Church Briefs

March 03, 2007 01:35 pm

— n The Resurrection Service Community Choir will rehearse at 6 p.m. Tuesday, at Highland Baptist Church.
All directors, singers, choirs, musicians and leaders, regardless of race, creed, religion or color are welcome and encouraged to attend.
The Rev. Roy Crowe is pastor and organizers are Lula Cooley and Timothy Hubbard. For more information, call 601-428-6142.

n Corinth Baptist Church will hold a revival March 18-23, at 7 p.m. each day.
Choir practice will be held at 6 p.m. March 17, and a prayer meeting will be held from 8 p.m. March 17 until 8 a.m. March 18. The speaker will be Dickie Bryan, with Kevin Bishop in charge of music.
The public is invited.

n Members of Old Palestine Missionary Baptist Church in Hebron will celebrate the fourth anniversary of their pastor, Marvin Chapman, and his family March 11.
Worship will begin at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Curtis Hill as speaker. The Rev. Vernon Graves of Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Laurel will speak at 3 p.m.
The public is invited.

n Trinity Baptist Church will conduct a 50th anniversary celebration March 25. The service will include singing, preaching and video presentations highlighting the history of the church.
The Rev. Keith Yelverton and the congregation invite all current and former members to join them at 10 a.m. The Rev. Harrison Weger, a former pastor at Trinity, will present the message. The service will be followed by a covered dish meal in the fellowship hall and then an afternoon of music in the sanctuary. There will be no evening message.

n The Rev. Doak M. Mansfield, interim co-minister of Our Home Universalist Unitarian Church will provide the 11 a.m. service Sunday.
Mansfield’s topic, “Mysticism for Skeptics,” will consider the meaning of mysticism from the silly to the serious.
For information concerning this or other services call 601-763-3101 or log on the church web page at www.ourhomeuu.org.

n Highland Baptist Church in Laurel will host a revival March 25-27, with Dr. Fred Luter Jr. as the speaker.
Luter is the senior pastor of Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, La. When he was elected as pastor of this congregation in 1986, Franklin Avenue was a small Southern Baptist mission church with 65 members on roll. By 2005, the church had grown to more 7,000 members, making Franklin Avenue the largest Southern Baptist church in Louisiana.
Luter has preached all across the country for various revivals, evangelism conferences, association meetings and state conventions. He was chosen as the first African American to preach the convention sermon at the Southern Baptist Convention, and has had the opportunity to do so numerous times since.

n A “Planted in Jesus” plant swap will be held at 10 a.m. March 10, at Glade Baptist Church in the Christian life center.
Ladies are invited to attend and enjoy gardening and landscape ideas. The guest speaker will be Wayne Porter of the Mississippi State University Extension Services.
For more information, call 601-649-4246.

n First Baptist Church in Laurel will host a Precept Bible Study titled “Wrestling With God,” a study of Isaac, Jacob and Esau.
This study will be held from 9:30-11:30 a.m. March 15 and will be led by Margie Hauenstein for four weeks. An identical study will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. March 19, led by Danny West.
For more information, call Carey or Margie Hauenstein at 601-428-1097.

n Southern Psalm, a gospel trio, will be in concert at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, at Sand Hill Baptist Church in Ellisville.
The members of the group are Jason and Wendy Walley and the Rev. Jimmy Walley, who was pastor at Sand Hill for more than 16 years. T
A love offering will be taken to further the ministry of Southern Psalm.

n Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Sandersville will celebrate the 16th anniversary of the Rev. Herbert Walker and his wife at 3 p.m. Sunday.
The guest speaker will be the Rev. Michael Evans, pastor of Macedonia Baptist Church in Collins.
For more information, call Willie Plummer at 601-426-6750.

n Pastor Leander Bridges and the members of Springhill Missionary Baptist Church in Ellisville invite the public to attend their annual spring revival services March 18-23.
March 18, services will begin at 3 p.m. with the Rev. Ricky Lindsey, pastor of Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Silver Creek, speaking. Services March 19-23 will begin at 7 p.m. with the Rev.
Phillip Clark, pastor of St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Silver Creek, speaking.
A service will be held April 11, at 6 p.m. featuring pastor Dan Hall of Cooper City, Fla. He is the pastor of Christ Rock Community Church, where there are 37 different nationalities within the congregation.

n The members of Sweet Pilgrim Baptist Church invite the public to the annual spring revival March 19-23.
Services will begin each day at 7 p.m. The Rev. David Blount, pastor of Mt. Kingdom Baptist Church in Tickfaw, La. will be the evangelist.

n United Missionary Baptist Church will hold a spring revival Sunday-Friday.
Services will begin at 3 p.m. Sunday. The speaker will be the Rev. Chris McSwain and the Rev. Sidney L. Tucker Sr. The public is invited to attend.

n Pine Grove Baptist Church in Ellisville will host its annual Men’s Wild Game Supper and Big Buck Contest at 6 p.m. today.
All men and boys are invited to attend. Ken Boyette will be the speaker.
The church will hold its spring revival Sunday-Wednesday. Services will be held each day at 7 p.m. The Rev. Ken Boyette will be the guest evangelist, and McKay Pearce will be the guest music evangelist. There will be a nursery provided for each service.

