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Dr Aubrey Jones to Be Revival 1
Speaker at Rose Hill Baptist The Rev Dr Aubrey Jones of
Kinston formerlv of Wallace wtll be the guest minister for a scncs of revival services at Rose Hill Bapllst Church October 12middot l 6
Dr Jones wi1l bring the mesmiddot sages on Sunday October 12 at 1100 am and at 7middot00 pm Sermiddot vices Monday - Thursday Octomiddot ber I ~-16 will begin at 7~0 pm
Special music will be a part of cad1 service A nursery will be provtdcd
Dr Jones a noted minister and author fs a nauve of Colonial Heights Virginia Is married to the former Evelyn I McDonald who Interprets for the deaO and they have two grown daughters J-k nmiddotcelvcd degrees from Richard Blnnd College (branch or Wtlllarn nndMnry)CampbcllCollcgcNcw Dr Aubnty JonN Orleans Baptist Theological Semimiddot nary Southern BapUst Seminary take and complete major renova-ind the University of Ule Stale or tlons of the sanctuary and train New York Psychology members In personal C80gellsm
Having begun his pastoral exmiddot and lead deacons to begin family perlencc In the mid 1960amp Jones ministry was a student pastor at Temple- 8tnce 1989 DrJoneahaa been BapUst Church In Petersburg VA pastor or Ftrst Baptist Church and nlso began ajall ministry He Kinston where he has helped tnJ-wns nt Temple Baptist Church Uate the purchase of Ovc addi-New Orleans LA ln 1969 where Uona1 acres of land led the church he led the church to start a minmiddot to purchase computers retire the I try for area youth His pastoral last or a multlmilllon dollar debt work continued at Calvary Bapmiddot to make the congregation debtmiddot Ust Church Reartng GA 1970middot rccandhaslednumcrousyoung 72 Uten one of the fastest growing couples to join the ministry of a churches in that state Calvary preschool day-care program led the associaUon ln bapusms Aubrey Jones was sdccted as for two vears Jones also conmiddot An Outstanding Young Man of ducted amiddotweekday radio ministry The Year by US Jaycees was a began a bus ministry and the volunteerprtsonchaplainlnGeormiddot church Impacted the county for gtaandwasvoluntccrpollcechap-Chrlsl lain 1n Wallace for about six years
Aubrey Jones was pastor of Bnyvnle Baptist Church Augusta CA from 1972-1975 The church achlCCd highest attendance In Its 28-year history retired a large d~ht and undertook and commiddot pleted remodeling and landscapmiddot Ing Jones wrote Job dcscr1ptlons for every lay leadership position
His ministry led him to Holloway Street Baptist Church Durham from 1975middot1980 where he led deacons In a major ministry to involve Inactive members conmiddot -ducted a radio ministry led the church in a sclfwstudy and evalu-oUbn ofprognlmsand mlnlstrtes
From 1980-89 Dr Jones pastored First Baptist Church Wallace leading this church to build an cducaUonal building fellowship hall complex under-
His church approved Involvement included aiding tn hlrtng of new officers on-call counseling that Included referrals by county men-tal heallh department and he bemiddot came a State Convcnuon Certified Chaplain
A noted speaker Dr Jones ad-dressed by Invitation the NC Baptist ConvcnUon on the submiddot Jcct or Revival and Conservation of Results received Governors Award for school volunteer work Is a past president or Wallace Umiddot ons club was ministry Ocld su-pervisor for two students at Southmiddot eastern Baptist Seminary one semester each (critiqued on a weekly basis virtually every as-pect of their paid ministry posl-Uons) Is a former moderator or Neuse BapUst Association chair-man ofassoclaUonaJ consUtut1on committee and wrote extensive material for Sunday School Board of the SBC He has an article published In Euent magaJne on serving Christina changing world and tbe-author or bull ChrlaUan novel A Moment of Sllence pub-lished by Thomas Nelson the largmiddot est publisher of Chr1suan books In the nation This novel deals with prayer In public schools evo-lution and abortion It is selling nationally and is In Its second prtnllng
Weare fortunate lo have Aubrey Jones as our revival speakerbull satd an official of the Rose Hill BapUst Church -We cordially tnvttc reslmiddot dents of the grcattr Rose Hut-Wallace community to attend these services and to hear Dr Jones speak
I
8-A The Wallace Enterprise Wallace NC Sept 7 1995
At Local Book Signing
Wallace Citizens C0InD1e by Shella Young
Staff Writer There was anything but A Mo-
ment of Silence which happens to be ( he tit le of AubrlV Jonegt ITt-entlv releasmiddotd book bull t Tnerc cent book middottgningheld at the Book Nook in Wallace
