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A Mother’s Love
A Poem from THE TRUE SPOT: Words From Within by Jaudon Byrd
Thank God for a mother’s love, it’s the She didn’t always give me what I
wanted, but I always had what I
physical form of grace from above.
Her passion for genuine affection runs needed, Her confidence always gave
deep, I remember how it broke my heart me strength when I felt defeated,
to see her weep,
A mother’s love sprinkles joy on a daily
basis; she always gives her best effort to
put a smile on her kids faces.
She always tell me that I can be whatever I want to be, and that if I walked
with God all things are a possibility.
A mother’s love comforts my
insecurities, her wisdom guided me
through the tough days of my
immaturities, I apologized for the times
when I indulged in the world’s
impurities.
A mother’s love sees the right when I’m
wrong; she always knew the truth even if
I was lying all along; it always warms
my heart to hear her sing her favorite
song.
A mother’s love turns girls into
women and boys into men, mother's
should never feel neglected, all moms
need appreciation, their love needs to
be respected, think about the time and
energy our mother's invested to make
us feel protected.
“There is no other physical love that
can compare to”
A Mother’s Love
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KROC CENTER
OFFERS SUMMER CAMP
YOUTH GROUP MARCHES
AGAINST VIOLENCE
(Augusta) The Salvation Army of
Augusta Kroc Center announces that it
will offer 13 weeks of “Kroc Center
Camp” this summer beginning on
Monday May 21 and ending August
17th. Each of the 13 week long camps
run from Monday through Friday, 9am3pm, and are for children ages 5 to 12
who have been in school for a least one
year. For more information please
contact Kelly Adriano, Children and
Youth Manager at 706-922-1529 or
visit KrocAugusta.org or stop by the
welcome desk at the Kroc Center.
(Augusta) Violent crimes rock the
neighborhoods of the CSRA daily,
particularly black on black crimes.
Compass Youth Mentoring services is
sponsoring their 2nd Annual SAVEA-LIFE 2012 March against Violence, Saturday June 23, beginning at
8:00am at May Park 4th & Walton
Way, in Augusta. This march is
designed to ignite the body of Christ,
individual ministries, and
organizations to galvanize their
efforts towards gathering solutions to
this problem. You can be apart of the
difference making effort by
contacting Rev. Patricia Hicks 706829-1701. Come join the march!
The Spiritual Messenger
and GFS Communications Salutes
MOTHERS & FATHERS
For the never-ending love, support,
encouragement and wisdom you have
imparted to every child along the way.
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FAITH AND FELLOWSHIP CALENDAR
The New Zion Hill Missionary
Baptist Church observes the Silver
and Gold Anniversary of Reverend
Dr. James A. Hogan, Sr. (25yrs at
New Zion Hill Baptist Church and
50yrs in God’s Ministry)
- Kickoff Celebration, Sun., May 6,
2012 at 4:00pm with Bishop Dreyfus C.
Smith, Senior Pastor of Wings of Faith
World Wide Ministries of Atlanta, GA.
- Silver and Gold Banquet at the
Augusta Marriott Hotel (downtown
Augusta), Fri., May 11, 2012 at
7:00pm. The guest speaker will be Rev.
Clarence Moore, pastor of Good
Shepherd Baptist Church, Augusta, GA.
- Culmination Celebration, Sun., May
20, 2012 at 4:00pm. The guest speaker
will be Bishop Joseph E. Hogan, pastor
of New Life Tabernacle Church of God
in Christ, Atlanta, GA. Contact Sis.
Priscilla Reed at 706-793-7971 / E-mail
[email protected]
University Health Heart Attack and
Stroke Prevention Center will hold
free orientation classes every Monday
at 6pm and then every Tuesday at 2pm.
The classes will explain some of the
causes of vascular disease as well as
early warning signs. There will be
information about changes you can
implement
today to prevent heart
attack and stroke. Call 706-774-5548
for more information.
Annual Spring Revival will convene
May 14–16, 2012 7pm nightly at
Second Providence Baptist Church,
1202 Old Edgefield Rd. North Augusta,
SC. Guest Revivalist: Monday, May
14th is Rev. Allen Transou, Pastor,
Young Macedonia Baptist Church,
North Augusta; Tuesday, May 15th is
Rev. Oscar Wells; and Wednesday,
May 16th is Rev. Christopher Waters,
Pastor, Thankful Baptist Church,
Augusta, GA. For additional info call
Linda Butler at 803-279-8227.
