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Calendar of EventsWednesday •
PTA Report card pickup, Holly Springs Primary School, Wed., Oct. 24,
2-6 p.m. Parents, please come out - teachers are waiting! • FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHT Kimbrough Chapel Church, Friday night fight, 7 p.m. with guest Rev. Lawrence Cole, Unity Baptist Church in Collierville, Tenn. • Haunted house Watson VFD’s 18th annual Haunted House Thursday October 25 from 7-10, Friday October 26 from 7-?, Saturday October 27 from 6-?, and Halloween from 7-10. Admission $3 per person. Free parking. Concession stand on site. Go Hwy. 309 S to the Watson four-way stop. Turn right onto Watson Road and go 1/4 mile and look on your right. You can’t miss it. •
Haunted House, Wall Doxey State Park, brought to you by Boy Scout Troop
43. $2 admission, Friday October 26 and Saturday October 27, 7-10 p.m.
Rated best Haunted House in Marshall County 2005 and 2006. Concessions,
cake walk, games for young kids, hayrides, costume contest Sat. night.
The park is located just 5 miles south of Holly Springs on Highway 7. • Fall Festival First Baptist Church Byhalia, Sat., Oct. 27, from 10 a.m. - 12 noon. All children up to sixth grade are invited to attend! Games, crafts, prizes, moon bounce, slide, and lots of candy! First Baptist Church, 2555 Church St., Byhalia, 662-838-2250. • Seminar The Holly Springs/Marshall County Faith-Based Consortium and Strawberry MB Church invite everyone to a seminar on “the church and community service.” Speaker will be Rev. George E. Young Sr., pastor of Holy Temple MB Church in Oklahoma City, Okla. Sat., Oct. 27, at Annie’s Restaurant, 9 a.m.-12 noon. Cost includes meal and hand-outs. Rev. Willie Jeffries Jr., pastor, Strawberry MB Church. • HARVEST FESTIVAL Watson Community Church, 2550 Hwy. 309 S, is having a Fall Harvest Festival, 5-8 p.m. There will be games and prizes, hot dogs, and hayride. All are welcome. • FALL FEST Victoria Heights Baptist Church hosts Fall Fest, 5:30 p.m. There will be family fun, fellowship and food. Pastor Bobby Campbell and congregation invite all. If weather permits, event will be held outside. • HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL Barton Fire Department is hosting a Halloween Carnival, 5-9 p.m. Haunted hayride, cake and toy walk, bouncers for the kids, prizes to be won and raffled. Family fun-filled evening. • PAGEANT The Latter Rain Church of Holly Springs will sponsor their annual Little Mr. and Miss Latter Rain Pageant on Saturday, October 27 at 7:30 p.m. The community is invited and refreshments will be served. For more information contact Mother Annie Jones at 551-1507. Elder Joseph Selman is the senior pastor. • FOURTH SATURDAY NIGHT SINGING at Evangel Full Gospel Assembly will be featuring local singers, 7 p.m. Congregational singing for everyone. Everyone is invited to come and enjoy gospel music. • SINGING, Potts Camp Auction, with the Williams Family, 7 p.m., Oct. 27. •
BOOTH The Marshall County Humane Society will have a booth on the
square in Holly Springs during the Kudzu Festival. Adoptable dogs and
kittens will assist with our presentation. • ANNIVERSARY Pastor and wife’s 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 guests will be Elder Robert Earl Barber and The Gospel Temple COGIC of Senatobia. • Homecoming First Baptist Church of Potts Camp, Sun., Oct. 28 with singing about 9:30 a.m. Guest preacher, Rev. John McMullin from Barton. Lunch around noon. Everyone is invited. • ANNUAL FAMILY AND FRIENDS DAY will be held at Yabrough Chapel C.M.E. Church, 2 p.m., under the leadership of Pastor Jerry Christian Jr. Guest speaker will be Rev. Ronnie Franklin and his Great Choir of Greenwood M.B. Church. • ANNUAL HARVEST DAY will be held at Walton Chapel CME Church at Waterford, 3 p.m. Guest speaker will be Elder Kelvin Ransey from Spirit of Excellence Church of Oxford. Everyone is invited. • MIRACLE HARVEST PROGRAM will be held at Christ New Beginning M.B. Church, 6 p.m. Pastors and ministers speaking will be Arthur Fitzpatrick, Robert McClain, Rev. Robert Garrison, Rev. Timothy Brown, Rev. Edrick Garrison, Rev. Ladryl Odum, and Bruce Williams. The church is located at 440 Martin Luther King Drive. • Fellowship Free for the whole family. sun., Oct. 28, 4-7 p.m. on the back lawn of CrossPointe Christian Fellowship Church, 6400 Blocker St., next to Olive Branch Middle School. Free snacks, free candy, free games. Douglas Bell, pastor. All children must be accompanied by an adult. •
Church anniversary, Kimbrough Chapel Church, Oct. 28, 11 a.m. with
