Getting to Know You ~ supposed to go on a blind date but Maurice the neighbor bought the rest. The Franks and now Dr. Kim) and also at Park Ridge Maurice & Nancy Franks was there at the house. He asked her started saving money to build a house and (now Advent Health). if her boyfriend was calling but Nancy the neighbor asked why they were waiting When asked about any special Maurice had a long time desire to emphatically said she was not going out. so long. When they said they didn’t have interests, their #1 is giving Bible studies know what the mark of the beast was. He So she stayed home, making popcorn for the money, Maurice’s mother stepped in. and they shared many stories of various asked his grandfather and others questions Maurice and the kids. Nancy remembers She said it was time they built and needed people coming to Jesus receiving His about what it was but no one seemed to one of the seven-year old twins, Tonya, to spend their inheritance to build it. They transforming power. Their other combined know. He knew he did not want to receive climbing on a stool and jumping onto hired Jeff Harms and George Suele to build interests have been swimming, boating, it but needed to find out what “it” was. Later Maurice, blurting out, “Are you going to the house. Mother wanted them to follow hiking, and Maurice especially has enjoyed Maurice joined the military and asked the be our new daddy?” embarrassing Nancy. their dream. She wound up living with the white water rafting, under water diving same question there as he really wanted Later after supper Cherie read Bible stories family for 16 years until she went to sleep looking for sunken ships, and prospecting. to know what it was. No one knew but to the girls while putting them to bed. in Jesus at 98 years of age. If you want to know more about Jesus he kept asking. He eventually met a guy This gave Maurice and Nancy time to get Maurice has done many jobs in his and His Word, just talk to the Franks. They he really did not especially like who kept acquainted. lifetime and Nancy’s worked in doctor’s know Him intimately. asking Maurice to go to some meetings Their relationship was growing and offices (Dr. Berkey, Dr. Hardy, Dr. Bailey, held by an Elder Knox. Maurice fought the they felt that God was leading, so after a invitation to go but since the church was year they got married which now has been only a few blocks from his house, he went. 34 years. Nancy’s twins were 7, Melissa He bought a tape recorder and went and was 18 months old, and Cherie about the meetings, and of all subjects, they were 13. The girls took right to Maurice which on the mark of the beast; it was a Seventh- was a confirmation to Nancy that he was day Adventist Church. He attended the the right one. In the beginning there was meetings for three days and three nights a testing time but after Maurice used the and could not think of anything else until he swat once or twice, things fell into place. fully accepted the message and became They settled in the Pisgah area living there baptized. until all the kids went through academy. Maurice and Nancy met after attending The twins got married and Melissa was a a church in Asheville and met at an Adventist senior and the last one at home. Maurice singles group during potluck at someone’s had wanted to move to Florida for years. house near Pisgah. When Maurice arrived, Nancy said, “Okay, we can move if that is all the girls were on one side of the house what you want. He said, I don’t mean to be and the guys the other. He spoke up, a hardnose; we can pray about it so Nancy “What is this? Segregation?” So they met, said “Good, that will work.” They prayed just having a nice time and Maurice finding about it and took off for St. Augustine, FL to out that Nancy had two children (twins) look at some land that was for sale. Upon plus a baby. As a side note, Maurice loved arriving, they found the land was no good children. After their meeting, their interest so the Lord shut that door. was there and Nancy went home thinking, When they came back from Florida, “I met the nicest Christian man today but they found a beautiful piece of property with too good for me.” She thought, “I’ll put him a little pond and a stream on it. A neighbor on the back burner.” asked if they were interested and they were They dated for a year and Nancy but they only wanted about four acres. So remembers one Saturday night she was 6 9 Yard Sale anyone. People came and helped and may Thrift Store donations being put out on the sales floor Karen Sparks & Sara Wolff have left while I was working in the thrift Karen Sparks we really need help to sort and price. No store. I really appreciated all of you. Sara heavy lifting. Thanks so much. We really The Yard sale was a success again and I could not do the yard sale without The Thrift Store is going through some appreciate your support. Special thank you this March. Thank you to all those who the volunteers. Bringing in the donations, changes now. We are getting ready to to the volunteers who helped clear out the volunteered: Pam Green, Carla Powell, setting up the room, emptying the boxes, start putting out our summer stock. Again clothes on Tuesday to get ready for the Yahaira Alvarez, Pixie and Art Paradis, staging the room all is a special process volunteers help bring down the summer summer stock, thank you to Marty Louge, Desiree Magnant, Judy Kyzer, Roseanne that needs