n Magnolia Baptist Church in Laurel will celebrate its annual homecoming March 11.
Former pastor Dr. H. Frank Harmon will be the guest speaker. Harmon was pastor at Magnolia Street Baptist Church from 1976-1979. He is married to the former Nancy Wally, and they have two children, Betsy and Jon Micah. Since leaving Magnolia, Harmon has been the pastor at several churches within Mississippi and also interim at various churches in Mississippi. Presently he serves on the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board and as Mississippi director of church-minister relations. He has also been a member of various civic organizations throughout his ministry.Harmon and his wife live in Brandon.
Gloria Ladner will lead the music during this year’s homecoming. She was the music minister for a number of years during the 1990s. Presently, she is the music minister at Walker Hill Baptist Church in Brandon.
Pastor Dr. Jay Cook and the family of Magnolia Baptist Church invite all former members to attend.
Sunday School starts at 9:15 a.m. and worship services start at 10:30 a.m. followed by dinner on the ground in the Family Life Center. For more information, call 601-649-5660.

n Members of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Laurel will serve dinner to the seniors in the community each Sunday in March.
The dinners will be served in the B.R. Nichols Family Life Center at 1:30 p.m. For more information, call 601-426-3718.

n The pastor and members of East Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church will hold their 10th annual youth revival beginning at 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
Services will continue Monday through Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. The evangelist will be the Rev. Joe Washington of Old Strangers Home Baptist Church in Jackson.

n Members of Greater Beaver Meadow Missionary Baptist Church in Heidelberg will host a spring jam aloha March 10 at the life center from 11a.m.-5 p.m. Games and sports events for youth will be offered.
The Rev. Clinton Heidelberg is pastor. The public is invited.

n First United Methodist Church in Laurel will hold a benefit rummage sale and bake sale for Ariel Ball, daughter of Dennis and Marjann Ball, today, beginning at 7 a.m.
The sale will take place in the church fellowship hall, rain or shine. Items in the rummage sale include men’s, women’s and children’s clothes of all sizes, linens, framed wall art, Christmas decor, dishes, toys, household appliances, furniture, televisions and much more. Cakes and other treats will be available for purchase also.
Ariel Ball is a 14-year-old young lady fighting her second battle with osteosarcoma-bone cancer. She is currently undergoing treatment at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania.

n Hosanna Missionary Baptist Church will host a concert at 6 p.m. today, featuring Jerry Bolton of the Bolton Brothers.
There will be a $10 donation. For ticket information contact the church office at 601-649-4501.

n Saint John Baptist Church in Laurel will hold its annual Usher Day at 3 p.m. Sunday.
The guest speaker will be the Rev. Virgil Smith, associate minister of Saint John Baptist Church.

n Abundant Life Pentecostal Church will hold revival services Wednesday-March 11 and March 14-18.
Services will begin at 7 p.m. each day. Sunday services will be held at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. The evangelist will be Ronnie Rand. For more information, call 601-425-2287, 601-425-2213 or 601-498-3701.

n First-Trinity Presbyterian Church in Laurel will present a series of Lenten meditations on Wednesdays at noon during Lent.
Each meditation will consist of an organ prelude, readings and reflective organ music appropriate for the season, and will last approximately 30 minutes. This series is open to the public. A soup and salad lunch will be served following each meditation.
The series is as follows: Wednesday, “Your Sins Are Forgiven”; March 14, “Love One Another”; March 21, “Listen, Follow, Commit”; March 28, “Death and Resurrection”; and April 4, “Shadows and Darkness.”
For more information, contact the church at 601-428-8491, or visit the church website at www.first-trinity.org

n Gospel soloist Terry Joe Terrell of Foxworth and Tim Frith and the Gospel Echoes of Pearl will be in concert at the Petal Civic Center in Petal at 7 p.m. March 10.
There will be a $5 admission fee at the door. For more information, call Jean Stevens at 601-735-9566 or Evelyn Taylor at 601-735-1058.

n St. Elmo Missionary Baptist Church is sponsoring after-school tutoring from 3:30-5 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday. For more information, call 601-426-3053 from 3:30-5 p.m.
St. Elmo Missionary Baptist Church will hold auditions for a youth (under 21) talent show at 5 p.m. each Sunday in February, in the church’s family life center.
For more information, call Carolyn D. Harper at 601-428-4230.

n A Christ-centered 12-step recovery group will meet every Tuesday-Friday at Christ’s Church.
For more information, call Dying to Live Ministries at 601-649-8040 or 601-543-4744.

n Breaking the Chains Encounter Weekend will be held March 2-4, at Camp Waukaway Springs.
Christ’s Church will host the weekend retreat. Those who wish to attend must preregister by Feb. 1. For more information, call 601-649-8040 or 601-543-4744.

n Divine Ministry Church will hold services every Monday-Friday from 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
For more information, call the pastor, Jacqueline Teachey, at 601-498-2415.

n The public is invited to call Abundant Life Pentecostal Church at 601-425-2213, 601-498-3701 or 601-425-2287 for prayer for any reason, a free Bible study or an anointed prayer cloth.

n The West Laurel Baptist Church prayer ministry wants to pray for people and their families. For spiritual blessings, emotional blessings, mental blessings, personal blessings, physical blessings and financial blessings, call 601-649-1552 or fax a request to 601-649-1557. Requests may also be sent to West Laurel Baptist Church, 1400 W. 15th St. in Laurel.