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Contents APRIL 2018

GoodNews from the Pastor’s Desk BUILD THE HOUSE

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by Jamie Tuttle

GoodNews for Kids What You Can and Can’t Do

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by Selena Vina

GoodNews on Money Matters Become a Millionaire?

Connect the Dots

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by Andrew Lee

GoodNews for Men Weather Is Not Climate

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by Chuck Johnson

GoodNews for Women The Beauty Is in the Difference

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by Jennie Hawkins

GoodNews for Parents Children Learn from Their Parents

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by Glyndora Condon

GoodNews for Life The Value of Time: It Isn’t How You Spend It; It’s How You “Bank” It

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by Janelle Martin

GoodNews for Health & Fitness Listening with Your Heart and Healing with Your Smile

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by Karen Williams

GoodNews for Teens Awaken the Misfits

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by Chandler Tourigny

GoodNews Cover Story Annual Fundraising Banquet to Help Raise Camp Scholarships for FCA “Inspiration and Perspiration.”

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GoodNews for Everyone The Harm of Judging a Book by Its Cover

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by Caitlin Wade

GoodNews for Couples A Grafted Tree, Growing Together, and Marriage

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by Carl Corser

GoodNews for Seniors Don’t Be the Selfish Senior

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by Esmerelda Lee

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GoodNews for Singles Living Single

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by Bertha Blair

GoodNews for Women’s Health Don’t Suffer in Vein

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by Dr. James White

GoodNews for Everyone Loving Others

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by Piper Davis

GoodNews for your Taste Buds Roasted Butternut Squash and Black Bean Enchiladas

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by Tiffany Pendergrass

GoodNews from the Physician’s Desk Stay Stress-Free This Spring

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by Ramona Goble

GoodNews for Everyone Precious Promises

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by Kelly McDonald, Jr.

GoodNews for Everyone Don’t Teach From My KJV!

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by John Garrod

GoodNews for Everyone Check Your Vibe

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by Tamika Johnson

GoodNews for Everyone (Not So) Well Known

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by Jade Morgan

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Gò0dNews from the Pastor’s Desk

BUILD THE HOUSE

by Pastor Jamie Tuttle

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recently read in a personal devotion taken from Psalm 12:1,

In Matthew 7:24-27, Jesus teaches us the importance of

where David prays, “Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases!

building our house “on the rock, rather than on the sand.”

For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.” The

When tests come, and storms rage against us, we are protected

writer states, “In our day, as in David’s, truth is not honored,

and guarded in His promises. However; if we have built on

lying is endemic (common), relationships are being destroyed,

instabilities, insecurities, without guidelines, and what society,

society is fragmenting, godliness is discounted, and the future

culture, and godless persuasions tell us to do, then we will

looks bleak.”

When I read his statement, my spiritual heart skipped a beat, realizing the truth and reality that the condition of our culture is currently on a collision course. Its obvious to see that the stabilizers of our culture are crumbling; burdens are heavy, values are waning, epidemics are growing, and people are looking for any way out.

I feel there is a key component that is the root of this cultural dysfunction; it’s rooted in the unstable house.

In Psalm 127:1, Solomon, the great wisdom writer states, “Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.” This scripture, along with many others, is the foundational guideline to the only way ‘life will ever work’. The successful life principle here is, if God and His statutes are not the foundation within our Nation, the Church, and Family, then true success will never come; the

for sure experience, “The winds blowing, and beating upon

effort to build is in vain.

our house, and it will fall. And great will be its fall.” When

We live in a fatherless society; not necessarily by choice, but rather, as a result of our own selfish decisions made in the past 50 years. Many of our values as a nation have been shelved, or even abolished by a forceful opinion that says, “We

we choose to move away from God’s order on how to build; families fail, relationships crumble, daily life hurts, and we end up breeding dysfunction.

However, I have fantastic news. As Fathers, Mothers, and

disagree with being God fearing, righteous, and having great

Leaders, we can change everything by committing to building

integrity, and character.” As a matter of fact, we have become

the house God has commissioned us to build. If we build the

more of an, ‘I’ll do what I wanna do regardless of law & order,

house with prayer, forgiving and showing love to one another,

common decency’.. kind of culture. We are now a culture that is

worshiping God by putting Him first, and following Christ’s

seemingly clueless about respecting authority, elders, and just

example of loving His church (the Bride) unconditionally, then

pure, common sense.

we will successfully build a strong house with Him on our side.

What do we do? We can only change by changing the example we lead by. Fathers must be real fathers, and Mothers must be true mothers of the Faith; in the sense of both blood parents in the home, as well as Pastors, Youth Pastors, Mentors and etc, being responsible to those God has placed in our lives.

We can lead our families in righteous living, with pure values, being God’s Church for the assignment. When Righteous Leaders lead, people follow with great conviction and confidence. Know this, if we’re not building our families, then we’re not building anything worth keeping. BUILD THE HOUSE!

principles which are spoken through God’s Word, from Genesis to Revelation, where all of the ‘how to’s’ are written. Every tool we need is there, written for our usage for building a strong house.

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About The Author

‘Unless the Lord builds the house’ means, building on the biblical Jamie Tuttle is the Lead Pastor of Dwelling Place Church International. He is married to Judy Jacobs Tuttle, and they have two daughters Kaylee and Erica.

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Gò0dNews for Kids

What You Can and Can’t Do

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by Selena Vina

remember finding myself in many moments throughout my time in school thinking, “I can’t change the world”. Everyone around me had the desire to be a doctor, a business owner, an NFL player, and the list goes on. But I wanted to turn the world upside down. I just didn’t know how or if I even could!

girl in one of my classes who seemed to be the one who everyone tried to avoid. She wore all black every day and was classified as the ‘emo’ kid of our class. This never fazed me about her, though. I continued to talk to her and be her friend because in my eyes she was just as much human as I was. She just did life a little different!

One day this girl came into class and something about her was off that day, I could feel it. She seemed broken beyond repair and it bothered me greatly. I wrote her a note filled with as much positivity and love as I knew how to express on a piece of paper. Letting her know that she isn’t alone and that she was loved more than she knew.

I would later find out that the day that I gave her this note was the day that she had committed in her heart to go home and commit suicide that evening. She told me that had it not been for me, she would have gone through with it that day. Wow! My one act of love and kindness did that? It changed everything for this one person?

It’s been seven years since this time took place in my life. Seven years later and that same girl still messages me every year to remind me that I helped change her world. She now lives a happy life with her two beautiful children!

School continued and the older we all got, the more I found myself feeling completely irrelevant and out of place until one day something changed. There was a

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About The Author

I chose to keep this desire to myself, believing that my dreams were too big to attain. I watched as everyone else around me began working towards their goals with absolute passion. However, here I was trying to find something different to pursue.

Something a little more ‘normal’.

I learned then that my desire to change the world wasn’t so far off, after all. That I can change the world by being intentional and loving the person in front of me!

I didn’t have to change my dreams just because I didn’t know how to achieve them. I was already doing it! What area in your life have you convinced yourself that you can’t do? I want to challenge that! I want to encourage you and let you know you can! Eliminate ‘can’t’ from your vocabulary and discover the endless dreams you can achieve from there!

Selena Vina I live abundantly.

I love relentlessly.

And I lead wholeheartedly.

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hink about football teams that have won the Super bowl—how did it happen? If you asked the players, they wouldn’t simply describe that one big game.

They might describe off-season workouts during spring and summer, pre-season planning and countless meetings, studying plays and video tape, months of deliberate nutritional dieting and conditioning. All of that culminated with a Super Bowl championship. To understand how the goal was reached, you must connect all of the dots along the way. It’s the same with understanding how most millionaires became millionaires. Only a tiny percentage of millionaires gained their wealth overnight through a lottery ticket or inheritance windfall. On the contrary, the vast majority of millionaires in America today reached that status through a long process of deliberate choices daily, weekly, and monthly. As I’ve stated in previous columns, a “millionaire” isn’t somebody who earns a million dollars per year. Rather, it’s someone who has a net worth of at least one million dollars once their debts (liabilities) are subtracted. They are “worth” at least one million dollars.

Let me tell you about a millionaire couple I know.

This couple in their 40’s considers themselves very ordinary and even “middle class.” One is a teacher; the other is a mid-level manager. When they married, this couple was nearly broke. As newlyweds, they earned a combined annual net income of less than $26,000. But they immediately committed to a few simple principles as newlyweds: faithfully tithing ten percent of their income, saving a tenth of their income into their retirement accounts (401k, IRAs), and avoiding consumer debt like car payments and credit cards. This meant that they couldn’t always join their friends at fancy dinners or fancy vacations, although they

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enjoyed these activities from time to time as their incomes grew over the years. They saved up to buy cars with cash, and these were always used cars, never new. They used debit cards instead of credit cards, and they used cash whenever possible for purchases. Furthermore, they chose a 15-year fixed rate mortgage for their home, even when they moved into larger, nicer homes twice over the years.

Consequently, they quickly built equity in their homes, and their current home is nearly paid off at this point. All along the way, this couple saw themselves as “middle class.”

They didn’t grow up in a wealthy household, and they aren’t flashy in their clothes or vehicles. No one would ever guess that today this couple is worth over one million dollars. Their journey to millionaire status in their 40’s was, in retrospect, very boring, very quiet, and almost inevitable.

Yes, that’s the good news—people who make these same choices to live on less than they make, invest at least a tenth of their income in tax-deferred retirement plans (preferably the stock market which offers the greatest potential return), avoid debt as a general rule, and faithfully tithe to the Lord—becoming a millionaire is practically inevitable! If you connect these dots, millionaire status is the destination at the end of this journey.

One more point, and a quick “reality check.” Did becoming millionaires change this couple in any way?

Not at all. Their million dollars is in a combination of their retirement accounts and the equity in their properties. They don’t have a million dollars cash in an accessible account.

They can’t suddenly buy a yacht or cruise around the world. But they will retire comfortably and likely be able to leave their children and grandchildren a sizable financial legacy. It didn’t just happen—step by step, choice by choice, they planned it. Now it’s your turn.

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Gò0dNews for Men

Weather Is Not Climate

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by Chuck Johnson

ife is not always the straight, flat road, no bends,

my wife decided to stay home with our child and not work

curves, bumps, or collisions. In the same regard, life

full time, my grandmother passed away, my mother was then

isn't always a bright sunny day spent relaxing on the

diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer, my brother had received

beach or fishing at your favorite fishing hole. Sometimes,

a kidney and pancreas transplant, and then my father passed

even the work days are abnormal and become more stressful

away. I am certain without the refuge of God, His word, and

than usual. What I am alluding to is the fact that we don't get

fellowship of the saints, I would not have endured the storms

the pleasure of skating through life without bunkering down in the storm from time to time. The reaction we have to these storms tells how we have prepared for the storm.

