Calendar of Events

Wednesday

• SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM The Marshall County Humane Society’s low cost spay/neuter program will be open at 646 Old Hwy. 78 E. Call 252-6196 for the necessary appointment.

Thursday

• MUSIC FORUM The Byhalia Middle School hosts important forum on “The Influence of Music on Kids”, at the Byhalia High School, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Parents, teachers and community are invited. Admission is free. No children please.

• PTA MEETING Holly Springs High School PTA meeting, Thurs., Oct. 4, 5:30 p.m. in the high school library. President, Angela Mayfield, 662-252-6589.

Friday

• FISH FRY Cayce VFD will hold a fish fry, 4:30 to 7 p.m., 30 Lee Creek Road. The fish will be cooked by Kenny Dickerson and his crew. The meal will consist of fish, hushpuppies, fries, slaw, tea and your choice of dessert. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door or from any firefighter or board member or at Carol’s Beauty Shop, A-1 Small Engines or at Gossett’s Auto Parts. For more info. call 662-851-7384, 662-851-7922 or 662-851-7634. Ladies are asked to bring desserts.

• MUSIC FEST Andrew Lee fall music fest, Oct. 5-6, Fri. and Sat., Bethlehem community, 7 miles south of Potts Camp. Two-day event, bring lawn chairs and camping gear. Several groups, skeet shoot, games, food, music, face painting and raffle. For more info. call Crystal, 333-9436.

Saturday

• BANQUET Pastor and wife’s banquet, Smith Grove MB Church, will be held Sat., Oct. 6, 6 p.m. at the Northcentral community building, Byhalia. Pastor Rondias Cox of Mt. Peel MB Church will be the guest speaker. Tickets will be sold. W.C. Conner, pastor.

• HOMECOMING Sat., Oct. 6, Mt. Calvary Pentecost Church, located 1/2 mile south of Goodman Rd. on Cayce Rd. Dinner at 12 noon, singing at 1 p.m. Guest speaker will be Bro. Jimmy Johnson from Columbia. The Williams Family will be guest singers. Everyone is welcome.

• SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT Co-ed softball tournament, Potts Camp ballpark, Oct. 6. Entry fee per team, $125. For more info. call Samantha Cook, 662-216-6382, Rhonda Lewis, 901-326-4409. Registration at DJM Video Store, next to Corner Quick Stop, Sept. 28, 5-8 p.m. and Sept. 29, 9 a.m. until noon. All proceeds will go toward improvements on ballfield and dugouts at the Potts Camp field.

• OPEN HOUSE Alphaba, Cockrum, Ingrams Mill Volunteer Fire Department will have an open house on October 6 at Station 1 in Cockrum (10145 Holly Springs Rd., east of 305) from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please come out and meet your fire department personnel. This will kick off “National Fire Prevention” week. Hotdogs and drinks will be served.

• HUNTER SAFETY CLASS Oct. 6, 8 a.m. until, Marshall County Fairgrounds, Hwy. 7 N., Holly Springs. Must be at least 10 years of age. Bring Social Security number. To register for the class, call 662-563-6330.

• BAKE SALE Marshall County MHV Clubs will have a bake sale on Saturday, October 6 at the Wal-Mart store in Holly Springs. The bake sale will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. or until all baked goods are sold. Please come by and support the Mississippi Homemaker Volunteer ladies. For more information contact Janet Jolley at the Marshall Co. Extension office at 662-252-3541.

• Yard Sale, presented by the Nurse Angels of Marshall County, will be held at 205 E. College Ave. For more info. call Annie Reid at 252-5364. Everything must go.

• MEETING Red Banks Cemetery Association will hold their quarterly meeting Oct. 6, 9 a.m.

Sunday

• ANNIVERSARY Yarbrough Chapel CME Church will host the 33rd anniversary of the West Holly Springs Singing Union, Sun., Oct. 7, 3 p.m. at 2997 Old Hwy. 4 West, Holly Springs. Rev. Ronnie Franklin and Greenwood MB Church of Lamar are the guests. You are welcome.

• USHER DAY at Free Branch ME Church, pastor A.V. Warren Jr., Sun., Oct. 7, 2 p.m. with Pastor Danny Kimbrough and Hopewell No. 2.

• Annual Choir Day at Gray’s Chapel CME Church, October 7 at 3 p.m. Pastor Harold Stanfield Sr. is host pastor. Everyone is cordially invited.

• PASTOR HONORED Pleasant Grove MB Church family, Red Banks, will be honoring their pastor and wife, Rev. S.A. and Sis. Linzell Phillips for 42 years of service at 2 p.m. Guest speaker will be Rev. Earnest Jones of New Hope M.B. Church. Dinner will be served after the program.

• MEETING The Nurse Angels Club meeting will be at Annie Reid’s residence, 6 p.m., 205 W. College Ave. Plan to stay a little later. Lavora Blake will present program at 7 p.m. The public is invited. Refreshments will be served. Call Annie Reid 252-5364 for more info.

