Church of the Week - September 7, 2009

First Free Will Baptist Church of Hayesville, NC is the newest WRAF Church of the Week.

Congratulations to Pastor Chris Rumfelt and the entire congregation!

Carol nominated the church and says, "Our church is involved in the community in many ways. We have a Master Men's group that visits people on Tuesday nights and does good deeds for people in the community that can't do them for themselves. We are a Manna produce distribution point for Clay County each month. We have a Celebrate Recovery group that meets weekly on Thursdays for those recovering from drugs, alcohol abuse, divorce, etc. We're also involved with the Christian Love Ministries. We have a cancer support group that meets the first Monday of each month called Miracle Monday. We also pay a visit to the nursing home monthly. Our minister is involved in giving prayers and counseling students (especially those involved in athletic activities) at the local schools. He also does a lot of guest speaking and evangelistic work across the East Coast from Ohio to Florida. We have a youth group called SHOUT (Students Helping Others Understand Truth) that is active in the community as well. We also started the Carolina Christian Academy last year which currently has children enrolled from ages 4 through 7 in grades from pre-K through 2nd grade. In August, we will be opening a day care center which will handle children from infants through age 3 and includes an after-school program for children. One of the special programs we have every year around Memorial Day weekend is the Carolina Youth Retreat. It is a Christian retreat for youth from all across the Eastern USA. At this retreat, children and teens do activities in the community together (like horseback riding, white water rafting, etc), and attend church services with sermons geared toward the many issues they face on a daily basis (pressures from peers of sexual activity, drugs, alcohol, etc). We feed them all their meals over the 3 days they are at the retreat. Many souls are saved for the Lord during the retreat."

You can learn more about First Free Will Baptist Church by visiting their website: http://hayesvillefreewill.org/

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