Gò0dNews April 2017
Complimentary
Christian Magazine
CHATTANOOGA
7 1 0 2MMER
SU MPS CA
Introducing
Life Care Center of East Ridge
A Neighborhood Tradition
You don’t want to slow down, and you don’t have time to stop. When recovery from an accident, illness or planned surgery requires after-hospital care, let us offer you the continuum of care you need for a full recovery. Our interdisciplinary team will work with you to create a customized care plan centered on your abilities and rehab goals. With in- and outpatient therapy and the latest modalities and treatment programs, we are proud to continue
A Neighborhood Tradition.
This state-of-the-art facility includes:
• 108 beds, all private rooms and suites • Private bathroom and shower in each room • 4,000-square-foot therapy space with balance park • Private dining room for special occasions • Large formal dining room • Library, beauty shop, ice cream parlor and activity room • Two interior courtyards, including a putting green and gazebos • Three day rooms and three spa-like bathing rooms
For more information, please call 423.894.1254.
1500 Fincher Ave. East Ridge, TN 37412 LifeCareCenterOfEastRidge.com
of Chattanooga East
About Us
Writers
Alicia Klepper Andrew Lee Bethany Ruckman Caleb Prytherch Charles G. Laws Charlton Lewis Darren Schalk David Kemp Deana Thompson Delaney Walker Destiny Hope Shreve Don Smith Esmerelda Lee Dr. James White Kenneth Ware Thomas Morrison
Hello Friends, We want to take a moment to tell you who we are and what we are about. Our names are Matt and Bethany Ruckman and we have four beautiful children, Brendon, Kailey, Andrew, and Leah Jean. We live in Cleveland and love what this town has to offer! We have started GoodNews Christian Magazine because we feel that when God, family, and community are combined, lives will be changed. GoodNews Christian Magazine is a complimentary, Christian lifestyle publication. You can find us throughout the community in retail establishments, churches, restaurants, and more. Our magazine opens the door for Christians to work together to grow and strengthen our community through relevant editorial and effective advertising. GoodNews Christian Magazine is written by men and women in the community who love and serve the Lord. Our hearts are open and willing to be used by God to reach out to the community to spread the GoodNews!
Sales
Tanner Jones 831-747-7648 tanner.goodnews@gmail.com
Design
Caleb Prytherch
Photographs
Courtesy of Life Care
GoodNews Christian Magazine Chattanooga
Distribution 5000 Monthly
Editor
Wanda Griffith
Publisher
Matthew and Bethany Ruckman Phone: 423-503-1410 E-mail: goodnewstn@gmail.com
Website
issuu.com/goodnewschatt
Letter from the Editor
C
ommunications experts tell us that the average person speaks enough words to fill twenty single-spaced, typewritten pages every day. This means our mouths crank out enough words to fill two books of 300 pages each month, twenty-four books each year, and 1,200 books in fifty years of speaking. Thanks to phones, voicemail, and face-toface conversations, words comprise a large part of our lives. So the kinds of words we use are important. I read where there are more than 800,000 words in the English language, but 300,000 of these are technical words and scientific jargon used only by specialists in various fields and disciplines. That leaves you and me with 500,000 words to communicate in our daily lives. Of course, nobody has a vocabulary of half-a-million words. In fact, the average person knows only about 10,000 words and uses only about 5,000 of them in everyday speech. That’s it—just 5,000 commonly used words to communicate a universe of ideas, emotions, events, and desires.
Soft words sung in a lullaby will put a baby to sleep. Excited words will stir a mob to violence. Eloquent words will send armies marching into the face of death. Encouraging words will fan to flame the genius of a Rembrandt or a Lincoln. Powerful words will mold the public mind as the sculptor molds his clay. Words, spoken or written, are a dynamic force. The articles I edited in this month’s issue have powerful words of the good news that can transform our lives. Mike Shreve’s wellchosen words describe three key ingredients that make up a happy marriage (see page 32). Love, friendship, laughter, and virtually every emotion we feel is inspired by words. Unfortunately, fear, anger, frustration, and hatred are also invoked by words. Every word and sentence we use has the power to shape how others see us and how they see Christ in us. Our words have the power to bless or curse—to “sentence” others to healing and hope or gloom and despair; forgiveness and freedom or guilt and bondage; blessings and applause or discouragement and despondency. Beginning today, let’s resolve to speak words that bring blessings, peace, and hope to everyone in our lives.
Disclaimer All of the content in the GoodNews Christian Magazine is for general information and/or use. Such contents does not constitute advice and should not be relied upon in making (or refraining from making) a decision. Any specific advice or replies to queries in any part of the magazine is the personal opinion of such experts/consultants/persons and is not subscribed to by GoodNews Christian Magazine. The information in GoodNews Christian Magazine is provided on an “AS IS” basis, and all warranties, expressed or implied of any kind, regarding any matter pertaining to any information, advice or replies are disclaimed and excluded. We reserve the right to refuse any advertisement or article we deem inappropriate.
April 2017
Gò0dNews Christian Magazine
Pg 6 GoodNews from the Pastor’s Desk
Good News! Jesus Is Risen! by David Kemp Pg 8 GoodNews for Kids A Changed Person by Charles G. Laws Pg 10 GoodNews on Money Matters “Taking the Fun out of your Refund” by Andrew Lee Pg 12 GoodNews for Men Dear 19-Year-Old Me by Darren Schalk Pg 14 GoodNews for Women Step Away from the Measuring Stick! by Alicia Klepper Pg 16 GoodNews for your Taste Buds Embrace a More Abundant Life by Deana Thompson Pg 26 GoodNews for Teens Are You Tired? by Caleb Prytherch Pg 28 GoodNews for Seniors Finding That Special Caregiver by Esmerelda Lee Pg 30 GoodNews for Everyone The Plasma of the Cross by Kenneth Ware Pg 32 GoodNews for Women’s Health Vein Blood Clots by Dr. James White Pg 34 GoodNews for Health & Fitness Are You Really Healthy? by Thomas Morrison Pg 36 GoodNews for Everyone April Showers Bring May Flowers by Destiny Hope Shreve Pg 38 GoodNews for Everyone Ain’t Never Been This Low Before by Charlton Lewis Pg 40 GoodNews for Everyone Christian Zombies by Don Smith Pg 42 GoodNews for Life Opening Lines—An Old Travesty in a New Wrapping by Delaney Walker Pg 44 GoodNews for Parents Paying Our Dues by Bethany Ruckman
Pg 24-25
Pg 18-19
Gò0dNews from the Pastor’s Desk
Good News! Jesus Is Risen!
I
Jesus’ resurrection proves the truthfulness of everything He claimed about Himself. by David Kemp
’ve watched as the casket lid was closed at the funeral of each of my parents. Those were emotional moments, but not a permanent “good-bye.” Instead, it was, “I’ll see you later in the presence of the Lord.” Jesus said to Martha, who had experienced a death in the family, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though he may die, he shall live” (John 11:25).* What hope that gives those who trust in Jesus! Jesus’ bold predictions of His own resurrection (see Matt. 20:19; Mark 8:31) came true. “Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him” (Rom. 6:9). Jesus’ own testimony is: “I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death” (Rev. 1:18). “Christ is risen from the dead and has become the firstfruits” (1 Cor. 15:20). Firstfruits refers to the first sheaf of the harvest offered to the Lord in Old Testament days (see Lev. 23:9-11) in anticipation the rest of the harvest was coming. Jesus’ resurrection guarantees the rest of the “harvest” is coming; there are many who will be raised from the dead. “The dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air” (1 Thess. 4:16-17). Jesus’ resurrection was in a glorified body, which is promised to all believers: “Our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord
6 // April 2017
Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body” (Phil. 3:20-21). Jesus’ resurrection removes the terror of death for believers: “Death is swallowed up in victory. O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory? . . . thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Cor. 15:54-55, 57). The same power that raised Jesus from the dead helps us today. Paul prayed that the Ephesian believers would understand “the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead” (Eph. 1:19-20). Paul’s personal desire was “that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection” (Phil. 3:10). You may encounter someone who asks, “Is Christianity true? Is Jesus the only Savior?” Head straight for Jesus’ resurrection, because faith is only as valid as the person you trust. Christianity is the only belief system that dares to base its claims on its founder’s resurrection. For any other belief system to attempt that would lead to failure. Put all other belief systems to the test and see! * Scripture quotations in this article are taken from the New King James Version of the Bible. David Kemp is pastor of Hickory Valley Baptist Church, 2320 Hickory Valley Road, Chattanooga, TN 37421. Feel free to contact him at pastor@hickoryvalleybaptist.com.
LOCAL OR LONG DISTANCE MOVES
THE EASIEST MOVE YOU WILL EVER MAKE! 423-531-3841
Present This Coupon For Not Valid With Any Other Offer. “IfExpires: your 05/01/17 car needs
goodguymovers.com
fixin’, go toLambert Hixson Owner/Operator Transmission.” Andrew • 30/60/90K Maintenance • Tire Rotation and Balancing • Brakes • Alignment • Headlight Restoration • Emission Repair • Check Engine Light
S enior s T rust
“If your car needs fixin’, go to Hixson Transmission.”
fixin’, go to Hixson Transmission.”
• 30/60/90K Maintenance • Tire Rotation and Balancing • Brakes • Alignment • Headlight Restoration • Emission Repair • Check Engine Light
Thank you, Chattanooga, • MEDICARE PRODUCTS FOR TN & GA for voting us SUPPLEMENTAL INSURANCE Best •of the Best Auto Repair! 39112261
5128 Hixson Pike Hixson, TN 37343 423.875.2276 www.hixsontransmission.com
INSURANCE SERVICES
• 30/60/90K Maintenance • Tire Rotation and Balancing Thank you, Chattanooga, • Brakes for voting us Best of the Best • Alignment Auto Repair! • Headlight Restoration • Emission Repair • Check Engine Light
Thank you, Chattanooga, for voting us Best of the Best Auto Repair!
5128 Hixson Pike Hixson, TN 37343 423.875.2276 www.hixsontransmission.com
ME IN- HO ICE F F O R O M E NT T IN O A PP A B LE AVAIL
39112261
10% OFF Your Next Move
5128 Hixson Pike • Hixson, TN 37343 423.875.2276 • hixsontransmission.com
39112261
423.6 98.5555 4159 RINGGOLD ROAD, STE 102
Craig A. Miller, agent/broker for 22 years
Gò0dNews for Kids
A Changed Person
T
As a child I realized that the patterns and regularity of nature were not by chance; there had to be a God who controlled the perfect timing of it all. by Charles G. Laws
he earliest recollection I have of my life was
Him. Could a human, just a little boy (or anyone for
when I was six or seven years old. I loved
that matter) come to know this Being who created the
playing outside with bushes, flowers, and nature
universe and controlled it?
around me—a trait that has followed me throughout
My family did not go to church, and I had no
my life. I enjoyed nature and did much thinking about
knowledge about what church was about. Several years
how things came to be. I knew that it was not by chance
later a lady, Mrs. B, came around the neighborhood,
and observed how nature followed cycles—cycles
which was largely unchurched, asking children to go
of beginning, cycles of growth, and cycles of death.
to church and Sunday school. She would pick them up
I looked into the skies many times and observed the
and bring them back home after it was over. I gladly
patterns there. I watched the moon as it went through
volunteered to go. Maybe I would learn of this God that
its phases and revolved around the earth, held in its
I believed existed! It wasn’t long before I encountered
position by some unknown force. The sun rose in the
John 3:16-17, the most profound statement I had ever
east and set in the west daily. The hours of daylight
heard: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one
changed from long days of sunshine to very short days
and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not
of sunshine, and the moon varied accordingly.
perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his
I looked into the night skies and saw the stars, each one following its pattern with regularity. All of this beauty and regularity could not be by chance, so I arrived at a premise that if all the patterns and regularity were controlled, there had to be a God—an all-powerful Being, who created all of this beauty
Son into the world to condemn the world but to save the world through Him” (NIV). Here the words God and Son are capitalized, meaning that not just any god, but the God who created all things. The teacher went on to explain that God sent His Son into the world to save it and gave Himself as a sacrifice because we all had sinned and come short of the glory of God. The fact that “whoever believes in him shall have eternal life” was also profound the first time I heard
and controlled
it and it still is today. The teacher gave an “altar call”
the perfect
right there in the Sunday school room to accept God’s
timing of it
Son as Lord and Savior. I thought, If someone would die
all. I knew of
for me, forgive me of all my sin, and give me eternal life, then
this God, but I
He is certainly worthy of my accepting Him. I accepted
did not know
Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior that morning. I became a changed person because now I not only knew of God and his Son, but I knew Him!
8 // April 2017
Charles G. Laws is a member of Cleveland First Church of the Nazarene. He has a B.A. degree with a major in mathematics and minors in physics and education from Austin Peay State University in Clarksville TN and a M.A. degree with a major in mathematics from The University of Tennessee (UTK). He enjoys reading, chess, walking and listening to music.
Small Miracles. Big Heart. This morning you greeted a returning missions team and welcomed a new family to your church. You put your heart into everything you do. We understand why you do what you do. That’s why we’ve developed MinistryFirst®, a customizable insurance product designed to fit the specific needs of churches like yours. And, it’s why we offer hundreds of free safety resources and services, including LegalAssistance for ministries. For free ministry resources, visit BrotherhoodMutual.com today
Hallmark Insurance
an authorized agency of
& Risk Management Solutions Brandon Hall 423-894-9497 HallmarkInsure.com Insuring America’s churches and related ministries.® | www.brotherhoodmutual.com | 800.333.3735 Property & Liability Insurance | Commercial Vehicle | Workers’ Compensation | Foreign Travel Insurance Copyright 2015 Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Company. All rights reserved. Brotherhood Mutual is licensed in most states.
