Rev-Personal Narrative

The Lord has called Brother Edward Wright to be your Pastor and Teacher here at Cedar Grove Baptist Church. He has been called by God and recognized by you, the congregation, to be your under-shepherd. He has a high calling from God to lead you and to love you and has an even greater accountability for his service here to our Savior in the Day he stands before Christ.

I had the privilege of interviewing Brian Bagwell for this project. He is, in my opinion, one of most humble, wisest man we have at Church of the Highlands. Once you get through a joke or two, the fruits of the spirit radiate from his personality. A man that I have the privilege to call my mentor and teacher. He is currently serving on staff at the Church of the Highlands as a Dream Team Coordinator. His shares the vision of the church which is passed down from our senior pastor, Chris Hodges. Evangelism is the definition of the church so to speak, Church of the Highlands stands behind the final authority of God’s word which is the bible. It is often said among the staff “we do not argue the essentials, but we can disagree the non essentials.” The church believes and acts in spreading the good news of Jesus Christ, and helping people move through four steps our God has outlined in the Great Commission. Our Church exists to see people saved, delivered, redeemed, and fulfilled. This is accomplished with four systems that allow the people to move through the four steps. The first is weekend services to allow them to know God (saved), small groups to find freedom (delivered), growth track to discover purpose (redeemed), and dream team to be fulfilled and make a difference (fulfilled). This vision is how the church evangelizes (Bagwell). This vision is clear to all members of the church who call Church of the Highlands home, and even clear to people

I know I have not seen you in too long, but that is over. I am now the President. As you know, 12 days ago, was the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. If you know not, Confederate Army General, Robert E. Lee surrendered his 28,000 troops to Union Lt. General, Ulysses S Grant after the last battle of the war in the morning. Then, one week ago, John Wilkes Booth murdered Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre. Since I was his Vice President, and he died, I am now the President. I am glad that the war is over and the bloodshed is done. The Surrender at Appomattox filled me with joy. As for the Lincoln assassination, I have mixed views. I have deep sorrows and condolences for Lincoln and his family, for I liked the man and he respected me well. I am also

*disclaimer: bare with me... the next 5 chapters are crap because i wrote them over a year ago...chapter 19 will be the start of some great shit*

If it had been up to me, reconstruction would have gone a little differently. My ideas for reconstruction probably would have been seen as extreme at the time. In my opinion we should have forgiven the south and possibly have had some form of oath or apology in place, but afterwards joined together as a country and given african american people the exact same rights as white people. And we should have put punishments in place for those who chose not to comply. In the beginning i think this might have sparked a lot of anger or controversy but eventually people would have gotten used to treating african americans like they would anybody else. In my opinion, we probably would not face as many problems with racism as we do now if we had taken

Having a dad that is in the military can be tough. I had to adapt to new places and go through situations that made me doubt who I really could be. Through it all my family has always been there for me. When I moved to Virginia it was hard for me to adapt. After I joined the soccer team the situation brightened up. It’s coming to that time of leaving my family. They will be moving to Knoxville, Tennessee when I graduate. Radford is close to Tennessee but still in Virginia. I seek to join Radford’s nursing program and soccer program. Radford has everything that I dream in a college and more.

In 2025, I will be twenty-nine years old and hopefully married. I will be married to my significant other of ten years Earnest Palmer III, who is a dentist. I would have been recently graduating with a bachelor’s in Culinary Arts and trying to plan to open my own restaurant, BubbaD’s Eateries. Knowing my big headed husband of mine, I probably had a baby then and trying to have another baby. Hopefully, by then Earnest will get rid of the idea naming our son, King. We will be living in the suburbs near New York City but working in the city. Being a woman with great memory, I probably wrote a memoir about my crazy life and trying to sell it to a publisher. If none of the publishers wants to publish my memoir, I will probably sell it the Lifetime