• FIRST SUNDAY NIGHT SERVICE Kimbrough Chapel Church, Oct. 7, 7 p.m. with Rev. Thurman Norman, Mt. Newell Baptist Church, Red Banks, as guest speaker.

• GOSPEL MEETING Laws Hill Church of Christ, Sun., Oct. 7-Fri. Oct. 12. Sun., 10 a.m., 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.; Mon.-Fri., 7:30 p.m. nightly. Preacher, Bobby Holmes.

• PIANIST APPRECIATION DAY Sun., Oct. 7, 2:30 p.m., Pleasant Hill CME Church, honoring Sis. Ida Patrick for 50 years of service. Everyone is invited, Rev. Willie Hoey, pastor.

October 10

• SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM The Marshall County Humane Society’s low cost spay/neuter program will be open at 646 Old Hwy. 78 E. Call 252-6196 for the necessary appointment.

October 11

• SPAGHETTI SUPPER Marshall Academy parents of the senior class of 2008 are hosting a spaghetti supper for Project Graduation. Dinner consists of spaghetti, salad, bread, tea and a homemade dessert. Eat-in or take-out available. Tickets can be purchased from any senior parent or by calling Barbara Taylor 901-371-2332. The dinner will be held at the MA cafeteria, 4:00-8:00 p.m.

October 13

• PUBLIC SQUARE PRAYER RALLY. At noon, on the Holly Springs Courthouse Square, the parishioners of St. Joseph Catholic Church will join with similar groups all across the Americas in a nationwide Prayer on the Public Square for repentance, conversion and peace. The October 13 Prayer Rally commemorates the 90th anniversary of the 1917 Fatima apparitions and the Miracle of the Dancing Sun.

• READING TOUR Ida B. Wells-Barnett Museum presents An Evening of Diversity. Take a reading tour around the world -- stories, rhymes, and chants from many lands and people. In addition, experience and taste food from many countries and lose yourself in exotic cultures. Saturday, October 13, 5-7 p.m. For more info., call 662-252-3232.

• Pancakes with Presbyterians. Join us for food and fellowship at the First Presbyterian Church, Church Street in Byhalia, 7 -10 a.m. Eat in or take-out. Pancakes, biscuits, sausage, gravy and grits will be on the menu. Donations accepted.

• WOMEN’S CONFERENCE JWSS Auxiliary, Kimbrough Chapel Church, will have their first Women’s Conference, Sat., Oct. 13, beginning with a continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m. Reg., 10 a.m. Speaker, Linda Willis, Riverside Baptist Church, Memphis, Tenn.

• Old Country Fair, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at New Sherron Baptist Church, 219 New Sherron Road, Cayce. Live gospel music from Darrel Petties and Strength in Praise, A.D. Smith III, Valerie Rankins, Melrose Youth Choir and many more. There will be a variety of activities, vendors and services available. For more info. call 901-508-4401 or visit www.newsherronchurch.org.

October 14

• PRE-LOVE SERVICE The Mt. Sinai COGIC of Mt. Pleasant will be having a pre-love day service at 3:30 p.m. for Pastor Curtis and Richenda Pritchard. Special guests will be Elder Granville Scruggs and the Fireside COGIC of Memphis.

• HOMECOMING Meadowbrook Baptist Church, 3115 Old Pigeon Roost Road, will have homecoming on Oct. 14. Fall revival will begin also and continue through October 17. Sunday night service 6 p.m.; and other nights, 7 p.m. The Glass Family from Nashville will be singing and preaching. Bro. Oscar Geeslin, pastor, welcomes everyone to come and worship with us.

• FISH FRY and barbecue at Rising Star MB Church, Higdon Rd., Oct. 14, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Call-ins welcome for four or more plates. Delivery available, 252-7507.

• HOMECOMING Spring Hill Baptist Church, Waterford, Sun., Oct. 14, beginning with Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. Service will be led by Dr. Jim Burke, director of missions for Marshall County. Worship service at 10:30 a.m., pot luck lunch immediately following. Song service after lunch.

• HOMECOMING Isaac Chapel Church, Sun., Oct. 14, 11 a.m. Guest speaker, Elder James L. Standback, Morning Star Worldwide Ministry, Memphis, Tenn. All are invited. Host pastor, Rev. Willie Ward.

October 15

• MEETING Holly Springs Band Booster Club meeting, Mon., Oct. 15, 5 p.m. in the band hall. All band members’ parents are asked to please attend.

• WEEK OF PRAISE Pleasant Hill CME Church, Oct. 15-19, 7 p.m. nightly. Bro. Billy Williams will be guest speaker. Rev. Willie Hoey, pastor. Everyone is invited to attend.

October 16

• MEETING The Marshall County Humane Society will have its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. in the public library in Holly Springs. Everyone is welcome.

October 17

• SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM The Marshall County Humane Society’s low cost spay/neuter program will be open at 646 Old Hwy. 78 E. Call 252-6196 for the necessary appointment.