I have been shaken by storms as they have come through my life. I have let the storms get me down and wash all hope away. When the weather changes as the storm approaches I have panicked and forgotten about the climate of my life. Our relationship with God creates our climate, but sometimes we create turmoil or God feels that we need some character development. As I reflect, I have realized that I did not prepare or seek God as my refuge. I have also weathered some storms and have helped others endure a storm. In these times, my spiritual development was at a peak and I was anchored in God’s word. The culmination has created my climate.

Climate is the long term average temperature, average precipitation, and average weather conditions of a certain area. Sometimes the weather gets abnormal or sometimes

that hit hard that season. Isaiah 25:4 says, “For thou has been a

the weather is just seasonal, but the climate stays the same.

strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a

Same can be said for our lives. We cannot react to weather

shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as

as if the climate has changed. The weather is short lived; the

a storm against the wall.”

climate is long term.

I recall getting shaken up as the weather brought a

Even when God is the refuge we must still remember that the storms are just the weather and not the true climate.

storm through. I reacted as if my climate changed from in

Overreacting can change the course dramatically, especially

control to out of control, when actually all that had changed

if we are not prepared by anchoring in God, His word, and

was the weather. I firmly believe that God allows certain

Fellowship of the saints. It is inevitable that the storms will

storms and He actually creates storms to deter us as well.

pass through our lives. May God strengthen us and I pray

God used a storm to get Jonah back on track to reach the

that the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall

people of Nineveh. Sometimes, life just decides to smack us

keep your hearts and mind through Christ Jesus (Philippians

in the mouth. It is where we find refuge that determines how

4:7). Strengthen your climate by weathering the storm in the

we come out of the storm.

refuge of God.

There was a time in my life when I was in a cohort of 9 for in God’s word, praying and seeking. Also, during this period of time my father in law passed away, I had my first child,

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About The Author

two years at Lee University. During this period we were deep

Chuck Johnson, husband of Andrea and father to Gracen and Andrew.

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Gò0dNews for Women

The Beauty is in the Difference

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by Jennie Hawkins

ost of us have heard the old saying,

by God? He causes us to compare ourselves to

“April showers bring May flowers.”

others thereby diminishing our self-worth.

God showers us with love that

Jesus went out of his way to convince us

produces a garden of difference. We are His

differently when He traveled through Samaria to

garden. We are His flowers, each one made

minister to a woman who so different, so unique,

beautifully different and uniquely gifted. It is

that she was considered an unworthy outcast

this uniqueness that

among her own people. Jesus offered her a taste

makes us special.

of living water that caused her uniqueness to

God is a very

flourish. She went immediately from the well of

creative God. We

Sychar, the well of ending, to town where she

seldom look like

began to tell others of the wonders Jesus had

one another, so

done for her.

In every

why do we think we need to act

flower garden,

the same? God

there will appear some flowers that seem to

made us unique

not fit in, some that are beginning to

in order to fit His unique and special

wither and die. But, when watered by

plan and purpose for

the refreshing love of the Master, those

us that was ordained by

flowers, along with the rest, begin to

our loving God from the

flourish and grow and often times turn

beginning of time. Our

into the most beautiful of all the flowers

enemy, the devil, has a

in the garden.

Do not allow the devil to convince

purpose also, and that purpose is to distract

you that just because you are different,

us, stealing our time,

you are not fit for the Kingdom of

our treasure, and our

God. It is this very uniqueness that

talent, to thwart God’s

qualifies you.

plan and purpose for us. Have we allowed the devil to convince us that we are not good

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Emmanuel Fellowship Anglican Church (ACNA) 155 Inman Street East, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 400-3307

Assembly of God

Grace Assembly 1976 Westland Dr SW, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 472-7729 Triune Assembly 301 Sunset Drive Cleveland, TN 37312

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Beacon Baptist Church 505 Corvin Rd NE, Cleveland, TN 37323 (423) 472-7056 Big Spring Baptist Church 1415 Hardwick St SE, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 472-1101 Bellefounte Baptist Church 132 Bellfounte Rd NE, Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 336-2312 Bethel Baptist Tabernacle 3165 Buchanan Rd SE, Cleveland, TN 37323 (423) 479-5820 Blue Springs Baptist Church 699 Blue Springs Church Rd SW, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 472-0932 Candies Creek Church 294 Old Eureka Rd Charleston, TN 37310 423-479-3731 Cedar Springs Baptist Church 723 Cedar Springs Church Rd SE, Cleveland, TN 37323 (423) 479-5506 Center Point Baptist Church 1205 Lower River Rd NW Charleston, TN 37310 (423) 336-2133 Cleveland Cowboy Church 3040 Blythe Rd. Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 476-7936 Cloverleaf Baptist Church 2290 Waterlevel Highway Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 339-3617 Clingan Ridge Baptist Church 2412 Georgetown Road, NW Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 472-3511 Church At Grace Point 2595 Old Freewill Rd NW, Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 728-5050 Covenant Baptist Church 249 Calhoun Rd SE, Cleveland, TN 37323 (423) 559-2653 Dalton Pike Baptist Church 3055 Benton Pike NE, Cleveland, TN 37323

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(423) 472-7606 East Cleveland Baptist Church 1145 Arnold St NE, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 472-8728 Echos of Mercy Baptist Church 535 Durkee Rd SE, Cleveland, TN 37323 (423) 715-9739 Elkmont Baptist Church 4030 Old Freewill Rd NW, Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 479-4600 Emmanuel Baptist Church 1227 Powerline Dr NE, Cleveland, TN 37323 Farmland Community Church 1675 Greendale Dr. SE Cleveland, TN 37323 (423) 473-9891 First Baptist Church 1275 Stuart Road Cleveland, Tennessee 37312 (423)709-9100 Galilee Baptist Church 665 Old Chattanooga Pike SW, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 496-2019 Henegar Baptist Church 7423 Mouse Creek Rd. Cleveland, TN 37312 Hopewell Baptist Church 188 Old Georgetown Rd NW, Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 479-3763 The Journey Church 1668 S Lee Hwy, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 728-4100 Lebanon Baptist Church 1411 Old Parksville Rd NE, Cleveland, TN 37323 (423) 479-6700 Macedonia Baptist Church 3119 Spring Place Rd SE, Cleveland, TN 37323 (423) 479-1713 Maple Street Baptist Church 1700 Maple St NE, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 478-3622 Maranatha Baptist Church 453 Blue Springs Ln SE, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 614-8991 Michigan Avenue Baptist Church 2741 Benton Pike NE, Cleveland, TN 37323 (423) 472-8891 Mt Carmel Baptist Church 7619 Blue Springs Rd, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 479-1620 New Friendship Baptist Church 1344 Chatata Valley Rd NE, Cleveland, TN 37323 (423) 476-6007 North Cleveland Baptist Church 2815 Ocoee St N, Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 476-8524 Oak Grove Baptist Church 4452 Bates Pike SE,

Cleveland, TN 37323 (423) 479-9125 Old Pathway Baptist Church 224 Rymer Rd NE, Cleveland, TN 37323 Parkway Baptist Church 185 Meadow Ln SE, Cleveland, TN 37323 (423) 339-5522 Philadelphia Baptist Church 910 30th St SE, Cleveland, TN 37323 Philippi Baptist Church 2325 Old Harrison Pike NW, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 479-5385 Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church 799 Inman Street East Cleveland, Tennessee 37311 (423) 476-4081 Public Church 850 17th St. NW Cleveland, TN 37311 423-458-4405 Ridgeview Baptist Church 1501 S Ocoee St, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 472-5119 Samples Memorial Baptist Church 371 Samples Chapel Rd SE, Cleveland, TN 37323 (423) 476-2329 Shenandoah Baptist Church 138 Osment Rd Se, Cleveland, TN 37323 (423) 339-0103 Shiloh Baptist Church 3406 Blair Rd NW, Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 479-5755 Stuart Park Baptist Church 850 17th St NW, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 472-6741 Tasso Baptist Church 164 Old Charleston Rd NE, Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 559-2114 Temple Baptist Church 3070 Harrison Pike, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 476-6813 Thompson Spring Baptist Church 5660 Bates Pike SE, Cleveland, TN 37323 (423) 790-1823 Union Baptist Church 797 Hughes Lake Rd SE, Cleveland, TN 37323 (423) 559-1720 Valley View Baptist Church 4657 Spring Place Rd SE, Cleveland, TN 37323 (423) 472-7707 Washington Avenue Baptist Church 1720 Perry St SE, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 472-0489 Waterville Baptist Church 4555 Dalton Pike SE, Cleveland, TN 37323 (423) 472-5582

West Cleveland Baptist Church 1959 Westland Dr SW, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 472-8927 Westwood Baptist Church 4001 Georgetown Rd NW, Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 472-1534 White Oak Baptist Church 2043 White Oak Valley Rd NW, Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 559-2359

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Cleveland Christian Fellowship 695 S Ocoee St, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 476-2642

Church of God

Agape Place Church of God 2611 Blue Springs Road SE Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 476-8691 Cornerstone Church of God 2823 Lee Hwy, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 478-0006 Church of God Sanctified, Inc. 746 First Street N.E. Cleveland, TN. 37311 (423)479-3895 East Cleveland Church of God 900 15th St NE Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 479-3389 Fellowship of Praise Church of God 931 Inman Street East Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 479-3121 Grace Community Church of God 4745 Mouse Creek Road NW, Cleveland, TN 37312.