“Taking the Fun out of your Refund” MONEY MATTERS WITH DR. ANDREW LEE
Dr. Andrew Lee is professor of English at Lee University. He also serves as a coordinator for Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University. He and his wife Esmerelda have three children.
I
realize my title for this column may seem
cash in a savings account solely for emergencies
depressing, like an old spinster schoolmarm
(new tires, fix the car’s alternator, buy the
carrying a ruler and patrolling the aisle of the
children’s medicine which your insurance
classroom, ready to whack any inattentive student.
won’t cover). Once you have that first thousand
But hear me out, please. A quick search online reveals
dollars in this emergency account, you should
that the average tax refund this year is $3000 per
work on saving a full three to six months’ of
taxpayer. For a married couple with two incomes,
living expenses in this same account in case of
you can do the math—quite a nice “windfall” every
a job layoff or short term disability. For most
spring. But there’s the problem. Remember that a tax
people, this would mean a cash account of
refund is not a gift; it’s your money that you allowed
between $8,000-$12,000 dollars. This allows you
the government to keep all year without paying you a
to quit using credit cards for emergencies and
cent of interest. The IRS is simply returning your own
finally cut up those cards.
money to you, yet many people are giddy over their
2. Pay off debt. In my last column, I described the
refunds as though they’d won a small lottery prize.
awkwardness of loaning your relative or friend
That attitude explains why many of us are tempted
some money, and then watching as they go on
to splurge and spend every nickel of it. Rather than
a shopping spree. If you’re the debtor, use your
going on that cruise, buying that couch or computer
refund to actually pay off your loans.
or new cell phone, I’d like to offer the following
3. Start your retirement account or kids’ college
suggestions for your tax refund (and if you’ve
fund. By depositing that tax refund into an IRA
already spent your refund on that cruise, make a
or college savings plan, you’d be amazed at the
resolution next year, to try one of these more practical
results nearly two decades later.
ideas instead). 1. Build up your emergency cash account, save it. Everyone needs at least one thousand dollars
10 // April 2017
Remember Proverbs 21:20, “a foolish man devours all he has.”
Walter L. Crox
Covenant is a family owned and operated funeral provider with five generations of funeral service Covenant is a family owned andinoperated funeral professionals specializing reasonably-priced funeral GRAVESIDE SERVICE PACKAGE______________________________________________$2795 Covenant isproducts a family owned and operated funeral services. Let the family serve in *This charge includes the transfer of deceased to the funeral home within 50Crox miles, basic services of theyou funeral provider with five and generations of funeral service director and staff, embalming, usecelebrating of equipment and stafflife for graveside service, other preparation the provider with five generations of funeral service the of your loved one with aoffairly professionals specializing in reasonably-priced funeral deceased, funeral coach to local cemetery, register book, acknowledgment cards, and 100 memorial folders. priced funeralin that meets your loved one’s wishes. professionals specializing reasonably-priced funeral products and services. Let the Crox family serveofyou in Covenant is awe family owned and At Covenant, feel that the trueoperated value afuneral funeral TRUMAN ___________________________________________________________________$695 products and services. Let Crox family serve you in Covenant is athe family owned and operated funeral provider with five generations of funeral service celebrating the life of your with a fairly not in the cost orloved style ofone the casket but in the care *20 Gauge Steel, Silver Finish,lies Oyster Crepe Interior provider with five generations of funeral service celebrating the life of your loved one with a fairly professionals specializing in reasonably-priced funeral of those who are left to mourn their loss. priced funeral that meets your loved one’s wishes. professionals specializing in reasonably-priced funeral priced funeral that meets your loved one’s wishes. products and services. Let the Crox family serve you in TOTAL______________________________________________________________________$3490 products and services. Let the Crox family serve you in At Covenant, we feel that the true value of a funeral celebrating the life true of your lovedof one a fairly At Covenant, we feel that the value a with funeral celebrating the life of your one with fairly (423) 485-0911 •loved We have own on-site crematory and invite you tocovenantfuneral.com be as involved the lies not our in the cost or style of the casket but inone’s theain care priced funeral that meets your loved wishes. lies not in the cost or style of the casket but in theprice care priced funeral that meets your loved one’s wishes. 4340 Bonny Oaks Dr. Chattanooga, TN 37416 cremation process as you wish. Call us and ask about locking in your for Covenant, we to feelmourn that the their true value a funeral of thoseAt who are left loss.of At Covenant, we feel that the true value of a funeral funeral or are transferring your existing their arrangements to us! ofarrangements those who left to mourn loss. lies not in the cost or style of the casket but in the care lies not in the cost or style of the casket but in the care of those who are left to mourn their loss. of those who are left to mourn their loss.
(423) 485-0911 • covenantfuneral.com (423) 485-0911 • covenantfuneral.com 4340 Bonny Oaks Dr. Chattanooga, TN 37416
• covenantfuneral.com (423) 485-0911 • covenantfuneral.com 4340 Bonny (423) Oaks 485-0911 Dr. Chattanooga, TN 37416 4340 Bonny Oaks Dr. Chattanooga, TN 37416 4340 Bonny Oaks Dr. Chattanooga, TN 37416
Walter L. Crox Walter L. Crox
Walter L. Crox WalterCrox, L. Crox Walter Jr. Barbara H. Crox
Barbara H. Crox Barbara H. Crox Barbara H. Crox Barbara H. Crox Ben M. Crox, III
Ben M. Crox, III Ben M. Crox, III Ben M. Crox, III Ben M. Crox, III
E aster I n T he Park At Camp Jordan East Ridge
Wed. A pril 12th — Fri. A pril 14th, 7pm Nightly Services Saturday, A pril 15th, 6pm Service
E aster Sunday Morning Sunrise Service - 7am
Special Guests Singers Jason & A dam Crabb
Community E aster Egg Hunt - Following Church Service (1pm) Free A dmission
For More Information Call Pastor K aylon Hughes Concessions Available 706-313-3489
Gò0dNews for Men
Dear 19-Year-Old Me by Darren Schalk
D
ear Nineteen-Year-Old Me, Last night I played softball for the first
time in several years. It wasn’t pretty. And a
I miss your smooth, unwrinkled face and fluid joints. I miss your ability to eat everything and not gain a pound. I miss your head full of hair and your hairless
friend who’s only slightly older than me went down
nose and ears. Makes me wonder what else happened
hard with a pulled hamstring. I was not so unfortunate,
while I was sleeping. Have I shrunk a couple inches?
although my hamstrings are screaming at me today.
Did my IQ drop? If so, how would I ever know? Have my
Which reminds me, who decided to call them hamstrings? I always picture a bunch of pigs playing stringed instruments when I hear that word—like a piggy string
fingernails stopped growing? Do I no longer love duck-billed platypuses? (We can safely rule that one out, I still love them—dodged that bullet.) This whole aging thing is scary.
ensemble.
So, how does one age
Today I had to take
gracefully? Seems like it’s
several headshots for
an impossibility to me. An
upcoming events. When I
improbable equation. I will
had the chance to review
most definitely not be aging
them, I was not pleased.
gracefully, but maybe you
I looked old and chubby.
can. I will go down into
What happened to you,
the annals of life kicking
nineteen-year-old me?
and screaming. Of course,
When did these wrinkles
it probably won’t last long
around my eyes become so
because I’m sure as I kick, I
pronounced? When did my
will pull a hamstring while an
gut start poking out? When did hair start leaving my head and migrating south to my ears and nose? When did I start grunting every time I stand up? When did you become me? Last week I started performing interviews for an
ensemble of pigs plays Beethoven in the background. But I won’t be able to hear them. My hearing will be gone by then. Aging disgracefully, Thirty-something-year-old you
assistant. When did I become a professional, conducting interviews and searching for assistants? When did
Adapted from Darren’s book, Dear God We Need To Talk
life creep up on me? When did I cross the line from
Permission granted by Charisma House Media©
“boydom” to manhood? It all apparently happened
Available on Amazon or locally at White Wing Bookstore
while I was sleeping, unbeknownst to me. I thought I was still you, nineteen-year-old me. But I’m not you anymore. Now I’m me. And I really, really miss you.
12 // April 2017
Darren Schalk is lead pastor of Keith Street Ministries, curriculum editor for the Church of God of Prophecy, and the author of Dear God We Need To Talk. He has been featured on radio and television programs across the nation discussing topics of faith and discipleship. Find out more at DarrensChalk.com or ksm.church.
ALL ORK, AVE HE
Live Independently in Assisted Living
N!
Dedicated to service
n.com
5901 Snow Hill Road | BridgeatOoltewah.com
Making Sense of Your Abortion Experience
offering healing and hope
Offering hope and healing through support groups and individual counseling
423-510-0600
6009 International Drive 8009
423-843-9950 5520 Hixson Pike
423-855-8030
services confidential counseling | compassionate, non-judgmental support validation of your experience | intimate care groups ongoing encouragement
Chapman Drive
423-478-2700 Cleveland, Tennessee
846 McCallie Avenue | Chattanooga, TN 37403
[423] 266-8322 | www.arisecounseling.org all calls confidential
86091
Be a part of a community that encourages healthy living. At The Bridge at Ooltewah, our guests stay young at heart with state-of-the-art fitness equipment and wellness programs all within a beautiful, resort-style environment. Call 423.760.8540 to schedule your tour today!
Gò0dNews for Women
Step Away from the Measuring Stick!
Accepting God’s Word and His presence recalculates all of our self-inflicted benchmark values. by Alicia Klepper measure—dollars, sometimes cents, jean size,
W
declares, "God is who He says He is! God can do what
height, time of the day, people who like us;
He says He can do!" is the only meter we need to be
ith so many quantities and things to
Faith—that pure, sometimes wobbly, position that
and people who don't. Then contributions, donations,
reading. So when the scales, the budgets, the sizes,
gas in the tank, vacation days, disposable incomes,
the incomes and the reports, and the numbers don't
overwhelming outcomes appraisal of a home, and upside
measure up to what we were expecting or hoping for,
down value of a car are enough to leave even the blessed
let's appraise it all next to the magnitude of our God.
of the blessed feeling like they're always coming up
The One who measures limitless in His faithfulness,
short. Who said all that mattered anyway? Since when do
infinite in His love, immeasurable in His ability,
numbers hold value over God's words? And if you have
unceasing in His mercy, and boundless in His provision.
reached the mature place where none of it gets to you, I
Instead of gauging what we see with the instrument of
can't relate. But I hope to meet you there one day. Save
our feeble perspectives, let's calculate our circumstance
me a seat, I'm on my way.
next to a God who can't be measured.
Occupied with not measuring up in a particular area,
A wise woman once comforted me with these
I came across a sign that read, "God's not checking your
words: "It's only numbers. And they all belong to Him
bank account, He's checking your faith." This made me
anyway," (Carol Oswalt, my mom).
realize that's it's not only my figures that are skewed, but I'm gauging the wrong things entirely. Even if every measuring stick we carry around in our minds lined up to our ideal expectations, we are still completely and
So let's step away from our measuring stick of how things should look and how they don't by picking up God's Word, the only genuine standard of measurement for our lives. When we accept it,
sorely lacking if faith isn't our exclusive mile-marker and
His word and His presence recalculates all of
God isn't our sole source of satisfaction.
our self-inflicted benchmarks of value, so that we will come to see that what is of worth is found completely in Him. “And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. Now all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to Him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen” (Eph. 3:18-21 NLT).
14 // April 2017
Alicia Klepper and her husband Mark have been married for 15 years. They have 3 children and are active members at Peerless Road Church of God of Prophecy.
Eugene Pike, President • Stephen Pike, Vice President
84 Years of Service 1933-2017
Comfort. Freedom. Peace of Mind. While growing older can allow for a more relaxed lifestyle, it can also present new obstacles and challenges. Maxim Healthcare Services can help you or your loved one take the first step towards finding the support needed at home to continue to maintain a safe, independent, and enjoyable lifestyle.
Why Choose Maxim?
24-hour availability, including holidays and weekends Flexible payment options Acceptance of most major insurances, workers’ compensation, long-term care, and private pay Trained, screened, and credentialed caregivers Free, comprehensive in-home evaluation Accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) A dependable nationwide provider of skilled homecare and companion services
Contact Us Today for More Information! A representative is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to answer your questions.
