Probably few men have been spiritually convicted by reading a license plate. Yet, there I was, sitting in my driveway staring downward at my NC plate that I was removing from the back of my car. I had never noticed it before – the motto for my former state: “To be, rather than to seem.” I read it over several times. I found out that the Roman philosopher Cicero wrote it two millennia ago. And I thought to myself, “Does any singular statement summarize the point of the Christian life better than that phrase?”
We are transformed by Christ to BE something different.Authenticity isn’t something that should SEEM to be true in our lives but rather, it should be something that is ACTUALLY TRUE of us. When I think of the men who have influenced my life, to a man, they were the real deal. No fakers. No posers. They WERE what they SEEMED to be.
-Pastor Greg Alderman
Greg Alderman has served in various pastoral positions in Appalachian churches for over 40 years. Currently, he is the part-time pastor of South Estatoe Baptist Church in Burnsville, NC, and he provides terminally ill patients with pastoral care through Medical Services of America. Greg and Drema have been married for nearly 42 years and have two married adult children and four grandchildren.
Schedule:
Friday
- 3:00 Trap Shoot *Near the gravel parking lot (Below modular I)
- 6:00 Doors Open
- 6:30 Dinner
- 7:30 Session I
- 9:00 Ice Cream & Fellowship, Corn Hole Tournament, and Ping-Pong Tournament
Saturday
- 7:30 Doors Open (Coffee’s hot)
- 8:15 Breakfast
- 9:00 Session 2
- 10:30 Free Time: Pickle Ball, Local Hike/Walk, Disc Golf
- 12:00 Lunch
- 12:45 Session 3
- 2:00 Clean Up