March 2004 Scroll

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GETTING TO KNOW OUR SCHOOL TEACHER:  KACEE CROMER

LADIES CONFERENCE SPEAKER PATTI TENENOFF

From The Desk of Pastor Matthews . . .

Hightower Highlights . . .

SWEETHEART BANQUET 2004

BETH MOORE BIBLE STUDY  By: Carol Gobble

HOLY HUMOR

NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES

HEART SISTER BRUNCH By: Kay Honeycutt

A SPECIAL LOG CABIN  By: Joyce Lucas

GETTING TO KNOW OUR SCHOOL TEACHER:  KACEE CROMER

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LADIES CONFERENCE SPEAKER PATTI TENENOFF

Patti Tenenoff, a missionary with New Tribes Mission, has seen the Lord work in ways that are to some unthinkable.  In January 1993, her husband Rick was kidnapped by Colombian guerrillas and assumed to have been martyred.  She was left to rear three small children alone.  Through the loss of her husband, the Lord has taught her to savor each moment and to appreciate the Body of Christ more. Mrs. Tenenoff is currently on furlough in Camdenton, Missouri.  She is the mother of three: Dora, 19, Connie, 14, and Lee, 12.

 Please make plans now to attend this conference to hear Patti Tenenoff speak. Dates for this conference are: June 18 & 19 at Appalachian Bible College.  See Pat Shoaf for registration

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From The Desk of Pastor Matthews . . .

Have you ever eaten elk? How about antelope? No? Ever tried lemon pepper striper? How about venison barbeque? What about deep fried quail? At the fancy restaurants these delicacies would set you back a right smart but not at the Annual Sportsman’s Banquet. You can enjoy all these exotic dishes and a lot more for free!

I enjoyed the striper and a bowl of chili that had a warning label cautioning the partaker about the gastronomical consequences of imbibing in this revved up dish. Forgoing all of the afore mentioned warnings I could not resist filling a bowl and ”testing my metal.” Well, at this point I might also mention about the adequate supply of good ole sweet tea. It seems I could not get enough of that stuff to quench the volcanic eruption I “enjoyed” after my foray into the dangerous world of “hot” chili.

It seems that the sportsman’s banquet brings out the rugged “he-man” in all of us. My vain attempt to prove my masculinity by eating the chili without my eyebrows sweating or my proboscis running proved vain indeed. The other gentlemen attending seem to relish in the fact that they could eat the stuff and ne’er break a sweat. I have my suspicions that they prepared for this test of manhood by equipping themselves with the necessary accoutrements from the medicine cabinet beforehand such as Pepcid AC. Such are the guarded secrets of the experienced sportsman. Next year I’ll be prepared!

We also enjoyed the visit from Officer Philip Tallent. Officer Tallent is the new wildlife officer for the Davidson county area. He reminded us that he was here to help us, not be an enemy. For those of us who are obedient he is not a terror, but to the disobedient he does not bear the sword in vain! He proved to be a wellspring of information. Many took advantage of the opportunity to ask those questions that had plagued them while sitting in a deer stand or on a boat on the lake, such as “how fully charged does a fire extinguisher have to be?”

Our displays get more interesting every year. This year we had not only Christian Barrow’s prized “buck” squirrel, but also Jimmy Gobble’s prize hog (that’s wild boar to the aristocracy) [def. Aristocracy – they ain’t from down home North Carolina.] The highlight of the displays was Mr. Jim Goins’ civil war display. Mr. Goins has appeared in several movies, the most famous being “The Patriot.” Although he played a  “Britishter” he also makes a pretty good-looking Rebel.

We also had the blessing of hearing from one of Sheets’ own boys, Keith Heitman. Keith took us to the Word to remind us of a great outdoorsman who made several bad choices.  He sacrificed spiritual blessing to satisfy his physical appetite. Reminding us that the trophies and satisfaction of this present world will mean nothing in eternity. The important things are those that bring spiritual blessing and contentment. Knowing God and living a life pleasing to Him brings contentment. And ‘O yea, God will add those other things. Esau was a hunter who was not trained by his Dad to hunt, but learned on his own. He was also evidently a good cook. His daddy always enjoyed his venison “chili.” I wonder if in those biblical days they enjoyed the “particulars” of hot pepper. I wonder if the pepper has evolved into a lesser or hotter variety. If the second law of thermodynamics is true, (that everything is winding down) and I hear it is, then, the pepper in Esau’s day probably was  (of biblical proportions) hotter. Ole Esau’s dad must of been a real man!

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Hightower Highlights . . .

Why is it important to give a child a Christian education? Isn’t it expensive? I can’t afford it! They’ll get just as good an education in the public schools.

I’d like to try to answer the above statements in this issue.