many hands. Then there is the clothes that Sarah Rowe has been sorting Dee Vaughn, Rich Goodman, Carole Richards, Carole Brenner, Donna Cantrell, clean up. We have help from the school all winter for us. This happens on the 30th Brenner. Douglas Edney, Rhonda Edney, Myrna Esh, children and that is a blessing. They pick of March. The store will be closed for one We had Vespers on Sabbath evening Deb Grant, Jackie, Dennis, Nathan Green, up the toys and the books and box them week and reopen on April 7th with the March 30th then the church family came Kim family, Roger Peden, Wendy Louge, up for us. Thank you so much. Pastor summer selections all set up. Floors have out to help bring down our summer stock. and nephew Richard, Richard Sparks, Bran came to help too and Chase Warner. been cleaned and the store refreshed. Thank you to the Magnant family, Wolff Wolff children, Evangeline (one of the It is always a pleasure to work with these We are so looking forward to our the new family, Witt family, Rowe family, Ford family, school mothers) and a new church attendee loving friends to accomplish our task, which Community building this summer. We will Owen family and Kim family. These folks Paula Slater came to help. A special thank is to enrich the lives of our children in our have lots of events and specials coming set an all time record getting the clothes you to Rick Watson (who is attending our school. Bless you all so much. up when we move into the new building. down and into the Thrift store this season. boot camp series) and emptied more Sara Wolff and Karen Sparks Please remember the Hearing evaluation Great job and now to get them all on the boxes that anyone. I am sorry if I missed on April 8th with LaNoy Kyzer. The store racks and ready for business. We enjoyed will be open until 6pm. He will be available watching the kids play and we had pizza 3pm - 6pm. We are looking for volunteers and salad. for these evening hours. Volunteers are Our church family is the greatest. Thank needed for the evening hours as well as the you everyone for your help. morning and afternoon shifts. With more

10 7 Diluting the Gospel ~ 4 daily life. Epicurus was influenced primarily Diluting the Gospel ~ 4 a powerful thing. Once they run into the Liberty Department by Aristotle and thus with his teachings, Continued from Page 6 minds of the people, it is difficult to predict he opposed the Platonism. As Aristotle, the direction they can lead. Diluting the Gospel with External Viewpoints; he believed that the knowledge comes 1. Should we fear death? The We could hear today some Epicureans Series Part 4 – The Philosophers Apostle primarily from the sensory experiences. absence of fear and pain is a good thing. thoughts: “There is no evidence of Paul met in Athens Since he was an atomic materialist, he While we are alive, the death for us does intervention of god in human affairs”; “If After Aristotle, two major philosophical thought that the death is the end of both not exist and we should not fear it. When there was, we can expect him to interfere systems spring out of the ancient Greek - the body and the soul. In this case, what we die, we will not be alive and we will not during the wars, during those massive philosophy - Epicureanism and Stoicism. is the purpose of life somebody may ask? feel the pain and the fear of it. Thus, we crimes against humanity”; “How about our Apostle Paul debates both of them while in According to the Epicureanism, it is to should not fear death at all. present perishing world? If god cares for Athens. His famous speech on the hill of come to that happy life - free from fear and 2. Should we fear the gods? Well, us, then why he do not get control over Areopagus is considered a masterpiece of absence of pain. It is a philosophy which no. Since the gods do not care for us and the pressing issues of our time – hunger, evangelism. It was particularly designed stresses the importance of training the we are so insignificant and distant from mass migration, terror. He should at least to reach the secular world of the time. one’s desires. them, they cannot even see us from their guarantee some measures of order”; Strangely enough, the materialistic thinking What was their view on god or the blissful place. Then, why we should fear “We have to presume that god is neither today holds vary similar concepts. Our gods? We may expect that the Epicureans them? willing nor able to help us live together in rationality is remarkably close to the were atheists because of their materialistic Epicureans were known among the respect and harmony”; “Common sense thinking of the ancient Greeks. This makes views. Strangely, they didn’t deny the Stoics, their main opponents, as seekers reality is what is left for us; let us promote the Apostle Paul’s speech a treasure for us. existence of the gods; they denied the of pleasure but this was not quite correct. moderation, consideration of the others, In this section we will study the teachings gods involvement in the world. According We will see that this was just the Stoics build friendship in the communities, and let of these two philosophical groups and then to them, the gods live in what is called point of view. Epicureans were seekers us care for the environment”. Are all these analyze Paul’s discourse. “metakosmia” – the space between the of pleasures but pleasures coming sound familiar to you? Epicureanism – the “atomic worlds and they are living a blessed life, from the basic need of life. For them, To Be Continued Next Month materialists”. For them, the cosmos was free of any concerns of the human affairs excessive pleasures led to more pain composed by empty space filled with tiny or the operation of the cosmos. The and dissatisfaction. In general, they were elements, called atoms (very much like the purpose of the gods is just to provide the promoting a moderate and peaceful life, belief of our modern scientists). For the model by which the human beings should away from politics – to stay away from that Epicureans, the atoms, moving in the void, be inspired to live. This philosophy could needless stress and anxiety so common Outreach Sabbath were “the ultimate thing”. They thought that to the human cultures. Epicureanism be considered as a bridge toward modern Desirée Magnant the cosmos is infinite, eternal; and when age atheism. To better clarify this concept, eventually died with the arrival of the the atoms fly chaotically and smash each I will give you an example. The “Riddle of Christianity and their teachings were lost. April 13 other, they sometimes bond together to Epicurus”, believed to come straight from Later, in the 15th and 16th centuries, some form more complex forms. Epicurus (341- Epicurus and concerning god, says - “God of the Epicurus works were discovered and Join us as we go to area parks to 270 BC) was a philosopher from Athens either wishes to take away evils, but is in 17th century the French Catholic priest share Jesus’ love. We’ll be handing out and the founder of the Epicureanism. unable; or he is able, and is unwilling; or Pierre Gassendi attempted to reconcile balloons that say “Jesus Loves You” He opened his own school, called “The he is neither willing nor able; or he is both the Epicureanism with Christianity. During and providing water bottles, singing Gardens”. The school allowed women to willing and able”. the Enlightenment period in 18th century, and setting our light out on the “hill.” join as regular students. The Epicurus Here are a couple of examples of how many influential people were impacted We will visit Harmon Field. Let us school was not just an academic place to the Epicurean philosophy works: by these teachings, some of them with know in advance if you will come so study strictly philosophy. It was more like a quite opposite viewpoints - like Thomas we can plan accordingly. Call or text community where his followers were living, Jefferson or Karl Marx for example. Do Desirée at 386-481-8215 or via email eating simple meals, and spending their not forget that the philosophical ideas are at [email protected]. Continued on Page 11 6 11 12 5 Church Library Volunteers Needed Good Friday Magnant’s Small Group Wanangwa Hartwell Desirée Magnant April 19, 2019 Desirée Magnant Greetings! Hope your Spring is off to a Evangelistic Series Christina Rossetti (1830–1894) Supper and Scripture: Meets at good start! As you are getting your garden Volunteers Needed the Magnant’s Home – 123 Gray Court, ready, be sure to not forget your church Hello church family, we are looking for Am I a stone and not a sheep That I can Rutherfordton. This small group meeting library. We have some good cookbooks, volunteers for the upcoming evangelistic stand, O Christ, beneath thy cross, To meets twice monthly on the 1st and 3rd kids’ books, teen books, and of course, series and there are two timeframes you number drop by drop Thy blood’s slow loss, Friday evening for a meal together and Bible books! can help with - either mornings from 10:45 And yet not weep? then a study. Current content is The Story Were you able to be at church the am to 12:30 PM or evenings from 6:30 - of Redemption. Participants will receive the Sabbath Dr. Samaan shared with us? Be 8:45 PM. Volunteers will fill several roles, Not so those women loved Who with book and each meeting the study guide sure to read all the titles of his that we from greeters and deacons to host and exceeding grief lamented thee; Not so pages. The purpose of the group is to have added to the library. Are you looking hostesses in our refreshment area. All fallen Peter weeping bitterly; Not so the grow closer to Jesus and each other as we forward to Pastor Earnhardt’s meetings hands are needed to help this series be a thief was moved; prepare for the last days. in May? Be sure to read his biography -- success. Please complete the volunteer Leader: Keith Magnant, 904-707-6792 Victory Lane. sheet on the Update Board in the lobby, or Not so the sun and moon Which hid their Time: 6:00 p.m., Remember -- camp meeting is coming call/text Desiree at 386-481-8215. faces in a starless sky, A horror of great Supper: 7:00 p.m., Scripture up soon! We can turn in donations in darkness at broad noon — I, only I. exchange for credit to buy new books... so bring any books you no longer want or Yet give not o’er, But seek thy sheep, true need to the church library by Sabbath, May Shepherd of the flock; Greater than Moses, 11, for me to sort and send. Thank you! turn and look once more And smite a rock.

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ARTISANS NEEDED! Calling all Quilters, Knitters, and Crocheters!! Let’s make some baby blankets to hand out to the single and new moms of our community at the Tryon SDA Community Baby Shower later this year. For more info please contact Dana Bradford, 704-562-0834.

