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Calendar of Events

April 8

• Family and Friends day Isaac Chapel Church, 2:30 p.m. Rev. Roger Daniel and Antioch Church will be our guests. Rev. Will Ward, pastor. Everyone is invited.

April 9

• Golf tournament Annual Byhalia and Olive Branch Lions Club Golf Tournament will be held at Cherokee Valley Golf Club in Olive Branch, April 9. For more information call Phillip Woods, 662-838-6754; Jim Sanderlin, 901-493-1421; Jimmy Woods, 662-895-2996; or Kevin Medlin 662-895-5547.

• Grandparents Day H.W. Byers hosts Grandparents’ Day. Come join your grandchild with a day of excitement.

April 10

• Passion play “By His Wounds, We Are Healed,” Slayden Baptist Church, April 10 and 11, 7 p.m. Church is located at 2534 Hwy. 72, Lamar. 252-4559; www.slaydenbaptistchurch.org.

• GOOD FRIDAY Services will be held at Barton United Methodist Church, 12 noon. The church is located on Byhalia Road.

• EASTER EGG HUNT The Holly Springs Parks and Recreation is having their annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Eddie L. Smith Jr. Multi-Purpose Building at 10 a.m. for ages 10 and under. The grand prize is $50. In case of rain, the egg hunt will be held inside. For more information call 662-252-4807.

• Concert Series The Bethel Presbyterian Church Concert Series presents Theodore Dubois’ “The Seven Last Words of Christ” Good Friday, April 10, at 6 p.m. featuring the 40-voice chorale of the St. John Baptist Church Community Chorale of Memphis, Tenn., under the direction of Rosetta Peterson. Accompanists are musicians, David Caudill, organist; and Joy Plunkett, pianist. Open to the public and free of charge. For additional information, contact the church at (662)895-5410 or the web site www.Bethel-Presbyterian.org. Bethel is located at 3810 Bethel Rd., Olive Branch, exit 6 off Hwy. 78.

• Good Friday Service - True Vine MB Church will host a breakthrough anointing service on Friday, April 10, 7 p.m. Guest speaker, Prophet Dale Hobson of Memphis, Tenn. Darrell E. Cunningham, host pastor.

• Good Friday service Jones Grove Church will have “Jesus’ Seven Last Words” program, Fri., April 10, 7 p.m. Minister Robert Smith from Atlanta, Ga., will be guest speaker. Everyone is invited.

• Good Friday service Christ New Beginning Church, 440 MLK Dr., will have “Jesus’ Seven Last Words” program, Fri., April 10, 7 p.m. Seven different guest speakers. Everyone is invited. For more info., 662-252-3813.

April 11

• Fund-raiser Potts Camp FFA Alumni is selling Boston butts. They will sell for $25 each and will be picked up on April 11, between 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Potts Camp School Agriculture building. For more info or to order call: Danny Mills- 333-7078, Edgar Wilkinson- 333-7931, Beth Overall – 333-4446, or other FFA alumni members. Thank you for all of your support.

• Bake sale Bethel UMC (Benton County) will be having a bake sale at the Ripley Wal-Mart from 8-11- a.m. on Saturday, April 11. If you have a certain cake that you would like please call Bro. Brownie Tohill at 534-8114, Sarah Collins at 333-4237 or Joyce Williams at 224-6635. All proceeds go to the building fund.

• Singing Sat., April 11. Fellowship and eating start at 5 p.m. and singing at 6 p.m. The featured group will be “The Potter’s Clay” and “Holly Jackson.”

• 50th Anniversary Joe T. and Bertha Lester will be honored with a celebration of 50 years of marriage on April 11, 5 p.m., Asbury UM Church. Family and friends are welcome.

• Community Easter Egg Hunt, April 11, 2 p.m. at Trinity Mission Health and Rehab, in the courtyard.

• Calvary Rodeo productions, April 11, Marshall County Fairgrounds. Kids sheep riding, 6 p.m., main rodeo, 7 p.m. For more info. call 662-223-0804. Christian family entertainment.

April 12

• Easter Sunrise service, Kimbrough Chapel Church, Clear Creek Rd., Lamar, April 12, 6 a.m.

• EASTER PLAY The community is invited to “The Bread and the Wine,” an Easter play presented by CrossPointe Christian Fellowship, Easter Morning at 9 a.m. The church is located at 6400 Blocker Street in Olive Branch. Douglas Bell is pastor.

• MUSICAL Open Door Baptist Church presents an Easter musical “Because He Lives” at 11 a.m. in Potts Camp. The church is located on Old Hwy. 78 between Potts Camp and Hickory Flat. Dr. David Helmic Sr. is pastor. For questions you can call 662-333-7235 or 662-274-4994.