Dr Jones is a former pastor and I oUcc D middotpl d1aplain in tht Wal -laccarea Iewnshonond lo come
homew and 1 are in th middot wnrm r middotltmiddotept1011 where he wasgre middotted by many ol his friends former pa-rishioners fellow vorl rs and the public c1s a wholemiddot It was a chance for locals to talk to Jones and his w1lepersonally somc whohave11middot1 seen the coup since I hey moved 1wav when he accepted the pas-Lonite of a church in Kinston
We a re so privileged lo be given
SECRETARY WILLA CURRIE SHOWS SGT BOBBY MOSBACK of the Wallace Police Department an interesting part in Dr Aubrey Jones bookA Moment of Silence Mosback and Currie were both at the book signing in Wallace although Currie received her autographed copy in Kinston Mosback had his book signed in Wallace at the Book Nook and says he is looking forward to reading it Staff photo by Sheila Young)
- -
d Author on Newly Pu lished ook this opportunity to see our many friends said Jones It was like rnming back home to visit Wal-lace has some of U1e most f ricndly down homemiddot people of anywhere fvr fvcr beenmiddot
Ca rolyn Ryan owneroperator of the Book Nook said she was very pleased With the turnout middotwe had quite a few people to show for the authors signing and we will continue to sell his books here al this store Dr Jones and his wH are very personable people we hope in the future we can offer more authors the oppor-tunity to come here for signing Ryan added
The Rev Jim White who came to know Dr Jones when Jones was pastoring at the First Baptist in Wallace petitions readers by saying middotmiddot1f you havent read Dr Jonesmiddot book I recommend it highly as a middotmust for every God-fearing person for all who are concerned about what is happening socially poli Ucally morally and religiously today No the novel doesnt a d-dress all the pressing Issues of life bul in an exciting captivating style H does speak about the price of standing firmly on a point of strong conviction As a matter of facl the book is so good that Jcwrell mybrideoffifleen months a nd I almost had our first fight over which one of us would finish reading the one copy we had pur-chased first
RG Puckett Editor of the~ licnl Recorder coined a phrase which headed a recent review of several books he scanned on va-cation It is What you read IS
hat you become Read and be-come
Read and enjoy the fictitious story about Robert Farr a 44-year old school teacher and de-cide whether or not had you been
DR UBAEyenJ0NES author is former pastor of First Baptist Church of Wallace In his s hoes you would have acted as he did I assure you this will not be Aubrey Jonesmiddot last book Ther Is a sequel I understand in th1 offering Whitc added
Jones has indeed already s n l his sequel to the publishers and says that if his first book which has 10681 In print sells out they would consider printing more or these books and look into promot-ing the sequel which Jones has named The Covenant Dont as-sume it to be that name on the bookshelves -- s ometimes th e publisher chang s U1e title -- fo r 1
the best A publisher often en -hances the title of a book to better flt the theme of U1e novelmiddot says Jones
Jones seems pleased that h i~ book Is selllng so well Since June there have been 6300 copies sold This book is primarily sold in Christian book stores but 0U1er major bookstore retailers can or-der Ihem
what his book is middot bout when he says Its lictlonal based on wha t ltould happen in America today A I cacher is greatly pcrsecu ted for his faith The simple word AMEN was inadvertently ulLtgtrcd by the Christian teacher at the end of an bscrvcd moment or silence at
school The teacher was quickly accused and reprimanded for praying
I want to show people how Ihis could happen In the country to-day and why It could happen concluded Jones
he Rocking Chair ge by Jim White
Special Correspondent W JI I ur d r-tand that U1 ord
is out thal Aubrey Jones former local pastor-police chaplain-pre-mier jogger turned rocldng cahir analyst sage was in town last Thursda afternoon at the Book
ook on ~1ain Stree a tographing his first book A Moment of Si-~ - Great Indeed
From my point of view only two things were missing that day you (if you wertnt there) and the sages rocking chair For sure I middotn never forget the first time I was privi-leged to isit Dr Jones Yo see I ldt Wallace in late 74 having been the pastor of the Wallace Baptist Church - check the name - for lt bout five vcars Sometime be-t ween my pistorate and Dr Jonesmiddot the congregation changed it names to FIRST Baptist Church This I thought was both strange and interesting Strange because I d idnmiddott know there was a Second Baptist Church anywhere around Interesting because in spite of the new name the people had middotailed a man of God who could