6142 Shallowford Road, Suite 103 Chattanooga, TN 37421 Phone: 423-553-5530 • Fax: 423-553-5558; chattanoogaoffice@maxhealth.com
w w w. m ax i m ho m e c a r e . c o m
EOE
Gò0dNews for your Taste Buds
Embrace a More Abundant Life
“I
by Deana Thompson
have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10 NKJV). That is the reason Jesus came as an infant on that
night so long ago: that they (we) may have life; and that it wouldn’t just be a barely-making-it life or a run-of-the-mill life, but that it would be a life more abundant than anything we have ever heard about or experienced. He came so that we would not have to go through life dead on the inside, either because people have snuffed out our desire to live through their words or actions, or because we have chosen to let our feelings, our emotions, our life, die so that we don’t have to feel the pain anymore. That is not how Jesus wants us to live. He left heaven to experience this fallen, sin-sick world so that we may have abundant life. He was executed so that we may have abundant life. And, as we will celebrate this month, He was resurrected by the power of God (see 1 Cor. 6:14) so that we may have abundant life. His resurrected life is infinitely more than the mere rabbits and dyed chicken eggs that people have attempted to associate with Easter. Because He lives, we also live (see John 14:19). This abundant life, however, does not end when we take our last breath. As He told Martha before His death,
Chicken Gnocchi Soup 1 Tbsp. olive oil
1 Tbsp. unsalted butter 1 medium onion, diced 3 stalks celery, diced 2 carrots, grated 2 garlic cloves, minced 6 c. chicken broth 1 lb. cooked chicken (3 c.), cut into bite-sized pieces ½ tsp. salt ½ tsp. freshly-ground black pepper 1/8 tsp. poultry seasoning 1/8 tsp. sage 1/8 tsp. dried basil 1/8 tsp. dried oregano 16-oz. pkg. gnocchi 6-oz. pkg. fresh baby spinach, coarsely chopped 2 c. evaporated milk 4 Tbsp. cold water 4 Tbsp. cornstarch
Directions:
1. In a large pot, heat the olive oil and butter. Add the
“I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me,
onion, celery, carrots, and garlic.
though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and
utes until tender.
believes in Me shall never die” (John 11:25-26 NKJV). The
Sauté 3-4 min-
2. Add the chicken broth, cooked chicken, spices, and
abundant life doesn’t stop; it just changes location. Don’t
gnocchi. Boil slowly for 3-4 minutes until the gnoc-
let His coming be for naught in your life. Embrace life.
chi float. 3. Add the spinach and evaporated milk, stirring well. 4. In a small bowl, combine the cold water and cornstarch and stir until smooth. Pour into the soup and heat until thickened.
16 // March 2017
Building Trust. Reducing Stress. Delivering Reliability. Around The World.
Chattanooga’s Trusted Local Moving and Storage Company Providing value-driven moving services to families and businesses in the Chattanooga area and across the country ■ Local ■ National ■ International
IN-YOUR-FACE
FAMILY FUN FREE Child's Admission
With the purchase of one adult admission. Not valid for special events. Not valid with other offers or prior purchases.
423.643.3720
Chattanooga.ArmstrongRelocation.com
Gò0dNews Christian Magazine
Volunteers in Medicine’s passionate group of volunteers offered 6,814 hours of service last year making 5,241 patient visits possible.
Now Recruiting Volunteers! Doctors Nurses
Our dedicated team of compassionate volunteers all share common qualities. They enjoy interacting with a variety of people, are passionate about helping those in need, and serve with hearts of caring and compassion. They have positive attitudes and share a common commitment to care for our needy patients with dignity, courtesy, and consideration. We love our volunteers and are always looking for more. Check us out at www.vim-chatt.org!
Lab Techs Administrative
Volunteers in Medicine is a free primary health care clinic for qualified, low income and uninsured residents of Greater Chattanooga. Medical care is delivered by volunteer doctors and nurses. VIM is funded by individuals, businesses, foundations, and churches. All these sources view VIM as a domestic mission, and are investing in the health of our community. No government funding is part of the VIM revenue stream.
Chattanooga Church Directory Anglican
Anglican Church of the Redeemer 423.892.1101 104 McBrien Rd, 37411
Assembly of God
Calvary Church 423.629.1200 1212 South Seminole Drive, 37412 Fresh Fire Awakening 423.255.3103 Chattanooga, 37421
Baptist Bayside Baptist Church 423-344-8327 6100 Hwy 58 Harrison, TN 37416 Covenant Baptist Church 423.892.5542 1640 N. Joiner Rd, 37421 Duncan Park Baptist Church 706.899.3707 1609 Glowmont Dr, 37412 New Haven Baptist Church 423.855.4910 1058 Graysville Rd, 37421 Middle Cross Baptist Church 423.877.5742 4009 Norcross Rd, 37343 Heritage Baptist Church 423.499.5060 2934 Hickory Valley Rd, 37421 Ridgeview Baptist Church 423.899.1530 6 Moore Rd, 37411 Spring Creek Road Baptist 423.894.0700 1312 Spring Creek Rd, 37412 Alpine Baptist Church 423.875.3522 4720 Stagg Rd, 37415 Ashland Terrace Baptist Church 423.877.4392 906 Ashland Terrace, 37415 Avondale Baptist Church 423.344.2208 5479 Hwy 58, 37416 Bartle Baugh Baptist Church 423.344.5207 6129 Champion Rd, 37416 Berean Baptist Church 423.629.1634 1614 Kirby Ave, 37404 Bethel Baptist Church 423.875.9107 632 Lullwater Rd, 37405 Bethlehem Baptist Church 423.266.5484 101 Lawn St, 37405 Bible Way Baptist Church 423.624.2149 2003 Elmendorf St, 37406
18 // April 2017
Brainerd Baptist Church 423.624.2606 300 Brookfield Ave, 37411 Brainerd Hills Baptist Church 423.892.6645 6611 East Brainerd Rd, 37421 Calvary Baptist Church 423.875.8154 5201 Dayton Blvd, 37415 Central Baptist Church 423.624.4678 901 Woodmore Ln, 37411 Charity Baptist Church 423.267.6576 2340 Rossville Blvd, 37408 Clifton Hill Baptist Church 423.867.4887 3616 Rossville Blvd, 37407 Concord Baptist Church 423.892.9313 7025 East Brainerd Rd, 37421 East Brainerd Baptist Church 423.892.4235 1047 Graysville Rd, 37421 East Lake Baptist Church 423.698.1597 3315 12th Ave, 37407 East Ridge Baptist Church 423.698.2421 4201 Ringgold Rd, 37412 Edgewood Baptist Church 423.629.5821 3604 Ringgold Road, 37412 Empowerment Church 423.355.5576 1203 Blocker Lane, 37412 Faith Baptist Church 423.344.9712 8834 North Hickory Valley, 37416 Fellowship Baptist Church 423.894.8080 5335 Clemons Rd, 37412 First Baptist Church 423.265.2257 401 Gateway Ave, 37402 First Baptist Church 423.629.1950 1228 Latta St, 37406 First Baptist Church 423.265.3229 506 East 8th St., 37403 First Calvary Baptist Church 423.267.5159 300 Bell Ave, 37405 Grace Baptist Church 423.892.4869 7815 Shallowford Rd, 37421 Greater Beulah Baptist Church 423.624.0418 1301 Commerce St, 37404 Harmony Baptist Church 423.629.9660 3832 Youngstown Rd, 37406
Hickory Valley Baptist Church 423.892.1916 2320 Hickory Valley Rd, 37421 Church of the Highlands 423.493.4111 6621 Hunter Road, Harrison, TN 37341 Hillcrest Baptist Church 423.867.2812 3300 East 42nd St, 37407 Independent Baptist Church 423.875.3054 2624 Lyndon Ave, 37412 International Baptist Church 423.624.8638 1512 Old Ringgold Rd, 37404 Kings Point Baptist Church 423.624.5202 2834 Harrison Pike, 37403 Kingwood Baptist Church 423.624.7301 3522 Ringgold Rd, 37412 LifeSpring Baptist Church 423.892.8469 1701 Hickory Valley Road, 3742 New Hope Missionary Baptist Church 423.697.7000 3777 Wilcox Blvd, 37411 North River Bible Baptist 423.313.2658 4810 EB Hixson Pike {Suite 106) Hixson, TN 37343 Lookout Valley Baptist Church 423.825.5335 23 Lilac Ave, 37419 Macedonia Baptist Church 423.267.6915 1156 East Main St, 374081 Mission Ridge Baptist Church 423.624.0424 302 Shallowford Rd, 37411 Morris Hill Baptist Church 423.892.2071 1804 Morris Hill Rd, 37421 Mount Paran Baptist Church 423.629.2377 1319 Moss Dr, 37411 New Grace Baptist Church 423.899.5510 7861 Lee Hwy, 37421 Orchard Knob Baptist Church 423.629.6115 1734 East 3rd St, 37404 Philadelphia Baptist Church 423.629.5786 2230 East 18th St, 37404 Pilgrim Rock Baptist Church 423.894.7548 1726 Church Rd, 37421 Pleasant Hill Baptist Church 423.892.0237 1441 Crawford Rd, 37421
Prospect Baptist Church 423.698.4149 734 Dodson Ave, 37404 Resurrected Reformed Baptist 423.698.8086 2230 East 18th Street, 37404 Ridgedale Baptist Church 423.499.0994 1831 Hickory Valley Road, 37421 Rose of Sharon Baptist Church 423.629.9534 2001 Blackford St, 37404 Second Baptist Church 423.629.6039 1619 East Main St, 37404 Shiloh Baptist Church 423.267.3131 1708 Carr St, 37408 Silverdale Baptist Church 423.892.2173 7236 Bonny Oaks Dr, 37421 Standifer Gap Baptist Church 423.892.8596 8159 Standifer Gap Rd, 37421 Stanley Heights Baptist Church 423.867.8060 1512 Mcbrien Rd, 37412 Temple Baptist Church 423.622.1913 3200 Rossville Blvd, 37407 Terra Vista Baptist Church 423.892.3879 4412 Oakwood Dr, 37416 Tucker Baptist Church 423.510.9684 1115 North Moore Rd, 37411 Washington Park Baptist 423.899.9408 1823 Shepherd Rd, 37421 Westview Baptist Church 423.899.0127 9516 East Brainerd Rd, 37421 Woodland Park Baptist Church 423.899.9185 6735 Standifer Gap Rd, 37421
Church of God East Chattanooga COG 423.894.7926 4924 Hwy 58, 37416 East Lake Church of God 423.698.6522 2949 East 29th St, 37407 Brainerd Hills Church of God 423.892.2092 410 Friar Rd, 37421 City Church of Chattanooga 423.894.6982 7122 Lee Hwy, 37421 Church of God of Prophecy 423.899.4074 3927 Webb Rd, 37416 Church of God of Prophecy
423.894.0597 2201 Hickory Valley Rd, 37421 Church of God Seventh Day 423.899.5490 7504 Old Lee Hwy, 37421 East Brainerd Church of God 423.899.4755 8312 East Brainerd Rd, 37421 The Crossing Church 423.867.7287 7501 Standifer Gap Rd, 37421 East Side Church of God 423.624.8797 2105 Citico Ave, 37404 Fellowship Church of God 423.867.3194 3426 Clio Ave, 37407 Holy Temple Church of God 423.629.2649 2311 Bliss St, 37406 Joyful Noise Church of God 423.698.1813 1614 Foust St, 37404 Omega Harvest Church 423.875.0033 4904 Dayton Blvd, 37415 Pure Holiness Church of God 423.622.4667 420 North Holly St, 37404 Redemption Point 423-855-7321 3831 Ooltewah-Ringgold Rd. Ooltewah, TN 37363 Redemption Point Highland Park 423.855.7321 1907 Bailey Ave, 37404 Temple of Faith Church of God 423.698.2700 2139 East 27th 37407 Church of God of the Union Assembly 706.313.3489 1014 Spring Creek Rd, 37412 United Temple Church of God 423.624.1037 2418 Dodson Ave, 37406 Vision Church of God 423.624.7170 4901 Midland Pike, 37411 Word Center Church of God 423.867.3330 4803 13th Ave, 37407