(423) 614-0708 Heritage Fellowship Church of God 4635 S Lee Hwy McDonald, TN 37353 (423) 476-6316 International Worship Center Centro Internacional de Adoraciรณn 533 Central Ave. NE, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 476-1977 Kinser Church of God 141 Kinser Road Cleveland, TN 37323 (423) 476-7400 Lakeview Church of God 105 Pound Street S.E. Cleveland, TN 37323 (423)-790-5805 North Cleveland Church of God 335 11th St NE, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 476-5513 Michigan Avenue Church of God 515 Minnis Road N.E

(423) 584-3663 Mt Olive Church of God 3522 Harrison Pike, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 479-3381 Mt View Church of God 210 Roadway Dr SE, Cleveland, TN 37323 (706) 455-3528 South Cleveland Church of God 1846 Volunteer Dr SW, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 476-6382 Westmore Church of God 2412 Wolfe Dr NW, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 559-9646

Church of God of Prophecy Cleveland Spanish COGOP 2610 Grove Ave. Cleveland, TN 37312 (423)473-7199 Durkee Road COGOP 201Durkee Rd. Cleveland, TN37312 (423) 472-4384 Keith Street Ministries COGOP 4000 Keith ST. NW Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 476-2448 Peerless Road COGOP 3301 Peerless Rd. NW Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 303-2680 Spring Place COGOP 2530 Spring Place Rd. Cleveland, TN37311 (423)476-6414 Union Grove COGOP 533 Union Grove Rd Charleston, TN 37310 (423) 479-5357 Wildwood COGOP 140 Wildwood Ave Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 479-6584

The Church of God

The Church of God Jerusalem Acres 1826 Dalton Pike SE Cleveland, TN. 37311 (423) 472-1597

Disciples of Christ

First Christian Church 3625 N. Ocoee Street Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 472-6682

Episcopal

Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 503-6394

Methodist Big Spring United Methodist 1196 Hardwick St SE, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 476-5242 Black Fox United Methodist 1820 Old Chattanooga Pike SW, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 339-1908 Broad Street United Methodist 155 Central Ave NW, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 476-5586 First United Methodist Church 3425 Ocoee St N, Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 476-4504 Pleasant Grove UMC 3043 Pleasant Grove Church Rd SW Cleveland, TN 37311 S. Cleveland United Methodist 1165 Church St SE, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 507-5760 Tasso United Methodist 1106 Tasso Ln NE, Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 479-4457 Trinity United Methodist Church 731 1st St SE, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 614-7900 Valley Head Methodist Church 920 Mouse Creek Rd NW, Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 472-0575 Wesley Memorial Methodist 3405 Peerless Rd NW, Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 472-9578

Pentecostal

Faith Memorial Church 910 17th St NW, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 476-6281 First United Pentecostal Church 4095 Peerless Rd NW, Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 476-9436 Full Gospel House of Prayer 1500 Wildwood Ave. Cleveland, TN Set Free Christian Fellowship 1175 King Edwards Ave. Cleveland, TN

Nazarene

Lutheran

Cleveland First Church Of The Nazarene 2712 Henderson Ave. Cleveland, TN 37312-5225 423-472-7371 New Hope Church of the Nazarene 2018 Washington Ave Cleveland, TN 37364 (423) 479-7343

Latter-day Saints

Non-Denominational

Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church 320 Broad St NW, Cleveland, TN 37311 First Lutheran Church 195 McIntire Ave NE, Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 472-6811

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 4200 Pryor Rd N.E.

Christian Fellowship Ctr 895 6th St NE, Cleveland, TN 37311

(423) 479-9591 Church Alive Ministries 6315 Mouse Creek Road NW, Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 476-8133 Cleveland Community Chapel 1823 Forest Ridge Dr. Cleveland, TN 37311 Cleveland Cornerstone Church 533 Broad St NW, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 479-1775 Cornerstone Family Church 4997 N. Lee Highway Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 380-9160 Community Hall Church 1305 6th Street Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 472 2178 Dwelling Place Church 523 Urbane Rd. NE Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 790-5200 Evening Light Gospel 200 20th St SE Cleveland, TN 37311 Fairhaven Ministry Center 1807 Blythe Ave. SE, Cleveland TN, 37311 fairhavenlife.org Freedom Fellowship Church 3555 Blue Springs Rd, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 478-0654 God’s Family Fellowship 197 Neely Circle NE Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 790-7533 Graceway Chapel 221 14th St NW, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 728-2226 International House of Fire 1701 South Lee Hwy Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 790-0772 Living Word Church 930 25th Street, NW Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 339-3028 or The Net Church Bradley Square 12 200 Paul Huff Pkwy Cleveland, TN 37312 New Life Bible Church 155 S Ocoee St, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 472-3882 Restoration Fellowship 211 Trewhitt Dr SE, Cleveland, TN 37323 (423) 479-4249 The Simple Gospel 850 Elrod St SE Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 650-9572 Shema Israel Ministry 850 Elrod St SE Cleveland, TN 37311 423-994-8553 Tasso Christian Church 1135 Tasso Lane, Cleveland, Tn. 37312 (423) 479-2705 The Sanctuary

1203 Smith Dr. Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 478-2843 United Christian Church 2200 Peerless Rd NW, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 479-4277 Unity Christian Ministries 2419 Georgetown RD NW 37312 423-473-9338 Walker Valley Community 787 Lauderdale Memorial Hwy Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 336-9696

Presbyterian

Charleston Cumberland Presbyterian Church 8267 N Lee Hwy, Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 336-5004 First Cumberland Presbyterian 161 2nd St NE, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 476-6751 First Presbyterian Church 433 N Ocoee St, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 476-5584 Flint Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church 515 Flint Springs Rd Cleveland TN. 37323 (423) 284-6397 Prospect United Cumberland Presbyterian Church 310 New Murraytown Rd., NW Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 476-6181 St James Cumberland Presbyterian 151 Short St NE, Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 472-5762 Trinity Presbyterian PCA 1780 Stuart Rd NE, Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 559-9595

Seventh Day Adventist Ladd Springs Seventh-Day 5860 Bates Pike SE Cleveland, TN 37323 (423) 476-1889 Bowman Hills Adventist 300 Westview Dr NE Cleveland, TN 37312 East Cleveland Seventh-Day 801 Howard Circle SE Cleveland, TN 37311 (423) 476-9299

Zion Assembly

Zion Assembly Church of God 5512 Waterlevel Hwy, Cleveland, TN 37323 (423) 476-3337

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Assembly of God

Abundant Blessing 2613 Cardinal St Athens, TN 37303 423-435-5867

Baptist

Antioch Baptist Church 218 Canal St. Athens, TN 37303 423-745-3332 Central Baptist 13 Nash Dr. Athens, TN 37303 423-745-0400 Clearwater Baptist 964 County Rd. Athens, TN 37303 423-744-7147 Clear Springs Baptist Church 653 County Road 100 Athens, TN 37303 423-745-3128 Covenant Baptist 241 County Rd Athens, TN 37303 423-263-1569 East Athens Baptist 301 Central Ave Athens, TN 37303 423-745-1394 Fairview Baptist 251 County Rd. 128 Athens, TN 37303 423-649-0346 First Baptist 305 Ingleside Athens, TN 37303 423-745-5441 First Bible Baptist 1819 Old Niota Athens, TN 37303 423-745-0765 Freedom Baptist 2207 Velma Rd Athens, TN 37303 423-746-0193 Mount Pleasant Baptist 414 Chester St. Athens, TN 37303 423-745-6510 Idelwild Baptist 118 county rd Athens, TN 37303 423-746-0002 Lakeview Baptist 182 County rd. 126 Athens, TN 37303 423-745-0451 Mount Pleasant Baptist 414 Chester St. Athens, TN 37303 423-745-6510 Mount Verd Baptist 251 County Rd 249 Athens, TN 37303 423-507-1286 New Hopewell Baptist 197 County Rd

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Athens, TN 37303 423-744-0940 New Zion Baptist 393 County Rd 616 Athens, TN 37303 423-263-9841 North Athens Baptist 402 Tellico Ave Athens, TN 37303 423-745-3813 Oak Grove Baptist 1212 County Rd. 100 Athens, TN 37303 423-744-9986 Parkway Baptist 1701 Velma Rd Athens, TN 37303 423-745-9709 Rocky Mount Baptist 1002 Rocky Mount Rd Athens, TN 37303 423-745-8758 Rogers Creek Baptist 510 County Rd 180 Athens, TN 37303 423-744-0295 Short Creek Baptist 892 County Rd. 50 Athens, TN 37303 423-336-5089 South Liberty Baptist 505 County Rd 655 Athens, TN 37303 423-745-5124 Union Hill Baptist 258 County Rd Athens, TN 37303 423-745-1241 Unity Baptist 162 County Rd 750 Athens, TN 37303 423-744-0420 Valley View Baptist 323 County Rd 370 Athens, TN 37303 423-745-5159 West End Baptist 803 Clark St. Athens, TN 37303 423-744-8274 West View Baptist 2707 Highway 39 Athens, TN 37303 423-745-2193

Catholic

St. Mary Catholic Church 1291 E. Madison Ave. Athens, TN 37303 423-745-4277

Christian

Athens Christian Church 802 S Matlock Ave Athens, TN 37303 423-745-5791

Church of God

Aoh Church Of God 501 Ohio St

Athens, TN 37303 423-745-1279 First Church of God 200 Fisher St. Athens, TN 37303 423-887-5855 Woodward Church of God 507 Woodward Ave Athens, TN 37303 423-745-1618

Community

Christ Community Church 14 Congress PKWY S. Athens, TN 37303 423-745-8185

Latter-day Saints

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) 508 Cedar Springs Rd Athens, TN 373 423-745-0102

Nazarene

Athens Church of the Nazarene 1908 W. Madison Ave. Athens, TN 37303 423-744-3017

Episcopal

St Paul Episcopal Church 123 S. Jackson ST. Athens, TN 37303 423-745-2224

Lutheran

Athens Lutheran Church 710 Forrest Ave. Athens, TN 37303 423-745-9419

Methodist

Allen Memorial UMC 800 Decatur Pike Athens, TN 37303 423-745-1560 Keith Memorial UMC 600 W Madison Ave. Athens, TN 37371 423-745-2612 Piney Grove UMC 767 County Rd. 750 423-462-2130 Athens, TN 37303 Riceville 2519 Cindy St Athens, TN 37303 423-462-2130 St. Mark Ame Zion Methodist 707 N. Jackson St Athens, TN 37303 Tranquility UMC 135 County Rd. 177 Athens, TN 37303 423-334-3062 Trinity UMC 100 E. College St Athens, TN 37303 423-745-0452 Vine Grove UMC 517 County Rd. 778 Athens, TN 37303

423-507-5760

Non- Denominational

Ascension Life 935 Rocky Mount Rd Athens, TN 37303 423-829-5102 Christian Freedom Worship Center 109 Cherry St Athens, TN 37303 423-745-8999 Calvary Tabernacle of God 2820 Hwy 11 Athens, TN 37303 423-744-7159 Christian Community Church 190 Congress Parkway Athens, TN 37303 423-453-7111 Great Deliverance Ministries 2329 Clearwater Rd Athens, TN 37303 423-745-7575 Liberty Church 3328 Hwy 11 Athens, TN 37303 423-745-9248 Overcoming Faith Christian 14 Carter Rd Athens, TN 37303 423-745-3105 Restoration Church 3115 Hwy 39 Athens, TN 37303 423-745-7777 Sanctury 9 S. Kilgore St. Athens, TN 37303 423-745-8900

Pentecostal

Crosslife Ministries 817 S. White St Athens, TN 37313 423-368-7197 Miracle Deliverance Tabernacle 245 County Rd 677, Riceville, TN 37370 423-745-3787

Presbyterian

First United Presbyterian Church 321 N. Jackson St Athens, TN 37303 423-744-9073 Freedman Chapel C.P.C.A. 415 Cleveland Ave. Athens, TN 37303 423-252-0159 Mars Hill Presbyterian 205 N. Jackson St Athens, TN 37303 423-745-1403

Seveth-Day Adventist

Seveth-Day Adventist 230 New Englewood Rd Athens, TN 37303 423-745-2335

Church Activities & Events Westwood Baptist Church Raise The Praise

Sunday, April 8th - 6:00PM 4001 Georgetown Rd NW, Cleveland, TN 37311

Dwelling Place Church International Engage Mentoring Encounter 2018

Thursday, April 26th at 7:00PM - Saturday, April 28th at 1:00 PM 523 Urbane Rd NE Cleveland, TN. 37312 Call for more info (423) 790-5200

Living Word Church Men’s Encounter

Friday, April 6th - Sunday, April 8th Call for more info (423) 339-3028

First Baptist Church Fields, Woods, Water

Friday, April 6th 5:00PM - 9:00PM 1275 Stuart Rd NE Cleveland, TN 37312 Call for more info (423) 709-9100

South Cleveland Church of God Women’s Bilble Study

Thursday, April 19th Call for time and more info (423) 476-6382

Gò0dNews for Parents

Children Learn from Their Parents

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by Glyndora Condon

arenting is an awesome task. Parents can be warm

to adhere too. The child then rules the roost. Children often

and attentive or they can distant and self-absorbed.

lack self-control, have behavior problems, do substandard

There are four basic parenting styles of which

work in school or on the job, do not take responsibility for

parents adopt while rearing their children, (Baumrind,

their mistakes, are immature, insecure, demanding, and

1975, 1991). These will be described and then will be

are selfish. In addition, they are not dependable, they have

related to how a ten year old might behave or develop under each style of parenting.