Today was a boring and very uncomfortable day for me. Everyone know my last day here at Grace Christian Center is tomorrow so everyone is telling me that they’re sorry that I’m leaving. I’m not sure if its true or not , but its nice to hear. When I walked through the doors of GCC I went straight back to my seat and started cleaning out my desk. I don’t have much in there but I want to make sure that I leave it in better shape than when I got it. Just because I’m leaving doesn’t mean that I have to leave my work area cluttered. After cleaning up my area I decided that I was going to go downstairs to eat lunch with the rest of the staff member, which was odd because that’s something that I normally run away from. Me and the staff ate

Week one has passed by quickly! I think this week was very successful and I can say that I have learned many new things. This week has been an experience for me learning things about the business world. I am not a business major so I was not expecting to take these classes. I was assigned them, but have found them very beneficial. As I read through the first couple of chapters I read things I had heard before. This was a good thing that I could put the information with the terms I had heard previously.

I think that is an excellent thought, Lindsey. When I first read this that is what I thought as well. Whenever Ada begins to let Susan love her, and whenever Susan starts to show more affection Ada lashes out. I think that Ada lashes out because she feels like she is not deserving of love, and she is not deserving of nice things. This just tears me up inside when a person does not feel like they are worth being loved. The amount of damage that Ada has suffered is almost irreversible now and I think Susan is starting to realize that this will not be an easy fix. I am honestly surprised at how normal Jamie is because even though he was not the one who was abused, he witnessed the abuse. I am glad that he has not lost his trust in people. This

Growing up with a father in the military, you move around a lot more than you would like to. I was born just east of St. Louis in a city called Shiloh in Illinois. When I was two years old my dad got the assignment to move to Hawaii. We spent seven great years in Hawaii, we had one of the greatest churches I have ever been to name New Hope. New Hope was a lot like Olivet's atmosphere, the people were always friendly and there always something to keep someone busy. I used to dance at church, I did hip-hop and interpretive dance, but you could never tell that from the way I look now.

I believe the Christian traditions I most closely identify with would be the Reformed tradition as this was the denomination I was raised in. My parents were both members of the Reformed Church, but I never joined and looking back at the time when I could have I’m glad I didn’t. I have enjoy being able to explore the different teachings and questions that faith brings up over the last few years without feeling obligated to stand for the Reformed beliefs. This does not mean that I don’t hold those as true though. I never took a Confirmation or Catechism class which taught me doctrine, but when evaluating the main stances, the Reformed tradition holds I agree with them, to an extent. Human depravity, God’s sovereignty, and salvation by grace

My own spiritual awakening began a year ago and I had resisted all my life. My Spiritual Awakening process was catalyzed by a heart break. These catalysts have a purpose: to open your heart and prompt you to seek. A spiritual awakening is a process of considerable inner change. I have become more aware of myself on a much deeper level. I am more aware of my life experiences and the lesson I have learnt from these experiences and the reason why. I am more accepting of myself and everything and everyone around me. To fully live a spiritual life one must let go of all their hurt, anger and negative feelings that they had towards their life and the people in their life. When one has a true spiritual awakening they will gradually go through the

I think that if I had to create a reconciliation project with 1.9 billion dollars, I would give them more money for their first payment about 6 000 dollars sounds fair, to start out because they probably need the money to start over again after the schools. From then on they would get 3 000 dollars every year after that until they have gotten money for every year they were in the schools. The reason I am giving everyone the same amount for every year is because I don’t want people to get mad or think I am being unfair because I think that one experience is worse that the next, all of the experiences are bad and none of the people that had to endure it would like to hear that they did not have it that bad, we all know they did. I think you may

A few weeks after school begun and I was the new student. I could hear people talking through the classroom walls even if the door was closed. The only reason why I was transferred here was that the government said I had a “special ability” as known as being able to use magic. People like us are sent to these special schools, in order not to go out of control and harm other people. The teacher called me to walk in front of the class and introduced myself. I am Hajime Ichijou (HA-GEE-MAY E-CHI-JOE) a normal guy who isn't able to cast magic, nor use it. For some reason, I am the only one in my family who can't use magic and they sent me here for no reason.