Nazarene Alton Park Church of the Nazarene 423.756.2468 4004 Dorris St, 37410 Calvary Church of the Nazarene 423.892.5771 4400 Bonny Oaks Dr, 37416 East Brainerd Church of the Nazarene 423.499.8643 8101 East Brainerd Rd, 37421 East Ridge Church of the Nazarene 423.894.8656 1202 Spring Creek Rd, 37412 First Church of the Nazarene 423.624.2679
2099 East Main St, 37404
Community Church Cosmopolitan Community Church 423.622.3217 3031 Wilcox Blvd, 37411 Friendship Community Church 423.698.3471 7 North Tuxedo Dr, 37411 Metropolitan Community Church 423.629.2737 1601 Foust St, 37404
Lutheran
Ascension Lutheran Church 423.698.5047 720 South Germantown Rd, 37412 First Lutheran Church 423-629-5990; www.first4u.org 2800 McCallie Avenue Chattanooga, TN 37404 Good Shepherd Lutheran 423.629.4661 www.gslcflock.org 822 Belvoir Ave, 37412 Saint Phillip Lutheran Church 423.267.1475 51 West 25th St, 37408
Methodist Jones Memorial UMC 423.624.6073 4131 Ringgold Rd, 37412 Mount Crest UMC 423.881.4165 8206 Cicero Tr, 37421 St John UMC 423.892.2257 3921 Murray Hills Dr, 37416 Wesley Memorial UMC 423.892.6446 6314 E. Brainerd Rd, 37421 East Ridge UMC Pastor Ken Sauer 423-892-8451; eastridgeumc.org 1601 Prater Road, East Ridge, TN 37412 Stanley UMC 423.624.6729 501 Dodson Ave, 37404 Washington Hills UMC 423.892.8050 6216 Hadley Dr, 37416 Cleveland Trinity UMC 423.892.6926 9028 Warbler Ln, 37421 East Lake UMC 423.624.4921 2903 East 37th St, 37407 St Elmo UMC 423.490.7039 4626 St. Elmo Avenue, 37409 Lake Vista UMC 423.892.4941 6216 Hadley Dr, 37416 Saint Mary CME Church 423.622.2742 1417 Wheeler Ave, 37406
Sheares Memorial UMC 423.855.2004 515 Airport Rd, 37421 Sheares Memorial UMC 423.698.4114 400 Glenwood Dr, 37404 Tyner UMC 423.892-0444 6805 Standifer Gap Rd, 37421
Non-Denominational Christian Family Church 423.774.8888 88 Hunt Drive Rossville, GA 30741 Celebration Church 423.892.8979 6425 Lee Highway, 37421 The Sacred Heart Mission of Chattanooga 423.238.3835 3914 St Elmo Ave, 37409 Free To Worship Revival Center 423-650-9172 9966 Lovell Rd, 37379 Faith Connection Church 423.933.6986 7312 Shallowford Rd, 37421 Metropolitan Tabernacle 423.894.3377 2101 West Shepherd Rd, 37422 Carpenters Cowboy Church 423.867.4232 3616 Rossville Blvd, 37407 Brainerd Hills Chapel Church 423.899.3098 5931 Pinegrove Tr, 37421 Chattanooga Church 423.892.2888 6188 Adamson Circle, 37416 Christian Church of Hope 423.855.0767 2330 Hickory Valley Rd, 37421 Church of Jesus 423.629.5051 2118 Wilson St, 37406 Church of the First Born 423.756.0704 3418 St Elmo Ave, 37409 Church of the Lord Jesus 423.265.8235 200 West 19th St, 37408 Mount Summit of Peace Church 423.899.0434 6925 Shallowford Rd, 37421 New Covenant Church 423.867.2121 3700 Clio Ave, 37407 New Covenant Fellowship Church 423.899.8001 1326 North Moore Road, 37411 Walker Avenue First Church 423.622.2982 2101 Walker St, 37404 Worlds Church of the Living God 423.622.2992 2110 Glass St, 37406
Pentecostal Emanuel Pentecostal Church 423.821.5261 4204 Ohls Ave, 37410 Sharon Pentecostal Church 423.867.7088 1400 East 48th St, 37407 Virtuous Church Pastor Richard O. Smith 5952 Brainerd Road Chattanooga, TN 37412 (423)521-4440 www.virtuouschurch.org Word of Pentecost Church 423.624.2620 1722 Newton St, 37406
Presbyterian First Cumberland Presbyterian 423.698.2556 1505 North Moore Rd, 37411 Central Presbyterian Church 423.629.1401 1815 McCallie Ave, 37404 Covenant Presbyterian Church 423.899.5377 8451 East Brainerd Rd, 37421 East Ridge Presbyterian Church 423.867.2717 4919 Court Dr, 37412 First Presbyterian Church 423.267.1206 554 McCallie Ave, 37402 New Hope Presbyterian Church 423.892.0853 7301 Shallowford Rd, 37421 North Minster Presbyterian 423.894.3773 4791 Hal Dr, 37416 St Elmo Presbyterian Church 423.821.1424 4400 St Elmo Ave, 37409 Second Presbyterian Church 423.266.2828 700 Pine St, 37402
Vineyard Vineyard Christian Fellowship 423.704.2188 10615 London Ln, 37302
Seventh-Day Collegedale Community 9503 Four Corners Place Collegedale, TN 37363 Hamilton County Church 7997 Shallowford Rd, 37421 Orchard Park SDA Church 423.698.0707 951 N. Orchard Knob Ave, 37404
Wesleyan Faith Community Wesleyan 7725 Shallowford Road Chattanooga, TN 37421
issuu.com/goodnewschatt // 19
7 1 20 R E MM
SU MPS CA
Where The Love Of Jesus Christ Makes A Life-Changing Impact On Children
Daily Field Trips
JUNE 5 - AUGUST 4 Boys & Girls Ages 5-12
423.892.8224 ext. 2 campgrace@mygracechatt.org
SUMMER CAMP
ALPINE CAMP FOR BOYS
• P.O. Box 297 Mentone, AL 35984 • (256) 634-4404 • alpinecamp.com • summer@alpinecamp.com • Ages: 6-9 (Week 1), and 10-13 (Week 2), and 14 and up can apply to be counselors and attend camp at no charge, if they are accepted. • Boys/Girls: Boys
ART CREATIONS CHILDREN’S SUMMER ART CAMP
Summer Adventure Camp Every Day a New Adventure!
• 7351 Commons Blvd. Chattanooga, TN 37421 • (423) 531-7606 • art-creations.com • artcreationsclasses@gmail.com • Ages: 7-14 • Boys/Girls: Both
BASECAMP AT BACHMAN ACADEMY
• 414 Brymer Creek Rd. McDonald, TN 37353 • (866) 397-CAMP • bachmansummer.org • basecamp@bachmanacademy.org • Ages: 12-17 • Boys/Girls: Both
BAYLOR SCHOOL SUMMER PROGRAMS
• 171 Baylor School Rd. Chattanooga, TN • (423) 267-8505 ext 336 or (423) 757-2616 • baylorschool.org/summer • carol_huckaby@baylorschoo.org • Ages: 5-16 • Boys/Girls: Both
BELVOIR CHRISTIAN ACADEMY SUMMER CAMPS
• 800 Belvoir Ave. Chattanooga, TN 37412 • (423) 622-3755 • bcalions.org • admissions@bcalions.org • Ages: PK3 – Rising 8th Graders • Boys/Girls: Both
BEREAN ACADEMY DAY CAMP
• 441 Berean Ln. Hixson, TN 37343 • (423) 877-1288 • bereanacademy.net • stewartl@bereanacademy.net • Ages: 3-12 • Boys/Girls: Both
Boating & Rafting Tours, Sailing, Geology & Nature Hikes, Outdoor Education, & more Weeklong day camps running June 12, 19, 26 & July 10, 17
BOYD BUCHANAN SCHOOL SUMMER PROGRAMS
• 4650 Buccaneer Tr. Chattanooga, TN 37411 • (423) 622-6177 • bbschoo.org • harmonj@bereanacademy.net • Ages: 3-17 • Boys/Girls: Both
423.800.4644 | southeasternadventuretours.com
BRAINERD BAPTIST SCHOOL SUMMER CAMP
• 300 Brookfield Ave. Chattanooga, TN 37411 • (423) 424-1141 • brainerdbaptistschool.org • ccreed@brainerdbaptist.org • Ages: Summer Care: 3-Rising Kindergarteners • Summer Camp: Rising 1st Graders-Exiting 5th Graders • Boys/Girls: Both
BRIGHT DAYS AT THE BRIGHT SCHOOL
• 1950 McDade Ln. Chattanooga, TN 37405 • (423) 267-8546 • brightschool.com/summer • summer@brightschool.com • Ages: 3 (By Aug 1) – 8 (or rising 3rd grader) • Boys/Girls: Both
CAMP GRACE AT GRACE BAPTIST ACADEMY
• 7815 Shallowford Rd. Chattanooga, TN 37421 • (423) 892-8224, ext 3 • gracechatt.org • campgrace@mygracechatt.org • Ages: 5-12 & CILT (Counselor in Leadership Training) Program for ages 13+ • Boys/Girls: Both
CAMP INVENTION
• Various locations throughout Chattanooga • (800) 968-4332 • campinvention.org • campinvention@invent.org • Ages: K-6th Grade • Boys/Girls: Both
CAMP JOE JOE’S THE CLAY POT
• 1311 Hanover St. Chattanooga, TN 37405 • (423) 265-2007 • dirtfromtheclaypotblog.com • theclaypotreview@comcast.net • Ages: 4-12 • Boys/Girls: Both
CAMP JULIETTE LOW
• 321 Camp Juliette Low Rd. Cloudland, GA 30731 • (706) 862-2169 • cjl.org • info@cjl.org • Ages: 7-17 • Boys/Girls: Girls
CAMP SIGNAL
• 109 Germantown Rd. Chattanooga, TN 38411 • (423) 698-8528 • signalcenters.org/programs/ • monica_stone@signalcenters.org • Ages: 3-22 • Boys/Girls: Both
3 Years Old Through Exiting 5th Grade Children
CAMP SKYLINE
• 4888 Alabama Hwy. 117 Mentone, AL 35984 • (800) 448-9279 • campskyline.com • info@campskyline.com • Ages: 6-16 • Boys/Girls: Girls
CAMP WOODMONT
• 381 Moonlight Dr. Cloudland, GA 30731 • (423) 472-6070 • campwoodmont.com • Alyson@campwoodmont.com • Ages: 6-14 • Boys/Girls Both
CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SUMMER CAMPS
• 3354 Charger Dr. Chattanooga, TN 37409 • (423) 265-6411 • ccsk12.com/summer-camps • summerprograms@ccsk12.com • Ages: PK4 – 12th Grade • Boys/Girls: Both
CHATTANOOGA ZOO CAMP
• 301 N. Holtzclaw Ave. Chattanooga, TN 37404 • (423) 697-1322 • chattzoo.org • education@chattzoo.org • Ages: PK – 8th Grade • Boys/Girls: Both
COHUTTA SPRINGS YOUTH CAMP
• P.O. Box 12000 Calhoun, GA 30703 • (706) 602-7346 • cs-yc.com • campinfo@gccsda.com • Ages: 7-18 • Boys/Girls: Both
CREATIVE DISCOVERY MUSEUM FRIENDS DISCOVERY CAMP/ SUMMER CAMPS
• 321 Chestnut St. Chattanooga, TN 37402 • (423) 648-6045 • cdmfun.org • san@cdmfun.org • Ages: Discovery Camp: 7-10; 11-12 • Summer Camps: 4-5 (half-day preschool camp); 5-12; 10-14 • Boys/Girls:Both
FIRST CUMBERLAND DAYPLAYERS SUMMER CAMP
• 1505 North Moore Rd. Chattanooga, TN 37411 • (423) 698-2556 • firstcumberland.com • office@firstcumberaland.com • Ages: 5-13 • Boys/Girls: Both
GPS SUMMER PROGRAMS
• 205 Island Ave. Chattanooga, TN 37405 • (423) 634-3457 • gps.edu • summerprograms@gps.edu • Ages: 4-17 • Boys/Girls: Girls
HICKORY VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SUMMER CAMPS
• 6605 Shallowford Rd. Chattanooga, TN 37421 • (423) 894-3200 • hvcs.org • lputman@hvcs.org • Ages: 4 years- Rising 5th Graders • Boys/Girls: Both
HIGH POINT DOWNTOWN’S SUMMER ROCK CAMP
• 1007 Appling St. Chattanooga, TN 37402 • (423) 602-7625 • highpointcliming.com/downtown/prgrams/camps • info@highpointclimbing.com • Ages: 5-14 • Boys/Girls: Both
HIGH POINT RIVERSIDE’S SUMMER ROCK CAMP
YMCA SUMMER DAY CAMP MAY 22 - AUgUSt 4 YMCA Day Camp is the place to be for the Best Summer Ever! Your child will have a well-rounded camp experience that will help them live, learn and thrive. Healthy eating, a variety of activities, outdoor fun, reading and a caring staff – register now!
