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Calendar of Events

Friday

• Watson VFD huge bag sale. Friday, August 1 and Saturday, August 2 from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. Rain or shine. Located on Watson Road, just 1⁄2 mile west of the four-way stop at Watson.

Saturday

• Rummage Sale, Emory Methodist Church, Watson. Saturday, August 2, 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Proceeds go to the 2009 mission trip fund.

• Yard sale Church of the Living Gospel will have a yard sale, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Hwy. 309 South at Watson, behind Ed’s Pawn Shop. For more info. call 662-233-2730.

• Singing Mt. Calvary Pentecostal Church, 1/2 mile south of Goodman Rd. on Cayce Rd. Featured singers will be The Young Family. Sat., Aug. 2, 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome.

• First radio anniversary Jones Grove MB Church, for Isaac Larry Martin, gospel DJ on 92.7 FM WKRA, featuring many special guests, along with The Bogard Brothers. Pastor John Powell.

• Singing Chewalla Baptist Church, featuring Mike Devore. Singing at 7 p.m., fellowship at 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Sunday

• Seven seal rally Aug. 3, 3 p.m., Rising Star MB Church. All are invited. Seven preachers to speak. Host pastor, Robert McClain. Florida Manning, sponsor.

• Installation service Free Branch M.B. Church will be having installation of their new pastor, Joe Louis Tunstall, 2:30 p.m. Pastor Roger Daniel and Antioch Church family will be the guests.

• Homecoming Clear Creek Baptist Church, with Bro. Don Worsham bringing the morning message at 11 a.m. Dinner will follow. Singing will be held after, featuring Saving Grace Trio from Amory. Everyone is invited. Aug. 4-8. Revival begins at 7 p.m. with guest Bro. John McMullen from Barton.

• Pre-anniversary program Mt. Sinai COGIC, for pastor and wife Curtis and Richenda Pritchard, Sun., Aug. 3, 2:30 p.m. Special guests will be Elder Chris Griggs and Faith Temple COGIC of Lamar. Everyone is invited.

• Revival First Pentecostal Church, 1040 Hwy 178 E, Holly Springs. Begins Aug. 3, with Bro. Jack Compton, 7:30 p.m. nightly. Everyone is invited.

• Homecoming Watson Community Church will be celebrating their annual homecoming at 11 a.m. with Rev. Tony Jenkins and family. Dinner will be served on the grounds. Everyone is invited.

• Worship service, Kimbrough Chapel Church, 7 p.m. Rev. Ben Norman will be speaking. Pastor, Rev. J.W. Smith Jr. The public is invited.

• Preaching Rev. Patrick Bailey will be preaching at St. Mark Church, Sun., Aug. 3, 10:30 a.m. The public is invited.

Monday

• Marvelous Mondays First Baptist Church in Holly Springs will have “Marvelous Mondays,” July 21 through August 11 at 7 p.m. nightly. August 4, guest speaker will be Dr. Eric Hankins, pastor of First Baptist Church of Oxford, and August 11 Dr. James Lewis, pastor of DeSoto Hills Baptist Church of Southaven will be the speaker. Bring a friend and join us each Monday night for inspiring music and challenging messages.

• Meet and Greet Mary Reid Elementary School, Potts Camp, Aug. 4, 6 p.m. Come meet the faculty and see all the improvements. Students may bring their supplies to leave in classrooms. Pat Kennedy, principal.

• spay/neuter CLinic The Marshall County Humane Society sponsored, low-cost spay/neuter clinic is open, 218 College St., Byhalia. Call 662-252-6196 for the necessary appointment.

• Family week of praise, Pleasant Hill Church, Aug. 4-8, 7 p.m. nightly. Different speakers nightly. Rev. Willie Hoey, pastor, invites everyone.

Tuesday

• Revival crusade Mt. Moriah MB Church, Aug. 5-7, 7 p.m. nightly. Guest evangelist, Pastor Andrew Robinson Sr., Second Baptist Church in Oxford. Everyone is invited to come.

• 3-D (Diet, Discipline & Discipleship), Christ-Centered Weight Loss Group will meet Tuesday nights at Victoria Heights Baptist Church. Weigh-in 5:30-6, meeting 6-7 p.m. For info. call Marion Pryor, 662-274-4893.

August 6

• Revival Free Branch M.B. Church will be in revival Wednesday, August 6 through Friday, August 8, 7 p.m. nightly. Pastor Charles Gillespie and Mt. Gilliam Church family will the guests.

• New student orientation Holly Springs Intermediate School, Wed., Aug. 6, 2-3 p.m. at the intermediate school. Third grade students’ parents are encouraged to attend. Refreshments will be served.

August 9

• Singing Apostolic Church of Jesus, 178 Stonewall Rd., Byhalia, Sat., Aug. 9, 6 p.m. with Agape Road and John Johnson, Kevin and Courtney and Virgil Baker. A love offering will be taken. Pastor Garland Loveless and church members invite all. For more info. call 662-838-8110.

• Singing Emmanuel Baptist Church, Red Banks Rd., Aug. 9, with featured guests The Tracemen from Tupelo. Fellowship at 5 p.m., singing follows at 6 p.m.

• Church picnic Isaac Chapel, pastor, Rev. Willie Ward. Everyone is invited.