Good Samaritan Baptist Church,
Rev. Leonard Hodges Interim Pastor,
1556 Maple Street. Augusta, GA
Presents “Victorious Women In Christ”
Women’s Conference Fri., May 18th
6pm-8pm. Guest speaker Minister Ruby
Rucker. Sat., May 19th 10am-2pm.
Guest speakers Minister Beverly
Dugger and Minister Terri Moore. Sun.,
May 20th 11am Annual Women’s Day
Program, Guest speaker Dr. Pauline
Hughes. For more information contact:
Sis. Alveta Wiley (706) 829-7333.
Vacation Bible School is scheduled
for Monday June 11 – Friday June 15 at
Williams Memorial CME 1630 15th
St. in Augusta from 5:30pm – 8pm. Mt.
Anna Baptist Church, 2612 Banks Mill
Rd. in Aiken from 6p-8p, and Good
Shepherd Baptist Church, 1747 Olive
Rd. in Augusta from 6p-8p.
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CHRISTIAN CAFÉ OFFERS
MUSIC ALTERNATIVE
(Augusta) Clergy, Parents, teens and
youth there is GOOD NEWS and an
alternative to the negative, nasty,
derogatory music of the streets! It’s the
“1st Saturday House Party”.
Organized by Pastor and semi-retired
school Principal Dr. Georgette
Magwood, youth Ministers Michael
Murphy (aka Demon Head Bussa) and
Dallas Frazier, with Zabion Hankerson
(aka Knowledge) have joined forces to
produce a monthly “1st Saturday
House Party” music series at the old
Crossroads Christian Lounge, 1852
Gordon Hwy., Augusta. Scheduled to
jump off Sat., May 5th and each first
Saturday of the month thereafter. These
high energy, positive, wholesome teen
oriented music events give that faithbased teen and alternative to the street
parties and negative influences. There
is a small admission for the parties,
however donations from church
organizations, and civic groups are
welcomed. For more info call 706-7331550 (see discount flyer inside paper)
BENEFIT BANK OPENS IN AIKEN
(Aiken) The Benefit Bank of South
Carolina, a program of the SC Office of
Rural Health, opens one of its newest
branches at Second Baptist Church in
Aiken. The Benefit Bank of South
Carolina is not like a traditional bank
for this bank offers FREE community
connecting resources with those who
need them. Services and benefits like
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP) formerly the Food
stamps, Medicaid Benefits, Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF),
Free Application for Federal Student
Aid (FAFSA), State and Federal Taxes
help, Lifeline and Link-up and Voter
Registration.
To obtain more information on this
program contact Grace Darrisaw at
803-270-9974. For locations of other
SC branches call 800-726-9774.
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Religious and nonprofit group leaders
defended President Barack Obama’s
spiritual beliefs and his administration’s support of faith-based groups,
rebuffing conservative accusations that
the White House is waging a war on
religion.
“It’s kind of silly season here. It’s an
election year and you are looking for
any leg up,” said the Rev. Joel Hunter,
senior pastor of Northland Church in
Orlando and a spiritual adviser who
writes weekly devotionals -- passages
of scripture with explanations -- for
Obama and regularly prays with the
president. “Anyone who knows him
will not question his personal faith or
devotion.”
Hunter spoke on a conference call with
eight religious and nonprofit leaders
organized by the Rev. Dr. Gary
Gunderson, senior vice president of
faith and health at Methodist
LeBonheur Healthcare in Memphis,
Tenn. Gunderson was in Washington,
D.C., last week for a meeting about
faith-based healthcare efforts and said
tense public debates over Obama’s
policies on religion and the president’s
personal faith motivated him to host
the discussion.
“The federal government’s relationship with faith-based groups is
stronger than ever,” said the Rev. Peg
Chemberlin, president emeritus of the
National Council of Churches.
“Religious freedom is respected” while
government partnerships with faithbased groups are expanding, she said.