#BestSummerEver ymcachattanooga.org/programs/children/day-camp You can also register today for
info@campocoee.com 423.338.5588
campocoee.com
• 1007 Appling St. Chattanooga, TN 37406 • (423) 475-6578 • highpointclimbing.com/riverside/programs/camps • riverside@highpointclimbing.com • Ages: 5-14 • Boys/Girls: Both
HUNTER MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART SUMMER ART CAMPS
• 10 Bluff View Ave. Chattanooga, TN 37404 • (423) 752-2051 • huntermuseum.org/summer-camp • rveal@huntermuseum.org • Ages: 3-14 • Boys/Girls: Both
JUNIOR AND TEEN DAY RAIL CAMP AT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY RAILROAD MUSEUM • 4119 Cromwell Rd. Chattanooga, TN 37421 • (423) 894-8028 • tvrail.com • jennis@tvrail.com • Ages: 7-18 • Boys/Girls: Both
LEARNINGRX BRAIN CAMP
• Downtown and East Brainerd locations • (423) 305-1599 • learningrx.com/Chattanooga-east • chattanoogaeast.tn@learningrx.net • Ages: 8-14 • Boys/Girls: Both
MCCALLIE SCHOOL SUMMER PROGRAMS
ST. ANDREW’S-SEWANEE SCHOOL (SAS) SUMMER
NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL “CAMP LIKE A CHAMPION”
ST. NICHOLAS SCHOOL SUMMER CAMP
• 500 Dodds Ave. Chattanooga, TN 37404 • (423) 493-5886 • mccalliesummercamps.com • mwood@mccallie.org • Ages 5-16 • Boys/Girls: Both, varies by camp
• 2701 Vermont Ave. Chattanooga, TN 37404 • (423) 624-4618 • myndhs.com • summercamp@myndhs.com • Ages: Rising K – Rising 8th Graders • Boys/Girls: Both
PRIMROSE SCHOOLS SUMMER CAMPS
EAST BRAINERD • 1619 Gunbarrel Rd. Chattanooga, TN 37421 • (423) 499-5584 • primroseeastbrainerd.com • hmiller@primroseeastbrainerd.com HIXSON • 5170 Preschool Ln. Hixson, TN 37343 • (423) 870-4840 • primrosehixson.com • ctownsend@primrosehixson.com • Ages: 5-12 • Boys/Girls: Both
PRIVATEER YOUTH SAILING SUMMER CAMP
• 4713 Privateer Rd. Hixson, TN 37343 • (423) 432-6501 • privateeryachtclub.org • steve@optistuff.com • Ages: 8-17 • Boys/Girls: Both
REFLECTION RIDING ARBORETUM & NATURE CENTER SUMMER CAMP • 400 Garden Rd. Chattanooga, TN 37419 • (423) 821-1160 • reflectionriding.org • education@reflectionriding.org • Ages: 5-13 • Boys/Girls: Both
RIVERVIEW CAMP FOR GIRLS
• 757 County Rd. 614 Mentone, AL 35984 • (800) 882-0722 • riverviewcamp.com • info@riverviewcamp.com • Ages: 6-16 • Boys/Girls: Girls
SKYUKA HALL “BRIDGING THE ACADEMIC GAP”
• 1200 Mountain Creek Rd. Ste. 300 Chattanooga, TN • (423) 877-9711 • skyukahall.org • lblazek@skyukahall.org • Ages: K – Rising 10th Graders • Boys/Girls: Both
• 290 Quintard Rd. Sewanee, TN 37375 • (931) 598-5651 • sasweb.org/summer • sbergman@sasweb.org • Ages: 6 – Adults • Boys/Girls: Both • 7525 Min Tom Dr. Chattanooga, TN • (423) 894-6485 or (423) 899-1999 • stns.org • kleckenby@stns.org • Ages: 4-12 • Boys/Girls: Both
SUMMER ADVENTURE CAMP
• 1117 Dayton Blvd. Chattanooga, TN 37405 • (423) 800-4644 • southeasternadventuretours.com • director@southeasternadventuretours.com • Ages: 7-14 • Boys/Girls: Both
TECHTOWN SUMMER CAMPS
• 1100 Market St. 2nd Floor Chattanooga, TN 37402 • (423) 308-7730 • gotechtown.org • contact@gotechtown.org • Ages: 7-17 • Boys/Girls: Both
UTC CHALLENGER STEM LEARNING CENTER SUMMER SPACE CAMPS
• 855 E. Fifth St. Chattanooga, TN 37403 • (423) 425-2284 • utc.edu/challengercenter • wanda-budan@utc.edu • Ages: 4-14 • Boys/Girls: Both
VALLEY VIEW RANCH EQUESTRIAN CAMP FOR GIRLS
• 606 Valley View Ranch Rd. Cloudland, GA 30731 • (706) 862-2231 • valleyviewranch.com • info@valleyviewranch.com • Ages: 8-17 • Boys/Girls: Girls
VESPER POINT
• 3216 Leek Pk. Soddy-Daisy, TN 37379 • (423) 648-7936 • vesperpoint.org • cvp@vesperpoint.org • Ages: Rising 3rd Graders – Rising 10th Graders • Boys/Girls: Both
YMCA CAMP OCOEE
• 111 YMCA Dr. Ocoee, TN 37361 • (423) 338-5588 • campocoee.com • info@campocoee.com • Ages: 7-17 • Boys/Girls: Both
Church Activities & Events City Church Chattanooga
Grace Baptist Church
APRIL 14TH // GOOD FRIDAY // 7:00 PM APRIL 15TH // EASTER SERVICE + AFTER PARTY // 6:00 PM APRIL 16TH // SUNRISE SERVICE // 7:00 AM APRIL 16TH // EASTER SERVICE // 9:15 AM APRIL 16TH // EASTER SERVICE // 11:00 AM
April 14th at 6:00pm - This Jewish ritual is held every year to mark Passover and the Israelites’ Exodus from Egypt. Fred Bennett will explain the symbolism behind the different foods and customs, as well as how the life and death of Christ parallels many of these rituals.
Brainerd Baptist Church
New City Fellowship
Easter Weekend
Spring Garden Party
Thursday, April 13 • COST $15 5:30pm: Tour of Tables & Appetizers, 6:30pm: Dinner, 7:15pm: Program & Special Speaker. LOCATION:BX Gym CONTACT Deb Parsons dparsons@comcast.net. • Tickets available now through hostesses only. • General ticket sales begin April 1 at the Welcome Desk in each venue.Childcare is only offered to single moms and those with dads who work. The last day to sign up for childcare is April 2.The Spring Garden Party is our annual women’s ministry fellowship dinner. Our special guest speaker this year is Jan Silvious.
SEDER
Hope for the Inner City’s “Visions of Hope” Banquet
Tuesday April 25, 2017 - FREE- RSVP: (423) 698-3178 Starts: 6:00 PM Ends: 8:00 AM Location: 1800 Roanoke Ave, Chattanooga. Guest Speaker, Randy Nabors.
Silverdale Baptist Church Annual Golf Tournament
4-Person Select Shot Tournament at Bear Trace at Harrison Bay. Help send our youth on mission trips to Memphis, the Dominican Republic, & the Czech Republic. Cost $125 per player (Includes green fee, cart, range balls, breakfast, lunch, & gifts).
FEATURED COVER STORY
Life Care Center of East Ridge
T
A Returning Neighbor for Care
he Chattanooga area is about to have a “new”
patients during their recovery. “The biggest difference
option for short-term rehabilitation and post-
is that it’s all private rooms now,” Hubbartt added.
acute care.
Life Care Center of East Ridge is slated to open
“I feel as if we’re meeting a higher standard of living while providing a vital service to the
this spring to begin serving the community again. The
community,” said Christy Manis, director of business
rehabilitation and skilled nursing center is a reboot of
development at Life Care Center of East Ridge. “We
the old Life Care Center of East Ridge, which served
offer interior courtyards, private baths, whirlpools, and
the Tennessee Valley and north Georgia from 1975–2015
a soothing atmosphere which promotes a better healing
Just as it was originally founded to help improve
environment. Anyone who walks in the doors will be
the standard of nursing homecare in the region and
amazed at the amenities and overall customer service.
to help raise the bar for the industry as a whole, a
It’s like checking in to a five-star hotel. What could be
brand new facility has been built to better serve the
more comfortable when you’re feeling your worst?”
needs and expectations of the twenty-first century. For example, modern skilled nursing and rehab centers serve a wider age range of patients (from 18-year-olds to Baby Boomers to centenarians), and technology has advanced significantly. “It’s a response to the needs of our clients,” said Robert Hubbartt, executive director at Life Care Center of East Ridge, about the total facility reconstruction. The new building not only features contemporary construction style and interior design, but it also comes with amenities that make it feel more homelike for
24 // April 2017
In addition, each room features its own private shower, satellite TV, and the building offers complimentary Wi-Fi. With the higher demand for rehab services, the new center has more space for rehabilitation. Of the building’s approximately 81,000 square feet, 4,000 square feet of space is dedicated to an indoor rehab gym and outdoor mobility park where patients can practice walking on the different types of surfaces they may encounter in their normal routine, like gravel, pavement, stairs and grass. Services will include physical, occupational, and speech therapies from in-house therapists, as well as a team of highly qualified licensed nurses and other health care professionals. Hubbartt shared that the building plans to especially focus on neurological rehabilitation, including therapy for diagnoses such as strokes, Parkinson’s disease, traumatic brain injuries, and infections.
Life Care Center of East Ridge will also be a community partner, working with other organizations to help individuals in the community stay healthy and well. For example, Manis has joined the board for the Chattanooga Area Brain Injury Association and the Hamilton County Fall Prevention Coalition. At the end of the day, from patient care to community partnership, the center’s mission is to help restore people to their highest possible level of function, taking care of its neighbors with love and compassion. Life Care Center of East Ridge, located at 1502 McDonald Road, will be one of twenty-seven skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities in Tennessee operated or managed by Life Care Centers of America. For more information, please contact Christy Manis, director of business development, at (423) 894-1254. Founded in 1976, Life Care is a nationwide health
“Life Care Center of East Ridge was known for these specialties before, though we will also offer rehab for orthopedic patients and those individuals with a wide range of therapy and clinical needs,” Hubbartt said.
care company. With headquarters in Cleveland, Tennessee, Life Care operates or manages more than 200 skilled nursing, post-acute and Alzheimer’s centers in twenty-eight states. For more information about Life Care, visit lcca.com.
The center will also offer some long-term care rooms for private pay patients but will not be participating in the Medicaid program for long-term care. For the community, this returning neighbor will not only serve patients in the area but also create more jobs. Once it is fully operational, Life Care Center of East Ridge will employ an estimated 175 associates from leadership positions to nursing staff, therapists, a kitchen team, and laundry personnel. And that’s just scratching the surface.
issuu.com/goodnewschatt // 25
Gò0dNews for Teens
Are You Tired?
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” —Galatians 6:9 NIV
H
by Caleb Prytherch
ave you ever been tired? Now I know that we all have
of meeting to speak to the Lord and pleads to God on behalf
been physically tired before, but have you ever felt
of the Israelites. Moses asks God to show him His ways, so
so tired that you weren't sure how you were going to
that he can properly lead the people. I believe Moses must be
make it? Has it ever gotten to the point to where you almost
feeling pretty tired at this point and truly may not know how
felt as if you could never make a quick/easy decision? There
he is going to make it. Then the Lord speaks to Moses and
are so many things that we can have going on in our lives that
verse 14 says, “My presence will go with you, and I will give
we often feel as if we won't be able to survive one more day.
you rest” (NIV). Here, Moses is trying to figure out exactly
We have things like school, family, friends, work, and maybe
how he is going to lead the Israelites, and the Lord reminds
even sports that weigh us down and make us feel very, very
Moses that He is always with him and He will give him rest.
tired. Often times this tiredness makes it seem as if we are helplessly drowning. Not only can tiredness be from physical things, but we also can allow this tiredness to creep into our spiritual lives as well. We may
How many times do we often feel like Moses, struggling with where we are and with what we are doing? Maybe we desire to fulfill God’s will for our lives, but we have become weary and very tired trying to do so. Maybe we have allowed things to creep into our lives that have taken us
go to church or be involved with our
off the path and made us very tired. We may feel like
youth group and at first it is all going
we won’t be able to make it through one more day,
well, but over time we allow the
but God gives us hope. I believe God is reminding us
things of this world to burden us to the point that we lose sight
today, just as He reminded Moses, that He will be with us and He
of why we really are going
will not fail us, but rather,
to church. We become so
He will give us rest. We
tired physically that we
need to rest in the peace
drown out the things
of God and allow Christ
of God in our lives
to give us the rest that we
and we miss what God
need. Our burdens are
desires to do in us and
not our own to bear, but
through us. This is not
rather Christ’s. Therefore,
a healthy way of living; in fact, it could lead to devastating results if we keep up the same pace. In Exodus 33, we find the Israelites in the wilderness after they had built the golden calf.
let’s give our burdens/ weariness to Christ and allow Him to do some amazing things in our lives.
The Lord spoke to Moses and told him that the Israelites needed to leave and pursue the land where God had told them to go. The Lord, however, is not happy with the Israelites and how they had sinned. So Moses goes to the tent
26 // April 2017
Caleb Prytherch is a graphic designer and he designs GoodNews Christian Magazine. He is married to his beautiful wife, Bekah and he is currently working on completing his bachelor’s degree in pastoral ministry from Lee University. He is passionate about ministry and seeing others reach their full potential through Jesus Christ.
The ERIE Difference Since 1925, we’ve been providing the protection you need and the service you expect – all at a great price. See why more than 90% of customers stay with us year after year.
Auto • Home • Life • Business Coffey Insurance Agency 423.855.8755 5036 Highway 58, Suite D Chattanooga, TN 37416
Fields of the Wood 10000 HWY 294 Murphy, NC • 828.494.7855
2017 Easter Celebration April 15, 2017
Gospel Singers
• 12PM Easter Egg Hunt Registration • 1PM Easter Egg Hunt • 2PM - 6PM Gospel Singing • 6PM Passion Play
The Jamersons Wauka Mountain Boys
AND OTHERS!
