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OZMENT: I’d rather have Jesus than anything
I met Billy Graham many years ago. I was one of the ministers in Atlanta to invite him to come and preach. George Beverly Shea carried the Good News of Jesus Christ in song as the musical mainstay ...
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Vacation Bible School Calendar
Bush Arbor Baptist Church , will have their Colossal Coaster World Vacation Bible School Monday through Friday from 6 to 8:45 p.m. each night. For more information call 706-234-4351. Cave Spring ...
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Metropolitan UMC bids farewell to pastor; Helton delivers final sermon
The outgoing pastor of Metropolitan United Methodist Church swayed to the music Sunday afternoon inside the church she’s served for three years. The choir, dressed all in red, stood and sang a...
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OZMENT: What he asked for was disappointment
The prodigal son saw the lights of the far country and they excited his imagination. He could be free and do as he pleased. He wouldn’t have to hear any more lectures. He could live his own life. A...
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Lovejoy Baptist working to keep children occupied this summer; church hosting a weekday camp until school starts again
The members of Lovejoy Baptist want kids to have a place to go for fellowship and great food, which is why they are conducting their fourth annual Summer Explosion Camp while school is out. Fi...
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Armuchee Baptist Church celebrates 175 years
It was in 1838 that a group of people gathered along the bank of a small creek in Armuchee to discuss establishing a church of their own. Now, 175 years later, Armuchee Baptist Church still fl...
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Rose-Tucker bids a fond farewell
Jacqui Rose-Tucker has dedicated her professional career to being a better Methodist. In 2005 she accepted the position as superintendent of the Rome Carrollton District of the North Georgia Con...
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OZMENT: You can get along without some things – but church is a necessity
Everywhere, people are saying the church is losing its influence. Some are even suggesting that we would be wise to shed the institutional church, much like a man would shed his shabby old coat whe...
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OZMENT: What will Heaven be like
by Robert V. Ozment
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Everybody wants to live. This is one of the strongest instincts that is found in human nature. I have seen strong men hold on to a bare thread of life, long after medical science proclaimed that de...
Armuchee Baptist Church celebrates 175 years
by Mary Lynn Ritch, Staff Writer
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Annette Herrington is fascinated by genealogy, and she spent years researching and writing “Armuchee Baptist Church: A Church History 1838-2013” to present during the church’s 175th anniversary cel...
Rome Youth for Christ to host Duck Dynasty's Jase Robertson on Sept. 14
by Rome Youth for Christ report
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 32 32 recommendations | email to a friend
Rome YFC is happy to announce that Duck Dynasty's Jase Robertson will be coming to Rome on September 14th to help us celebrate 40 years in Rome. Ticket info will be released soon but please feel fr...
OZMENT: Conquer thought of life as a hopeless journey
by Robert V. Ozment
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God never sends us into an impossible situation. When I was a lad, we lived about two hundred yards from a small country store. Frequently, in the evening, my father would ask me to go to the store...
Aldersgate Day event will celebrate Methodist heritage
by Mary Lynn Ritch, Staff Writer
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Area United Methodist Churches will celebrate their heritage during a special event Sunday at Morrison Campground. Mizpah United Methodist Church senior pastor Theresa Coleman will host the Aldersg...
Fifty Years Ago
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Sunday, May 12, 1963 It may be burned to crisp, but Mom will enjoy breakfast in bed today. Mothers who may often feel they’re slaves to their family will reign as queens today as Romans join in ...
Life Church will meet at Brewhouse
by Mary Lynn Ritch, Staff Writer
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The Brewhouse Music & Grill on Broad Street will become Life Church ’s downtown campus starting in August. Josh Perry, Life Church’s creative arts pastor, says the church’s leaders recently an...
OZMENT: Love is the foundation of a happy home
by Robert V. Ozment
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I asked a group of young people the following question: “Where is the loneliest place in the world?” Some suggested the parched desert. Others intimated the rugged mountains where men have never se...

His son-in-law, Roy Beagle, says Whitman died Wednesday of heart failure.

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All necessary to the plot lines, of course.

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The 'Anchorman 2' trailer is here! The 'Anchorman 2' trailer is here!

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Madonna attends the world premiere of "Madonna: The MDNA Tour" at the Paris Theatre on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)NEW YORK (AP) — Madonna said there were days she was exhausted during her recent "MDNA" world tour, but she decided to press on.


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In this image provided by NBC Blake Shelton, Danielle Bradbery and Cher, right, pose after Bradbery won season-four of "The Voice" Tuesday June 18, 2013. Bradbery never had a big singing gig or a vocal lesson. It's also the third win for her coach Blake Shelton. (AP Photo/NBC, Trae Patton)UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) — Cher is no stranger to tabloid fodder.


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FILE - This May 16, 2012 file photo shows actress Valerie Harper at the Friars Club Roast of Betty White in New York. Harper has agreed to make a first-person account of her battle with terminal cancer for NBC News. The network said that Meredith Vieira will be host of the documentary, which will air in prime-time. No airdate was set. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Valerie Harper has agreed to give a first-person account of her battle with terminal cancer to NBC News.


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