Hello Y'all from Down South

~What ho all!~

This is Matthew posting from Winder GA, to let you know that we (the Hurleys) are coming back from vacation tomorrow starting at 3:00 a.m. (Georgia time, which translates into 12:00 midnight Oregon time) and will be arriving back in Oregon at approximately sometime in the afternoon (Oregon time).

During the two weeks we have been over here, we have roamed through GA, SC, and NC, with a couple of notable highlights (The World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta, GA and the Blue Ridge Parkway, a senic parkway inhabiting the Smoky, Blue Ridge, Appalachian, and Black Mountains, as well as several other groups of mountains, I imagine. The parkway stretches from Cherokee, NC (right near the TN border, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park), to the Waynesboro, VA area where it becomes the Skyline Drive, which stretches through the Shenandoah National Park.

By the way, the Shenandoah Valley was a major name in the Civil War (also known as the War of the Northern Aggression). The Parkway also passes close by Lynchburg, PA, now the hometown of the Boyds; Mr. Boyd has been a major part of Providence for some years. I believe you will find more on the Boyds in earlier posts.

Anyway, the drive along the Parkway (we stayed in the NC part of the parkway) was very beautiful and refreshing (a breezy atmosphere in the 70s compared to the 100 degree, 50 percent humidity we faced down on the low ground). Pictures will be forthcoming.

We hope to see y'all soon. I reckon school will begin soon enough, and then I'll probably wish I'd never seen you. S'long, and y'all come back now, y'hear?

Pip-pip, Matthew

Salvation Doctrines: Nathaniel's View

Hi, peoples, I decided to finish this post finally. It's been in draft like the whole summer (and I haven't worked on it).

[after this is basically original work]

There was a big discussion at Providence on Thursday (that would be the Thursday before the last Thursday of 2006-2007 school year) regarding some doctrine and stuff. The main topic was once you're saved, is it possible to fall away? Also related ideas and things like that.

The two big people in the discussion, I believe, are Blake Roddey and Mr. Buck. I have invited them both to the blog (Well, I don't know how many people use the Buck email...), so they can elaborate if they wish.

OK, here goes; my idea on it, my take of it.

Mr. Buck drew two trees on a white board as an illustration. They started out both the same. After some time, one of the trees bore fruit, but the other one stayed the same.

[now I start writing later]

What was I going to talk about?

Oh well, I'll just summarize my beliefs. I believe once you are truly saved, you can never become unsaved. The only way to become unsaved is to not really have ever been saved. And to be saved, you must repent to God, and ask God for His forgiveness. And if you really do that, their is no way to undo it.

Really, this is a sticky subject, but we shouldn't divide over it, I hope.

My mind goes to the parable of the seeds. I suppose it comes down to finding what is real. As to that, I'm not a theologian, so don't ask me.

So, I'll leave you to mull over that (and I hope at least one person reads this and remembers the discussion ;-). I'm looking forward to your comments.

Nathaniel












p.s. if your wondering what the picture is for, check this link.

original post time was 5/25/07 8:44 PM

Intelligence Update

Just a small update.

Sorry, I was on vacation, so if it seemed like part of the staff was gone, they were. Actually, three-quarters of the staff were gone. That would be because the Hurleys are in Georgia (or are supposed to be).

And now, the important part of the update. Here is a draft of the Providence Academy 2007-2008 calender. The photo was provided by Providence Academy Intelligence. Click on the picture to enlarge it.




















Hey, and people, tell me what you're thinking about school. We want to know! ;-)

By the way, thank you sunny_12 for the comment. It makes us feel like somebody actually reads this hunk of.... um reads this blog, that is.

Nathaniel

Is anybody listening?

Alright everybody, for your information, I've updated the poll. The last question was "Do you think we will have all the teachers at Providence found by August 1st?" The results for the last poll were 4 Yes and 4 No. The new poll is "What are your feelings about attending on Fridays (although not a full day)?"

And here's a juicy tidbit for you Ultimate Frisbee buffs meeting in Enterprise. Last Wednesday, Hector Del Castillo showed up at Ultimate, armed with a camera and notepad. The word is he's going to (or by this time may have already) write an article on us. We'll try to link to it here if it shows up on the Chieftain website.

Well, some time here, school will roll around, and you can bet we'll be covering it.

Well, ripping good weather we've been having, what? Too bad for those Easterners!

Nathaniel