Authoritarian Parenting This style is demanding and punitive, exhibiting little warmth. Parents assume more of a dictatorship holding their children to difficult, high standards. Punishments do not match the crime, parents do not explain themselves or why rules are in effect, and are not concerned with being role models. Parents are rigid and so are their rules and expectations. Children who are brought up with these parents experience extreme control issues, do not develop a sense of discipline or an inner morality, are not very verbal, and are often unhappy, fearful, anxious, fail to initiate activity, and have weak communication skills. Should they need to ask for guidance during a sensitive experience, they would not feel comfortable consulting with their parents.

Authoritative Parenting These parents set high goals and they are active role models. It is a nurturing and warm style of parenting.

Children who are reared with these parents are blessed and become cheerful, self-controlled and self-reliant, and achievement-oriented. They maintain friendships with

little motivation, and have external moral codes (Egeland & Farber, 1984). They are however highly social and usually have good self-esteems.

Uninvolved Parenting Parents who embody this parenting style are

peers, cooperate with adults, and cope well with stress.

uninvolved, neglectful, selfish, and do not communicate

Their social skills are often keen. They normally have close

with their children. In extreme cases they reject and may

bonds with their parents.

even abuse their young. Normally however, the basic

Indulgent Parenting

essential needs are met. The child is fed and clothed.

heavily invested, purchasing lots of gifts and possessions.

However, they offer little direction (Goodner, Robert, 2001).

Parents are responsive, but undemanding and act more like a friend. They are affirmative but do not hold their child to take responsibility for their conduct. In fact, the parent excuses their child’s impulses, aggressions, and sexual conduct. This is due to their inability to say the word “no”.

There are vague boundaries or guidelines set for the child

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However, the parent is concerned more about their own conveniences, comfort, entertainment, and concerns.

Children occupy themselves. They are demanding since they learn they must be to get their parent’s attention.

They have low social skills, expect to get their way, and are aggressive, non-compliant.

What are our children learning from us?

About The Author

These parents are focused on their children and are

Glyndora Condon, MS MF, LPC; Heal and Hope Counseling Services. Mother of 4, grandmother of 8; entrepreneur if a Christian based counseling service; healhopecounseling.co

Gò0dNews for Life

The Value of Time:

It Isn’t How You Spend It; It’s How You “Bank” It

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by Janelle Martin

o you ever feel like you spend more time in the car

then that I realized that I was allowing valuable time to slip

than in your home? Do you find yourself planning

through my fingers, cluttering up my life with things that

your day around extra-curricular activities, and not

really didn’t matter nearly as much to me as my family did.

really seeing your spouse/children except when “checking in?” Do you really have time to read this article?

If any of these questions hit a nerve with you, there’s

You see, time is like a bank account. The world will withdraw your time daily, but the time you invest in your children/family is something that you get to keep. If you will,

a possibility that your time budget is stretched to the limit.

take a moment and think back to your childhood and some

Funny isn’t it? We all have the same amount of time daily,

of your happiest memories. For the most part, it isn’t the

and yet, it seems we are never caught up. Several years ago I

gifts you received or the clothes that you wore; it’s the time

learned a valuable lesson as both a daughter and a parent.

you spent with those you love. I have warm fuzzy memories

My mother was in ICU, following complications from

of my children coming down the hall in their pajamas and

a car accident. I was working full time; I had one child in

crawling into bed with us. The days we took a picnic lunch

middle school and another in high school. I would get off

to the park, sitting in the stands cheering for them in their

work at 6:00pm, after a 12 hour shift, go straight to my car,

band competitions and drama performances, family camping

and head to Chattanooga (about 40 minutes away) to make

weekends, and other vacations. As both a mother and a

the 8:00pm visitation time so my father wouldn’t have to ever

grandmother, I can tell you firsthand how quickly those years

go in and see Mom alone. I was burning the candle at both

have passed. Suddenly, I find myself a grandmother of 4, (#5

ends and down the middle! I would bring the casseroles,

due this month!). Time does pass quickly.

bake the cookies, make the posters, sit through the concerts, etc. In the midst of it all, just when

Most importantly, we must remember that God’s economy is opposite of the world’s. Only God

Mom was getting better, she suddenly

can give you the abundance to invest, then

hemorrhaged, had a stroke, and died. I

has you give it away, and yet at the

wasn’t prepared emotionally for that

same time, you receive a revenue.

(who is?), and my whole well-oiled

When we give away that time that

machine came crashing down. I

He directs us to give, we actually

was numb to it for a while, trying

receive a dividend: the wonderful

to keep all the wheels spinning, but I

memories we make and the lessons

suddenly found myself at the church

we teach our children and family.

at 11:30pm, putting up my monthly

Let me encourage you to

bulletin board and I thought to

carve out some time for the ones

myself, “Does this really matter?

you love, you will never regret

Have I even spoken to my children

the investment, and the dividend

since this morning? When was

is priceless!

the last time I had supper with my family? What am I doing here?” I mother. “You don’t get time back; you have to bank it while you can.” It was

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About The Author

then remembered the words of my

Janelle Martin is the Program Director for Westwood Dayschool, as well as an early childhood educator, speaker, and Bible Study leader. She is also an active member of North Cleveland Baptist Church, involved in their music program, drama productions and ladies mission group. She is married to Dana Martin, they have two children, Amanda and Daniel, and four grandchildren.

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Gò0dNews for Health & Fitness

Listening with Your Heart and Healing with Your Smile young woman, Sarah, walks into the doctor’s office, pain on her face and fighting back the tears in her eyes. The nurse kindly smiles, touches her hand and asks her the question, “On a scale of one to ten, with ten being the worst pain ever, how would you rate your pain?”

Sarah is no longer able to hold back the tears and responds, “This headache is horrible, at least an 8 or 9.”

The nurse places a gentle hand on her shoulder and says a silent prayer. Compassion, concern, and love in the nurse’s heart is evident in her touch, her expression, and her tone of voice. They finish the necessary questions and the nurse suggests that Sarah lie down and close her eyes for a few minutes while she waits for the doctor to come see her.

As the doctor glances over Sarah’s chart and enters the room, the Holy Spirit quickens the doctor’s heart with the love of a father. He smiles and offers Sarah a hand to help her sit up on the exam table, asking her “Sarah, what brings you in to see me today?” She responds that she has been having bad headaches. The

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doctor again asks the question, “On a scale of one to ten, with ten being the worst pain ever, how would you rate your pain now?”

Sarah responds, “About 6 or 7. It feels a little better.”

The doctor asks, “Sarah, can you tell me how your headache started today?” He listens attentively as she tells him briefly about the crazy morning that she was having before the headache started, with the husband, the kids, the car and the job! The doctor kindly reminds Sarah that even though she is caring for others, it is important for her to take a few minutes to relax and take care of herself, too. The doctor hands Sarah two prescriptions. The first is for a medication that will reduce the pain of the headaches and the second reads, “Take 15 minutes of relaxing quiet time twice a day as needed for Sarah“. She smiled and the nurse once again asked the question, “Sarah, on a scale of one to ten, how would you rate you pain now?”

“About 2 or 3.”

She’d had no pain medicine! The prescription had not yet been filled! The love of God shining through a warm touch, a caring smile, and a listening heart had eased her pain! Transformed her tears to a smile!

Jesus asked those that he healed, “What would you have me do for you?” (Luke 18:41 NIV). Jesus listened with compassion. Jesus healed with touch and kind, encouraging words. Jesus stated, “These signs shall follow them that believe, In my name, they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover. “ As you encounter hurting people in your life today, take time to reduce their pain by listening with your heart and healing with your smile.

About The Author

A

by Karen Lynch Williams

Karen Lynch Williams loves the Lord and loves being a wife to Doug, Mom to 5, and Nana to 6. She has served as a nurse for 26 years in positions serving the elderly, ventilator-dependent children, the homeless and those with intellectual disabilities. Karen currently serves as Charge Nurse with Life Bridges, Inc. and as a Crisis Missionary / Chaplain with Crisis Response International.

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Gò0dNews for Teens

Awaken the Misfits eing a teenager is difficult. Teenagers have no filter and let it all out. They tear each other down and praise anything that has a screen. I had a hard time by making other things bigger than God. I focused on what people say. I cared about what people thought. I got so consumed in the world and what it viewed me as, and totally shut out what God said I was.

As I let the world consume and then mold me. I would listen to what other people called me. I tried to fit in to stop of the negativity that was being shot at me, but it just made it worse. I would go home and tear myself down. I forgot the promise and the word of the Lord. It felt like years of torment. I felt alone. I had no father figure in my life and felt abandoned. I knew the Lord was with me, but I just picked up my chains and kept moving. I would try to fill the void that was missing inside of me. "That’s what's missing from me that is making me different!" I said to myself. On a quest I tried to find new friends and even tried finding a boyfriend to fill my empty soul. It felt like I tried everything but nothing worked. I gained friends, but then lost them because there was still something about me that was "odd". Then almost went through with a relationship with a guy but got turned down because I was so different. I became angry with God and asked him why he made me so different. Why me out of a million other people! Why did you curse me with such a strong dislike from the world? Why am I so different from every man on this Earth? Every man looked at me with disrespect it felt like.

Struggling with all this confusion I went to a conference called “Men's Ramp.” I went with a small group of guys. While we were there I felt out of place, like I wasn’t meant to be there. I compared myself to

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every man in there and titled myself. I knew I could never be "manly" out of all those guys after God. Then one moment later a man came over to me and spoke over me what God was telling him. He told me that

God was describing me to the man. He told me "Stop comparing yourself to all these men. I have called you to stand out among every man here. No matter what you think. You are the manliest man here. You will reach other people that these men cannot! You will lead a Movement of Misfits."

