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THE WEEKEND OUTLOOK Friday April It 1M1 Page Religion The churchs role in society By ALLEN SCHMIDT Executive DirectorTreasurer Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists You may have recently noticed the sign on Avenue Grace Baptist Church and noted there must be a new church in the neighborhood Then you may have asked yourself Do we need another church What role does the church play in todays society anyway Thats not an easy question to answer in a few sentences We may begin with words attributed to Augustine who said in effect that there is a Godshaped vacuum in the soul of every man No man will find rest In his soul until he finds rest in God The basic role of the church is to lead or point people to God where they will find this rest or inner peace The one who does Rev Allen Schmidt Bible Digest And he causeth all both small and great rich and poor free and bondrto receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads And that no man might buy or sell save he that had the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his nam Here is wisdom Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast for it is six hundred threescore and six Revelation 131618 Are you ready for the end times If you dont know Jesus as your Lord and Savior the Devil will deceive you Dont put it off another day Trust Jesus now The end is coming Stand therefore having your loins girt about with truth and having on the breastplate of righteousness Epheslans 614 One of the important parts of our spiritual armor is truth Build your life and philosphy of Jesus for He is the truth Belter is the end of a thing Ec- the beginning thereof clesiastes78a Followthrough and follow up are very important Dont let your life be full of incomplete pro jects Finish what you begin Be careful for nothing but in every thing by prayer and sup plication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known un to Gofl And the peace of God which all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus Philip- pians The remedy for worry is to tell the Lord all about it He will give you the peace that passes all understanding Be still and know that I am God Psalm Take time to reflect on the Lord and His will for your life This will take a lot of hassle out of life- not find peace with God in Christ will go to all ends to try to quell the restlessness within He will spend endless amounts of money seeking pleasure and thrills He will use alcohol drugs in discriminate sex and more in his search for satisfaction As long as the Godshaped vacuum in ones life is left empty that person will never find real satisfaction and fulfillment The church is the one institution com missioned by God to bring the emptiness of man and the fulness of God together into a har monious relationship Man is essentially a relational being and must have meaningful relation ships to be satisfied Some people might suggest that it is more efficient to pro claim the Gospelshare the way to God through the media televi sion radio and the press This however is to overlook the fact that people need relationships with God and with other people God needs a human face The church provides this It is a place of warmth and friendship from caring people in an increasingly impersonal world The church provides a support group in the struggles the hurts the disappointments and the sor rows of life It is important to know that somebody cares Tjie church also challenges people to grow in learning in awareness and in sharing with those around them Churches are planted and grown In com munities at great sacrifice in time and money and effort by people who care and want the best for themselves their neighbors and their community No church is perfectly doing all it ought to do nor is it all it ought to be But then none of her members would claim to be perfect people They are im perfect people on a Journey with God seeking to become what they ought to be It is a journey worth joining GIC RATE Rate Sublaet To Chang Without CONCEPTS EL GRAND RE OPENING NEW I LOCATION 61 MAM ST S 8732851 DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN 73 MAIN ST S DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN John 8774313 est U Jewellers Whats Cooking at STEAK EXPRESS Saturday It Sample GET READY FOR MAY BARBECUE BLASTOFF AT STEAK EXPRESS HUB Sarvlng Halton Hills lor 18 yrs HOURS win CUBED pi Art rj rt GEORGETOWN OPTICAL GEORGETOWN A MARKETPLACE TEL BRAMPTONS CHEAPEST MATTRESS SALE SINGLE SET Twin Mittitss So QUEEN ORTHOPEDIC SET MATTRESS CLEARANCE SALE 190 7 WEST UNITS TO BRAMPTON RICE BUSINESS CENTRE Super Lube COMPLETE FAST MINUTE OIL AND COMPLETE CAR CLEAN RD ARMSTRONG AVE