Gift Shop & Cafe Open Saturday, April 15th • 9am - 9pm | Fields of the Wood/Burger Mountain Cafe
Gò0dNews for Seniors Gò0dNews for Seniors
YearsCaregiver Strong FindingSeventy that Special
I I
Staying involved with their church, their work in the community, byfamily Esmerelda Leethis couple’s love strong! and their has kept
have been asked over and over again, “Where do you find
by Esmerelda Lee
Cons: Most agencies control their employees, limiting the
enjoy an inspiring old love stories. Favorites like adhere to a strong work ethic. Mitchell attributes his such special caregivers, people that anticipate needs, truly control of the family member/patient. When you hire directly, An Affair to Remember, Love is a Many Splendid sons’ successes to their mother. He did say that he love, genuinely careand and are greatmove at whatme theymore do?” than The someit is less expensive sincebelieved agencies normally addtheir a surcharge to “some Thing, others and Betty in giving children of the modern-day onofthe Hallmark good lickings,” that helped too. healthcare industry at large is facedlove with stories the plight finding the actual caregiving rate. Channel. There is something to be said about the In a world where soanmany on their caregivers. As our nation’s aged population grows, this topic Interview: Whether you are using agency,people living infocus a purity and innocence of the courtship and love own happiness and make life-altering decisions continues to be paramount to those caring for their loved ones senior living community or hiring someone directly for your depicted through old movies. I am also honored to based on these motives, I asked Betty and Mitchell in a senior living facility and those caring for them at home. I home, the interview process is crucial. I always trythe to involve a see these love stories played out in real life through if they were happy throughout sixty-nine years would like to shareadults. a few Couples that fell in love and stayed You older of marriage. “We alwaysresident/patient. worked it out, and if we through a world war, the Depression, life didn’t laugh at each other, or of the tips Iin amlove learning maywe be afound skilled someone execuchallenges, raising and burying loved ones are something to laugh about. You’ll have problems in along my eighteen-yeartive, leading businesscouples that loved for life. marriage, but who doesn’t? You just have to talk it old healthcare career man etc. However, if Bettyinand Mitchell Lyle are a local Cleveland out,” Mitch replied. the hopes that whether you are not if thethey actual couple that met in the first grade at When I asked ever fought, Arnold Memorial School. For Mitchell it they looked puzzled. “Who you are looking for a recipient of care, your doesn’t at first sight. Betty believes that fight? Weassessment are bothissosecondary different, and caregiver atwas homelove or for the grinning first-grader grew on her we like different things. When we your own community, to the primary recipient over time. According to Mitchell, they fought, the one with the strongest these suggestions of that care. Involve the were would “sweet” on each other but did not case won.” Mitchell also added, “We compromised, but Betty be of some get help.serious until after World War II. person being cared for. made Mitchell enlisted in the Navy in 1943 the most compromises. I Know your needs: Assemble Your am still and stayed out to sea for most of that surprised that she chose me.”In Before searching for Care Team: Whether time. He remembers a year and half Betty’s much softer voice, she said, a caregiver, going I wouldby before his feet even touched are caring forto fight about, “If there you is something consider executing a But each week when mail someone at home or saving.” in dry land. there is something worth was delivered to his aircraft carrier, On August 22, 2016, Betty needs assessment. Hiring a senior living commu- and Betty’s unrelenting letters and her faith Mitchell Lyle will celebrate their someone to cook, and run nity, understanding the that he would return home kept their love strong. seventieth wedding anniversary. Today, these errands is very different care team, having Plaza at When Mitchell and Betty were finally reunited lifelong Cleveland residents live and at Garden than hiringafter someone experience in grooming and bathing. communication and an interdisciplinary is so impor-has little thewith war, they dated for eight short months Cleveland Senior Living.approach Their apartment before they were married. After graduating college, awards they won from serving in their Briefly write down your expectations: It is important to tant. Caregivers need to know that they are not alone. Theyvocations schoolThere teacher withlike Cleveland City to know and intheir theirfunction community, war-torn photographs briefly writeBetty downbecame what youaexpect. is nothing going need that is making a rewarding impact. Schools, and Mitchell went to work for the railroad. of family members, and beside each recliner is a through the entire process of hiring someone, only to find out cause people to choose caregivers out of Later he became one of the members of our City Crisis situations tattered and worn Bible. that he or she does not meet your expectations. Be realistic. necessity. Through mystill experience, I would through Council. They laugh at eachrather othergoand with each When whatvswas thethem secret to loving months of purposeful other. There areofalso days where the laughter and The decision to hire asked an agency hiring yourself pursuit the special caregiver than to each other through sixty-nine years of marriage, the talking are silent. On those days, Fox News Pros: Most agencies have a vetting process. They intersettle. I am constantly reminded that I am NOT the recipient they both stated, “Stay busy so you don’t get into anchors are the only voices heard in the apartment. view, perform background checks and drug screens. They of the care; however, one day I could be. And to that end, I am trouble!” Betty and Mitchell were married at First Mitchell said it best, “What she forgets, I can can also provide a back-up for the caregiver should sickness driven by the words of our Lord, “Do others, as you wouldand even Baptist Church in 1946, and were always involved in remember. When she unto laughs, I am happy, arise. Assisted communities also have a built backhave them do unto you. theirLiving church, work, and family. Theyinhad two sons. though there were days she didn’t like me, she Both Tony and David were strong boys, raised by always loved me.” up for care giver call-in. The agency or community provides a strong, no-nonsense working mother. Betty was workers compensation liability and manages payroll and Esmerelda loving, but she always made it clear that her sons EsmereldaLee Leeisiscampus campusmanager manager for Garden taxes of thewould employee. for Garden Plaza of an Plaza of Cleveland,Cleveland, an independent and assisted love education like she did, and they would
28 // April 342017 // March 2016
independent facility living facilityand forassisted seniors.living She and her husband for seniors. She and her husband Andrew have three children. Andrew have three children.
A beautiful new chapter (with amazing views) Nestled in the foothills of Signal Mountain, our resplendent community offers sweeping, scenic vistas of natural beauty that inspire the peace and serenity our Residents enjoy and deserve. What inspires us? The honor and privilege of providing excellent care to your loved ones.
EXCEPTIONAL SENIOR LIVING Independent • Assisted • Memory Care
423-800-5477 1005 Mountain Creek Rd. Chattanooga, TN • TheTerraceAtMountainCreek.com
Gò0dNews for Everyone
The Plasma of the Cross
J
The shed blood of Jesus Christ is a symbol of his violent substitutionary death for the forgiveness of sins. by Kenneth E. Ware
esus Christ shed His blood and sacrificed His body to save sinful mankind. Those who have trusted in Christ have been set free from the penalty of sin and hell. Had it not been for Him who died in our stead, we would all perish in our sins. The plasma of the cross reveals to us the transcendent power of the blood of Jesus Christ. 1. The Blood of Cattle (Hebrews 9:11-13) Heaven is a greater more perfect tabernacle (v. 11). The earthly tabernacle was temporal, The heavenly tabernacle is eternal. The earthly tabernacle was the prototype of the heavenly tabernacle. The earthly tabernacle had furniture but no chair. The heavenly tabernacle has a chair, a throne on which the Lord sits. The Scripture says, “But He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God” (Heb.10:12 NASB). Animals were sacrificed for the forgiveness of sins (vv. 12, 13). In the Old Testament, goats, calves, and bulls were sacrificed for the high priest as a sin offering. Other animals were sacrificed daily and yearly for the forgiveness of mankind’s sins. Jesus, the Lamb of God, offered Himself without blemish to God once for all (see Heb. 9:12-13). 2. The Blood of Christ (Hebrews 9:14) Jesus is a better high priest. As a high priest of a better covenant, there are several things He has done and is doing for the saints of God. First of all, He has offered Himself as a lamb for all sin. Secondly, He sat
30 // April 2017
down next to God the Father, (which is something earthly high priests could never do, for there was no chair in the Tabernacle to sit upon). Finally, He intercedes for the saints (see Rom. 8:24; Heb. 7:25). Thus, Jesus is a better high priest. The blood of Jesus Christ cleanses man from all sin. Neither good works nor religion can cleanse a man’s sinful nature. Only the blood of Jesus has the power to wash away sin. It is the blood that . . . • Saves—“But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ” (Eph. 2:13 NASB). • Cleanses—“But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His son cleanses us from all sin” (1 John 1:7 NASB). • Justifies—“Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him” (Rom. 5:9 NASB). Friend, by grace though faith, let Jesus Christ become your Lord and Savior now by trusting in the plasma of the cross for the forgiveness of your sins.
Kenneth E. Ware, M.Div., Hamilton County Baptist Association, is a graduate of Temple Baptist Seminary. He served as senior pastor of New Sholar Avenue Baptist Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for more than fifteen years and professor of theology at Grace Bible Institute in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for more than five years. Contact: anewcreature@gmail.com or call 423-463-8992.
Gò0dNews for Women’s Health
Vein Blood Clots
W
The best way to evaluate and diagnose SVT and DVT is by physician review and immediate ultrasound examination. by Dr. James E. White hile many still perceive varicose veins as nothing
hospitalization with surgical intervention by vena cava filter
more than a superficial problem and cosmetic,
placement may be necessary for large unstable DVTs.
this unsightly condition may be accompanied by
Prevention
more serious medical ramifications. The onset of superficial
To prevent the formation of SVT and DVT, consult with
vein thrombosis (SVT) and deep veins thrombosis (DVT) go
a physician who specializes in vein disease for review and
hand in hand. Affecting more than 2 million Americans per
options. Other proactive measures include wearing medical
year, the formation of clots (or thrombosis) can result from a
grade compression stockings, staying physically active, and
failure to address and treat symptomatic varicose veins of the
maintaining adequate hydration. The use of compression
lower extremities.
stockings and low-grade blood thinners during surgical
SVTs are thrombosis in the more superficial veins. They can occur in the extremities, abdominal wall, and the breast.
procedures decrease SVTs and DVTs in patients undergoing surgery with general anesthesia.
SVTs do cause tremendous
Risk Factors
pain and discomfort; but are
Certain factors can
usually not life threatening.
contribute to the risk of
DVTs can be life threatening.
developing SVT and DVT.
DVTs are blood clots
To name a few, varicose
occurring in the deep veins
veins, surgery (especially
most common in the pelvis
orthopedic surgery of
and lower extremities. Due
the lower extremities),
to the location and size of
prolonged bed rest,
the thrombus, a DVT blood
malignancy, and injury can
clot can potentially break
all increase the likelihood
loose and travel to the lungs,
of SVT and DVT. Some
resulting in a pulmonary
patients may have family
embolism (PE). Suspicion
genetic tendencies for
of DVT requires immediate
thrombosis—coagulopathy.
medical attention. In fact, each year, an estimated 200,000 people
Coagulopathy can be screened by a battery of blood test as well
die from PE as a result of the detached blood clot DVT blocking
as a genetic screen.
blood flow to the lungs as a PE. Symptoms and Treatment When the presence of varicose veins are accompanied by
With today's advancing technology, patients with vein disease have many options. Minimally invasive vein treatments like Radiofrequency vein closure (VNUS) and endovenous
symptoms such as pain, swelling, redness, or a sensation of
laser ablation (EVLA) have almost eliminated the need for more
warmth in the lower extremities, it is possible SVT or DVT are
invasive procedures such as painful vein-striping surgery to treat
present. SVT, DVT thrombosis can only be detected through a
and eliminate varicose veins. Even better, these procedure are
physical exam involving focus venous ultrasound examination
covered by most major insurance providers when varicose veins
by a physician skilled in ultrasound interpretation and treating
cause symptoms addressing medical necessity. Call 423-648-4011
venous disease. Treatment of SVT is usually local care with
or visit www.advsurgical.com for a complimentary consultation.
moist heat, along with Aspirin, and NSAID medications like Motrin. Some advanced techniques can reduce the clot burden and decrease pain symptoms overnight. Treatment of DVT typically includes prescribing blood-thinning agents such as Lovenox and Coumadin. In more serious but rare cases, however,
32 // April 2017
Dr. James E. White is a board-certified general surgeon by the American Board of Surgery. He is a Fellow of the prestigious American College of Surgeons. His office, Advanced Surgical Concepts (ASC) is located at 2290 Ogletree Ave, Suite 112 in the Hamilton Office Park across from the Hamilton YMCA. ASC offers a variety of cosmetic procedures including varicose vein procedures, laser skin resurfacing, facial fillers, minimal invasive surgery, and liposculpture.
Gò0dNews for Health & Fitness
Are You Really Healthy?
The World Health Organization defines health as: “A dynamic state of complete physical, mental, spiritual and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”
H
by Thomas Morrison
ow do you define health? Are people healthy if they do not feel sick? Consider Joe, who has felt in reasonably good health for sixty-five years. He hasn't
had his health checked or been to a doctor in
regular helper at her church. Is Linda healthy? I hope my short stories are helping you to reaffirm that we are truly fearfully and wonderfully made. Health is not simply a physical commodity; it is much broader than that.
more than ten years, but this year his wife
Since it is dynamic, health is subject
Margaret convinced him to go. The
to change, and that should bring
doctor said she was fine, but, Joe
great hope. Since it includes
over the last ten years, had
every part of us and not just
developed elevated blood
the physical, it means your
sugars and hypertension. His
health is more than what
cholesterol also looked high, and
you eat and whether or not
there was a problem with his colon.
you exercise (though that's
Shortly thereafter, Joe is rolled into
included). It also includes
surgery to have a cancer removed from
your spiritual and mental
part of his colon. Now, I ask you, “Was Joe
state. Are you able to see and
really healthy?” After all, he felt fine.
encourage the good in people,
What about Chris? Chris is a triathlete.
or are you always cynical and
He is totally dedicated to his sport, and he runs, bikes, and swims miles every week. His latest checkup showed excellent heart health, and he is
negative? The quality of time you spend with family, with friends, and with God are perhaps the greatest measure of your personal
physically healthy in every way. Unfortunately,
well-being and health. How skilful you are at
his commitment to his training has been so
handling those relationships positively will affect
total that he has often had to miss his children's
the satisfaction of your life more than anything
school events, and his wife finally became so
else.
fed-up with his lack of attention that she left him. Is Chris healthy? Or how about Linda? Her husband has
As you think about the physical, mental, and relational areas of your life, are you really healthy, or do you have areas that need work?
Parkinson's disease, and in the last several
You cannot change your destination overnight,
years, her physical health seems to have taken
but you can change your direction overnight.
a downward turn as arthritis pain has flared up, and she has had a couple of operations, including a
We here at the Bradley Wellness Center would consider it an honor to partner with you in helping
hip replacement. Nevertheless, she always has a smile for you
you with those changes. Contact us at 706-278-WELL to start
and an encouraging word. She never seems to have a bad thing
a healthier lifestyle today!
to say about anybody. Rather than being slowed down by her operation, aches, and pains, she seems to be doing more than ever. She's a volunteer for several community groups and a
34 // April 2017
Thomas Morrison is the fitness coordinator and a personal trainer at Bradley Wellness Center in Dalton, GA, where he has served for the past 15 years. You can find out more about him and his other writings at www.bradleywell.com.