If you’re reading this and you think you stick out too much to be called by God, stop there. You are unique. Don’t let anyone or yourself tell you that you are not. The Lord has called you to do so much! Maybe he also called you to awaken a generation of misfits!

About The Author

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by Chandler Tourigny

Chandler Tourigny is 17 years old.

He is a junior at Walker Valley High School in Cleveland, TN. He is involved in Theatrics. He is Misfit for Christ.

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here’s nothing like the forge of friendship that brings individuals into a unified commonality in Christ, and there’s nothing better than when this happens during a week of FCA Camp. FCA Camp breaks down barriers of self and builds unity when individuals experience challenges beyond their own bearing to fortify as one.

What makes FCA Camp so desirable? There is plenty of “inspiration and perspiration,” but beyond that, there’s a sense of belonging, of being grafted to something greater than oneself. It is a collaborative journey that enriches the soul far deeper than just a day or two of individual training—a journey where individuals unite as one to compete together and give glory to God as a unified body of Christ.

There are six types of camps—Sports Camp, Leadership Camp, Coaches Camp, Power Camp, Team Camp, and Partnership Camp. This past summer’s camp theme ONE encouraged coaches and athletes to develop athletic/coaching skills, create lasting and influential relationships, and to fulfill the the prayer of Jesus offered in John 17 “…to become ONE!” The Ocoee Region FCA sent an unprecedented number of student athletes from around the region to attend the FCA

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ONE Camp. There were scores of student athletes growing in their faith and making decisions for Jesus. Here’s a brief victory story of the 2017 camps:

FCA High School Football Camp

They just kept coming; one after the other responded to the altar invitation and they filled the hallway upstairs as scores of athletes surrendered their lives to Jesus. The McMinn County Cherokee Coaches were praying that the lives of their players would be dramatically impacted, and they were not disappointed with scores of their players placing their trust in Jesus. McMinn's very own, Martin Pierce, rose above the crowd and was crowned as the best lineman at camp. To say the least, McMinn County High School's first FCA camp was a success on the field and inside their hearts.

Middle School Football Camp

Lake Forrest Middle School went to a one day FCA Middle School Football camp and came runner up on the "7 on 7" Middle School Passing Camp. They also heard a transforming message from former NFL player, Shane

Bonham. Bonham spoke on the topic, "Don't Let Football Be a Trap". He then went on to speak about how when we become the focus, football turns into idolatry. Bonham concluded the message by stating that we can escape the trap of idolatry by playing only for His glory.

Cheer Camp

The Bradley Central High School Cheerleading squad was able to be a part of the FCA Cheer Camp in Knoxville this year. The cheerleaders were able to grow in their faith as well as learn many new skills in tumbling, stunting, dance, and cheer. Coach Breanna Geren said, "The camp was fantastic like always. The girls, always go in with goals for the team that have to do with cheer and their spiritual growth.”

Freshman, Savannah Randolph stated, "This was my first time attending an FCA camp. I had a lot of fun and my team got so much closer. I personally had sort of a weak relationship with the Lord, and this camp definitely opened my eyes to having a true relationship with God. I'm so glad that I had the opportunity to go to this camp and grow stronger in my relationship with God."

middle and high school students nestled right here in the Ocoee Region at Ocoee Ridge Camp. It will be filled with all kinds of adventure including: whitewater rafting, mountain biking, hiking, high and low ropes course, wave pools, fly fishing, skeet shooting, and much more. It is a challenge by choice camp and they get to choose their activities. There are Early Bird prices and camp scholarships available, so sign up now at ocoeefca.org.

The summer of 2018 theme is Strong (fcacamps.org).

The camp will focus on 2 Timothy 4:7 which says, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful.” Athletes are conditioned to be strong both physically and mentally. The measure of great athletes shows how much faster, stronger, and smarter they are than the opponent. But as Christian competitors, we have the gamechanging advantage of being spiritually strong.

We serve a strong God, and we are called to be like Him in every area of our lives. God calls us to be solid in our faith, to fight the good fight with perseverance, and surround ourselves with a firm support system in order to finish strong.

With Jesus Christ and His Word transforming us daily, we can be strong 24/7!

Help Us Send Kids to Camp

Competitor's Camp

FCA Competitor's Camp 2017 was truly one to remember; the student athletes learned what it meant to have One Passion, One Pain, One Power, and One Purpose. UTC Coach Heath Eslinger brought a powerful message every night at Evening Encounter leading hundreds of student athletes to salvation. During the day time, the students were involved in huddles, breakout groups, Ijams Navitat, competitions, and more.

Camp Season 2018 Coming in Strong

This year camp is shaping up to be just as exciting and promising. We have a new Outdoor Adventure Camp for

We are so excited to bring in Joan Cronan.

Cronan is now in her 35th year at the University of Tennessee. She is the Women’s Athletic Director Emeritus for one of the most visible and respected programs in the country. She is to speak at our annual spring fundraising banquet. She is also listed in the Tennessee Hall of Fame and was the first recipient of the NCAA President’s Pat Summit Award. This is such a special honor to have Joan as our guest particularly with the 2018 theme of FCA, “The Year of the Woman.” She is passionate about FCA camps and is excited to help us raise funds to send our student athletes to camp.

We would love to extend an invitation for you to join us April 12, 6:30PM at First Baptist Church in Cleveland. For more information on special seating and ticket prices, contact our offices at 423-284-0105 or go to ocoeefca.org.

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Gò0dNews for Everyone The Harm of Judging a Book by Its Cover “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned.

Forgive, and you will be forgiven” (Luke 6:37).

by Caitlin Wade

I

want you to clear your mind of all images and

of the reasons that people become homeless. There

I want you to honestly think of this concept:

are several circumstances that are out of their control

homelessness. Lazy, dirty, useless, eyesore. Are

and these reasons could happen to anyone. If we

these some of the thoughts that came to mind? We can

take a moment to see the homeless as people, we can

imagine what homelessness looks like, but we can’t

understand that they are going through hardships and

ignore the slight condescending overtones that come

that they need to be respected rather than being judged.

with these images.

Judging others is such a simple thing to do

Homelessness is everywhere and it’s here in Bradley County, but what resources are available to

nowadays with different trends popping up as well as easy access of social media, but there are so many verses in the Bible that tell us not to judge others. Easier said than done, I know, and I am guilty of this like everyone else. But during these moments of weakness of character, we should pause and remember that we shouldn’t judge others. People that are homeless are going through hardships many of us have never faced. We need to be thankful that we are not in those situations. They are in a vulnerable position and find that they are often met with stereotypical judgments are not the way Christians should behave. We should reach out and help those in need within our community instead of meeting people

help those that are vulnerable? Spend a few minutes to

with a quick moment of judgment.

talk to them, donate, volunteer, craft something, and

Being lazy or simply not wanting to get a job are

educate yourself on the topic of homelessness before

some spectator’s reasons why homeless people are in

judging someone going through that. There are several

the situation that they’re in, but that isn’t always the

resources available in our area but the biggest help

case. Eviction, foreclosure, health issues/costs, mental

to the homeless community is kindness and a little

health, divorce, family breakup, domestic violence,

Christian love.

alcohol addiction, and drug addiction are just some

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inadequate housing, environmental disasters, job loss, Caitlin Wade is the Americorp Vista serving at Family Promise of Bradley County. When she isn’t writing, she’s watching cooking shows with her cuddly cat.

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Gò0dNews for Couples

A Grafted Tree,

Growing Together, and Marriage

M

by Carl Corser

arriage is wonderful when both spouses are growing

be possible to suggest that he has red hair and she has golden

in accordance to God’s individualized plan created

blonde hair? Nevertheless, we are individuals created by God

for them upon their conception. Marriage is also

for a specific purpose to glorify his kingdom. God knows, from

wonderful when two spouses grow together as God’s intended

conception, our members and records them in his eternal book

plan in that two should become as one in flesh.

under our name.

In the horticulture business, I learned how to graft

Does this analogy show us that God is in everything,

various kinds of fruit trees. We would cut the stock tree off at a

nature and marriage? God’s created sap will feed the two scions

comfortable height to be able to develop a nice looking tree in the

enabling them to bear red and golden delicious apples.

Do we need to prayerfully consider our marriage relationship? Are we growing together into one flesh? Are we allowing our spouse space to grow into God’s intended purpose for their life?

Within marriage, there is a continual growth process until death do us part. Our lives and behavior continually changes as we age. About the time you think you know your spouse then comes along a change in their behavior. You haven’t experienced that, now, have you? How well can you know your spouse before marriage? Just be ready to discover the new and grow together after the lovely sound of those wedding bells has been played.

Your new life together will hold many surprises for you in the adventure of marriage. We need to provide an environment in our marriage relationship to enable all involved to be able to

orchard. We would use a knife to cut the bark and split it apart between the bark backing and the tree core preparing to insert

grow as God intended for them to grow.

Marriage is a beautiful creation of God which began in the

the scion’s (cuts of young limbs prepared for grafting ). After the

Garden of Eden. God, the stock tree, put Adam and Eve together,

scions were in place and sealed well, we would wrap the graft

grafting them into a marriage relationship. They were to grow

tight and watch for growth to appear. This process was done

together into one flesh and to fulfil the purpose he created for

in the early spring time as the tree was showing signs of buds

them individually, too. Man and woman completing each other

bursting open and leaves beginning to appear. Red Delicious and

and yet to become one in flesh. How amazing is our God..

Golden Delicious Apples from the same tree, that’s amazing.

How about marriage? How about the growing together process of a man and a woman in a marriage relationship? God specializes in bringing two individuals together allowing the

Well, whether it’s red hair and golden blonde hair or another color combination, allow God to bless your growing together in the most beautiful institution he created, marriage.

Ah, a stroll through the orchard viewing the fruit of my

sparkle of the eyes to ignite the falling in love process. Through

grafting labor. Tree’s bearing various kinds of fruit from one

time and his blessing, the two become connected in a marriage

root source. God’s creation is amazing. Your marriage can

union, thus bringing forth the sound of those wedding bells. This

be fruitful too if you allow God to be in the midst of all the

is the beginning of two individuals being grafted into the stock

growing together process.

God has put together let no man put asunder?

How about the individual scions grafted into the stock tree?

How about the individual’s created purpose for life? Would it

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tree. Could this be the God part of the marriage? Isn’t it so, what Carl Corser is an ordained bishop, serves as president of the Gideons Cleveland North Camp, board of directors and Chaplin of the Peach state Antique Tractor Club, owner of CorserEnterprises (roll-off dumpsters, sheet metal and welding shop, and home renovation).