The defense came as Republican
presidential contenders and
conservative figures have publicly
questioned the president’s faith. The
Rev. Franklin Graham, son of famed
evangelist Billy Graham, said he didn’t
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The group’s defense of Obama follows
a stern warning issued by major
religious groups earlier this week that
told presidential candidates including
Santorum to keep religious attacks out
of the campaign. Another group of
more than 100 evangelical, mainline
and Catholic pastors, theologians, and
denominational heads have also signed
a petition to protest the use of religion
as a “political weapon.”
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appointed to his first Advisory Council
on Faith-Based and Neighborhood
Partnerships in 2009, said the
administration made a mistake in its
first release of the contraception
mandate in January that did not allow
an exemption for employers that
weren’t houses of worship. She said
the administration’s revision will
require religious employers that are
not houses of worship to have
contraception covered in their
insurance, but will pass on the cost of
that coverage to insurance providers.
Civil rights organizations have long
pressured Obama to execute a
campaign promise he made in 2008 to
stop the discrimination.
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According to an article in Mother
Jones, Catholic religious charities have
received more than $650 million
during Obama’s presidency from the
Department of Health and Human
Services. The Conference of Catholic
Bishops has received $81.2 million in
federal grants from the HHS during
Obama’s first three years.
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know whether Obama is Christian.
Former Sen. Rick Santorum said
Obama follows a “phony” theology
not based on the Bible. The faith-based
office created under President George
W. Bush has expanded during
Obama’s presidency, broadening partnerships between the government and
faith-based groups. The president’s
recent decision to require employers’
insurance plans to cover contraception
has stirred a debate about religious
freedom, namely from Roman Catholic hospitals, universities and social
service agencies. Southern Baptist
leaders and the Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod have also aligned
themselves on the issue with the U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops,
which opposes Obama’s rule.
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Saluting Our Mothers & Fathers
JONATHAN PRITCHETT
VANNA PERRAN
To be thankful that you have a Mother
and Father and you appreciate them.
For they really care you.
“Mother’s Day is a time of appreciation. Appreciating our motherly influences as well as showing it.”
LATONIA HAWKINS
TOMMY RICKS
A day to show how much your Mother
or Father means to you. Often times
we get to busy in our daily lives just
to take the time to thank them.
Means loving and respecting my
Dad for he is my hero. He is
everywhere I am for I carry him
in my heart for he is passed.
ASHLEY JONES
Showing my Mother the respect she
deserves and being thankful for her
supporting me in good and bad times.
TYCARLRIA CAMPBELL
Show love to my Dad and being
grateful and not disrespectful.
ADRIAN CLARK
Goodness for all the
Mothers, not just
my Mother. As well
as Father's Day is
for all the Father’s.
For me, as being a
Father, my job is to
reach the children
who don’t have
Fathers and start to
work with them.
SUSAN LANCE
“Thankful for my Heavenly Father,
but blessed to Have the Greatest
Daddy on earth.”
OSCAR REID
“Mother’s are God’s gift to the
family. They are often times the glue
that holds the family together.”
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and a State Finalist in the
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in Atlanta, Georgia
July 6 - 8, 2012
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for her participation in the
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CHURCH LISTINGS
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Bethel AME
623 Crawford St.
Augusta, GA
706-736-4060
Good Shepherd Baptist
1747 Olive Rd.
Augusta, GA 30906
Mt. Vernon Missionary Baptist
1930 Olive Rd.
Augusta, GA 30906
NON-DENOMINATIONAL
Behind the Veil Ministries
201 Edgefield Rd.
North Augusta, SC 29841
Bible Deliverance Temple
1901 Fenwick St.
Augusta, GA
706-736-1600
BAPTIST
Antioch Baptist
1454 Florence St.
Augusta, GA
706-724-2809
Beulah Grove Baptist
1434 Popular St. A
Augusta, GA
706-724-1086
New Zion Hill Missionary Baptist
3237 1/2 Deans Bridge Rd.
Augusta, GA
706-793-8512
Second Providence Baptist
1202 Old Edgefield Rd.
N. Augusta, SC
803-279-8227
Broadway Baptist
2323 Barton Chapel Rd.
Augusta, GA
706-790-8185
Gardner Grove Baptist
3511 Wheeler Rd.
Augusta, GA
706-733-4102
CME
Williams Memorial CME
1650 15th St.