• TRAIL RIDE Fitch Farms-Galena Plantation will hold a trail ride for St. Jude Children’s Hospital on Sat., Oct. 20, from 2-6 p.m. A fish dinner will be prepared by Sheriff Kenny Dickerson. Live entertainment by Sonny Jackson. Food, fun and festivities.

October 18

• PTA MEETING H.W. Byers PTA meeting will be held at 6 p.m.

October 20

• FALL FESTIVAL Kimbrough Chapel Church, gospel festival, 10 a.m. until, on the church grounds.

• BANQUET Pastor and wife love banquet, True Vine MB Church, Sat., Oct. 20, 7 p.m. in the fellowship hall. All are invited. For more info. call 274-0133. Darrell E. Cunninghham, pastor.

October 21

• PRE-LOVE DAY Mt. Sinai COGIC of Mt. Pleasant will be having a pre-love day program for Pastor Curtis and Richenda Pritchard at 3 p.m. Special guest will be Elder Gurnette Joyner and The Spirit of Life COGIC of Victoria. Everyone is invited.

October 22

• AARP Safe Driving Class will be held at the Marshall County Library, 109 E. Gholson St. in Holly Springs on October 22-23, 9:30 a.m. till 1:30 p.m. each day. To register for this class call 662-252-3823 by October 19. A material fee will be payable prior to the start of the first day. Class size will be limited to 15 students.

October 23

• COMMUNITY FORUM The Holly Springs Pilot Club will have a community forum at the Multi-Purpose Center for Project Lifesaver.

October 26

• FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHT Kimbrough Chapel Church, Friday night fight, 7 p.m. with guest Rev. Lawrence Cole, Unity Baptist Church in Collierville, Tenn.

October 28

• ANNIVERSARY Pastor and wife anniversary, Smith Grove MB Church, Sun., Oct. 28, 2 p.m. Pastor James Taylor and Mt. Olive MB Church will be guests. W.C. Conner, pastor.

• WOMEN’S DAY PROGRAM Calvin Chapel United Methodist Church, 3 p.m., Oct. 28. Guest speaker will be Thelma Collins, Samuel Chapel United Methodist church and mayor of Itta Bena. Rev. Ed Moses, pastor; Sis. Barbara Jenkins, UMW president. Everyone is cordially invited.

• MUSICIAN APPRECIATION at Free Branch MB Church, pastor A.V. Warren Jr. Sun., Oct. 28, 2 p.m. Everyone is invited.

• PRE-LOVE DAY Mt. Sinai COGIC of Mt. Pleasant will be having a pre-love day program for Pastor Curtis and Richenda Pritchard at 3 p.m. Special guest will be Elder Robert Earl Barber and The Gospel Temple COGIC of Senatobia.

FYI

• NIMITZ REUNION The USS Nimitz (CVN-68) Association is looking for shipmates (ship’s company, staff, squadrons and detachments) who served on board the nuclear attack aircraft carrier for a ship’s reunion in Nashville, Tenn., June 19-22, 2008. The Nimitz is currently deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. For more information contact Joe Brunner at waldoj@cox.net., or (619) 466-2132 or log onto www.ussnimitzassociation.org for membership.

• REUNION Byhalia High School, classes of 1980, ’81, ’82 and ’83 are planning a reunion. Please call Paula Wheeler-Davis, 838-7194, pespdavis@yahoo.com; Vivian Rogers-Gulledge, 901-870-1210; Ruby Shaw Blackmon, 838-6996 or Martha Jones Rogers, 901-361-8480, for more details.

• BUS MINISTRY The Apostolic Church of Jesus is now offering a bus ministry. If you need a ride to church, please call Bro. Bobby, cell, 662-560-3946 or home, 662-562-6765; or Pastor Garland Loveless, 662-838-8110. Services are Sun. morning, 10 a.m.-12 noon, Sun. evening, 6:30 p.m. and Wed. evening, 7:30 p.m.

• Awana at Red Banks Baptist Church. Every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Please call 544-0531 for van transportation. Supper, $5 per person, 5:30-6:15 p.m.

• RECOVERY PROGRAM The Most Excellent Way, a Bible-based Scriptural recovery program for all types of addictions. Women’s and co-dependent meetings every Tues., 7 p.m. Men’s group meeting every Thurs., 7 p.m. Meetings are at Longview Heights Baptist Church, 4501 Goodman Rd., Olive Branch. Contact Mary or Mike, 662-893-3912.

• AA MEETING - New, open to public: AA meeting, every Tues. and Fri. night, 8 p.m., in Ashland at the Women’s Bldg. at the Fairgrounds. If you want to drink that’s your business. If you want to stop, we can help. For more info. call 662-224-6151.

• CEMETERY MAINTENANCE Spring Hill Baptist Church has started a maintenance fund for cutting grass in the cemetery. If you would like to make a donation toward this fund in memory or in honor of a loved one, we would appreciate your help. The cemetery is maintained only by donations. Please make your donation to Spring Hill Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, Maxine Palmer, P.O. Box 55, Waterford, MS 38685.


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