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Gò0dNews for Seniors

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Don’t Be the Selfish Senior Gò0dNews for Seniors Gò0dNews for Seniors

by Esmerelda Lee

Seventy Years Strong Intergenerational Intersection Strength in Being Alone

can still remember the smell of wood glue mixed with

in? He looked at me puzzled, and then he responded, “I

sawdust, and the gentle smile of my Papa’s face, as his

raised my children; they need to take care of their own

wrinkled fingers guided my little hand on his jig saw. bywith children; it’s my time until that moment Esmerelda Lee Staying involved their church, theirnow!” work Itinwas thenot community,

Being alone is a choice, and I want to share what I have learned through seniors.

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This particular jigsaw was one that ran with theand vigorous thathas I realize blessed I was. their family kept how this truly couple’s love strong!

by Esmerelda Lee uring the month of May, our oldest son million.

Based on demographics alone, it behooves us as peddling of my short legs when I was a young girl. He had Senior citizens are filled with history, by Esmerelda Leespecial people,

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graduated fromfor high school. parents, a nation to find wayemotional communicate.

Gilbert Highetyou ince I have mymy new job, IMy have been hand andaand offer atofirm handshake to someone purchased this particular sawbegun just brothers and me. whowisdom, knowledge intelligence.

Those enjoy an inspiring old love stories. Favorites like adhere to a strong work ethic. Mitchell attributes his hadAn not visited five years, made special said, “Wherever there are beginners and many experts, old weekly.

Most of my time isaspent recently encountered intheir a restaurant.

My papa’s favoritetraveling time was when his grandchildren spent are mortal if not shared.

I to have heard Affair toin Remember, Love is a Manygifts Splendid sons’ successes mother.

Hepeople didand say that he trip to see their oldest grandchild graduate, and enjoyed young, there is some kind of learning going on, some kind“some meeting new people, and even though I am • Being alone is an opportunity to try new things.

Thing, and others move me more than complain some believed in giving their time with him in his woodshop. aboutand theBetty younger generation being toochildren focused of the modern-day love stories on the Hallmark good lickings,” that helped every minute ofto the pomp andeach circumstance that goes of teaching.

We are all an pupils and we who aretoo. allbegan teachers.” still in senior living, is completely Recently, I met older lady line Every time Iworking sit down cut, pin and foldweek fabric, and on electronics and lacking communication skills.

However, Channel.

There is something to be said about the In a world where so many people focus on their along with an American high school graduation.

As they Interacting with older adults enables youth to different and filled with opportunity.

What I have dancing. She had never danced while married glide it through my sewing I feel aofsoft purity machine, and innocence the courtship and love own happiness and make life-altering decisions rosechest. to the Memories singing of the American national anthem, and develop social skills, problem however, is aGran lot movies. ofsitting my time is spent morenetworks, than fiftycommunication years, but Inow that she tightness in discovered, my ofthat my depicted through old I am also honored to for based on these motives, asked Betty and Mitchell applauded when every graduate walked across the stage, solving abilities, positive attitudes toward aging, and alone.

Whether I am traveling, in a hotel room or having found herself alone, rather than sit in her home see these love stories played out in real life through if they were happy throughout the sixty-nine years next to me on a handmade wooden bench flood my older adults. that fell in love and marriage.

“We lost, always it I saw tears intimes, their eyes.

In South Africa, aexperience student’s final a senseand ofof community service, according to Generations meals, most I am Couples alone.

This new hasstayed mope over years she worked decided toout, try and if we entire being. Papa intentionally made the bench love through a world war, the Depression, life didn’t laugh at eachsomething other, found someone or day of high isand the day Unitedwe (2002).

Older caused meintoschool pause totally new. extra long so Gran and I could sitraising together while challenges, and burying loved ones are something to laugh about. You’ll have problems in whenabout he or she takes thewe last adults benefit from think the seniors Never foralso a moment loved life.that marriage, but who doesn’t? You just have to talk it she taught me to sew.couples I wish Ithat could havefor kept exam,daily, walksand around saying the positive mindset, serve the and fact a spectator discern Mitchell Lyle are a local Cleveland out,” Mitch replied.could bench, or the jigsaw, but Betty I live thousands of miles goodbye one’sfeel teachers, vibrant attitudes, couple that When I asked if they ever fought, that manyto must themet in the first grade at that this beautiful away, and my grandparents are long gone.

All my Arnold theyseventy-eight-year-old looked puzzled. and then finally Memorial finished. School. For Mitchell it and vitality of a “Who doesn’t same way.is childhood memories was of learning mybelieves that love at are firstfilled sight.with Betty fight? We are both so different, and a graduation younger generation.

IBetween have thought many lady had lost a daughter the grinning first-grader grew on her we like different things. When we grandparents, my first bicycle ride, learning to sing party,of and helping with Studies show that times the ones who and a husband, because over time.

According to Mitchell, they fought, the one with the strongest old hymns inhouse harmony with my brothers , watching chores that needed youth involved in life have lost awere spouse.

I can’t on each other but did not exuded so much “sweet” caseshe won.”

Mitchell also added, John Wayneimagine and Charlton Heston westerns. get serious until after World War II. “We compromised, but Betty made to be done fordifficult years, it intergenerational how and love.

Mitchell enlisted in the Navy in 1943 the most compromises.

I am still I came to the United States at the age of sixteen, my parents spent most mentoring are must be suddenly learning • Being aloneprograms is an and stayed out to seaeasy, for most of that surprised that she chose me.”In and even though my journey has not been God of sleep their time with their 46% less likely to begin to bytime. yourself opportunity to rely on she said, He and remembers a year and half Betty’s much softer voice, always provided mentors to guide me—people just grandchildren.

Every using illegal drugs, not hearing that warm Christ.

For seventeen going by before his feet even touched “If there is something to 27% fight about, like my grandparents who made time to invest dry land.

But each week when mail isless something worth saving.” evening was found with likely to begin using voice of greeting each morning.

Somewhat older adults years I had becomethere accustomed to constant love, was delivered to his aircraft carrier, On August 22, 2016, Betty and they have learned into me.

From college professors in-depth conversations about alcohol, and 52% less experience being alone because many of their families attention and sounds of seniors and associates Betty’s unrelenting letters and her faith Mitchell Lyle will celebrate their life, love and lots of humor. skip school, to Senior Vice Presidents ofhave large corporations from or friends may moved.

I have considered how always around me. When likely we aretoalways with that he would return home kept their love strong. seventieth wedding anniversary. Today, these My daddyit made sure that according to Independent daunting must Mitchell be walkand into a restaurant or dining people, weifoften sight of God’s presence. my dearest “mother-in-love” totokindred spirits of dearest I have to believe that everylose senior citizen chose one When Betty were finally reunited lifelong Cleveland residents live at Garden Plaza at he shared stories, spiritual Sector (2007). after the war, they dated for eight short months Cleveland Senior Living.

Their apartment room and know no one.

When you constantly fear displeasing people, friends, all have given the most treasured gift, their time. person to invest in, have patience with, and intentionally has little before they were married. graduating college, awards they wonprimary from serving in their vocations he has learned in to gentleman, My parents were Loneliness isto difficult experienceAfter atone any age; invest people become your focus.

Proverbs Recently,lessons I was talking an older that in, how would this impact future generations?

Betty became a school teacher with Cleveland City and in their community, war-torn photographs life, and for hours onlyprove here for three however, Icontinues am discovering myself that loneliness and 29:25 says “Fearofofrefinement; man, will to be a snare, is well travelled, andlistened to map his course ofwork self- for I am still on journey however Schools, and Mitchell went to the railroad. ofafamily members, and beside eachI will recliner is a to his grandsons expressing weeks; however, their being alone are not the same thing.

Loneliness typically but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe” fulfillment. As we talked yet again reminded of my of our always for the sawdust, the basics of LaterI was he became one of the members City be grateful tattered andsmell wornofBible. their very direct opinions.

When they disagreed about a time, love and open dialogue with our children created includes anxious feelings about a lack of connection (NIV).When we keep trusting in Him, He will Council.

They still laugh at each other and with Papa. He travelled the world through his books; in fact, he sewing, the continued teaching of emotional regulation, each When asked what was the secret towith loving memories other.

There also days where and subject, my father laughed and diffused the tension thatvoid will last aare lifetime.

Intergenerational with others.

I will not attempt to address loneliness; filllove the of being alone, because wethe arelaughter never taught himself to read. Though Papa made it to only the etiquette and by my mentors.

And I will remember as each other through sixty-nine years of marriage, the talking are silent.

On those days, Fox News humor, and I witnessed our boys seeking their Papa’s relationships have to begin with however, I will attempton to address being alone. alone indon’t Him.always second grade, he could converse any subject and of I get grow older, the selfless nature of those who invest in me, they both stated, “Stay busy somost you don’t into anchors are the only voices heard in the apartment. advice more and more each evening. grandparents.

They are formed athave churches, in thesuch work • Being alone is an opportunity to meet new friends.

Through my recent travels, I discovered married at First Mitchell saidTheir it best, “What she I can all, his life philosophytrouble!” became Betty mine. and PapaMitchell mappedwere his life and I WILL pay it forward. legacy will beforgets, immortal.

Intergenerational relationships are key to the future involved place, communities and within the family unit.

With and even It takes courage to step out of your comfort strength Him. I am When learning to laughs, walk with only one in 1946, and were always inin in remember. she I am happy, through my brothers Baptist and me.Church His greatest moment is when their church, work, family.

They though there were days she likeofme, of our zone, world, not just our country.

According to the U.S.two sons. strongspeaking intergenerational interaction, our blue the she and walk across theand street and meet a had new voice into my ear, knowing Hedidn’t will print guide me. he finally made it to see our home in David the United States, his Both Tony were strong boys, raisedpast by will help always Census Bureau, by theand year 2050 the nation’s elderly our loved youngme.” leaders define a clear vision for neighbor.

It takes courage to stretch out your first big plane trip in a2002.

Although, the gentleman strong, no-nonsense workingsitting mother. Betty was population will more than double to 88 million, and their future.

Esmerelda loving, but she always made it clear EsmereldaLee Leeis iscampus campus manager for Garden Esmerelda Lee has workedmanager in the senior next to me recently was educated and well-travelled at thethat her sons for Garden Plaza of Cleveland, an the more frail, over-85 population will quadruple to 19 Plaza of Cleveland, ansixteen independent would love education like she did, and they would living industry for over years. and assisted independent facility age of 86, I asked him how many people he has invested living facilityand forassisted seniors.living She and her husband

She works asShe a divisional operations for seniors. and her husband Andrew have three children. specialist for Enlivant Senior Living.

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Gò0dNews for Singles

Living Single

wonder at times why singles often try to hide that fact that they are single, saved, and satisfied in God while being about their Father’s business. When we speak the truth about who we are in God, and who he is in our lives, we give our singleness a voice that says God is mine and I am his, therefore I’m never alone in him. I know we, as single ladies and men, have often asked ourselves, “What if I don’t think I have the “gift” of singleness?” We know Paul spoke of singleness as a gift in 1 Corinthians 7: 8-9. When we are reading Paul’s words, we must see that he isn’t speaking of some people being contentedly single; he’s speaking of the state of being single. Paul is saying, “Look, if you are single consider it a gift from God, just as marriage will be a gift from God when your time comes.”

