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Sat Jan 25, 2020, 09:32 AM Jan 2020

Substitute teaching a challenge in Jimmy Carter's class

Every now and then, Sunday school teacher Kim Fuller makes a point during class and the old man sitting on the front pew raises his eyebrows quizzically. That old man is her uncle, former president Jimmy Carter — and Fuller’s unique challenge is to serve as his substitute in the class he usually teaches himself.

Fuller is the eldest daughter of Carter’s late brother Billy Carter, and she has served as the regular replacement for the world’s best-known Sunday school teacher since Carter underwent brain surgery in November.

Out of the hospital and back home in Plains, Georgia, the 95-year-old Carter has been in his regular, front-row seat at Maranatha Baptist Church, along with his wife Rosalynn, each Sunday since Dec. 29. They sometimes sip coffee during class or hold hands, and they still pose for photos with visitors when able.

Maranatha Baptist has roughly 30 members, but as many as 450 people attend on any Sunday when Carter teaches. His schedule is posted online ...

https://www.krqe.com/news/national/substitute-teaching-a-challenge-in-jimmy-carters-class/

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Substitute teaching a challenge in Jimmy Carter's class (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Jan 2020 OP
And to think of all those evangelical pretend Christians who still are loyal to Trump Botany Jan 2020 #1
They practice what they preach Bayard Jan 2020 #2

Botany

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1. And to think of all those evangelical pretend Christians who still are loyal to Trump
Sat Jan 25, 2020, 09:58 AM
Jan 2020

Jimmy and Rosalyn are the real deal when it comes to be "good people."

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