really preach and who was used of God to lead them in l he building of lt1 111agni11cent new educational facility a task I failed to pull off ltluring my tenure
At last I was going to talk face to foce wiih this highly respected pastor Yes the then pastor of the -First Baptist Church~ I saw him through the office door He rose slowly and deliberately form his desk middotchair The door opened We ltchanged greeting He offered me a seat but I learned later it wasnt his favoriti- chair an ordinary wooden rocking chair into which he lowered himselfvith an a lmost ina11d1blc sigh as if to say Oh joyl I can sil I can rock again Each rock seemed to produ ei-1 her an on-target query or apl response I shall never forget Re-gardless of the seriousness or the lightntss of our conversation this secmingly shy unassuming man neYcr missed a rock Vhats more I believe he really as at-tentlveand heard everything I said I belieYe he renected on lt as one whose desire it was lo be an alert and sensitive participant in what to me was a most significant dia-logue Dont we all like to be heard
Across the years now I have heard other rocking chair talcs aboutthisnewauthor abouthow on occasion he has literally fallen on s leep while visiting About seasons of loud snoring About
THE REV JIM WHITE AND HIS WIFE JEWRELL of Wallace say they enjoyed Or Jones book so immensely they as newlyweds were about to have their first fight over who would finish reading the book first (It is rumored they tried to hide it from each other) (Staff photo by Sheila Young)
bits of knowledge and wisdom and h u mor urocked ou t as it were before the snores No doubt a bout it in all seriousness his rocking chair has to be on e of his favorite quiet placesmiddotmiddot from which he has arisen and continues to aris e to minister U1c love and saving grace of Je us Christ from the pulpit from the patrol car and from the prison eell orblock In the patients room sitting on a persons porch or in hi parlor At the PTA meeting attending a civic club meeting or picnicking in th e pa rk Leaning over a fe nce watching a ballgame or pushing his authors pen (maybe he has a computer with a print r) LO record viable messages for all the world
As I stated in my comment given to The Enterpris staff writer who covered the autograph pa rty of Thursday I r commend tha t ev-eryone read A Moment of Silence You will find it entertaining (bet-ter by far than a coup le of hours viewing prime time 1V) thoughL provoking and challenging And through il all there is touching
romance lls not fair to flip to the lasl chapter to discover how ev-erything turns out Please no
After you have read the bok if you think Dr Jones has high-lighted some significant issues of our day and addressed them tn U1e light and truth of the Judaic-Christian perspective please share it with family and friends Even recommend ittoyourchurch librarian To the public library librarian
Buy the book Find your quiet place whether a rock a straight chair or a what-have-you Read and enjoy Read and be blessed Read and thank God for people of Or Jonesmiddot caliber who speak to our Heavenly Father on our be-half and having done so in faith speak to us and ours and others on Gods behalf
Yours for the reading the iQo filQle and other books that cause us Lo examine our lives in the light of Gods will and amazing grace I am--A reader who wants to latch on to all divinely revealed truth -- JLW III
About the Author Dr Aubrey Jones came lo Wal-
lace in 1983 to serve as pastor of the First Baptist Church where his tenure scoped a period of SL years Jones was very instnnncn-tal in helping the church grow spiritually and physically A new portion of the education bui lding was erected during his pastorship
Jones also did another coura-geous uplifting job for his com-munity He was a volun teer chap-lain at the Wallace Police Depart-ment serving in that capacity for six years and being on call 24 hours a day His job entailed coun-seling ln Crisis Interventionmiddot and he also helped the police person-nel with problems that arose per-sonally and on the job
This program was organized about 15 years ago said Chief Bobby Maready Weve called on the chaplain a lot durinp those years We get calls about ri is situations such as domestic vio-lence suicide rape criminal activity we even have those in-carcerated that would like lo speak to a chaplain we honor their re-questsmiddot
