Here's to My Heroes

rrford · #1 01-21-2009, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by MissBrattified

Do you know HS personally?

What has he written? I've never read anything by him....

If we are referencing the same man I do know him personally. Pastors a great church in Columbus, GA but keeps very much to himself.

While I was the editor of the District newsletter I would publish some of his writings. I pressed him to publish but thus far have not been successful. If I can find the old files I will post a couple of the articles.

MissBrattified · #2 01-21-2009, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by rrford

If we are referencing the same man I do know him personally. Pastors a great church in Columbus, GA but keeps very much to himself.

While I was the editor of the District newsletter I would publish some of his writings. I pressed him to publish but thus far have not been successful. If I can find the old files I will post a couple of the articles.

Not the same man, and I don't think EA is referring to the same man, either. (But I could be wrong)

EA · #3 01-21-2009, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Edward Anglin

These men have invested in my life.

Brother James Molter, Harold Sheppard, Jonathan Urshan Sr, Fendell Hall and Bill Coltharp.

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Originally Posted by rrford

By far one of the greatest unkown writers of our movement.

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Originally Posted by MissBrattified

Do you know HS personally?

What has he written? I've never read anything by him....

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Originally Posted by rrford

If we are referencing the same man I do know him personally. Pastors a grewat church in Columbus, GA but keeps very much to himself.

While I was the editor of the District newsletter I would publish some of his writings. I pressed him to publish but thus far have not been successful. If I can find the old files I will post a couple of the articles.

Brother rrford, I know the man you are speaking about, and you are right, he is a great writer. But the HS I mentioned is actually a relative of MissBrattified.

It would be great if you could post those articles.

Ron · #4 01-21-2009, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by rrford

If we are referencing the same man I do know him personally. Pastors a grewat church in Columbus, GA but keeps very much to himself.

While I was the editor of the District newsletter I would publish some of his writings. I pressed him to publish but thus far have not been successful. If I can find the old files I will post a couple of the articles.

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Originally Posted by Edward Anglin

Brother rrford, I know the man you are speaking about, and you are right, he is a great writer. But the HS I mentioned is actually a relative of MissBrattified.

It would be great if you could post those articles.

I agree, it would be awesome to read the articles!

MissBrattified · #5 01-21-2009, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Edward Anglin

Brother rrford, I know the man you are speaking about, and you are right, he is a great writer. But the HS I mentioned is actually a relative of MissBrattified.

It would be great if you could post those articles.

Speaking of the HS you and I referred to...what I LOVE most about him is his prayer life. Whether he is here or at home, he stops whatever he's doing at the same time every day and goes to pray. When he was here visiting, my kids were in the room with him, and he just prayed right there with them in the bedroom. I'm sure that will make a very positive impact on them later, if not now. And it's not a showy sort of thing--he's just consistent and makes it top priority.

EA · #6 01-21-2009, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by MissBrattified

Speaking of the HS you and I referred to...what I LOVE most about him is his prayer life. Whether he is here or at home, he stops whatever he's doing at the same time every day and goes to pray. When he was here visiting, my kids were in the room with him, and he just prayed right there with them in the bedroom. I'm sure that will make a very positive impact on them later, if not now. And it's not a showy sort of thing--he's just consistent and makes it top priority.

Yes, he is a man of prayer. We used to go to the church at 5:30 AM and pray during the weekdays. I was very young at the time, and hadn't learned to pray like he could, but I loved to go just to be around him.

There is nothing pretentious about the man.

Sam · #7 01-23-2009, 12:10 PM

It's hard to make a list like this because there are so many that I have learned from and have respected over the years.

A hero to me would be Bro. Lester Thompson who was my pastor for the brief time I attended Bethel Tabernacle in Racine, Wisconsin in 1955 and 1956.

Another would be Bro. S.G. Norris. I learned a lot from him.

F.E. Curts was my pastor from 1957 until some time in the early nineteen sixties when we left that UPC church. The man was a great Bible teacher and I learned a lot from him.

Another hero would be my current pastor, Wendell Coning, who has such a love for people -especially youth and children.

My wife is a hero to me. She has put up with me for over 50 years. I am a better person for being associated with her over the years.

Other heroes are some of the ladies who have been "prayer warriors" over the years. Some have gone on to their reward. Others are still ministering in prayer.

Cindy · #8 01-21-2009, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by rrford

If we are referencing the same man I do know him personally. Pastors a grewat church in Columbus, GA but keeps very much to himself.

While I was the editor of the District newsletter I would publish some of his writings. I pressed him to publish but thus far have not been successful. If I can find the old files I will post a couple of the articles.

My SIL comes out of the Columbus church. I got to visit there as a child.

Kay B · #9 01-21-2009, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Cindy

My SIL comes out of the Columbus church. I got to visit there as a child.

I've known Bro. Harold Sheppard and his family since I was 14. They are like family to me dearly loved.
They have a website, I get homesick when I visit , plus I feel very OLD as all the children are grown now and have grown chldren.

http://www.thechurchofcolumbus.org/

Sam · #10 01-23-2009, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by hnhisle

I've known Bro. Harold Sheppard and his family since I was 14. They are like family to me dearly loved.
They have a website, I get homesick when I visit , plus I feel very OLD as all the children are grown now and have grown chldren.

http://www.thechurchofcolumbus.org/

H. L. Sheppard

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May 2005

"Wake Up ! We're Rich!"

Wolves were picking off the livestock of ranchers at an alarming rate, so the state offered a bounty of $5,000 for every wolf killed. Two good ol' down home country boys, Jethro and his friend Zach, decided to go into the wolf hunting business.

They had been out hunting wolves all day and into the night, and made camp way up in the mountains near a beautiful little stream. About four o'clock the next morning, Jethro woke up to see their camp surrounded by thirty or forty wolves. In the light of the dying campfire, he could see the blood-lust in their eyes, and the white of their exposed, razor-sharp teeth. He could also see that they were about ready to spring. "Hey, Zach," he whispered. "Wake up! We're Rich!" Men with a vision see problems as possibilities.

A blind man's world is bounded by the limits of his touch; an ignorant man's world by the limits of his knowledge; a great man's world by the limits of his vision (E. Paul Hovey/1908-).

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