, Inc. Are you looking for a musically-good time? You’re in luck as Greenville’s Brian Norris will be reuniting with band members to bring Chapel Road to two area…

By Derrick Burrus Capital Heights Baptist Church Pastor Each year, two of my pastor friends organize a trip to the Holy Land. My first trip was in 2011. I went for the…

Savannah Reams ECB Publishing, Inc. Throughout the ages, many have interpreted the life, death and resurrection of Christ in different ways. Christians of all different denominations have their own ideas and speculations,…

Donkey Thoughts I read where a guy proclaimed, “I want to be a Jackass for Jesus!” I would like to think that I would not say the same, but then I started…

Caterpillar steps and butterfly flight Butterflies! Last week our order of caterpillars arrived, which we plan to raise into butterflies for release by children and families on Easter Sunday morning. This is…

Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Join with the First United Church family on Sunday, April 14, for a community wide picnic and Easter Egg Hunt. The Spring event will be held at…

Article Submitted It was a brisk February day in Youngstown just outside of Panama City. They were sitting at a makeshift dining table in front of a camper. The front yard was…

Pride goes before the fall They say that pride is the mother of the vices, as it is the reason that angels fell. Over the years, I have been invited to contribute…

40 days and counting As a wise person once shared, “It’s not what we eat, but what we digest that makes us strong. It’s not what we gain, but what we save…