Where we worship
Piney Mountain Baptist Church
Piney Mountian Baptist Church has been in the area for more than a century North Buncombe Hero
By Loren Metts In March 1902, a group of 36
Christians gathered together to officially charter Piney Mountain Baptist Church. The church met in a vacant building located at the end of Stockton Road until prop- erty and materials were donated for the construction of a sanctu- ary. A two-story building was soon built at its current location in Weaverville, with the bottom f loor used for worship and the top f loor as a meeting hall for a local Odd Fellows Society. Various ad- ditions were made to the sanctuary throughout the 1900s. By the late 1970s the church membership built a new sanctuary on the same prop- erty that is currently used today. Steve Freeman and his wi fe
Tis week’s Hero of the Week is North Buncombe Middle School
teacher and Future Farmers of America advisor Justin Gillespie. Gillespie has been involved in numerous FFA activities. Recently, he took several NBMS FFA students to show livestock at
the Haywood County and Madison County fairs. Te FFA plans to show again at the upcoming N.C. Mountain State Fair and the N.C. State Fair. Gillespie’s dedication to his school, the FFA chapter and the com- munity is the reason he is this week’s Hero of the Week.
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Arlene have been a part of min- istry at PMBC since 2005. Free-
man served as youth pastor for six months before becoming the church’s senior pastor. He worked in management and quality con- trol prior to going into full-time ministry. Freeman loves serving at PMBC and is excited about all that is happening in and through this church. “I believe that God has called us to be joyful in our worship of Him and to make a difference in the world around us,” he said. “We are to follow Christ with our whole lives, to seek God and to pursue His will with every part of our lives: as parents, kids, spouses, friends, students, employ- ees, business owners, worshippers, servers, givers, Bible readers, Jesus- lovers -- with every aspect of who we are!” Outreach is very important to
the people of Piney Mountain. “Our missions philosophy is that
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we should never reach over our community without first reaching through it,” Freeman said. One of the newest ministries of PMBC is the Reformers Anonymous Ad- diction Program held each Friday night from 7-9:30. “For the past nine months, our church has seen some incredible things happen through this ministry,” Freeman said. His younger brother and former youth pastor, Donnie Freeman, is director of the pro- gram. “This outreach is an intense bible-based program with over an 80 percent success rate for those wanting freedom from any and all addictions.” Another mini s t r y de a r to
the heart of Piney Mountain is “Through His Love.” This local home-based outreach helps meet physical needs of people in the Barnardsville, Weaverville and Mars Hill communities.
PMBC
is also actively involved in the outreach efforts of the WNC Res- cue Mission and the Barnardsville Resource Ministry. Each year the church also provides Christmas gif ts for numerous children at the Broyhill Children’s Home in Waynesville. Monthly support is given for missionaries in Panama, the Philippines and the Western United States as well.
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