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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.

• 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 men’s singing group. Come for the good food, fun, fellowship and door prizes.

Thursday

• The Liberty and Belle Kidz Krusade is coming to a church near you, November 8-11, 7 p.m. nightly. Everyone is welcome. For more information call 234-3524. Schedule dates will be as follows: Thursday, Nov. 8 - Red Banks Baptist Church; Friday, November 9 - Barton First Baptist Church; Saturday, November 10 - Harmontown Baptist Church; and Sunday, November 11 - Potts Camp Baptist Church.

• Archery classes, sponsored by Lessye Lee Davis and Eddie Lee Smith 4-H Clubs, for young men, ages 9-16. Class will resume at the Marshall County Fairgrounds, 6 p.m. If you are interested, meet us at the fairgrounds.

Friday

• REVIVAL Everyone is welcome. Prophet J.L. Smith, Nov. 9-12, 7:30 p.m. End Time Revival Church, Mt. Gilliam Ministries, 219 Valley View, Victoria. For info. call 901-949-4346, 662-551-1778, Barry Reynolds.

• FISH FRY St. Mark M.B. Church will have a fish fry beginning at 9 a.m. Call in for fresh hot fish plates, $6.50 each, 662-252-5656. Pastor is Rev. Derrick D. Gibbs, sponsor is Sweetie B. Brown.

Saturday

• 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 the church at 252-1938 or Julius Dabbs, 901-240-1172.

• A Night of Solos and Praise will be held at Pleasant Hill CME Church, Mt. Pleasant, at 6:30 p.m. Rev. Marc Davis and Wyatte Community Church will be the guests. Rev. Willie Hoey, pastor, invites all.

• Singing Emmanuel Baptist Church will have a gospel singing with The Tracemen as special guests. Fellowship supper at 5 p.m. and singing at 6 p.m. Bro. Don and congregation invite all.

• SINGING Rice Chapel Methodist Church hosts singing with the group Stronghold from Pontotoc. Fellowship at 6 p.m., singing at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Rev. Walter Myers is pastor.

• MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA will be held at Strawberry MB Church, 2602 Hwy. 311 N., 6 p.m. Host pastor is Rev. Willie Jeffries Jr. Guest speaker will be Minister David Gray from Greater Mt. Olive COGIC. For more information call Carla Isom 662-252-1010 or Effie Gray, 630-815-7069.

• NEEDED twenty churches, offices or institutions to host meeting twice during Crusade. Cedar Haven Baptist Church of Byhalia hosts 40-day Prayer Crusade, November 22 through December 31. We would like other churches to get involved. A pastor and leader meeting will be held to discuss different locations for meetings. Contact Bro. Mike Hensley at 901-827-8115 for more information.

• Singing New Hope Baptist Church, Hwy. 72, Slayden, will be having a singing Saturday night, November 10, starting at 7 p.m. Featured group will be The Ross Family from Mifflin, Tenn. Bro. Billy Adair and congregation invite everyone to attend. Fellowship supper after singing.

• Fall fest Free Springs United Methodist Church, 76 CR 511, Harmontown. Sat., Nov. 10, 10 a.m. until. Craft, bake and white elephant sale, Christmas gifts, raffle for quilt drawing (in spring), dulcimer players, quilt demo, fire department and EMRS present. Air bounce for the kids, soup and sandwich bar (eat-in or take-out). Fund-raiser to help send kids to church camp. Located on Hwy. 310, approx. 10 miles from Hwy. 7 South and approx. 20 miles from I-55, Como exit. You don’t want to miss this one!

Sunday

• 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.

• Annual Harvest Day will be held at Free Branch M.B. Church, 9 a.m. Guest speaker will be Minister Kirby Holloway. Pastor is A.V. Warren Jr.

• SINGING Friendship Baptist Church, Old Hernando Road, hosts singing with featured guests, The Barnettes. Services will be at 9:45 a.m., fellowship at 12 noon and singing afterwards. Bro. Charles Knight and congregation invite all.

• ANNUAL HARVEST DAY New Hope MB Church’s annual Harvest Day will be held at 2 p.m. Pastor S.A. Phillips and Pleasant Grove MB Church will be special guests. Rev. Ernest Jones is pastor.

• ANNUAL VETERAN’S DAY PROGRAM will be held at Ida B. Wells-Barnett Museum, 5 p.m, honoring African-American soldiers.