We should receive our situation in life, whether it is singleness or marriage, as a gift of God’s grace to us.

The Bible says “An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs—how he can please the Lord. But a married man is

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concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife—and his interests are divided” (1 Cor. 7:32-34). I think people feel that if you’re single you can’t be happy and if you’re happy you can’t be single, but don’t get sucked into that madness of what people believe. They don’t define anything about your life, so just keep living. God called you by name; he didn’t call you because of singleness. Look beyond the skin you’re in, and focused on what matters within you: your heart, mind, body and soul.

Today there’s so many people letting go of who they are. Relationships are important, but we should never let go of who and what we are, due to singleness and feeling alone. Live your life and know God has not forgotten you; he knows, he sees, and he hears. I love relationships, desire and enjoy them as much as the next person, but not at the cost of my hopes, dreams, and life.

Love is an action word, we often attach to relationships, forgetting that 1 John 4:8 tells us that God is love, and the greatest relationship we can have. While we embrace the love that God has given us, we also can learn how to embrace and love ourselves. It’s not a crime to fall in love with you, it’s not a crime to put you first, it’s not a crime to embrace singleness, nor is it a crime to enjoy your single life.

Learning to love yourself unconditionally can be hard but it’s worth it. When we find out who we are in God, we will begin to walk in his purpose for our lives. Finding God means you find yourself. When you love God, you can begin to love yourself. Your focus and thoughts begin to shift to things that are good; you realize that although you may be single now, God is preparing his best for you. Single is just a word, it’s not a person and it’s not you. You’re more than who you think you are, and more than what others may see.

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by Bertha Blair

Bertha Blair has taught in the Cleveland City School System for ten years. She loves God and people.

Gò0dNews for Women’s Health

Don’t Suffer in Vein

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by Dr. James White

hile many still perceive varicose veins as nothing

interpretation and treating venous disease. Treatment of SVT is

more than a superficial malady and cosmetic, this

usually local care with moist heat along with Aspirin, or NSAID

unsightly condition may be accompanied by more

medications like Motrin. Complicated SVT may require clot

serious medical ramifications, like vein thrombosis, superficial

extraction and steroid injection. Treatment of DVT typically in-

vein thrombosis (SVT), and deep veins thrombosis (DVT). Af-

cludes prescribing blood thinning agents such as Coumadin or

fecting more than 2 million Americans per year, the formation

newer anticoagulants. In more serious but rare cases, however,

of thrombosis can result from a failure to address and treat

hospitalization with surgical intervention by vena cava filter

symptomatic varicose veins of the lower extremities. Vein

placement may be necessary for large unstable DVTs.

thrombosis can have a major impact on your overall health.

Prevention

SVTs are thrombosis in the more superficial veins. They can occur in the extremities, abdominal wall, and the breasts. SVTs

To prevent the formation of SVT and DVT, there are certain

precautions patients can take. If you have varicose veins, it is crucial to consult with a physician who specializes in vein disease for review and options. Other proactive measures include wearing medical-grade compression stockings, staying physically active, and maintaining adequate hydration. The use of compression stockings and low grade blood thinners during surgical procedures has proven beneficial to decreasing SVT and DVT in patients undergoing surgery with general anesthesia.

Risk Factors

Certain factors can contribute to the risk of developing

SVT and DVT, such as varicose veins, surgery [especially orthopedic surgery of the lower extremities], prolonged bed rest, malignancy, and injury can all increase the likelihood of SVT cause pain and discomfort, but are usually not life threatening.

DVT can be life threatening. DVTs are blood clots occurring in the deep veins, most common in the pelvis and lower extremities. Due to the location and size of the thrombus, a DVT clot can potentially break loose and travel to the lungs, resulting in a pulmonary embolism (PE).

SVTs can be treated to decrease associated pain and progression of thrombus into the deeper veins. Suspicion of DVT requires immediate medical attention. In fact, each year, an estimated 200,000 people die from PE as a result of the detached

and DVT. Some patients may have family genetic tendencies for thrombosis coagulopathy. Coagulopathy can be screened by a battery of blood test as well as a genetic screening.

Don't let untreated varicose veins progress into a lifethreatening condition. With today's advancing technology, patients with vein disease have many options. Minimally invasive vein treatments like Radiofrequency vein closure (VNUS) and endovenous laser ablation (EVLA), Clarivein, and Vennaseal have almost eliminated the need for more invasive procedures such as painful vein striping surgery. Most vein centers of

blood clot DVT blocking blood flow to the lungs as a PE.

excellence offer free vein screenings to assess your risks and

Symptoms and Treatment

major insurance providers when varicose veins cause symptoms

When the presence of varicose veins are accompanied

by symptoms such as pain, swelling, redness, or a sensation

options. Even better, these procedures are covered by most addressing medical necessity.

is present. The best way to evaluate and diagnose SVT and DVT is by an ultrasound examination. SVT and DVT can only be detected through a physical exam involving focus venous ultrasound examination by a physician skilled in ultrasound

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Loving Others

G

by Piper Davis

od, do I really have to love them?

Yes, the answer is yes you do have to love

them! In this article I’m talking about loving the

congratulated him on current accomplishments and at the end we hugged him, said we love you and are praying for you. And his eyes filled with tears. You will never show

sinner without loving the sin. This is often hard to do for

God’s love or win someone to the Lord by telling them

many people, myself included. We, as children of God,

how wrong they are and pointing out their every flaw and

should go around daily practicing this kind of love, but

sin. It will never happen. However, if you take time with

often we fall short and don’t realize the impact we have on

them, show them that no matter what they've done that

others. 1 John says that “Whoever does not love does not

you love them and most importantly God loves them, then

know God, because God is love.”

you have truly shown the love of Christ.

For far too long our society has defined love for us

It seems as though sometimes we just want to love on

and I can’t think of one of those definitions lining up to

and minister to what I call the clean people. The people we

the word of God. There is scripture upon scripture there to

approve of, but not the messy, sticky, gooey lifestyles and

teach us how to love. Yet, there are Christians walking into

sins of some people. But give me the messiest of sinners and

their cozy warm churches every Sunday and leaving just to

I’ll fit right in because I too have been that messy more than

turn around and gossip, bad mouth, and tear down their

once in life. I am always amazed and moved by the fact that

brothers and sisters in Christ. They think it’s their business

Jesus Christ walked the earth preaching and sharing God’s

and job to tell everyone what “Sara” did last Saturday or

love. He didn't care what others said about the woman at

where they saw “Dave” just last week. God is not pleased

the well or Lazareth and many more plagued with sin and

with this and he will put a stop to it. We were called to

disease. He simply loved, cared, took time with, and healed

love, uplift, encourage, and help one another, yes even the

the messiest of sinners. Despite persecution he never failed

sinner. I recently met a man while shopping one day and

to love. “And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love.

he opened up about how the church, Christians, and close

But the greatest of these is love.”

his past and his lifestyle. My heart broke for him because he just needed someone to listen and remind him of God’s love. My sister and I took time with him, encouraged him,

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friends have persecuted him for the choices he made in Piper Davis and her husband live in Cleveland, Tennessee, where she enjoys life and her two baby yorkies.

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by Tiffany Pendergrass

fter a fast last year that consisted of vegetables I started to go into the direction of a plant based diet. After research I found that plants give humans enzymes to digest themselves but also to digest meat your body actually has to divert pancreatic cells from fighting cancer to digest the meat.

I was fascinated by this information because humans were basically created to be vegetarians at one time.

The more plant based my diet became the better I felt. While my husband is not a vegetarian, I created this recipe and it has become one of his favorites. In any case, a mostly plant based diet is important for everyone; so here is my recipe. It could used as a “Meatless Monday” idea or as a jumping off point for a new foray into a plant based diet.

Ingredients 1 small Butternut Squash (1 - 2 lbs) (peeled, cored and diced) 1 medium onion sliced thinly 1 can black beans 1 jar tomatillo salsa 1 container of chive cream cheese or (almond milk Kite hill chive cheese) 1 package wheat tortillas (8 tortillas) 2 cloves garlic (chopped or put thru a garlic press) 4 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil On a sheet pan combine the diced Butternut squash and sliced onion. Drizzle Olive Oil over it and mix up so the Olive Oil is coating all the ingredients.

Add a pinch of salt and pepper all over and roast in

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a 400 degree oven for 25 minutes until the onions are slightly caramelized and the butternut squash is cooked through. While the butternut squash is cooking, drain and rinse the black beans. Then coat the bottom of a saucepan with olive oil and two to three (I love garlic) garlic cloves and cook on medium for a couple of minutes. Add the beans and cook them until the get soft and start to break down. Then, with a potato masher, mash the beans until they are creamy and smooth. If they seem a little dry add a little splash of broth, but you want them to be the consistency of refried beans (paste consistency).

Once the butternut squash is done, it’s time to assemble. In a 9x12 baking dish assemble the enchiladas. First smear about a tablespoon of the cream cheese or almond milk Kite Hill cheese (both are delicious). Then spread a portion of the black beans and the butternut squash and onion mixture. Roll and place seam side down in the baking dish. Top the dish with the Tomatillo Salsa and bake at 350 degrees for approximately 20 minutes. You are only looking to heat everything together so it’s melted and delicious.

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Stay Stress-Free This Spring

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by Ramona Goble, NP

pring is here. Along with warming

of identifying “stressors” in your life –

activity into your daily habits can

weather, blooming flowers and

the events or situations that cause you

help improve your mood and

chirping birds, spring also signals

stress – and recognizing how your body

prevent stress.

National Stress Awareness Month, which

responds to those situations. If you know

is observed every April.

that, you learn to manage your stress more

body plenty of energy by eating

effectively. This in turn can help you:

vegetables, fruits, and protein.

According to Ramona Goble, FNP-BC

6. Watch what you eat. Give your

of Starr Regional Medical Center, “Stress

• Sleep better

can take its toll on our health in many

• Control your weight

and do not drink alcohol as a

ways. It can cause depression or anxiety,

• Get sick less often and get better

means to manage your stress.

faster when you do get sick

8. Do something for yourself. Read a

lead to heart disease, and cause high blood pressure and obesity, among other things,” says Goble. “While some level of stress in our lives is inevitable and can even

7. Avoid drinking alcohol excessively,

• Lessen neck and back pain

good book, listen to music, make

• Be in a better mood

plans with friends, or enjoy a good

• Get along better with family and friends

laugh.

9. Talk to people. Friends, families or co-workers may be able to help. In

This spring, consider

addition, verbalizing your stress

improving your approach to stress management. The following are 10 suggestions

can help relieve it.

