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Displaying their international and regional awards are East Central Community College's Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Theta Xi chapter officers and sponsors. The chapter was awarded the International Distinguished Honors in Action Theme Award. Regionally, the chapter was recogruzed as a Five-Star Chapter. Top Ten Most DtstiogUished Chapter and received the Distinguished Honors in Action Theme Award. Ptcrured are Cain Prestage ofCarthage. vice president ofservice; Emily Marler ofMorton, executive board member; Claire Gnffin of Decatur. prestdent; Andrew Hanna ofUnion. vice prestdent of leader– ship; and co-sponsors Amanda Walton and Curt Skipper. (EC PHOTO) ECCC Theta Xi Chapter ofPhi Theta Kappa Receives International, RegionalAwards East Central Theta Kappa, the academic Theta Kappa 95th lntema- Cornmunity College in honor soctety for commu- ttonal Convention tn Sao Decatur has received an ntty colleges. Jose, Calif. ECCC's Theta international honor by Phi During the Phi Xi chapter earned the In– ontradietion by Pastor Luis Cartagena ternational Distinguished Honors in Action Theme Award. "Our Phi The-

ta Kappa students have • worked extremely hard this year in the classroom, in the commuruty, and on campus," said ECCC's PTK Theta Xi Chapter co– advisor Amanda Walton. "They have worked with other clubs and organiza– tions to ratse money to upgrade technology 10 our classrooms. Their efforts ·· SHOBA DEMOCRAT - --- -– shown tremendous leader- ship skills this year, and NSTON COUNTY JOURNAL _ _ _ we are proud of everything .ARION-LEDGER they have accomphshed." ------ -- Theta ~ Xi was and achievements are to be commended. They have OTT COUNTY TIMES - ---–

is in heaven, but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven." (Matthew 10.31-33 ESV) Whoever makes ostentation ofpower approving laws in opposi– tion to God's will falls in contradiction if he believes in Christ. It is the reason why people understand who Jesus Christ is but are not livmg fatthfully and fall in hypocrisy. "And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocntes. For they love to stand and pray in the

Since man was cre– ated, humanity, after being disobedient to the Father, has been falling in contra– dictions. In spite of the fact that "God created man in his own image", the world is increasmg ttself in those failures and many church people are also included in the group. The main reason is that humans have a strong tendency to please those who have power and not to please God. Worldwide cultural values are definitely changinl! toward living with