• Fish fry Holly Springs Federated Improvement Club, Inc., Aug. 9, at Wal-Mart in Holly Springs. 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

August 10

• Homecoming Harris Chapel MB Church, 2639 Hoover Rd., Sun., Aug. 10. Speaker will be Rev. Dr. R.J. Wilson. Pastor Dewitt Glover and congregation invite all.

• Homecoming Pleasant Hill Church, along with Family and Friends Day program. Guest will be Rev. Etoy Bogard. All members, friends and former members are invited to attend. Program at 3 p.m. Rev. Willie Hoey, pastor.

• Choir day, Isaac Chapel Church, 2:30 p.m. Pastor, Rev. Willie Ward, invites everyone.

• Worship service, with men’s skit, Kimbrough Chapel Church, 11 a.m. Pastor, Rev. J.W. Smith Jr. The public is invited.

• Morning worship Rising Star will join with New Stinson Church for morning worship. Pastor McClain will deliver the message. Rising Star’s mass choir will sing.

August 11

• Marvelous Mondays First Baptist Church in Holly Springs will have “Marvelous Mondays,” July 21 through August 11 at 7 p.m. nightly. August 11 Dr. James Lewis, pastor of DeSoto Hills Baptist Church of Southaven will be the speaker. Bring a friend and join us each Monday night for inspiring music and challenging messages.

• spay/neuter CLinic The Marshall County Humane Society sponsored, low-cost spay/neuter clinic is open, 218 College St., Byhalia. Call 662-252-6196 for the necessary appointment.

August 12

August 13

• Revival Harris Chapel MB Church, 2639 Hoover Rd., Aug. 13-15, 7 p.m. nightly. Speaker will be Rev. Willie Hoey of Mt. Pleasant CME Church. Pastor Dewitt Glover and congregation invites everyone.

August 15

• Brotherhood fellowship, Kimbrough Chapel Church, 7 p.m. Pastor, Rev. J.W. Smith Jr. The public is invited.

August 16

• Benefit Free Branch MB Church will have a benefit love program, 6 p.m. for Bro. Leon Sims.

• Dog Days summer festival The Marshall County Humane Society will celebrate their first Dog Days Summer Festival at the VFW in Holly Springs. They’ll be open from early until late with foods, games and a silent auction, followed by a live band and dancing.

• Women’s Conference Adolphus Chapel CME Church, Aug. 16, 9 a.m., with registration at 8:30 a.m. Everyone is invited. Sponsored by the Missionary Society. For more info. call Autriniece Folsom, 551-2066.

August 17

• Homecoming, Sun., Aug. 17, Fellowship Baptist Church, Byhalia Rd. Dinner on the grounds, singing begins at 1:30 p.m., featuring, along with Barbara Barton Overby, The Joylanders from Trenton, Tenn., and Heaven’s Highway from Tupelo. Wade Crum, pastor. Everyone is invited.

August 19

August 20

• Revival Rising Star Church, Aug. 20-22, with guest speaker Pastor Jerry Williams and Reid’s Gift Church family.

August 21

• spay/neuter CLinic The Marshall County Humane Society sponsored, low-cost spay/neuter clinic is open, 218 College St., Byhalia. Call 662-252-6196 for the necessary appointment.

August 22

• Men’s night, Kimbrough Chapel Church, 7 p.m. Rev. Mark Bryson will be speaking. Pastor, Rev. J.W. Smith Jr. The public is invited.

August 23

• Male chorus anniversary, Kimbrough Chapel Church, 6 p.m. Pastor, Rev. J.W. Smith Jr. Program will climax on Aug. 24 at 2:30 p.m. The public is invited.

August 24

• Anniversary The Twilight Singers will celebrate their anniversary, Sun., Aug. 24, at the Baptist Seminary on Cuba St. in Holly Springs. Many groups are on the schedule, along with special guests, Eddie Fletcher and the Fletcher Brothers. Donation requested at the door.

• Worship service, Kimbrough Chapel Church, 11 a.m. Jermaine Lane from St. Louis, Mo. will be speaking. Pastor, Rev. J.W. Smith Jr. The public is invited.

August 26

August 27

• Revival, Kimbrough Chapel Church, 7 p.m. nightly. Pastor, Rev. J.W. Smith Jr. Evangelist will be Pastor Robert Jones of Hill Chapel, Memphis, Tenn. The public is invited.

August 31

• Appreciation service Mt. Sinai COGIC of Mt. Pleasant, for Minister Raymond and Jorena Pritchard, Sun., Aug. 31, 3 p.m. Special guests will be Elder Supvain Pritchard and the Garden of Grace COGIC of Memphis, Tenn. Everyone is invited. Pastor, Elder Curtis Pritchard.

• Early service, Rising Star Church, 8 a.m.

• Morning worship Rising Star will fellowship with Mt. Newell Church in Red Banks for morning worship at 11 a.m. Pastor McClain will deliver the message. Rising Star mass choir will sing.

FYI

• MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: An illness, not an addition. If you are a victim of this masequerading illness and need support contact Bill and Janice Latimer at eaglejan4u@bellsouth.net or 901-268-1631 or 901-487-1355 - support group being formed.

• Clear Creek Baptist Church is accepting donations for the cemetery fund. All monies donated will go to maintain the cemetery. If you have loved ones buried here or know someone who does, why not make a donation in their memory? Clear Creek Baptist Church, 1704 Clear Creek Rd., Lamar, MS 38642. Contact James Skelton, 662-252-5155.

• 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, 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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