10. Ask for help. If you feel out of control, depressed, or too

about how to improve your

overwhelmed to cope, ask your

stress levels:

doctor for help. There are medical

1. Be organized. Prioritize

professionals who can help you

your to-do list and plan your time, being realistic about how long tasks will take.

2. Be flexible. While planning is good and can help prevent

learn how to manage their stress for their physical and mental health and well being.”

What is stress? According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), stress is the body’s response to any demand or change. Most people can identify with stress caused by negative situations such as the loss of a loved one, an accident, a difficult relationship or interaction, or trouble at work. But stress can also result from positive situations, like getting married, having a baby or getting a new job. Stress can be either long-term or short-term, and can present itself in many ways.

Goble emphasizes the importance

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to be prepared to change your plans and respond to situations as needed.

3. If you know a stressful event is on the horizon, be prepared. This could mean thinking through responses for an interview or getting a good night sleep before a long day at work.

4. Make it a habit to take a moment to

Signs of Stress • Not eating or eating too much • Feeling like you have no control • Needing to have too much control • Forgetfulness • Headaches • Lack of energy • Lack of focus • Trouble getting things done • Poor self-esteem • Short temper • Trouble sleeping • Upset stomach

breathe deeply and relax. Stretch

• Back pain

your muscles, too. Doing these

• General aches and pains

things can relax your body and your mind.

5. Exercise. Incorporating physical

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be positive, it’s important for people to

stress, it also is important

navigate and control your stress.

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Precious Promises

“Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises…” (2 Peter 1:4a, KJV).

by Kelly McDonald, Jr.

T

he Bible is a book of precious promises.

to seven churches. He had to write these down and

Sometimes we read these promises in our quiet

deliver them (Rev. 1:11).

time with God. Sometimes other people remind

Throughout the New Testament, the people of God

us of them. These promises guide us towards God’s

quoted the Old Testament promises. In Luke 4:18-19,

will. I encourage you to acquire a journal or notebook

Jesus quoted Isaiah 61:18-19 to tell the people that He

to write down specific promises from God’s Word that

was the literal fulfillment of that prophecy. In Romans

are applicable to your situation. You can even title it a

15:12, Paul quoted Isaiah 11:10 to herald that Christ was

“Promise Journal”. As time passes on, you will see God bring these promises to pass.

As an example: let’s say you have children that have strayed from God. A good verse to reference for this situation is Proverbs 22:6: “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” You can write this verse down in the journal and pray this verse over your children. As they begin to return to God, you could write down specific events and dates.

In Habakkuk 2:2b, God told the prophet: “Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.” In I Corinthians 9:24, Paul wrote: “Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize?

also sent to bring salvation to the Gentiles. Today, we

Run in such a way as to get the prize.” Promises from

have promises in both the Old and New Testament to

God are the guide markers that help us to run the race.

encourage us.

God has called us to live a life of victory. In fact, we are

Think about this for a moment: we have the

more than conquerors (Romans 8:37). His promise is our

Bible because the people of God wrote down His

reassurance of victory!

spoken words and promises. They also recorded

As time goes on, distractions will try to knock you

their experiences with those words. As you practice

off the track that God has set out for you. Writing down

this, you can use your life experiences to encourage

God’s promises helps you to stay the course. As you

other believers who are going through the same

go back and review them, you will be inspired to keep

circumstances. The promises of God are precious. Let’s

running the race. God told Jeremiah multiple times to

run the race and win the prize!

(Jeremiah 30:2, 36:2, 36:28). Jesus gave John seven letters

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write down every Word from God that he had received Kelly McDonald, Jr. is an international Evangelist with Hungry Hearts Ministries and pastors a church in Cleveland. He has written a combined total of 40 books and booklets on pursuing a deeper relationship with Jesus. ww.hungryheartsministry.com.

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Don’t Teach From My KJV!

I

by John Garrod

don’t quote from it often when I’m teaching, but

on the object of my wrath, envy, or lust. That’s the

when I do, I think it gets the point across well.

King John Version, me in control, not the Lord. It’s

Occasionally, when I give a reference from it, I get

important to recognize those thoughts for the source

a double-take; normally from a newcomer to our class.

from which they come, because they can be persuasive

Most of the time, I just get a chuckle or, occasionally, a

and comfortable and fulfilling to the flesh. They speak

roll of the eyes. Generally, that’s when my wife is sitting

soothing words into the ear. By contrasting them with

in the room.

what the real Word says, you can ensure your footsteps

It’s never been released in a print version, and I’m sure it never will be. Hard to justify printing a book for just one person, I guess.

fall on the correct path.

Of course, that means you have to have the real Word within you. As God instructed Joshua, “This Book

It’s the KJV, or more specifically, it’s my KJV. The King John Version of the Bible.

of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe

It’s what I cite when I’m trying to show how the

to do according to all that is written in it. For then you

Word of God was not inspired by the thoughts of

will make your way prosperous, and then you will have

men. If it were, it would sound a lot like the King

good success.” And the psalmist said in Psalm 119, “Thy

John Version.

Word have I hidden in my heart, that I might not sin

“Do unto others before they do unto you” or “The

against you.” We need to be able to identify truth from

riches of the wicked are stored up for the righteous,

fiction, Spirit from flesh. We have to know the voice of

so don’t feel bad about stealing it from them.”

the Shepherd and distinguish it from all

“Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but

others, including our own, or we

you can generally just blame their mom.” And one of

risk losing the path.

my favorites: “If someone strikes you upon the cheek,

n o si

make your daddy proud!”

Obviously, those aren’t from the Word of God! These are the thoughts that sit coiled, ready to spring up out of unsurrendered flesh in a moment of

n h o

weakness. It’s not in my human nature to turn the other cheek; that kind of when I bring my flesh into submission to the Holy Spirit within me. The carnal me can justify and alibi all manner of evil based

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J g n i K

About The Author

thought pattern comes only

r e V

John Garrod is a father of 6, husband of 1,a student at Cleveland State Community College, and a member and discipleship teacher at South Cleveland Church of God.

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Check Your Vibe

by Tamika Johnson

ow often do you take time out of your daily

becomes wise, but the companion of fools

routine and “check your vibe,” which is the

will suffer harm.”

energy you release into the universe? Do you

Sleep in Peace: Before lying down and going to

know how to control and level-up to disperse what

sleep, try listening to inspirational or calming music.

the world needs? Whether it affects you directly or

The last thing we digest into our spirits before closing

indirectly, your energy can change your circumstances

our eyelids may be the one thing that festers in our

and how you react.

spirit. Our mind captures those keen moments even

Here are a few tips to help raise your vibration and aura of energy: Immerse Yourself in Prayer: Prayer is the lifeline to all things great. Praying allows you to release those things that are troublesome while ushering in positivity.

when we are not consciously aware. John 14:27 says, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.”

Be slow to speak: Although we have an opinion

It cleanses your thoughts and prepares you for a new

that is burning to be released from within – check to

day. Matthew 26:41 says, “Watch and pray that you may

see if you’re spirit or intention behind your words are

not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing,

positive. If not, then don’t speak at all. Our energy, aura,

but the flesh is weak.”

and vibration are activated by the words we delivery.

Take a Social Media/TV Hiatus: Take necessary

We can either be the solution to the problem or cause

social media and TV breaks to remove yourself from

more harm. Ephesians 4:29 says, “Let no corrupting talk

any not-so-positive interaction. We must be careful

come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for

as to what enters our ear and eye gates. Negativity

building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace

can arbitrarily breed things of deception and we can

to those who hear.”

our vibration while pounding heavily in our spirits.

Matthew 5:13 says, “Whoever walks with the wise

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quickly become involved in conversations that lower Tamika Johnson is a writer, columist and single mom of two children.

She is currently pursuing her Ph.D.

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(Not So) Well Known

by Jade Morgan

ately I have been pondering the concept of being

My Father in Heaven knows me better than I know me.

"known". That is one of the ultimate goals of life, right?

He created me. He knows my sin, He knows my struggles, He

For someone to "know" us, to know who we really are.

knows my "bad" or immoral thoughts. He knows my dreams,

I mean, how often do we use the phrase, “well known?” For

He knows my passions, He knows my heart; He knows. He

me, I have longed to be fully known, to be understood, to be

knows me.

accepted. However, people are only allowed to see what I

"But if anyone loves God, truly [with affectionate reverence,

show them. This realization has struck a chord with me this

prompt obedience, and grateful recognition of His blessing], he

week. I will never be fully known until I allow someone fully

is known by God [recognized as worthy of His intimacy and

inside. I can honestly say, I have only had about three of these

love, and he is owned by Him]” (1 Corinthians 8:3).

people in my life. People that I have allowed to see the good, the bad, the ugly, my faults, my flaws, my quirks, etc. This was not an immediate thing. It took much time and intentional conversation, plus the other party wanting to "know" me as much as I wanted to be “known.” But, then, do they really know me, like fully? Or do they just know more than most, but not entirely? Hmm. Along with being known comes control. People generally believe what we tell them, until given a reason not to of course. To a degree, we control how others view us. I can make people think of me however I want to by showing them the side or sides that I feel like showing. However, I have found, this is most definitely not true. We cannot control what others think of us, try as we might, and I try pretty stinking hard. I could put all of my most excellent talents,

To love God is to be known. Known fully, wholly,

gifts, and qualities on display with a smile on my face and still,

entirely, perfectly, intimately, thoroughly, totally, through and

someone would not think I am so great. Someone would see

through. We actually have zero control over this. We cannot

through the "perfect" image I am trying to give off. Someone

hide from Him. We cannot show Him the "good" and refuse to

would dislike me. Someone would love me. Someone would

mention the “bad.” He knows it all. What a sense of relief that

be on the fence about whether they liked or disliked me.

we do not have to be something we are not; we do not have to

I have a mentor that just last week I thanked her for

disguise, withhold, mask, bury or camouflage. It is hard for

"knowing" me. My definition of her "knowing" me is that she

me to see this as the comfort that it truly is, that it is meant to

accepts and understands me. I told her how terrifying it is to

be. I want to relax and find relief in the sheer luxury of being

be known and how I have fought her knowing me. She knows

known by my Father in Heaven.

what little things may make me anxious or set me off. She

The mentor I mentioned above replied to my thanking

notices things going on around me that could be a potential

her for knowing me with, "Jade, it is an honor to know you."

trigger, before I do sometimes. I have presented her with

Imagine the honor our God feels knowing me. I am His, fully

my most anxious moments, times of silence, argumentative

and completely.

much as I would like to say she fully knows me, there is one who knows me on a much deeper level.

54 // April 2018

About The Author

behavior, joyful times etc. Still she sticks, still she stays. As Jade Morgan is a 2008 graduate of Lee University, and is in her tenth year at Walker Valley High School as an Inclusion teacher. Jade spends her summers working at Ocoee Outreach, a local home repair ministry, and doing mission work near and far. She is a member of Public Church, where she leads a ladies Community Group and is active in women’s ministry, Flourish.

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