Augusta, GA 30906
Spiritually Speaking “The Rap on Christian Rap Music”
By: Min. Dallas A. Frazier
First off let me say that I am a hug fan
and supporter of today's youth. I feel
that they deserve praise when they
excel. And They also deserve to be
corrected when they are wrong. But I
always look forward to seeing a youth
develop into an awesome person and
watching their future develop. But
what really excites me is when a
young person whether its a child or
young adult decides to make the step
and give their lives to Jesus Christ.
They are saying that they want a better
life than what they have, and they
realize that Jesus is the only one that
can give it to them. The abundant life
that Jesus promised in the scriptures.
But many times we see some of those
same youth straying back into the
world. My personal opinion as to why
this happens is that many mature
Christians tell the youth to refrain
from doing the things they did before
they were saved. I do agree with this.
But in some cases their is nothing of
substance given to a young person to
replace the things that they have been
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accustomed to. Secular rap music is
one of these things. Personally I am
not a huge fan of today’s secular rap.
it does not glorify God. In some cases
artists don’t rap about sound moral
issues or situations. Most of what you
hear is about sex, sex and oh did I say
sex? A lot of times these artists take 3
to 4 minuets of precious air time to
boast about themselves, their cars,
their women, and their money. The
funny thing is these are just empty
written lyrics, rhythmically delivered
over a hot head bobbing beat. Most of
the artists don’t even live the lives
they rap about. But this is what young
people like, and little do they realize
they become influenced by the beats,
then the words, then the culture of
what these artists portray. But their is
a flip side to the whole rap/hip hop
situation. It’s called gospel rap or
“Holy Hip Hop”. Gospel rap is an
awesome alternative to the worldly
secular rap music. Gospel rap artists
glorify God with spiritually educated
and inspirational lyrics smoothly
Church On the Rock
1850 ”C” Gordon Hwy.
Augusta, GA 30906
Temple of Faith Ministries
2505 Peach Orchard Rd.
Augusta, GA
706-793-9684
Transforming Lives Bible Center
2439 Peach Orchard Rd.
Augusta, GA 30906
Winning Edge Ministries
403 Urquhart Drive
Beech Island, SC 803-293-8939
Whole Life Ministries
2621 Washington Rd.
Augusta, GA
706-737-4530
delivered over some of the hottest
music beds you can find in gospel or
secular music. One artist that has
become a mainstay in the gospel rap
arena is “Da T.R.U.T.H.” his name
says it all. He raps the truth about
today’s society and its need for Jesus.
On his project “The Whole Truth” He
has a track called Impossible, which
uplifts the greatness and power of
God. He cries out “God can do the
impossible, only if you believe. He
specializes in doing big things. God
can do the impossible, anything that
you need, just get your eyes off things
that you see”. That’s a powerful message to relay to our youth about the
power of God and the enticing lour’s
of the world. Canton Jones one of my
personal favorites has a catalog of music to choose from that will make you
dance as well as praise. For example,
the cd “Canton Jones, The Live
Experience” Canton let’s you know
exactly how he feels about God in the
song “5 Seconds”. He says “I’m about
five seconds away from giving you the
most amazing praise. Five seconds
away from exploding like a time
bomb. I’m trying to stay calm, I feel
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the fiya like Jeremiah. My praise is an
elevator that will take you higher. So
devil your a liar, I’m gonna get my
praise on, I’m gonna wild out like a
new convert, screaming like a kid at a
Hannah Montana concert”.
Canton’s lyrics can make you laugh
and praise simultaneously. All I’m
trying to say is let’s give gospel rap an
opportunity to do what it was created
to do. Uplift, spiritually educate and
morally empower the 21 century
young adult. Lets face it, although
“Amazing Grace” is a powerful song
and is beloved by our parents and
grandparents alike, the traditional
hymn does not mean the same to a
young person who doesn’t know or
been taught the cultural and spiritual
significance of the song. But let
Canton Jones Or Da T.R.U.T.H. take
that same song and lyrics and flow
with over a nice music bed and rap
some scripture to help solidify those
beloved lyrics, then you have music
that will mean just as much to today’s
generation of youth as it does to my
grandparents generation. But that just
my opinion.
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Members, friends, businesses and ministries network after
Faith at Works monthly lunch.
New Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church
Youth Choir sings at
Youth Sunday Celebration!
Whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus. - Colossians 3:17
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