Selling The American Dream... One House At A Time
Amatuer BBQ Competition Amatuer BBQ Competition Battle Begins April 29th Battle Begins April 29th
Frances Vantrease/Beth Brock Dodson
"The Mother Daughter Team"
P roperties Beth Brock Dodson Cell: (423) 421-3341
Frances Vantrease Cell: (423) 421-3339
6024 Shallowford Road Chattanooga, TN 37421 Office: 423.894.2900
Official and Team Team Official Rules Rules and Registration: Registration:
LanasLove.com LanasLove.com
Proceeds Lana’s Love Love Foundation. Foundation. Proceeds to to benefit benefit Lana’s Helping kids with cancer and their families have fun! Helping kids with cancer and their families have fun!
Knightly Knightly March March 24th 24th
through through April 16th April 16th
Journey Journey to a realm where storybook characters come to life!
Chattanooga
Hixson
Ft. Oglethorpe
2260 Gunbarrel Rd
5425 Tennessee153
723 Battlefield Pkwy
(423) 485-0900
(423) 876-1000
(706) 858-7401
Have Tea with Alice!
With the purchase of an Adult Buffet.
Limit one coupon per customer. Coupon must be presented at time of purchase. May not be combined with any other coupon, discount or promotion. Coupon may not be reproduced, transferred, or sold. No cash value. Offer expires 05/15/17.
$11.99
Tickets & schedule available online. Don’t delay...reserve your seat today!
Offer includes 2 Adult Buffets and 2 Small Drinks.
Limit one coupon per customer. Coupon must be presented at time of purchase. May not be combined with any other coupon, discount or promotion. Coupon may not be reproduced, transferred, or sold. No cash value. Offer expires 05/15/17.
For more info call: 706.820.2531 1400 Patten Road, Lookout Mountain, GA 30750
The more you pray, the less you’ll panic. The More your worship, the less you worry. —Rick Warren by Destiny Hope Shreve Gò0dNews for Everyone
A
April Showers Bring May Flowers
God’s commandments, panic sets in, and questions swirl lmost everyone goes through the typical New in the like,and Am gone. I going to get caught?—Will God forgive Year’s cycle—making resolutions, then struggling “For lo, the winter is past, the rainmind is over The flowers Sound appearfamiliar? on the earth; the time this of singing . .” Psalm 38:18 warns, “I me?—Is going to has ruincome. my future? to keep those commitments. —Song Solomon 2:11-12 myNKJV sins; they fill me with anxiety” (GNB). Doing this can produce a lot of negativity and causeofyou to confess by Destiny Hope Shreve start off your year feeling like a failure. This is not a good
W
Gò0dNews for Teens
hen someone the first word that mindset to carry with you intosays, theApril, future. comes to my mind is showers because that’s For the past few years, one of my resolutions has what happens this time of year. Rain and lots of rain. always involved overcoming anxiety. I make the decision Occasionally, you walk outside and hundreds of droplets to stop worrying so much and it usually works—but only soak your hair, drench your clothes, drip off your forehead,
for a little while. Thenonthe familiar problems andin the and then splash theold, ground. Cloudy skies, thunder challenges gather over myofhead like dark things clouds a rainy distance, and flashes lightning—these areon simply onInature’s as it presents production day. Thisprops year, intendstage to succeed. But atomajor do so, I need to called spring. In the minds of most people, this opening identify clearly the problem areas and the solutions. scene
The Consequence of Anxiety
fall just like raindrops until deep down in our hearts, seeds
There are many consequences of anxiety, but the following three are somedecisions of the most destructive: come to the surface. We make to change for the said, “Our better,Weakness—Charles to be the kind of people Spurgeon we were meant to be, the anxiety people Godempty plannedtomorrow for us to be. of Newly sprouted plants begin does not its sorrows, but only their journey upward, pushing through soil. Theus curtains empties today of its strength.” It the weakens mentally and close and the third act, titled “The Light” is about to begin. emotionally so that we cannot deal effectively with life’s No plant will ever reach maturity without the light of challenges. are awakened. Dreams and desires that have been suppressed
the sun, and no inspired dream will ever be accomplished
Misery—Proverbs 12:25 says, “Anxiety in the heart of The Cause Anxiety man causes darkens our minds with a sense at least forof the duration of the storm. However, those who and Malachi 4:2depression.” reveals Jesus is It the “Sun of Righteousness.” There are many anxiety, one of thephase of sadness and understand thecauses process of of life realize but this unpleasant When we allow Hishopelessness. brightness to shine in our hearts, we begin is a necessary step. These dreadful weather conditionsfear are to blossom with praiseanxiety and develop the fruit of the Spirit insuggests, worst culprits is fear—fear of failure, fear of change, Anger—One management website merely setting the stage for the next act we could title “The our relationship with God and with others. He talks about this of rejection, fear of temptation, and fear of the future. “Anxiety causes severe, constant stress. That means that “Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. "For You have let go at some point in the snow Awakening.” in Isaiah 55:10-11: as thetorain comes down, and We tend to fear what we think we cannot control. Jesus you become irritable easier.” Sometimes the reason people order to move forward.”—C.S. Lewis Under the ground are dormant seeds. They appear from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth, dealt with this issue in His first get angry is due to a deeper inner conflict that triggers by Destiny Hope Shreve lifeless, motionless, even worthless. However, hidden deep and make it bring forth and bud . . . So shall My word be that main message. He worry orfrom nervousness. twist, and turnMy in unpredictable ways? That’s when he season is beginning to shift. Fallwatered. is in the air; inside is undeveloped potential just waiting to urged be goes forth mouth; It shall not return to Me void, but you invite God into the situation; and if you believe, leaves are beginning to make their switch from His disciples not to worry One drop of moisture is enough to cause a tiny apple seed it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the ofofAnxiety He willCure take control every circumstance and make vibrant greens to autumn hues. Every time I look The to burst fortharound into a large tree covered with delicious fruit. for which sent it”for (NKJV). about food “all things workItogether good” (Rom. 8:28 NKJV). I see changes taking place;and and clothing, while I love this thing There are many cures for anxiety, but usually God is In a similar way, we can go forand months, even years, not At the finale of this symbolic play,can we be will realize that That’s when you discover that change greatly seasonal transition, other types of change can make me then He said: the source. One of my favorite scriptures is from beneficial, and here’s a few key reasons why: anxious and even upset. I have a love/hate relationship with fulfilling our whole potential with it buried in responsibilities, everything we went through was a part of God’s perfect planProverbs “Do not Changes can make you more flexible. Being change. If things stay the same forbe too anxious long, I get terribly 31. itThat chapter describes characteristics of a godly necessary tasks, and the routine of life. and all works together for our good. resistant to new things can make a stressful situation bored. But when too many thingstomorrow; evolve all at once, about forI find Then onethat day, a storm hits,seeking and dark clouds our sky. It woman. VerseFacing 25 says, “She is clothed with feel even worse. changes in life teaches you to be strength and I am desperately shelter in thefill familiar. tomorrow shall be in more fluid and able to “go with the flow.” Around three months ago, us myto life was Teardrops altered drives us to desperation and then pushes pray. dignity and she laughs without fear of the future” (NLT). Change can make you more intelligent. If there were major ways. People I thought would be its friends forever anxious for own you demands put your faith intransitions, God andyou commit no difficult or awkward would your life suddenly deserted me. It was a chaotic week full of tears Once things. Sufficient to never learn new things or have experiences that about tomorrow, and pain. Afterwards, I understood it all happened for totally to Him, there is nonew need to worry a reason (like the often quoted scripture, “Toevil everything awaken your hidden potential. the day is the it’scan in make His hands. Change you grow in faith. Think of there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven” Eccl. because it”actually (Matt.God 6:34 all the biblical examples, like Abraham leaving his 3:1 NKJV). I realized that itof was who took Philippians 4:6 commands, “Be anxious for nothing, homeland, Moses leaving his prestigious position, the those people out of my lifeNKJV). to make sure I didn’t follow but in everything by prayer andofsupplication, with children of Israel leaving the bondage Egypt, David the downward path they were pursuing. cause leaving his sheep, Esther leaving an ordinary life, and Then I began to see changeAnother for the better. I thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God” enrolled in Cleveland Highof School, reconnected anxiety is sin. with Peter leaving his fishing nets. We remember these Bible (NASB). the primary answer totheovercoming anxiety old friends, and got transformed at the two church charactersSo because of their courage to face unknown. When people knows? You might be nextwas on God’s list. camps I attended. All of this was great, but there isWho prayer. “When anxiety great within me, Your were times I felt like I was on aintentionally roller coaster and consolation brought joy to my soul” (Ps. 94:19 NIV). not strapped in well. Because I was fearful of new rebel against challenges I had never faced before, I wanted to go is too somber. Rain has a way of causing a gloomy outlook,
without the help of God. First John 1:5 says, “God is light,”
The Challenge of Change
T
back so badly to the familiar. Thankfully, I pushed through. Have you ever felt that way . . . like your life was poised at the top of a track, about to quickly plunge,
36 // April 2017 38 // January 2017 26 // October 2016
Destiny Shreve Hope Shreve the daughter Mike Destiny Shreve isisthe daughter of Mike Destiny is the daughter ofofMike and and Elizabeth and Elizabeth Shreve, pastors of The Sanctuary. Elizabeth Shreve, pastors of The Sanctuary in Shreve, pastors of The Sanctuary in Cleveland. She She will be a junior at Cleveland High School, Cleveland. She is acurrently a junior in High high school, hopes to have career inCleveland journalism.. isand currently attending School as a and hopes to hopes work into thework field in of journalism. junior and the field of journalism.
HEALTHY & SLIM LIFE LOVING & JOYFUL LIFE
DAILY DINNER SPECIALS ALL YOU CAN EAT SUSHI LUNCH
LOCATED ON THE NORTHSHORE
330 FRAZIER AVE, SUITE 124 | CHATTANOOGA, TN 423.508.8898 | TOTTONOOGA.COM
FREE EDAMAME 20786-1
WITH THE PURCHASE OF $20.00 VALUE OR MORE. Cannot Be Combined With Any Other Offers. Cannot Be Used With Lunch Buffet. Offer Expires: 05-01-17
Gò0dNews for Everyone
Ain’t Never Been This Low Before Whether I choose to try to hide from God because of my wrongdoing or whether I think He is hidden from me because of present circumstances, the good news is that in neither case can I ever be away from His Presence. by Charlton S. Lewis
T
he title of an old song laments, “I Ain’t Never
and hold him. And even in the darkness, he cannot hide
Been This Low Before.” The writer further
from God.
wallows in self-pity with a line that says, “There
If I have guilt and remorse that makes me want to
ain’t no place for me to go but to crawl up on the floor.”
hide from God, it is wonderful to know there is no place
How self-debasing can one get?
that I can go where He is not there. My “Wanted Dead
We all may feel at times that we are as low as we
or Alive” image remains forever etched in His heart
can go. No one else knows what we are going through;
and will never be erased. David says in verse 17: “How
it seems that no one else cares. We are at the end of our
precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!” (NKJV).
rope, in the bottom of a horrible pit. But the good news
Not only does He know where I am, but He is also
is there is Someone who knows where we are at all times.
thinking about me.
Then there are times we soar on top of the world.
If I feel like I am so low that I have to “crawl up”
We are in our own seventh heaven and think no one can
to get on the floor, my feeling is irrelevant because
touch us. Everything is great and we love everybody.
He knows where I am. I cannot go so low that He
We imagine nothing could be finer. But the good news is there is Someone who knows where we are at all times.David writes in Psalm 139:8: “If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there”(NKJV). He continues to say if he
doesn’t know where I am, even when I think I am hidden out of His sight. His hedge is behind me and before me, and His hand is upon me. It is wonderful to know that He knows my thoughts. I can hardly comprehend it! Being fearfully and wonderfully made, my well-being is of
takes the wings of the morning to the
utmost interest to Him, and He will care for
depths of the sea, God’s hand will still
His creation.
lead him
May David’s prayer become my own: Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting (Ps. 139:23-24 NKJV).
38 // April 2017
Charlton S. Lewis is a retired civil engineer from the USDA Forest Service. He and his wife Paulette have 3 daughters, 7 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren.
Gò0dNews for Everyone
Christian Zombies
“ I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.” —Galatians 1:6-9 NKJV by Don Smith
I
n this letter the apostle Paul has heard that these Christians, whom he had discipled and invested in were going back on their original conversion. This apostle had been with Jesus and had heard the Master say, “Why are you coming against me?” And from that day on, Paul turned around and moved toward Jesus. These Galatians were turning away from the gospel of Christ, to another “gospel.” The thing about Zombies is that they are supposed to be dead people who are still living. They are presented as looking like humans, kind of acting like humans, but always on the hunt to “infect” others with their disease of zombieness. These folks who started out in the faith of Jesus were attempting to finish in their own strength, their own works, and their own perceptions. Why, after being born-again to life would you want to go back to death? Why go back to the weight of the law when Jesus gave us life and a light load? They had become so misguided that they viewed their position as truth. There is only one truth: that truth is Jesus. Throughout Christian history, mankind has been trying to circumvent the path that Jesus blazed. They have been attempting to find another path to salvation. The root of this is human pride. We don’t want someone else’s path to work for us. We want to choose our own way. Why do I have to follow this Jesus guy?