Maready fur ther explained We send chiplains to the J u stice Academy on studies in crisis in-tervention These self-sacrificing individuals are vitaI lo our per-sonnel and to our community at large
When Jones call number 21 O came over the radio he was ready to handle any situtation go any-where in the middotname of the Lord
Dr Jones said he had to thank his church for allowing him to be able to do something he felt made him grow more spirttually as a Christian This work was chal-lenging It was a great blessing to me it enabled me to tell others about the love of Christ and r ach the people I probably would n ot have come in contact with other-wise During my tenure as chap-lain Ive seen some bad thmg but more importantly good came from these upheavals Ive s hared laughter joy and tears with the people I came in contact with but I knew it was a ministJy that needed to be proclaimed it opened doors Jones expressed Min all the times I went out in U1e field or witnessed at the tempo-rary lock-u p I never encountered many who were not interested in their soul and their forgiveness of sin We as Christians know who Christ is and know He is true yet nonbelievers wish they could be-lieve
Jones gives others a hint of
I
8-A The Wallace Enterprise Wallace NC Sept 7 1995
At Local Book Signing
Wallace Citizens C0InD1e by Shella Young
Staff Writer There was anything but A Mo-
ment of Silence which happens to be ( he tit le of AubrlV Jonegt ITt-entlv releasmiddotd book bull t Tnerc cent book middottgningheld at the Book Nook in Wallace
Dr Jones is a former pastor and I oUcc D middotpl d1aplain in tht Wal -laccarea Iewnshonond lo come
homew and 1 are in th middot wnrm r middotltmiddotept1011 where he wasgre middotted by many ol his friends former pa-rishioners fellow vorl rs and the public c1s a wholemiddot It was a chance for locals to talk to Jones and his w1lepersonally somc whohave11middot1 seen the coup since I hey moved 1wav when he accepted the pas-Lonite of a church in Kinston
We a re so privileged lo be given
SECRETARY WILLA CURRIE SHOWS SGT BOBBY MOSBACK of the Wallace Police Department an interesting part in Dr Aubrey Jones bookA Moment of Silence Mosback and Currie were both at the book signing in Wallace although Currie received her autographed copy in Kinston Mosback had his book signed in Wallace at the Book Nook and says he is looking forward to reading it Staff photo by Sheila Young)
- -
d Author on Newly Pu lished ook this opportunity to see our many friends said Jones It was like rnming back home to visit Wal-lace has some of U1e most f ricndly down homemiddot people of anywhere fvr fvcr beenmiddot
Ca rolyn Ryan owneroperator of the Book Nook said she was very pleased With the turnout middotwe had quite a few people to show for the authors signing and we will continue to sell his books here al this store Dr Jones and his wH are very personable people we hope in the future we can offer more authors the oppor-tunity to come here for signing Ryan added
The Rev Jim White who came to know Dr Jones when Jones was pastoring at the First Baptist in Wallace petitions readers by saying middotmiddot1f you havent read Dr Jonesmiddot book I recommend it highly as a middotmust for every God-fearing person for all who are concerned about what is happening socially poli Ucally morally and religiously today No the novel doesnt a d-dress all the pressing Issues of life bul in an exciting captivating style H does speak about the price of standing firmly on a point of strong conviction As a matter of facl the book is so good that Jcwrell mybrideoffifleen months a nd I almost had our first fight over which one of us would finish reading the one copy we had pur-chased first
RG Puckett Editor of the~ licnl Recorder coined a phrase which headed a recent review of several books he scanned on va-cation It is What you read IS
hat you become Read and be-come
Read and enjoy the fictitious story about Robert Farr a 44-year old school teacher and de-cide whether or not had you been
DR UBAEyenJ0NES author is former pastor of First Baptist Church of Wallace In his s hoes you would have acted as he did I assure you this will not be Aubrey Jonesmiddot last book Ther Is a sequel I understand in th1 offering Whitc added
Jones has indeed already s n l his sequel to the publishers and says that if his first book which has 10681 In print sells out they would consider printing more or these books and look into promot-ing the sequel which Jones has named The Covenant Dont as-sume it to be that name on the bookshelves -- s ometimes th e publisher chang s U1e title -- fo r 1
the best A publisher often en -hances the title of a book to better flt the theme of U1e novelmiddot says Jones
