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Calendar of Events

April 15

• Revival has been cancelled at Mt. Sinai COGIC of Mt. Pleasant, due to a death in the family.

April 16

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

• Meet Mayoral candidates Rust College political science dept. will conduct interviews with the Holly Springs mayoral candidates. The interviews will be broadcast on RC-TV2 on Thurs., April 16 and Mon.-Thurs., April 20-23, 7 p.m. nightly.

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 Elcue and Elmira Curry family, in the loss of their loved one, Vanessa Curry. Sat., April 18, 6 p.m. at Greenfield Presbyterian Church. Everyone is invited.

• Singing Clear Creek Baptist Church will have a gospel singing with featured singers, Traceman Quartet. Fellowship at 6 p.m. and singing at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome.

• Meeting Marshall County Republican Club will have their monthly meeting at the Byhalia Chamber of Commerce on Church Street and Hwy. 309 at 10 a.m. Everyone is welcome.

• “Health is happiness day” Sponsored by Best Friends/Best Men, April 18, 10 a.m. until 12 noon at the Holly Springs Intermediate School. Various booths available with info. about health issues.

April 19

• Rededication The Victoria United Methodist Church, Victoria, will hold a rededication service of the fellowship hall and parsonage. Service will be at 11 a.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 and New Way Living Church.

• 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 celebrate 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 p.m. at Antioch MB Church in Victoria. The Christianaires of Memphis, Tenn., will be guests. Roger 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.

• Men’ and women’s Day program at Walton CHapel CME Church, 3 p.m. Rev. Shawn Patton, 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 Jeffries 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. Sinai 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.

• Spring musical Isaac Chapel Church, April 26, 2:30 p.m. Everyone is invited. Pastor, Rev. Willie Ward.

• Youth Day Free Branch MB Church, pastor J.L. Tunstall. April 26, 11 a.m. Minister Michael Johnson will be guest speaker.

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.

• Revival Jones Grove MB Church, April 27-May 1, 7 p.m. nightly. Guest speaker, Pastor Joe Powell and Bell Grove MB Church. Lecturer, Rev. John Powell. Come and be blessed.

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.

May 2

• Benefit for Mt. Calvary Pentecostal Church, 3993 Cayce Rd. (1/2 mile south of Goodman Rd.), Sat., May 2. Spaghetti plates will be sold, beginning at 12 noon. There will also be a raffle for a 450- pound black Angus heifer. Tickets ($1) may be purchased at the church. For more info. call 662-851-7509.

• Parade The Lessye Lee Davis Activity and Parade Committee is making preparations for the 2009 Lessye Lee Davis May Day Parade and activities. The parade is scheduled to take place at 11 a.m. in Holly Springs.

May 9

• Mother’s Day luncheon St. Mark MB Church, Sat., May 9, 1 p.m. Tickets on sale now. Call Sis. Paula Byers, 661-551-1060 for more info. or see any member. Pastor, Rev. Patrick Bailey.

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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