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If
I may amend Oprah's speech ...
By JOHN HATCHER
Religion Columnist
Oprah
Winfrey, in accepting the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at Sunday night's
54th Emmy Awards, said, "We all just want to know that we matter.
We want validation. We want the same things. We want safety and we want
a long life. We want to find somebody to love." As I listened to
Oprah's acceptance, I was rightly impressed with its eloquence and her
sincerity. Upon reflection, however, I discovered one can be eloquent
and yet not enlightened.
If
I may amend Oprah's speech ...
Living Stones Christian
Center in Fayetteville will present Barbara Richmond as its guest speaker
Sunday, Oct. 6, at 11 a.m. and Monday, Oct. 7, at 9 a.m., 2 p.m., and
7 p.m. Richmond is a former Catholic nun who became a Messianic Jew
following the discovery of her birth heritage.
Fayette
native Jeff Cole named new area director for Young Life of Fayette County
Young Life of Fayette
County has named Fayette County native Jeff Cole as the youth organization's
new area director following four years in a similar position in Missoula,
Mont.
Newnan
LDS church Family Preparedness Fair is Saturday
The Newnan Ward
of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) will have a
Family Preparedness Fair Saturday, Sept. 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
at the Newnan Chapel, 821 Old Atlanta Hwy., in Newnan. The event is
free and open to the public.
Religion
Briefs
North
Fayette UMC holds Vision Workshop
North Fayette United
Methodist Church recently held an all-day, church-wide Vision Workshop
to plan for the church's future ministries, as it approaches its 20th
anniversary.
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