Jones seems pleased that h i~ book Is selllng so well Since June there have been 6300 copies sold This book is primarily sold in Christian book stores but 0U1er major bookstore retailers can or-der Ihem
what his book is middot bout when he says Its lictlonal based on wha t ltould happen in America today A I cacher is greatly pcrsecu ted for his faith The simple word AMEN was inadvertently ulLtgtrcd by the Christian teacher at the end of an bscrvcd moment or silence at
school The teacher was quickly accused and reprimanded for praying
I want to show people how Ihis could happen In the country to-day and why It could happen concluded Jones
he Rocking Chair ge by Jim White
Special Correspondent W JI I ur d r-tand that U1 ord
is out thal Aubrey Jones former local pastor-police chaplain-pre-mier jogger turned rocldng cahir analyst sage was in town last Thursda afternoon at the Book
ook on ~1ain Stree a tographing his first book A Moment of Si-~ - Great Indeed
From my point of view only two things were missing that day you (if you wertnt there) and the sages rocking chair For sure I middotn never forget the first time I was privi-leged to isit Dr Jones Yo see I ldt Wallace in late 74 having been the pastor of the Wallace Baptist Church - check the name - for lt bout five vcars Sometime be-t ween my pistorate and Dr Jonesmiddot the congregation changed it names to FIRST Baptist Church This I thought was both strange and interesting Strange because I d idnmiddott know there was a Second Baptist Church anywhere around Interesting because in spite of the new name the people had middotailed a man of God who could
really preach and who was used of God to lead them in l he building of lt1 111agni11cent new educational facility a task I failed to pull off ltluring my tenure
At last I was going to talk face to foce wiih this highly respected pastor Yes the then pastor of the -First Baptist Church~ I saw him through the office door He rose slowly and deliberately form his desk middotchair The door opened We ltchanged greeting He offered me a seat but I learned later it wasnt his favoriti- chair an ordinary wooden rocking chair into which he lowered himselfvith an a lmost ina11d1blc sigh as if to say Oh joyl I can sil I can rock again Each rock seemed to produ ei-1 her an on-target query or apl response I shall never forget Re-gardless of the seriousness or the lightntss of our conversation this secmingly shy unassuming man neYcr missed a rock Vhats more I believe he really as at-tentlveand heard everything I said I belieYe he renected on lt as one whose desire it was lo be an alert and sensitive participant in what to me was a most significant dia-logue Dont we all like to be heard
Across the years now I have heard other rocking chair talcs aboutthisnewauthor abouthow on occasion he has literally fallen on s leep while visiting About seasons of loud snoring About
THE REV JIM WHITE AND HIS WIFE JEWRELL of Wallace say they enjoyed Or Jones book so immensely they as newlyweds were about to have their first fight over who would finish reading the book first (It is rumored they tried to hide it from each other) (Staff photo by Sheila Young)
bits of knowledge and wisdom and h u mor urocked ou t as it were before the snores No doubt a bout it in all seriousness his rocking chair has to be on e of his favorite quiet placesmiddotmiddot from which he has arisen and continues to aris e to minister U1c love and saving grace of Je us Christ from the pulpit from the patrol car and from the prison eell orblock In the patients room sitting on a persons porch or in hi parlor At the PTA meeting attending a civic club meeting or picnicking in th e pa rk Leaning over a fe nce watching a ballgame or pushing his authors pen (maybe he has a computer with a print r) LO record viable messages for all the world
As I stated in my comment given to The Enterpris staff writer who covered the autograph pa rty of Thursday I r commend tha t ev-eryone read A Moment of Silence You will find it entertaining (bet-ter by far than a coup le of hours viewing prime time 1V) thoughL provoking and challenging And through il all there is touching
romance lls not fair to flip to the lasl chapter to discover how ev-erything turns out Please no
After you have read the bok if you think Dr Jones has high-lighted some significant issues of our day and addressed them tn U1e light and truth of the Judaic-Christian perspective please share it with family and friends Even recommend ittoyourchurch librarian To the public library librarian