• ANNUAL FRIENDS The Silver Stars Annual Friends Night Program will be held at St. Mark MB Church on Hwy. 178 East in Holly Springs, 7 p.m. Pastor is Rev. Patrick Bailey and M.C. Sis. Catherine Jefferson. There will be lots of groups performing. Everyone is invited.

• Invasion of America with the gospel. Come join us at Friendship Assembly of God, as we kick off the series 40 days of evangelism.

• EASTER Presentation “Alleluia” presented by Children’s Super Church of Friendship Assembly of God, 10 a.m. Everyone is invited to be here to see what’s happening. Church located on Hwy. 78; take Victoria Exit 18, right on Friendship Rd., continue 1⁄4 mile to church entrance.

• Community sunrise service, Mt. Teamer CME Church, Sun., April 12, 6 a.m. Churches are St. Paul, St. Mark MB, Calvin Chapel and Mt. Teamer. Everyone is invited.

• Easter sunrise service Victoria Heights Baptist Church, Exit 18, Hwy. 78. Service, 7 a.m., fellowship breakfast, 8:30 a.m., Sunday School, 9:30 a.m., morning worship, 11 a.m. followed by an Easter egg hunt for the children. All are invited.

• Annual Easter Sunrise Service will be held at Evangel Full Gospel Assembly at 6:15 a.m. There will be singing, preaching and testimonies. Breakfast will follow in the fellowship hall. Everyone is invited. Weather permitting, services will be outdoors.

• Easter services First Baptist Church of Potts Camp will hold Easter sunrise service, 7:30 a.m., with guest preacher, Jason Howell, followed by regularly scheduled services.

• Sunrise service Winborn United Methodist Church, Hickory Flat, 7 a.m. Breakfast will follow in the fellowship hall. Everyone is welcome.

April 13

• Democratic Party Gala hosted by the Marshall County Democratic Executive Committee will host a Democratic party gala, including a red, white and blue sit-down dinner, Mon., April 13, 5 p.m. at the Eddie L. Smith Multi-Purpose Building. All citizens, candidates and elected officials are invited. For more info, call 662-252-2606.

• 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.

April 15

• Revival will be held at the Mt. Sinai COGIC of Mt. Pleasant starting Wednesday, April 15 through Friday, April 17, 7 p.m. nightly. Evangelist will be Kenneth Hollingsworth of Las Vegas. Everyone is invited. Pastor is Elder Curtis Pritchard.

April 16

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

April 17

• Meeting The Marshall County Retired Education Personnel will meet April 17, 12 noon at the Beckley Center.

• Women’s Conference Smith Grove MB Church, April 17-18. Youth night April 17, 7 p.m. April 18 registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Guest speakers for both days. Small conference fee. For more info. call Darlean Dowdy, 252-5014, Kajavia Harmon, 801-0292.

April 18

• SPAGHETTI DINNER Barton Fire Dept. is hosting a spaghetti dinner, 5-9 p.m., at the station, located at 5135 Hwy. 302. Spaghetti and dessert, $7. Prizes will also be raffled. For more info. call Chief Culver, 662-812-1397.

• 2009 - Pilgrimage Walk/Run, Saturday, April 18. $15 before April 1 and $20 after. Contact Nancy Jones, nancyhj@hotmail.com, 662-252-7293 or 662-291-7293.

• Women’s Conference, First Baptist Church of Potts Camp, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Speaker will be Victoria Bailey. Nursery will be provided.

• BEnefit program for the Elque and Elmira Curry family, in the lost of their loved one, Vanessa Curry. Sat., April 18, 6 p.m. at Greenfield Presbyterian CHurch. Everyone is invited.

April 19

• Rededication The Victoria United Methodist Church, Victoria will hold a rededication service of the fellowship hall and parsonage. Service will be at 11a.m. with lunch to follow. Please join us in this celebration.

• Annual Usher Day Program will be held at St. Paul CME Church, 11 a.m. Sis. Brenda Falkner, president.

• Pastor and wife’s anniversary Kimbrough Chapel Church, Clear Creek Rd., Lamar, 3 p.m. with guest speaker Rev. Arthur Fitzpatrick.

• Revival will be held at Meadowbrook Baptist Church, 3115 Old Pigeon Roost Road, April 19-22. Sunday morning service with Bro. Wade Spellman, director of missions, Northwest Baptist Association; Sunday through Wednesday, Bro. James Lewis, pastor of DeSoto Hills Baptist Church. Sunday 6 p.m.; and Monday-Wednesday, 7 p.m. Bro. Oscar Geeslin is pastor. Everyone is invited.

