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CLASSIFIED ADS Bible Chronology – Bible history without chronology is myth. http://paulhansen.mysite.com ANNOUNCEMENTS Erskine Director of Alumni Affairs Buddy Ferguson announces he will provide an Erskine representative to speak at your church. “We can come on a Wednesday or Sunday night, or speak at any other program that fits your schedule. We are excited to have a chance to meet with ARP churches and share with them about Erskine. Contact Buddy Ferguson, PO Box 608, Due West, SC 29639. Or call his office: (864) 379-8727. Cell: (864) 378-5836. Email: ferguson@erskine.edu. See Erskine’s website: www.erskine.edu. FOR RENT BONCLARKEN HOME Weekend or weekly rental at 200 Pine Drive: full kitchen; complete with washer/dryer and dishwasher. Cozily sleeps 10. Available year-round. Call 828-674-8277 for reservations. FOR SALE ROBAR CHRISTIAN BOOKSELLERS. We buy, sell and trade new and used Christian books. Contact us at Robarbooks.com. BONCLARKEN – Kit and Mary Grier’s home at 103 Sycamore Dr. Approximately 1800 sq. ft. w/ central heat and air. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, great room with vaulted ceiling. Family room with hardwood floor and stone fireplace. Two wooden decks and screened-in porch. Laundry room with W/D hook-ups. Great mountain view! Call Effie Jordan 864-379-2888 or Bill Grier 828-808-1492. REAL ESTATE BONCLARKEN - For Sale: Betty Stewart’s home on Bonclarken Lane, Flat Rock, NC. Two apartments: 1 with 2 bedrooms and 1.5 baths; other has 3 bedrooms 2.5 baths. Deck, garage, laundry room. 2 lots. Asking $250,000. Call Roxanne Spencer, 704-860-3384. SERVICES SABO GRAPHICS® WEB & GRAPHIC SERVICES: Providing great finished graphics from design stage to finished printed product, or website. Large format print capabilities. Mention ARP Magazine and receive a 10% discount. 864.268.4266 or www.sabo.ws. SERVICES NEEDED MINISTRY OPPORTUNITY - Established congregation located in a growing population area in Catawba Presbytery is searching for a pastor with a heart for evangelism and church growth who is interested in a challenging bi-vocational call. If you feel God is leading you in this direction, contact Stephanie Bishop at Central Services, The ARP Center, by calling 864-232-8297, ext 222 or email sbishop@arpsynod.org to obtain a Ministerial Data Form. WOMEN’S MINISTRIES - Looking for adults or teenagers who can provide insight in using technologies such as: YouTube, Facebook, webcast, etc. Contact Elaine Reed at ARPWM.President@gmail.com if you are willing to provide information. Come see why our residents live longer, happier, healthier lives. Call Today to: Schedule an RETIREMENT COMMUNITY Call 888.485.0930 Structural Fiberglass STEEPLES All Sizes and Designs Call about free proposals and scaled line drawings for your church Box 388, Troutman, N.C. 28166 Phone 704-528-5321 For over 50 years. CHURCH PEW CUSHIONS Padded seats or reversible cushions DON GREEN UPHOLSTERY Call collect (864) 277-3795 Write: 1401 Piedmont Hwy., Piedmont, SC 29673 30 THE ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN
Indelible Grace A portable stage was pieced together and set up over the small hardwood platform that usually holds a pulpit, a few chairs and a baptismal font. In their places sat a full drum set, guitar amplifiers, and microphone stands. A large screen was mounted in front of the organ pipes. As the band members settled behind their instruments, more than 300 people filled the pews of First ARP Church in Rock Hill, SC, and waited in anticipation for Matthew Smith to strum the first chord of “I Need Thee Today.” Synod’s Committee on Worship sponsored the Matthew Smith & Indelible Grace concert and hymns seminar to expose ARP and other area churches to new resources that might enrich their worship. “This was a significant step for our denomination,” said Committee member, church planting resident, and emcee of the Rock Hill event Rev. Andy Stager. “Just months after the Committee proudly sponsored the 50th Annual Bonclarken Music Conference, we