guest speaker, Rev. Etoyil Bogard. • Harvest festival The Children’s Ministry of Friendship Assembly of God, Victoria, Scotty and Lacey Cothern, directors, will host its annual Harvest Festival Oct. 31, 6-8 p.m. Every one is invited to attend. Admission is one bag of candy. For more information or directions please call the church office at (662) 838-4000. •
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. • Hunter Safety Class will be held November 1-2, 6 p.m.-9 p.m.; November 3, 8 a.m. until, at the Potts Camp High School Library, Hwy. 178 E, Potts Camp. Must be 10 years of age. Bring Society Security number. Must attend all ten hours. To register for class, contact 662-563-6330. •
Deliverance services, Community Temple Holiness Church, Nov. 1-3, 7:30
p.m., Nov. 1 and 2, Sat., Nov. 3, breakfast, conference; concert begins
at 6 p.m. Guest evangelist, Pastor Faye Brown of Tupelo, music
minister, Elevyn Moore, host pastor, Frank Moore. 851-3388, 851-7468. • FASHIONETTA Omicron Alpha Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. announces Fashionetta 2007, 7:30 p.m., at Rust College, Doxey Fine Arts Building, 150 Rust Avenue. For more information on this fund-raiser call Wonso Hayes, 662-252-3998 or Christine Ratcliff, 662-252-3195. • FESTIVAL Galena School PTA is hosting a fun-filled day, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Everyone is invited. • STEW SUPPER The Slayden-Mt. Pleasant-Early Grove Fire Department will be having a stew supper at the fire station, 5-8 p.m. The meal consists of stew, cornbread, crackers, tea, and dessert. We will also be selling stew by the gallon. Bring your container. • FALL FUN DAY The Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church is hosting a Fall Fun Day, 12 noon-2 p.m. There will be a cake walk and games for everyone. Also selling stew by the bowl or the gallon. All proceeds benefit missions and the youth. • FALL SALE, Nov. 3, Sat., Holy Family, at the school, from 7 a.m.-12 noon. Includes books for all ages, desks, book sh elves, furn., household items and many other items. Refreshments available. Come early for best selection. • Fall festival, Salem Baptist Church, Hwy. 349, Potts Camp. Nov. 3, 2 p.m. until. Free! •
Musicial appreciation for the Mighty Stars of Harmony of Oxford, Sat.,
Nov. 3, 6:30 p.m. Presented by Pastor John Powell and Jones Grove MB
Church. Many singing groups on the program. Emcee, Willie Frank Jones,
devotion, Pastor John Powell. • Men and Women’s Day Mt. Moriah MB Church, 3193 Marianna Rd., pastor, Rev. Dr. R.J. Wilson. Sun., Nov. 4, 2:30 p.m. Rev. Keith Pendilton of Mt. Zion Taska Baptist Church will be the guest speaker. •
homecoming Sunday Nov. 4 at Holly Hill Baptist Church. Bro Malcom Brock
will be preaching the morning service.The service will start at 11 am.,
fellowship will follow. The Ross Family will be singing at 1 p.m. Bro.
Frank Feathers invites all to come and fellowship. •
FINANCIAL workshop, Bank of Holly Springs, Citizens’ Bank,
First State
Bank and M&F Bank will jointly host a workship to benefit all
money
service businesses (MSBs), Tues., Nov. 6, 4:15 p.m. at the Bank of
Holly Springs, South Branch. • Seniors’ day, Emory Independent Methodist Church will have their annual senior citizens’ day, Wed., Nov. 7, 12 noon. Program will be Redemption, the church’s mens singing group. Come for the good food, fun, fellowship and door prizes. •
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. •
Drum
workshop, Anderson Chapel CME Church music ministry will have a drum
workshop, “...5, 6, Pick Up Sticks, What Every Drummer Should
Know,”
Sat., Nov. 10, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Guest clinician is Teddy Hall of
Nashville, Tenn.. Lunch will be provided, along with door prizes.
Participants should bring a practice pad or snare drum and stand if
they have one. For reg. info. call teh church at 252-1938 or Julius
Dabbs, 901-240-1172. •
ANNIVERSARY The Luellen Gospel Singers’ 8th Anniversary will
be held at
Kimbrough Chapel, 2:30 p.m. J.W. Smith Jr. is pastor. Guests will be
Hopewell Youth Choir, Great Wings of Joy, Anointed Spiritualettes, J.R.
Boyce, Men of Gospel, and Marshall Gail Finley. • Holy Ghost Revival will be held at Mt. Sinai C.O.G.I.C. of Mt. Pleasant beginning November 12 through November 14, 7 p.m. nightly. Guest speaker will be Elder Kenneth Hollingsworth of Las Vegas, Nev. Pastor Curtis Pritchard invites all.
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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. • 30 year reunion Sand Flat School (now H.W. Byers) class of 1978 is planning a 30-year reunion. Please contact Velma Garrison Tate at 662-851-7954. • 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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