Davidson County and Lexington City schools have some great teachers and they do a super job. They can teach good morals and academics but the one thing they are not allowed to teach is a Biblical worldview. You may ask, “What is a Biblical worldview?” It is looking into Scripture for each subject and concept that is taught. It is teaching students to base decisions on Biblical concepts. Our mission statement at Sheets Memorial Christian School is “A Quality Education from a Christian Perspective.” Do we always achieve that goal 100% of the time? No. But the Bible promises that “His Word will not return void.” –Isa. 55:11  It is our job to present and teach God’s Word. It is the student’s job to learn and apply it.  The school and the home must work together in philosophy, teaching, and reinforcement of the principles taught.

Isn’t it too expensive?  It’s all in where your philosophy and priorities lie. The things that are important to you, you will prioritize into a higher area and achieve those goals. If a Biblical worldview is important to you, you can receive it right here at SMCS. God will provide if you will commit.

The education of your child is your God given responsibility. It’s a matter between you and God. Please pray daily for your child’s education and be highly involved.

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SWEETHEART BANQUET 2004

Saturday evening, February 14th, we were greeted by the aroma of yeast rolls baking, with the promise of a delectable meal prepared by Quanita Myers, Linda Berrier, Jean Brown and all their capable assistants. 

Colorful decorations of red and pink, dimmed lights, the glow of candles, announcing that Valentine Day was here.  As always, Carol Gobble and her helpers, did a great job of setting the mood of love and a romantic evening. Dawn McGuinn displayed her gift of coordinating the event, receiving well-deserved praise for a beautiful and enjoyable evening. Dawn McGuinn, Katie Johnson and Sylvia Waters entertained the approximately 75 people, with the well-loved oldies, reminiscent of the older folks who went through “courtship days” of that era. Danny Ingram displayed wedding pictures on a screen, some recent, others taken 60 years ago.  The audience enjoyed guessing the couples’ identities. Jeff and Renee Berrier were chosen King and Queen of the night.  They were also celebrating their 17th wedding anniversary.  Congratulations Jeff and Renee!!! Dawn conducted a secret-revealing game regarding courtship, marriage, etc., bringing much laughter as others related humorous events of their dating and marriage. Dave and Sandy Kelly, the highlight of the evening, talked about their meeting, courtship and marriage.  Dave noted the all important characteristics of love, it’s origin from God, and the application to our lives as couples, as he and Sandy related the humorous side, along with their trials as a married couple.  This was a most applicable message filled with wisdom, derived from the Kelly’s experiences for today’s marriages.  The message was well-received and enjoyed by all.

Our deepest appreciation goes to Dawn McGuinn and all who helped to bring this evening together.  Thank you, Carol Gobble, for the beautiful decorations and all that hard work, and those who assisted her.  For an unforgettable meal, much appreciation goes to Quanita Myers, Linda Berrier, Jean Brown, spouses and helpers. Thanks to Danny Ingram and James Paul for compiling the wedding pictures to be viewed: to Dawn, Katie and Sylvia for the great selection of music.  (I hope we haven’t left anyone out who deserves a big hand of applause.)  Can’t wait for Sweetheart Banquet 2005.  Plan to be there!!!!!!

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BETH MOORE BIBLE STUDY  By: Carol Gobble

Last year I was privileged to attend a Beth Moore Bible Study called “Breaking Free.”  It opened doors for my walk with the Lord.  Shortly after, I began to pray about such a study for the women at Sheets, using the Beth Moore video series.  I had never heard of Beth Moore until a couple of years ago when Beverly Shoaf, one of our missionary ladies, spoke to our women on Beth Moore’s “David, A man after Gods own Heart.”

It is totally amazing how God is using His servant Beth Moore to speak to thousands of women all across this nation and literally throughout the world.  She is definitely a great servant of God, and one that He is using in a mighty way to enrich us as women in our walk with God. 

In “Breaking Free” she makes you realize that “A Christian is held captive by anything that hinders the abundant and effective Spirit filled life God has planned for her.”  In “Jesus, the One and Only” (which is the one we are now doing) Beth introduces you to an intimate God in an up-close and personal portrait of the Life of Jesus the Messiah.

We now have close to 40 women signed up for this study, with several women from other churches.  Hopefully, we will start another study sometime in August so that we will be through before the holidays start in November. I encourage you to make your plans now to start that next Bible study with us.  It will surely enrich your spiritual walk with Christ in a way you never thought possible. My prayer is that each and every one of us will fall more in love with Jesus Christ than ever before, and have that close and intimate walk with Him that He desires us to have. I would ask you to please start praying now about joining us in late August for the next Beth Moore Bible Study.  You’ll be glad you did.

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HOLY HUMOR

Good thoughts for the day!

1. There was a church that had problems with outsiders parking in its parking lots, so they put up a sign: CHURCH CAR PARK—FOR MEMBERS ONLY Trespassers will be baptized!