• Homecoming New Hope Baptist Church Hwy. 72 Slayden will be having their annual Homecoming Sunday, April 19. Featured group will be The Ross Family from Mifflin, Tenn. Dinner will be served after morning service then singing will start after dinner. Bro. Billy Adair and family would like to invite everyone to come and help us celebrate.

• Birthday celebration The Mt. Pisgah CME Church Family is pleased to announce on April 19, Bishop Thomas L. Brown Sr. will be our guest speaker in our early morning worship service to celebration Pastor Hubie Nelson II’s 69th birthday. Benefit program for Pastor Nelson. Sunday School 8 a.m., morning worship 9 a.m. Birthday luncheon immediately following morning worship. Benefit program 4 p.m. Many groups will be singing and all are welcome to come to participate in all these great services!

• Friends day, April 19, 3 pm. at Antioch MB Church in Victoria. The Christianaires of Memphis, Tenn. will be guests. Rodger Daniel, host pastor. Everyone is invited.

• Choir concert, April 19, 4 p.m. at Mt. Newell in Red Banks. Polk Chapel will be the guest choir. Thurmon Norman, host pastor. Everyone is invited.

April 20

• 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.

April 21

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

April 22

• Spring revival Rising Star MB Church, April 22-24, 7 p.m. Guest speaker, Pastor Melvin Buford, Mt. Salem MB Church, Hickory Valley, Tenn.

April 26

• Men and women’s day program St. Mark MB Church, Sun., April 26, 3 p.m. Guest speaker will be Rev. Robert McClain. His choir will render music. Rev. Patrick Bailey, pastor.

• State drive Smith Grove MB Church, Sun., April 26, 11 a.m. Pastor McAuthur King and Jeffrie Chapel Church will be guests.

• Super Sunday April 26, 2-4 p.m., Rev. Ronnie Franklin; 4-6 p.m. Rev. Mark Davis; and 6-7:30 p.m., Rev. Melvin Bufford. Kimbrough Chapel Church, Clear Creek Rd., Lamar, 6:30 p.m.

• Seven Seal Rally Jones Grove Church, Sun., April 26, 2 p.m. Seven different ministers will be speaking. Everyone is invited.

• Women’s Day program Mt. Sinia COGIC, Mt. Pleasant, will have their annual Women’s Day program, Sun., April 26, 3 p.m. Special guests will be Evangelist Annie Wright and the House of Faith COGIC, Somerville, Tenn. Everyone is invited., Pastor, Elder Curtis Pritchard.

April 27

• 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.

April 30

• SPAGHETTI SUPPER will be held at First United Methodist Church in Holly Springs, 4:30-7 p.m. Plates will be $8. Supper benefits Relay For Life.

• Blood drive 1-7 p.m., at Red Banks Baptist Church. Call Verna McAlexander for an appt., 662-252-2048.

FYI

• Class reunion Ashland High School class of 1975 is planning a class reunion. Please contact Joyce Terry at 662-544-1214 or Mary Foster Wilkins at 901-240-1298 for more info.

• Marriage counseling class Christ New Beginning Church, 440 Martin Luther King Dr., Holly Springs, will have a marriage counseling class each Wed., 6-7 p.m. beginning Feb. 4. Married, single, divorced or widowed are welcomed. For more info. call Rev. Harvey Garrison, pastor, 662-252-3813.

• Bible study Victoria Heights Baptist Church has Bible study, Tues. mornings, 10 a.m. and Wed. evenings, 6:30 p.m. for men, women and all visitors. The book of Exodus is being studied.

• Senior Theatre Club The FW Coleman Theatre Club for senior adults meets 1 p.m. on Tuesdays at 3877 Cayce Road in Cayce. For info. call 662-838-2551. For performances or guest appearances call 314-383-7410 or 662-383-2551. The meetings are open to the public. Bring your Bible for the study session, a pen, a pencil, and personal readings or songs to perform.

• Grief Share Ministry each Monday, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Hernando Presbyterian Church, 2070 Mt. Pleasant Road, Hernando. Pastor is Steve Woods, 662-449-0120. For more information call Bill Morris, 901-378-8979.

• Recovery Meeting S O S Christian Recovery Ministries will host a group meeting Friday evenings at 6 p.m. The group’s primary focus is drug addiction, alcoholism and the affected families. There will be a group for family members to learn how to cope and heal from the destructive behavior of an addict or an alcoholic in the family. The meeting place is Cedar Haven Baptist Church at 750 Hwy... 309 S Byhalia, exit 14 off Hwy... 78, 4-lane, south and is the first building on your right! Call Mike at 901-827-8115 for more info.

• 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.

• MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: An illness, not an addition. If you are a victim of this masquerading 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.

• 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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