New Edinburg Column For This Week: Feb. 28

Revelation 18:1-5 "¹And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. ²And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. ³For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. ⁴And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. ⁵For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. "

Prayer list for this week includes: Vera McClellan, Jackie Huddleston, Patricia Hagins, Frank and Agnes McClellan, Becky Howard, Sue McClellan, Max and Lorene Dyer, Tim Shaw, Leonard Huddleston, Betty Thompson, and Elizabeth Parker. Dylan Dunlap, son of Eddie Dunlap, is serving in Iraq and is asking our prayers be with him.

Birthdays this week include: Tim Reaves (Feb. 28), Sam Miller (March 28), Patricia Huddleston (March 28), April Brown (March 1), Shelly Grider (March 1), Jeremy Thompson (March 2), Heather Van Duren (March 2), James Keith Lassiter (March 4), Angela Wagnon (March 4), Hope Veorster (March 5), Jacob Emerson (March 5).

Anniversaries this week include: Odus and Mabel Clary (March 3) which will be 32 years of holy matrimony for them and Frank and Rita Martin (Feb. 28).  Congratulations to both couples.

Jackie Huddleston is recovering from a broken arm sustained in a fall.

Rick & Peggy Iliffe from Canada visited Jim & Michelle Reaves last week.

The storm last week wasn't as bad as predicted for this area, though we did lose power afterward from 3am to about 10am.  A second storm rolled through Sunday night in tandem with a 4.7 earthquake centered in Greenbrier.   It's getting bad when natural disasters start doubling up. I didn't notice it because I'm used to the bomb blasts from East Camden and have learned to ignore sudden shakes, though others in the area reported feeling a slight tremor.

Sightings of a UFO flying over town during the night of the first storm turned out to be an airborne trampoline.

Emmaus Church had the Senior adult Valentine banquet last Saturday night with a great turnout.  Upcoming events at Macedonia Church are: baby girl shower for Tara and Jared Davis on March 12 at 6 p.m. and a bridal shower for Thomas Green and Tara Farmer on March 19 at 6 p.m.  As the false and shallow system we've allowed to be built around us slowly crumbles (see the above scriptural quote) , it's delightful to see people congregate around churches and other institutions of community to enjoy each others' fellowship... not for worldly pleasure or money or fame, but wholesome fellowship with one another.

Visitors to the New Edinburg Museum last Saturday included Sammy Pipes, Kim Pipes Emerson and her daughter and husband (with names I'm sorry to say I didn't catch).  We had a good time talking over old memories and maybe making some future plans.

West Saline Community Center will have its quarterly board meeting next Monday night (March 7) at 6pm in the cafeteria.  All area residents are encouraged to attend.

The New Edinburg Fire Department will have its quarterly meeting next Thursday (March 10).  I'll post that again next week as a reminder.  The Department needs more firemen!  The training regimen isn't hard at all.  We need able bodied young men and women who don't mind eating a little smoke now and then. Contact Roy Chambers, Jean Parrott or any fireman you know if you're interested.

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