honored our musical heritage in a brand new way by exploring ways to bring hymnody into modern musical genres.” Before the opening song began, Stager welcomed those who came in droves through the back doors of the sanctuary to hear this collection of “new-old hymns.” During the pre-concert seminar, Matthew Smith told of his personal spiritual renewal as he encountered the gospel through hymns for the first time in college. He testified to a major impact that the resurgence of hymnody is having on a new generation looking for a robust expression of Christian faith. “A typical Nashville love song, as well as much current church music, goes straight for the emotions,” the Nashville songwriter explained. “But hymns engage your intellect, your imagination, your emotions, and your will – all at once. They put the full beauty of Christ on display.” The marriage of old hymn texts and new music is proving to be a happy one. In it, believers in their twenties and thirties find faith challenged, their intellect stoked, their articulation of the faith made more winsome, and their hearts enlarged with Jesus and his gospel. Full of word-pictures, hymns like George Mathison’s “O Love That Will Not Let Me Go” invite The band Indelible Grace draws a large audience at First ARP, Rock Hill (SC). the church on an ancient journey in which hope thrives in the midst of suffering. “When you sing ‘I trace the rainbow through the rain,’” Smith pointed out, “you’re singing covenantal truth. You’re preaching the gospel to one another much better than simply saying ‘well, this too shall pass.’” Area youth groups heard electric guitars and hymns together. Winthrop University students from Reformed University Fellowship and Campus Crusade, area pastors, elders, and church musicians sang old hymns to new melodies. Young and old sang the gospel to one another as the word of Christ dwelt richly in the air of the sanctuary. “Judging by the turnout, we seem to have struck a chord,” Stager said of the event. “It delights me to know that our great-grandmothers’ hymnbooks are in good use.”? Correction: At the end of the October magazine feature, A Debtor Nation, on page 7, the concluding line should have been a footnote appended to an earlier paragraph in the article, and the fourth of five footnotes in all. The article should have concluded with the previous line: “This is a time for repentance, and let us first of all demand repentance of ourselves. We should not expect divine blessings to course into the culture until the way is opened by repentance in the church.” Kerry Jacobs A Southern Author Former ARP Missionary Living in Greenville, Mr. Jacobs has been writing for over ten years. Recently published works include Honorable Intentions and The Factory. Honorable Intentions: A saga about a man who inherits a Charleston plantation only to find himself a target of those wanting to possess it. His only route of escape? A time machine. That’s where the real adventure begins. The Factory: The economy of the world has collapsed. Jack, retired former Lt. Colonel finds a new job at a factory in Atlanta. Little does he know the world of hurt he’s about to enter. No rights, little respect. Something’s got to change. Published 2010 Published 2011 Available from Amazon.com or kerryjacobs.com NOVEMBER 2011 31
Page 1 and 2: NOVEMBER 2011 We are also Pilgrims
Page 3 and 4: A Letter to Our Readers Dear Subscr
Page 5 and 6: The First Pilgrims By Rev. Ray Came
Page 7 and 8: Our church was dying... Synod Empha
Page 9 and 10: Prayer Emphasis 2012 Praise, Privil
Page 11 and 12: Confess, giving it all to Him, for
Page 13 and 14: A Devotion From Serenity Acres By B
Page 15 and 16: As the leaves fall outside, take ad
Page 17 and 18: News in Brief Betty Sides Receives
Page 19 and 20: November Prayer Calendar Synod’s
Page 21 and 22: A Venture in Faith By Chip Sherer P
Page 23 and 24: Erskine community marks new academi
Page 25 and 26: A NEW FIELD OF SERVICE . . . BE CAR
Page 27 and 28: TIE ONE ON FOR THE GOSPEL! ELIZABET
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