Buy the book Find your quiet place whether a rock a straight chair or a what-have-you Read and enjoy Read and be blessed Read and thank God for people of Or Jonesmiddot caliber who speak to our Heavenly Father on our be-half and having done so in faith speak to us and ours and others on Gods behalf
Yours for the reading the iQo filQle and other books that cause us Lo examine our lives in the light of Gods will and amazing grace I am--A reader who wants to latch on to all divinely revealed truth -- JLW III
About the Author Dr Aubrey Jones came lo Wal-
lace in 1983 to serve as pastor of the First Baptist Church where his tenure scoped a period of SL years Jones was very instnnncn-tal in helping the church grow spiritually and physically A new portion of the education bui lding was erected during his pastorship
Jones also did another coura-geous uplifting job for his com-munity He was a volun teer chap-lain at the Wallace Police Depart-ment serving in that capacity for six years and being on call 24 hours a day His job entailed coun-seling ln Crisis Interventionmiddot and he also helped the police person-nel with problems that arose per-sonally and on the job
This program was organized about 15 years ago said Chief Bobby Maready Weve called on the chaplain a lot durinp those years We get calls about ri is situations such as domestic vio-lence suicide rape criminal activity we even have those in-carcerated that would like lo speak to a chaplain we honor their re-questsmiddot
Maready fur ther explained We send chiplains to the J u stice Academy on studies in crisis in-tervention These self-sacrificing individuals are vitaI lo our per-sonnel and to our community at large
When Jones call number 21 O came over the radio he was ready to handle any situtation go any-where in the middotname of the Lord
Dr Jones said he had to thank his church for allowing him to be able to do something he felt made him grow more spirttually as a Christian This work was chal-lenging It was a great blessing to me it enabled me to tell others about the love of Christ and r ach the people I probably would n ot have come in contact with other-wise During my tenure as chap-lain Ive seen some bad thmg but more importantly good came from these upheavals Ive s hared laughter joy and tears with the people I came in contact with but I knew it was a ministJy that needed to be proclaimed it opened doors Jones expressed Min all the times I went out in U1e field or witnessed at the tempo-rary lock-u p I never encountered many who were not interested in their soul and their forgiveness of sin We as Christians know who Christ is and know He is true yet nonbelievers wish they could be-lieve
Jones gives others a hint of
he Rocking Chair ge by Jim White
Special Correspondent W JI I ur d r-tand that U1 ord
is out thal Aubrey Jones former local pastor-police chaplain-pre-mier jogger turned rocldng cahir analyst sage was in town last Thursda afternoon at the Book
ook on ~1ain Stree a tographing his first book A Moment of Si-~ - Great Indeed
From my point of view only two things were missing that day you (if you wertnt there) and the sages rocking chair For sure I middotn never forget the first time I was privi-leged to isit Dr Jones Yo see I ldt Wallace in late 74 having been the pastor of the Wallace Baptist Church - check the name - for lt bout five vcars Sometime be-t ween my pistorate and Dr Jonesmiddot the congregation changed it names to FIRST Baptist Church This I thought was both strange and interesting Strange because I d idnmiddott know there was a Second Baptist Church anywhere around Interesting because in spite of the new name the people had middotailed a man of God who could
really preach and who was used of God to lead them in l he building of lt1 111agni11cent new educational facility a task I failed to pull off ltluring my tenure
At last I was going to talk face to foce wiih this highly respected pastor Yes the then pastor of the -First Baptist Church~ I saw him through the office door He rose slowly and deliberately form his desk middotchair The door opened We ltchanged greeting He offered me a seat but I learned later it wasnt his favoriti- chair an ordinary wooden rocking chair into which he lowered himselfvith an a lmost ina11d1blc sigh as if to say Oh joyl I can sil I can rock again Each rock seemed to produ ei-1 her an on-target query or apl response I shall never forget Re-gardless of the seriousness or the lightntss of our conversation this secmingly shy unassuming man neYcr missed a rock Vhats more I believe he really as at-tentlveand heard everything I said I belieYe he renected on lt as one whose desire it was lo be an alert and sensitive participant in what to me was a most significant dia-logue Dont we all like to be heard
