'There is only one true God, and eating idol meat did not make any real difference'
JOE MILLER JR.
      1 Corinthians 8:1-13 What in the world is idol meat and what does it have to do with us? This is an important scripture because it reminds of how different the culture was when Paul was an active apostle.
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Experiencing pure love in Honduras
      Pure Water, Pure Love is the First Baptist Church in Jasper's August project for Women on Missions and Girls in Action. A special collection box will be in the atrium all month. The purpose of the program is to provide missionaries with clean drinking water, free from disease causing microorgani...
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Newton Food Share meets needs
      Newton Food Share has been meeting the needs of the hungry in Newton for almost three years, according to Joe Miller Jr., pastor at First United Methodist Church. The Food Share is open on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 - 4 p.m. in the old hospital on Ma...
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Bits of Faith
      Summer food service Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 1942 N. Main, will continue the free summer food service for ages 1-18. Breakfast will be 7-8:30 a.m. and lunch 11 a.m.-noon. Usher day Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church will hold their annual Usher day Aug. 16 at 7 p.m. with guest W. Diggles an...
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