2. “No God—No Peace.  Know God—Know Peace.”

3. “Free Trip to heaven  Details inside!”

4. “Try our Sundays.  They are better than Baskin Robbins.”

5. “Searching for a new look?  Have your faith lifted here!”

6. An ad for one Church has a picture of two hands holding stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments are inscribed and a headline that reads, “For fast, fast, fast relief, take two tablets.”

7. When the restaurant next to another Church put out a big sign with red letters that said, “Open Sundays,” the church reciprocated with its own message: “We are open on Sundays, too.”

8. “People are like tea bags—you have to put them in hot water before you know how strong they are.”

9. “Fight truth decay—study the Bible daily.”

10. “How will you spend eternity—Smoking or Nonsmoking?”

11. “Dusty Bibles lead to Dirty Lives.”

12. “Come work for the Lord.  The work is hard, the hours are long and the pay is low.  But the retirement benefits are out of this world.

13. “It is unlikely there’ll be a  reduction in the wages of sin.”

14. “Do not wait for the hearse to take you to church.”

15. “If you’re headed in the wrong direction, God allows U-turns.”

16. “If you don’t like the way you were born, try being born again”

17. “Looking at the way some people live, they ought to obtain eternal fire insurance soon.”

18. “This is a ch__ ch.  What is missing? (U R)

19. “In the dark?  Follow the Son”

20. “Running low on faith?  Step in for a fill-up.”

21. “If you can’t sleep, don’t count sheep.  Talk to the Shepherd.”

Courtesy of:  Jeanette Wilson

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NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES

In GENESIS Jesus is the Ram at Abraham’s altar

In EXODUS He’s the Passover Lamb

In LEVITICUS He’s the High Priest

In NUMBERS He’s the Cloud by day and pillar of fire by night

In DEUTERONOMY He’s the City of our refuge

In JOSHUA He’s the Scarlet Thread out Rahab’s window

In JUDGES He is our Judge

In RUTH He is our Kinsman Redeemer

In 1st & 2nd SAMUEL He’s our Trusted Prophet

And in KINGS and CHRONICLES He’s our Reigning King

In EZRA He is our Faithful Scribe

In NEHEMIAH He’s the Rebuilder of everything that is broken

And in ESTHER He is the Mordecai sitting faithful at the gate

In JOB He’s our Redeemer that ever liveth

In PSALMS He is my Shepherd and I shall not want

In PROVERBS and ECCLESIASTES He’s our Wisdom

And in the SONG OF SOLOMON He’s the Beautiful Bridegroom

In ISAIAH He’s the Suffering Servant

In JEREMIAH and LAMENTATIONS it is Jesus that is the Weeping Prophet

In EZEKIEL He’s the Wonderful Four-Faced Man

And in DANIEL He is the Fourth Man in the midst of a fiery furace

In HOSEA He is my Love that is forever faithful

In JOEL He baptizes us with the Holy Spirit

In AMOS He’s our Burden Bearer

In OBADIAH  our Savior

And in JONAH He is the Great Foreign Missionary that takes the Word of God into all of the world

You go on and you see in MICAH He is the Messenger with beautiful feet

In NAHUM He is the Avenger

In HABAKKUK He is the Watchman that is ever praying for revival

In ZEPHANIAH He is the Lord mighty to save

In HAGGAI He is the Restorer of our lost heritage

In ZECHARIAH He is our Fountain

And in MALACHI He is the Son of Righteousness with healing in His wings

In MATTHEW Thou art the Christ the Son of the Living God

In MARK He is the Miracle Worker

In LUKE He’s the Son of Man

And in JOHN He is the Door by which everyone of us must enter

In ACTS He is the Shining Light that appears to Saul on the road to Damascus

In ROMANS He is our Justifier

In 1st CORINTHIANS our Resurrection

In 2nd CORINTHIANS our Sin Bearer

In GALATIANS He redeems us from the law

In EPHESIANS He is our Unsearchable Riches

In PHILIPPIANS He supplies our every need

And in COLOSSIANS He’s the Fullness of the Godhead Bodily

In 1st & 2nd THESSALONIANS He is our Soon Coming King

In 1st & 2nd TIMOTHY He is the Mediator between God and man

In TITUS He is our Blessed Hope

In PHILEMON He is a Friend that sticks closer than a brother

And in HEBREWS He’s the Blood of the everlasting covenant

In JAMES it is the Lord that heals the sick

In 1st & 2nd PETER He is the Chief Shepherd

In 1st, 2nd & 3rd JOHN it is Jesus who has the tenderness of love

In JUDE He is the Lord coming with 10,000 saints

And in REVELATION, lift up your eyes, Church, for your

redemption draweth nigh, He is King of kings and

Lord of lords

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HEART SISTER BRUNCH By: Kay Honeycutt