14 3 Matthew 25 Impact The Sea Lion Parade Desirée Magnant Danielle Magnant Join us each month on the second There once was a Sea Lion whose Sabbath of the month for Outreach name we’ll call Jet. She loved to play tricks Sabbath. Various activities take place after on the trainer yet she had not one but two potluck, and you can be a big blessing as boyfriends near her side and they’d often we serve in our community. Upcoming be found riding the tide. Lucky little Jet. outreach Sabbaths: Although she was a pet, she’d sit there March - Sole Hope - Shoe Party and fret if she didn’t get wet. So one day - #Nojiggers - Help us make shoes for she came to play and the trainer did say, children in Africa - protect the feet! “Jet, you look a little wet so don’t you fret April - Sunshine Bands to White Oak because look...you’re wet!” Nursing Home (Tryon) and Autumn Care Now down in the keys where all the (Saluda) seas are to please young Jet. Young Jet May - Blessing Bags Ministry for Steps who’s funny and yet who will get you wet if to Hope she gets upset. So now here comes Jet -- June - Operation Sandwich and here she comes with her flipper up in the air distribute sack lunches to homeless in to look like a...shark! Watch out! It’s Mark! Greenville, SC Mark the shark would like to eat Jet all wet in the set and yet... Look, it’s Jet! Jet you could’ve been scrambled or fried or eaten whole! We’re so glad you’re safe, Jet!

2 15 Advertising Tryon [email protected] Seventh-day Adventist Church Do you have something you wish to urna sell? A service you provide? Please submit Jo l to the above e-mail address. Thanks! April, 2019 ALTERATIONS/SEWING: Deb Grant, 1 Donna Cantrell 828-817-7015. Ed Powell Angels in the Home 3 Loretta Mills Ellen G. White FIREWOOD: John Cantrell, 828-817-7345 4 Jeffrey Tary, II or 828-817-4178. Split. Hardwood. Delivery For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall Mattie Painter within 25 miles. bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. Psalm 91:11, 12. 5 Steven Green Angels of God are watching over us. Upon this earth there are thousands and tens of Sarah Rowe HONEY for Sale: Benjamin Owens, 828- thousands of heavenly messengers commissioned by the Father to prevent Satan from 6 Helen Blomeley 287-5866. 24# = $65. 12# = $40. 3# = $12. obtaining any advantage over those who refuse to walk in the path of evil. And these angels 10 Karen Syfert who guard God’s children on earth are in communication with the Father in heaven. “Take 13 Loany Martinez RECUPERATIVE MASSAGE: Roseanne heed that ye despise not one of these little ones,” Christ said; “for I say unto you, That in 15 Kari Owens Richards, 864-357-4875. Call or Text. Chair heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 16 Paul Witt, Jr. Massage on site. Therapeutic Massage at 18:10). 18 Brooke Witt Richard’s home. (SC #10851; NC #16659.) Scarcely any of us realize that angels are about us; and these precious angels, who 19 Cody Heyer minister to those who shall be heirs of salvation, are saving from us many, many temptations 20 Dee Vaughn CAREGIVER AVAILABLE – Live-in or and difficulties. The whole family of heaven is interested in the families here below; and how Anthony Phillips come as needed. Available full time. Call thankful we should be for this interest manifested for us day and night. 21 Cecil Baker Ronda Dever, 828-817-8141, Words spoken in our homes which are impatient and unkind, angels hear; and do you Alexa Kim want to find in the books of heaven a record of the impatient and passionate words you 23 Carol Peden have uttered in your family? Impatience brings the enemy of God and man into your family and drives out the angels of God. If you are abiding in Christ, and Christ in you, you cannot speak angry words. Fathers and mothers, I beseech you for Christ’s sake, to be kind, tender, and patient in your homes. Then light and sunshine will enter your homes, and you will feel that bright beams from the Sun of Righteousness are indeed shining into your hearts. It is the absence of the graces of God’s Spirit that leaves the home in a dark, unhappy condition. Your home should be a blessed sanctuary where God can come in, and where His holy angels can minister unto you. If impatience and unkindness are manifested one to another, angels cannot be attracted to your home; but where love and peace abide, these heavenly ones love to come and bring still more of the holy influence of the home above. In Heavenly Places, 99

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Huskies difficult to catch! Wanangwa Hartwell & Lobo is also very sassy. If he doesn’t Amelia Hill want to do something, he will “talk back” and he can be very vocal. If I don’t listen Siberian Huskies are most famous as to him, he will go “tell Mom” what’s wrong. sled dogs, but they can make good pets. If Mom doesn’t listen either, he will go “tell You have to be firm because they will try Dad”! to be the Alpha Dog over you. They are not This intelligence and spunk is what large dogs, but they are very strong and makes Huskies so good as sled dogs. They can be stubborn! are strong, brave, and fast, and they don’t I (Amelia) own a Husky named Lobo give up easily. Most of all, they love their -- the Spanish word for “wolf” because he packs -- canine or human! looks like one! When Lobo gets it into his head to go adventuring, he can be quite

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