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4 November/December 2025


Moderator’s Challenge - O Be Careful What You Say We need to be careful taking verses out of context or even misquoting scrip- ture altogether. —David Walkup


November Synod Emphasis - Erskine College As a missional institution, we are not only here to strengthen the faith of be- lieving students but to introduce Christ to those who do not yet know Him. —Paul Bell


December Synod Emphasis - An Eager Expectation As we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, our eyes and hearts must look with great anticipation to when Christ comes in power and glory to judge the living and the dead. —Matthew Atteberry


8 ARP Synod of Canada The ARP Synod of Canada is formed.—Ben Glaser


25 Thankful


Don’t let Thanksgiving be just a chance to eat a lot and watch football. —David Setzer


Scripture taken from the Holy Bible, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. All rights reserved throughout the world. Used by permission of International Bible Society. Scripture quotations marked (ESV) are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.


26  Highlights from 2025 Summer Camps and what to expect for 2026 camps. —Trip McGill


28 One Year After Hurricane Helene We are a grateful people—grateful to God and his faithful presence as we


navigated the disaster, relief work, and ongoing recovery. —Ross Meyer AGENCIES


11 Bonclarken 12 Brice Sanders Foundation 13 Erskine College 14 Outreach North America 15 World Witness 19 Women’s Ministries


EVERY MONTH


16 Family Pages 17 Prayer Calendar 22 ARPinterest 23 News In Brief 30 All in Our Family


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ARPC Spotlight Walking in Faith Bess Hambright turns 108


ARPC Spotlight


On October 13th, Bess Alice Hambright Phifer turned 108. She has been a member of the Boyce Memorial ARP Church for 79 years. During the last century, she has seen  Growing up on the family farm near the Kings Mountain National military park, she had seven siblings. Their lives revolved around family, school, and church, and their roots run deep in the community. Bess attended school in a one-room schoolhouse that her mother founded. The family


provided lodging for the teacher in their home. Bess’ earliest memories are of picking peanuts, chores were a common part of farm life. “My sister and I milked cows before we went to school. At that time, my mother and daddy were selling milk in those tin cans, and the dairy would come by and pick them   school. And then we do it again when we come back home.”


When Bess was just 12, she attended the 105th anniversary of the Battle of Kings Mountain. The year was 1930. President Herbert Hoover was the keynote speaker. While in her Junior and Senior years of high school, Bess played basketball and participated  in the United States from 1934-1935. After High school, she attended Asheville College and earned a teaching degree. She taught sixth graders and coached their High School women’s basketball team. In the early part of World War II, Bess worked at the Shell plant in Charlotte, making mm shells. “I inspected the little percussion cup to make sure it had powder in it. I did it at night on the third shift.”


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