40 // April 2017
Maybe there’s another way and I’m going to find it. Since Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection, there have been many who have contrived multiple different ways to heaven. Christ said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6 NKJV). If that is the case, what are we doing? There is a philosophy today that says there are many ways to God. Let me tell you; there are many ways to God. Individuals have a life and a path they have walked that gets them to the place where they recognize they need God; however, there is only one way to find His salvation, the man Christ Jesus. Paul said it quite clearly, Peter stated it very clearly, and Jesus said it emphatically. There is but one way to enter heaven, and one relationship with God, which is by accepting Jesus Christ as Savior and Redeemer. If you accept Him, then you will follow Him. If you accept Him, you will obey Him. If you accept Him, you will tell others how He changed your life and that He can change other’s lives if they will surrender to Him. My question is: Are you going to infect someone with the disease of the zombie, or are you going to tell the good news that Jesus redeems, restores, and makes us new? Are you going to proclaim truth or your version of a truth? Donald E. Smith Jr. M. Div., D.Min. He is executive director of Hearts Set Free. donsmith@heartsetfree.org
Gò0dNews for Life
Opening Lines—An Old Travesty in a New Wrapping “The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.” —Albert Einstein
R
by Delaney Walker
ecently, New Hope received an odd piece of mail
intact embryonic cadaver ($400 and $600). By far, the highest
inconspicuous in packaging, but offensive in content.
priced part is an unborn baby’s brain aged less than eight
Inside the envelope was a single folded-up sheet of
weeks, $999. This last one also comes with a guarantee: 30
paper. Upon further inspection, it turned out to be a pricing pamphlet for “Opening Lines,” a division of Consultative and Diagnostic Pathology, Inc. Sounds harmless, right? It turns out a well-written name can cover a multitude
percent discount if significantly fragmented. There was no return address on the envelope and the only personal touch to the pamphlet was one highlighted line: Prices in effect through December 31, 1999. I have no
of sins from the general
idea what the sender wanted
populace. Opening Lines
New Hope to do with the
was established “in order to
information. Maybe it was
provide a convenient and
a taunt, or perhaps he or
efficient way for researchers
she wanted to share the
to receive fetal tissue without
information. Whatever the
a lot of bureaucracy.” In
intention, it has served as a
case the reader misses the
reminder to me.
fine print, the pamphlet
Planned Parenthood has
dedicated an entire page
been in the news as of late
to the following: “FRESH
for its sale of unborn baby
FETAL TISSUE harvested and
parts taken from abortions.
shipped to your specifications
It would be easy for people
where and when you need it!”
to believe this is a new evil,
The company boasts of
but, as the pamphlet makes
its wide array of “specimens,” including livers, spleens,
clear, Planned Parenthood’s actions are an old travesty in a
pancreases, lungs, heart blocks, and spinal columns. In an
new wrapping. A country and a people with a moral code
effort to sweeten the deal, Opening Lines promises discounts
that not only supports abortion, but also celebrates it as an
for “specimens significantly fragmented.” How could a
action of empowerment, should not be surprised by the
research facility resist; especially when promised the service
dismemberment, sale, and dispersal of its weakest members.
fee is “lower than the industry average.” The service fees range in amounts from $50 to $999 and
One question haunts me after looking through this pamphlet: what could have been different? This pamphlet
distinguishes between unborn baby parts that are younger
was supposedly printed around 1999. That was eighteen
and older than eight weeks (the former being the more
years ago. This evil was known eighteen years ago and yet
expensive of the two). The parts up for sale include, but
we still struggle with the sale of “specimens” today.
are not limited to cord blood ($125), thymus ($75 and $100
I do not want to look back in eighteen years with the
respectively), ears ($75 and $50), eyes ($75 and $50 with a 40
knowledge I could have done more to make this world
percent discount for a single eye), and bone marrow ($350
a safer place for our weakest, most fragile members, but
and $250).
instead stood on the sidelines.
Although a majority of the unborn baby parts are priced at $350 and below, a handful cost more, including gonads ($550), an intact trunk with or without limbs ($500), and an
42 // April 2017
Delaney Walker is the development director at New Hope Pregnancy Care Center. She is an avid fan of reading, exercising, and making silly faces at babies in the grocery store.
DENISE MURPHY
THE ENGLISH CONNECTION L i c e n s e d I n Te n n e s s e e & G e o r g i a
R E A L T Y Each Office Independently Owned & Operated.
EAST BRAINERD | $145,000
SO LD SO LD
HIXSON | $300,000
N. CHATTANOOGA | $470,000
RED BANK | $25,000
KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY
1007 Ashland Terrace, Ste 102, Chattanooga, TN 37415 Cell: 423.280.1077 | Office: 423.664.1700 denise@denisemurphy.net | www.DeniseMurphy.net
SO LD SO LD
FREE BUYER CONSULTATION • FREE HOME ASSESSMENT • FREE RELOCATION PACKET
APRIL LUNCHEON SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER DAVID CARROLL
Cost: $15.00 Wednesday, April 12 11:30am - 1:00pm Ridgedale Baptist Church 1831 Hickory Valley Road • Chattanooga
www.tnchristianchamber.org
Gò0dNews for Parents
Paying Our Dues
“A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” —Proverbs 15:1 NKJV
“S
by Bethany Ruckman
o then, my beloved brethren, let every man
that dodge ball is over and we are going to get started,
be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
one of my precious children just had to take that one last
for the wrath of man does not produce the
shot. Bam! Nailed him right in the eye. Let's just say one
righteousness of God” (James 1:19-20 NKJV). I often start my day with this passage from James,
because let's be honest, I naturally do the opposite. Being quick to listen and slow to speak is just about as natural
thing led to another and I forgot the part about being slow to become angry, and ended with "sit down, shut up, and open your Bible!" Yikes, Mom failed. I just went ahead and dictated my
as my hair color these days. Each day I have to purposely
way into our devotional that day. To top it off, we really
stop, breathe, breathe again, and maybe one more time,
do not like the words, “shut up,” spoken by anyone in
then try to think of something rational to say after one of
our family. We actually put money into a jar for what we
my children decided that he or she was going to test my
consider harsh or rude words such as shut up. Yes, they
ability to follow the advice of James.
shouldn't have started the game of dodge ball when they
Here is a recent scenario. Typically, I start homeschool
should have been ready to sit and listen. Yes, they should
at 8:30 with a devotional with all four of the kids. Everyone
have obeyed instantly, but what message am I sending
is supposed to come into the school room, sit down, and
when I throw a fit when I don't get my way?
be ready to listen. On this particular day, when I walked
I will never be a perfect parent; I prove that often. I do
into what I thought was my school room, I'm pretty sure I
feel it is imperative for parents to humble ourselves before
lost my way and ended up in the chimpanzee exhibit at the
our children and seek forgiveness when we stumble. Don't
zoo. First of all, it smelled terrible. Apparently, my children
get me wrong, I’m not saying that our children shouldn't
do not have sensitive noses because the baby had a blow-
be held responsible for disobeying, but it is our job as
out and that didn't seem to bother anyone, or maybe they
parents to correct poor behavior. What I am saying is that
didn't notice because they were in a very intense game
it is okay to admit when we just flat-out handled some-
of dodge ball. As a mom with four children, I can cherish
thing wrong and are willing to seek forgiveness. Just as we
the moments when I stumble upon the children laughing
expect our children to put money in the jar, our children
and playing together. It's when I see them getting closer
must see that we humbly pay our dues as well.
and closer to not laughing anymore that I cringe. So as I anticipated this happening and calmly instructed them
44 // April 2017
Bethany Ruckman is a wife, mom of 4, and a registered nurse. She can be reached by email at sunbird9922@hotmail.com.
PIONEER® 1000
500
UP TO $
AS LOW AS
2.99
%
FIXED APR FINANCING
ACCESSORIES BONUS
For 36 months on approved credit*
HONDA OF CHATTANOOGA
HondaofChattanoogaTN.com 4915 Highway 58 • Chattanooga, TN 423.855.5055
SEE DEALER FOR DETAILS
powersports.honda.com PIONEER 1000 IS ONLY FOR DRIVERS 16 YEARS AND OLDER. MULTI-PURPOSE UTILITY VEHICLES (SIDE-BY-SIDES) CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO OPERATE. FOR YOUR SAFETY, DRIVE RESPONSIBLY. ALWAYS WEAR A HELMET, EYE PROTECTION AND APPROPRIATE CLOTHING. ALWAYS WEAR YOUR SEAT BELT, AND KEEP THE SIDE NETS IS ONLY FORALLDRIVERS 16 SHOULD YEARSWATCH AND THE OLDER. AND DOORS CLOSED. AVOID EXCESSIVE SPEEDS ANDPIONEER BE CAREFUL 1000 ON DIFFICULT TERRAIN. MUV DRIVERS SAFETY MULTI-PURPOSE VIDEO “MULTIPURPOSEUTILITY UTILITY VEHICLES (SIDE-BY-SIDES) CANAND BE READ HAZARDOUS TOMANUAL OPERATE. FOR YOUR SAFETY, DRIVE RESPONSIBLY. ALWAYS WEAR HELMET, VEHICLES: A GUIDE TO SAFE OPERATION” THE OWNER’S BEFORE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. NEVER DRIVE AFTER CONSUMING DRUGS OR A ALCOHOL, OR ON PUBLIC ROADS. DRIVER ANDAPPROPRIATE PASSENGERS MUST BE TALL ENOUGH FOR SEAT BELT TO FIT PROPERLY AND TO BRACE THEMSELVES WITH BOTHAND FEET FIRMLY ONCLOSED. THE FLOOR. EYE PROTECTION AND CLOTHING. ALWAYS WEAR YOUR SEAT BELT, AND KEEP THE SIDE NETS DOORS PASSENGER MUST BE ABLE TO GRASP THE HAND HOLD WITH THE SEAT BELT ON AND BOTH FEET ON THE FLOOR. RESPECT THE ENVIRONMENT WHEN DRIVING. *2.99% Fixed AVOID EXCESSIVE SPEEDS AND BE CAREFUL ON DIFFICULT TERRAIN. ALL MUV DRIVERS SHOULD WATCH THE SAFETY VIDEO APR financing available for customers who qualify for super preferred credit tier for up to 36 months through Honda Financial Services. Payment example: 36 monthly payments of “MULTIPURPOSE UTILITY A and GUIDE TO SAFE OPERATION” AND READ OWNER’S MANUAL BEFORE OPERATING $29.08 for each $1,000 financed. OfferVEHICLES: good on all new unregistered 2014-2017 model year SXS models. Not THE all buyers may qualify. Higher rates apply for buyers with lower THE credit ratings. Offer ends 4/3/17. **$500AFTER AccessoryCONSUMING Bonus is valid on DRUGS new and unregistered 2016 SXS1000M3/M5 models. $500 Accessory Bonus can only be used for purchase Honda VEHICLE. NEVER DRIVE OR ALCOHOL, OR ON PUBLIC ROADS. DRIVER AND PASSENGERS MUSTof BE TALL Genuine or Signature Accessories at the dealership and must be redeemed on the date of purchase. Not all accessories may be available at the time of purchase or available for order. ENOUGH FOR SEAT BELT TO FIT PROPERLY AND TO BRACE THEMSELVES WITH BOTH FEET FIRMLY ON THE FLOOR. PASSENGER Back orders may apply. Installation not included. Offer has no cash value and is not transferable. Redemption value is not to exceed $500. Offer valid through 4/29/2017. Check with MUST BEHonda ABLE TO GRASP THE HAND HOLD THEofSEAT ONLtd. AND BOTH FEET ON Motor THE FLOOR. RESPECT THE ENVIRONMENT participating Dealers for complete details. Pioneer® is aWITH trademark Honda BELT Motor Co., ©2017 American Honda Co., Inc. (3/17)
powersports.honda.com
WHEN DRIVING. *2.99% Fixed APR financing available for customers who qualify for super preferred credit tier for up to 36 months through Honda Financial Services. Payment example: 36 monthly payments of $29.08 for each $1,000 financed. Offer good on all new and
Life simplified
Experience resort-style living with dynamic
social activities, delicious meals, exciting wellness programs, transportation and housekeeping services tailored to you and your retirement.
Call 423.396.5100 today to schedule a personalized tour.
4586 Forsythia Way Ooltewah, TN 37363 GardenPlazaGreenbriarCove.com
78477
Each day should be more than a checklist of to-dos.
10th Annual
Bryan Opportunity Scholarship Program Dinner
Thursday April 20, 2017 Chattanooga Convention Center Reception at 6 pm Dinner and Program at 6:30 pm Featured guest is 7-time Dove awardwinning singer and songwriter
STEVE GREEN TN low income students find help through the Bryan Opportunity Scholarship Program. For more information and to register, go to bryan.edu/dinner or call 423775-7323 or 1-800-552-7926.
TRUSTWORTHY FOR 100 YEARS
trust •wor • thyadj. 1
able to be relied on as honest or truthful.
To Auto-Owners Insurance and your local independent agent, being trustworthy means that we will be there when you need us most - just like we have been for 100 years.
REED GOSSINSURANCE INSURANCEAGENCY AGENCY
DEWITT PIKE • 517-345-4567 4706 HIXSON • HIXSON, TN 37343 www.reedia.net 423.875.2500 • gossinsurance.com
LIFE
•
HOME
•
CAR
•
BUSINESS