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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.

• Hour of power midweek service, Rising Star MB Church, 7 p.m. Pastor, Robert McClain.

Thursday

• Meeting The Lessye Lee Davis 4-H Club will meet at 6 p.m. at the Marshall County Library.

Friday

• World Day of Prayer, Fri., Mar. 7, Redeemed Fellowship Ministries, 240 N. Randolph St., Holly Springs. Will A. Merriweather, pastor. All churches are invited. In commemoration of the women of Guyana. Sponsored by the Church Women United.

Saturday

• Meeting The Holly Springs High School Class of 1999 will hold their first class reunion meeting on Saturday, March 8. The meeting will be held at the Marshall County Library, located in Holly Springs, at 10 a.m. If you have questions, please contact Chereda King at (662) 298-4417.

• Canine Obedience classes will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 8, at the Holly Springs Fire Department. The six-week class offered by K-9 Search One teaches dogs basic good manners, and how to respond to simple commands. Bring dog, choke chain collar, leash, and rabies/distemper/parvo virus shot records to first class. Call 252-1004 for more information.

• Sunday school night, Kimbrough Chapel Church, 6:30 p.m. Sponsor, Bro. Charles Ambrose.

• Housing clinic Sat., March 8, 8 a.m. at the David Beckley conference center, 150 Rust Ave., Holly Springs. Residents of the city interested in the “Credit Smart Home Buyers Education Program” are invited to attend. Contact Clencie L. Cotton or Genevieve Conley, 662-252-4590.

Sunday

• Women in hats, men in black, Kimbrough Chapel Church, 2:30 p.m. with guest speaker, evangelist Corean Crittle.

• Youth revival Church of the Living Gospel, with the Sloan Family. March 9, 2 p.m., March 10-11, 7:30 p.m. nightly. Pastor Joe Glosson.

• Family and Friends Day will be held at Isaac Chapel Church, Hwy. 309 S, Byhalia, at 2 p.m. Rev. Charles Gillispie and the New Mt. Gilliam Church family will be guests. Rev. Willie Ward is pastor. Everyone is invited.

• Homecoming will be held at Emmanuel Baptist Church on Red Banks Road with Hearts ’N Service as guests. Worship service will be held at 11 a.m. with dinner and singing following. Bro. Don and congregation invite all.

• Shoe program Smith Grove MB Church, Sun., Mar. 9, 2 p.m. Guests will be Pastor Marvin Brooks and Mt. Gilliam Ministries. Everyone is invited.

• Revival Walton Chapel CME Church, Waterford, March 9-12, 7 p.m. nightly. Everyone is cordially invited.

Monday

• Youth Revival will be held at Pleasant Hill CME Church, Mt. Pleasant, March 10-14, 7 p.m. nightly. Guests will be Rev. Marcus Newsom and the Newsom Singers and Stars of Faith. Everyone is invited. Rev. Willie Hoey is pastor.

March 12

• 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.

March 14

• Singing New Garden Baptist Church, 7:30 p.m., featuring the Fishers of Men Quartet from Pontotoc. Church is located at 4831 Sycamore Rd., Wakefield community, eight miles from Independence. For more info. call 564-2680.

March 15

• Domino tournament Byhalia Lions Club will sponsor “Luck of the Irish” domino tournament at The Flame, Byhalia United Methodist Church, 2511 Church Street, with breakfast beginning at 7 a.m. For more information contact Dave Young, 901-488-5700.

• Walking horse classic, sponsored by the Holly Springs Chamber of Commerce, at the Marshall County Fairgrounds, Hwy 7 North, March 15, 5 p.m. Show benefits the Chamber of Commerce and the Holly Springs Rotary Club Scholarship Fund.

• Singing Clear Creek Baptist Church hosts Saturday night singing with Mike DeVore as featured guests. Fellowship will be at 6 p.m. and singing at 7 p.m. Bro. Jim Polk is pastor. Everyone is invited.