• Silver Stars Anniversary, Sun., Nov. 11, 6 p.m. at the Oak Palace in Holly Springs. Emcee, Sis. Pat Boga of Rust College, WURC-88.1 radio station. Many groups are on the program, with special guests, The Bogard Brothers of Memphis, Tenn. Donation requested at the door. Everyone is invited.

Monday

• 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.

• Homecoming Fountainhead United Methodist Church, Ingram's Mill, will be hosting its annual homecoming service and luncheon on Sunday, November 11. Services will be held at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. with Sunday School at 10 a.m. Lunch will be served in the fellowship hall at noon. Singing and visiting will start at 1 p.m. Please come and visit with old friends and make new ones. Pastor Allen McGraw will bring the message and Cindy Sullivan Wilson will lead the singing. For more information call Oneita Broadway at 662-895-5420.

• Veterans Day The students and faculty of Marshall Academy invite all veterans to be their honored guests at the Marshall Academy Veterans Day celebration, Nov. 12, 9:30 a.m. Uniform optional.

• Veterans Day Recognition, Eddie Lee Smith Jr. Multi-Purpose Building, Nov. 12, 10 a.m. All veterans, along with the public, are invited. Sponsored by the City of Holly Springs.

• Meeting, Holly Springs Band Booster Club, Mon., Nov. 12, 5 p.m. in the band hall. All parents are asked to attend.

November 13

• Revival, Nov. 13-15, 7 p.m. nightly, Yarbrough Chapel with different guest speakers nightly. Pastor, Rev. Jerry Christian Jr.

November 14

• 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.

• Indians are coming! First Baptist Church, Potts Camp, will have singing, preaching and worship in the Creek language from Muskogee, Creek, Seminole and Wichita Indian nation campground in Henrietta, Okla. Visitors are welcome. Pastor Jim Buchanan.

November 15

• Boston Butts, Potts Camp Fire Dept Boston butt and turkey cooking. Let us do the cooking for you. Call-in orders no later than Nov. 15. Boston butts, $25, turkey, fried or smoked, $20. Call for info, J.C. Pruitt Jr., 662-544-5211, Robert Campbell, 662-544-6074, Tracie Pruitt, 662-333-6794. Thank you in advance. Help us keep helping you.

November 18

• Musician’s Appreciation Day will be held at Pleasant Hill CME Church, Mt. Pleasant, at 2:30 p.m. Rev. Willie Hoey, pastor, invites everyone.

• Homecoming Emory Independent Methodist Church, Sun., Nov. 18, beginning at 12 noon. Good food, good fun and good fellowship. The cemetery will be decorated that day also. Everyone is invited.

• Pastor and wife’s anniversary, Hopewell No. 2 MB Church, Hudsonville, Sun., Nov. 18, 2 p.m. Special guests will be Rev. Melvin Bufford and Mt. Salem MB Church. The public is invited. For more info. call Mary LeSueur, 662-403-0091, Rev. Danny and Sis. Retha Kimbrough, pastor and first lady.

November 20

• SELLING POINSETTIAS Byhalia High School and Byhalia United Methodist Women will be selling poinsettias for Christmas. Contact Cindy Wilson or Donna Taggart. 901-412-9218. $10 each with foil wrapper. Discounts available for other church orders. Deadline November 20. Delivered December 4.

• Thanksgiving dinner served True Vine M.B. Church will be serving Thanksgiving dinner to those who are less fortunate in the Holly Springs community on Tues., Nov. 20, 6:30 p.m. If you need transportation, please call the church, 662-274-0133 or Bro. William Jeffries, 662-252-1018. Darrell E. Cunningham, host pastor.

• MEETING The Marshall County Humane Society will have its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. at the VFW, Hwy. 7 South, in Holly Springs. Everyone is welcome.

November 21

• SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM The Marshall County Humane Society’s low cost spay/neuter program will NOT be open. Call 252-6196 for the necessary appointment.

November 22

• Thanksgiving service, Rising Star MB Church, Thanksgiving morning service. Pastor Robert McClain.

November 28

• 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.

December 23

• Musicians’ appreciation, The Twilight Singers will celebrate their musicians, Carlos Joe Ford, Robert Poole Jr. and Richard Luellen, on Sun., Dec. 23, Mt. Newell MB Church, Red Banks, 4 p.m. Sponsor, Sis. Ella B. Malone. Many groups will be on the program. Everyone is invited.

FYI

• 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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