“ Hear me, all of you, and understand: There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person… For fromwithin,outoftheheart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality,...

Friendship Baptist Church will kick off its youth and children’s ministry Wednesday, Sept. 11 with pizza and ice cream.

On Tuesday, September 10, a “Prayer Meeting for America” will be held at MyrtleWilkesCommunity Center in Cisco. The event will begin at 7:00 p.m.

The Community Bible Study, sponsored by Albany Ministerial Alliance, will resume on Tuesday, Sept. 9 at 11:00 a.m.

First Christian Church invites anyone interested to come to the Fellowship Hall for a craft day on Saturday, Aug. 31.

Matthews Memorial Presbyterian Church welcomed Michael Atmar as its new pastor earlier this month.

Vote your faith! Separation of Church (religion) from state (politics) came from the twisting of Thomas Jefferson’s words for political deception and control of our country! Our Founding Fathers of the United States of America ALWAYS said Christianity is the foundation on which our nation is built!

Albany churches and organizations haveafullslate of youth and children’s programs getting underway with the start of the new school year, most of which will begin in September. Some youth groups remained activeoverthesummer, but organized study groupswillbegininearnest in the next few weeks.

Neil Bennett has assumed the duties of pastor of First Baptist Church, taking over for interim pastor Stan Allcorn. Bennett, who has spent over 30 years in the ministry, comes to Albany from San Antonio where he has served as senior pastor at Churchill Baptist Church for the past 20 years.

Jesus refers to Himself by this significant title, “ the Son of Man,” because He is the fulfillment of Daniel 7:1314. He is the Son of God – theWordwhobecameflesh and dwelt among us (John 1:14). He is fully God and fully man which means that He alone can save us from our sins.