March 16

• 12 Tribes of Israel Free Branch MB Church, pastored by Rev. A.V. Warren Jr., Sun., March 16, 11 a.m. Pastor Warren will deliver the message. The community is cordially invited. Worship services, first and third Sundays, 11 a.m.; and second, fourth and fifth Sundays, 9 a.m. Bible study, Wed., 6 p.m.

• Pastor’s Love Day Rising Star MB Church, March 16, 11 a.m. Guest speaker, Pastor Keith Pendleton and Mt. Zion Taska Church family. Pastor, Robert McClain.

• SINGING UNION West Holly Springs Singing Union will be held at Smith Grove MB Church, Sun., March 16, 3 p.m. Host pastor, W.C. Conner.

• Speaker Elder Morris Riddle of St. Louis, Mo. will be speaking at Gray’s Chapel CME Church, Mar. 16, 11 a.m. Pastor, Harold Stanfield. Everyone is invited.

March 17

• REVIVAL Smith Grove MB Church, March 17-21, 7 p.m. Many churches are invited for the week. Communitywide, everyone is invited.

• Holy Week services Gray’s Chapel CME Church will have Holy Week services, Mar. 17-19, 7 p.m. Everyone is invited. Easter sunrise service will be held at 6 a.m.

March 18

• MEETING The Marshall County Humane Society will have its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. at the VFW, Hwy. 7 South, in Holly Springs. You need not be a member to attend.

March 19

• 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.

March 20

• Meeting The Lessye Lee Davis 4-H Club will meet at 6 p.m. at the Marshall County Library.

March 22

• Book signing “The Strawberry Story,” Strawberry MB Church, 2 p.m. Book available for purchase.

• Breakfast with the Easter Bunny. Come and go, 8-10 a.m., First United Methodist Church fellowship hall. Relay For Life fund-raiser. Sponsored by Beta Sigma Phi sorority. $10 per child includes photo with the Easter Bunny and breakfast. Call for reservations by March 17: Suzanne Lafever, 252-5574, Deles Farley, 252-3897. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

March 23

• Easter Sunrise service, Kimbrough Chapel Church, 6 a.m.

March 26

• 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.

March 28

• Friday night fight night, Kimbrough Chapel Church, with guest speaker Rev. Joe Wiley and New Shelby Church.

March 29

• Class reunion meeting for St. Mary’s, Cadet and Holy Family will be held at Oliver Peyton’s home, 4087 Riverdale, Memphis, Tenn. For directions call 901-292-0698 or 252-5364. Please come!

March 30

• Birthday tea Yarbrough Chapel CME Church, Sun., March 30, 3 p.m. Rev. Charles Shack and Beckley Chapel CME Church of Booneville will be our guests. Everyone is invited. Rev. Jerry L. Christian Jr., pastor.

• Men and Women’s Day Kimbrough Chapel Church, 8 a.m., with guest speaker Rev. G.T. Thompson and St. John Church. The public is invited. Host pastor, Rev. J.W. Smith Jr.

FYI

• ATTENTION: Byhalia High School Classes 1977, 1978 and 1979 will have a combined class reunion on July 4-6. For more information, please contact: Class of 1977 - Gloria Malone, 901-491-2440; Class of 1978 - Lola Thomas, 662-401-1960; Class of 1979 - Juanita (Phillips) Smith, 662-838-3509.

• Time change Free Branch MB Church, Pastor A.V. Warren Jr., announces morning worship hour changes: first and third Sundays, 11 a.m., Sunday School 9:45 a.m.; second, fourth and fifth Sundays, 9 a.m., Sunday School the Wed. before those Sundays at 6 p.m., prior to Bible study. Bible study, Wed., 6 p.m.

• 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.

• 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.

• REUNION Byhalia High School, class of 1987-88 is planning a reunion. For more info. call Angelo Hardin-Poole, 901-268-0135, Shelia Liggins-Sims, 901-602-9560 or Melissa Shipp-Bowles, 901-849-8623.

• 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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