Across the years now I have heard other rocking chair talcs aboutthisnewauthor abouthow on occasion he has literally fallen on s leep while visiting About seasons of loud snoring About
THE REV JIM WHITE AND HIS WIFE JEWRELL of Wallace say they enjoyed Or Jones book so immensely they as newlyweds were about to have their first fight over who would finish reading the book first (It is rumored they tried to hide it from each other) (Staff photo by Sheila Young)
bits of knowledge and wisdom and h u mor urocked ou t as it were before the snores No doubt a bout it in all seriousness his rocking chair has to be on e of his favorite quiet placesmiddotmiddot from which he has arisen and continues to aris e to minister U1c love and saving grace of Je us Christ from the pulpit from the patrol car and from the prison eell orblock In the patients room sitting on a persons porch or in hi parlor At the PTA meeting attending a civic club meeting or picnicking in th e pa rk Leaning over a fe nce watching a ballgame or pushing his authors pen (maybe he has a computer with a print r) LO record viable messages for all the world
As I stated in my comment given to The Enterpris staff writer who covered the autograph pa rty of Thursday I r commend tha t ev-eryone read A Moment of Silence You will find it entertaining (bet-ter by far than a coup le of hours viewing prime time 1V) thoughL provoking and challenging And through il all there is touching
romance lls not fair to flip to the lasl chapter to discover how ev-erything turns out Please no
After you have read the bok if you think Dr Jones has high-lighted some significant issues of our day and addressed them tn U1e light and truth of the Judaic-Christian perspective please share it with family and friends Even recommend ittoyourchurch librarian To the public library librarian
Buy the book Find your quiet place whether a rock a straight chair or a what-have-you Read and enjoy Read and be blessed Read and thank God for people of Or Jonesmiddot caliber who speak to our Heavenly Father on our be-half and having done so in faith speak to us and ours and others on Gods behalf
Yours for the reading the iQo filQle and other books that cause us Lo examine our lives in the light of Gods will and amazing grace I am--A reader who wants to latch on to all divinely revealed truth -- JLW III
About the Author Dr Aubrey Jones came lo Wal-
lace in 1983 to serve as pastor of the First Baptist Church where his tenure scoped a period of SL years Jones was very instnnncn-tal in helping the church grow spiritually and physically A new portion of the education bui lding was erected during his pastorship
Jones also did another coura-geous uplifting job for his com-munity He was a volun teer chap-lain at the Wallace Police Depart-ment serving in that capacity for six years and being on call 24 hours a day His job entailed coun-seling ln Crisis Interventionmiddot and he also helped the police person-nel with problems that arose per-sonally and on the job
This program was organized about 15 years ago said Chief Bobby Maready Weve called on the chaplain a lot durinp those years We get calls about ri is situations such as domestic vio-lence suicide rape criminal activity we even have those in-carcerated that would like lo speak to a chaplain we honor their re-questsmiddot
Maready fur ther explained We send chiplains to the J u stice Academy on studies in crisis in-tervention These self-sacrificing individuals are vitaI lo our per-sonnel and to our community at large
When Jones call number 21 O came over the radio he was ready to handle any situtation go any-where in the middotname of the Lord
Dr Jones said he had to thank his church for allowing him to be able to do something he felt made him grow more spirttually as a Christian This work was chal-lenging It was a great blessing to me it enabled me to tell others about the love of Christ and r ach the people I probably would n ot have come in contact with other-wise During my tenure as chap-lain Ive seen some bad thmg but more importantly good came from these upheavals Ive s hared laughter joy and tears with the people I came in contact with but I knew it was a ministJy that needed to be proclaimed it opened doors Jones expressed Min all the times I went out in U1e field or witnessed at the tempo-rary lock-u p I never encountered many who were not interested in their soul and their forgiveness of sin We as Christians know who Christ is and know He is true yet nonbelievers wish they could be-lieve
Jones gives others a hint of
