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reserve a space call Joan Wood at 334-312-4913 or Melanie Baker at 334-415-8314. All proceeds raised by ETUMC will be used for church-sponsored programs.

Episcopal Church of the Epiphany

Please join us for Sunday services at 10:30 a.m. We are asking everyone please to wear a mask. The service will be live streamed on Facebook https:// www.facebook.com/EpiphanyTallassee/ For more information, visit the church website at http://epiphanytallassee.org/

MIKE MCELROY Columnist

me stop and think about the choice the author is making in his prayer to God: “No trial is so hard to bear as a sense of sin. If you should give me choice to live in pleasure and keep my sins, or to have them burnt away with trial, give me sanctified affliction” (page 139).

I wonder if my prayers have reflected the same choice. Would someone overhearing my prayers think I was more serious about getting my pains relieved or my sins forgiven? Do I hate sin so much that, if necessary, I would choose sanctified affliction? That is a sobering

First United Methodist Church “We are OPEN and everyone is WELCOME! Come worship with us in person Sunday mornings at 8:50 a.m. (contemporary) or 11 a.m. (traditional). Sunday School for all ages is offered Sunday mornings at 10 a.m., and a nursery is available for infants.

CHILDREN & YOUTH: meet Sunday evenings from 5-6:30 p.m. and Wednesday evenings from 6-7:15 p.m.; supper is included both days! For more information about our church or the programs we offer, visit our

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. – John 3:17 thought. Please don’t misunderstand. I’m not minimizing your pain or your problems. And I’m not suggesting that you shouldn’t pray about them. Remember, “Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray” (James 5:13). But I am reminding us that as much as we seek relief about our troubles, we should be even more earnest about seeking forgiveness for our sins. We can bear the trouble; we cannot bear the burden of our sin. website: fumctallassee.com or call us: 334-283-2195. FUMC Tallassee - 1 Jordan Avenue.”

I am so thankful to know the good news about salvation from sin in Jesus Christ. I am so grateful that he died so our prayers for forgiveness can be answered. I never want to take that greatest blessing for granted.

Which is more important to you--forgiveness or relief?

OUR LIFE’S JOURNEY

Airs every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on 580 WACQ, FM 98.5 & 101.1, on your smart speaker, your TuneIn app, or on our website www.wacqradio.com. Please share on social media. This set of programs features Msgr. Charles Troncale, Fr. Mateusz Rudzik, Fr. James Dean, Fr. David Carucci, Fr. Patrick Driscoll, and Deacon Jim Labadie.

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses. – Proverbs 10:12