On February 7th, the heart sister ministry enjoyed fun, food and fellowship.  24 ladies attended.  The fellowship hall was decorated to resemble spring, a very much needed change from the winter weather.  The ladies enjoyed a brunch of meats, breakfast casserole, breads, cherry turnovers and fruit.  It was a time of fellowship and surprises as gifts were distributed and we found out who had been ministering to us during the past year.  It was funny to find out how many of us guessed wrong.  The best secret revealed was the Brown Bag Heart Sister.  Some of you may have noticed the brown bags that were left for Sylvia Waters this past year, many on the top of her car.  Sylvia was very surprised to find out that it was Stephanie Yountz.  It was a very simple yet creative way in which to minister to Sylvia.  Be on the look out, we may see a lot of brown bags this year.  I hope you will consider joining us in this ministry.  It is an easy and fun way in which you can minister to a sister in Christ and do it secretly.  If you are interested, please see Kay Honeycutt.  We, also, want to thank Edith Matthews for all she does behind the scenes to help make this ministry possible.

A special thank you to Roger Comer and Steve Honeycutt who helped with the decorations and set-up, and to those who helped prepare the food and clean up. 

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A SPECIAL LOG CABIN  By: Joyce Lucas

Many of us have memories of log cabins.  I wonder how many of you can remember our very own Log Cabin at Sheets Memorial?  This was a very special Log Cabin.  We were in need of a place for meetings.  The ladies of the church were very excited.  For the first time there was a place to have class meetings, circle meetings, also G. A. meetings for the young folks.  Also, a room was provided for the ladies to roll bandages for the war effort.  There were many other things; receptions and birthday celebrations. This building was called the “Hut”.  To this day I’m not sure why or where the name originated. To begin the large undertaking of constructing this building, God surely blessed us.  The economy was very slow at that period of time.  It was built during the ministry of Pastor Charles Young, Sr. Horace V. Kinney and his wife, Selby, donated the trees from which the logs were cut.  I can remember wondering why we had those long logs in the church yard.  The men of the church stripped the logs in the church yard. Many of you may remember Horace and Selby and Kinney’s son, Horace Kinney.  He was one of the first young men who left the church to become a minister.  A number of others followed Horace’ footsteps.  In later years, the “Hut” was in need of renovation due to the mortar falling out.  Again, the men from the Wide Awake Sunday School Class,  along with other men from the church, came to help cover the exterior walls with brick.  Broadus Smith, a very skilled brick mason, was in charge of the work. During the last two weeks of bricking the “Hut,” most of those involved had to return to regular jobs.  Broadus Smith took two weeks from his regular job to complete the work.  What a wonderful example the men have set for us.           Following are the names of those men who sacrificially and willingly gave of their time to complete the brick work on the “Hut.”  May we honor the memory of these deceased members of the “Men’s Bible Class” that later was named “The Men’s Wide Awake Class.”  MEN’S WIDE AWAKE CLASS DECEASED LIST

* LEWIS AGNER

* WILLIAM ANDERSON

* RONNIE BARTH

* OTIS BATES

* OTIS BEAN

* GILMER BELL

* CHARLIE BIESECKER

* ERVIN COOPER

* JIM COOPER

* CLAUDE CUZZIN

* JOHN DAVIS

* RAYMOND DAVIS

* WILLIE DAVIS

* FRED DRY

* WOODROW FERGUSON

* CLYDE GALLIMORE

* CONNIE GOBBLE

* B.E. HARVILLE

* MR. HATHCOCK

* MARK HEITMAN

* WARREN HINSON

* BRUCE HOPKINS

* DELBERT HOPKINS

* RAY GUDSON

* RAYMOND JARVIS

* ROBY JARVIS

* TOM JOHNSON

* HORACE KINNEY

* BERNARD LANIER

* BILL LOHR

* NEALIE MORRIS

* THURMAN MYERS

* HOWARD PARKS

* BILL PARSON

* TOM SHOAF

* BROADUS SMITH

* DAVE SMITH

* MARVIN SMITH

* RAY SMITH

* POP SNEED

* JUNE SNIDER

* EARL SWINSON

* ARNOLD TESH

* CLIFF TESH

* TOM VANDERFORD

* OSCAR WALLACE

* H. LEE WATERS

* CECIL WRIGHT

* BENNY YARBROUGH

* CLYDE YARBROUGH

* ELMO YARBROUGH

* VESTAL YATES

* CHARLES YOUNG 

Over the years the Hut has served many purposes.  Some of these include:

* A  fellowship hall

* A place to have Wednesday night services, while the sanctuary was having renovations

* Youth center

* Wedding receptions

* Cafeteria

* Women’s meetings

* Christmas parties

* All extra activities for the church and many more to numerous too mention

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