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Calendar of Events

March 7

• Friendship Fitness Class now open 3:30-5 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday sponsored by the Women of Faith Ministries at Friendship Assembly of God, Victoria. For more info. call Brenda Scherff at 662-838-4000.

March 8

• Women’s Conference presented by Salt and Light Ministries, March 8-9, 7 p.m.; March 10, 10 a.m.; and Sun., March 11, worship service, 11 a.m. Guest speaker, Evangelist Karen Johnson, Pentecostal Temple, Memphis, Tenn. For more info. call 662-397-6443, 662-544-4015.

March 10

• Musical program, Free Branch MB Church, 2233 Higdon Rd., 6 p.m. Pastor, Rev. Joe L. Tunstall. Several groups on the program. Sponsored by Bro. M.T. Lesure. Everyone is invited.

• Kimbrough Chapel Church will have Sunday School Night, 6 p.m. Bro. Charles Ambrose is sponsor.

• PRAYER BREAKFAST will be held at Chulahoma Lodge No. 241, Hwy. 4 West, 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Tickets are $7.

• PRAYER BREAKFAST will be held at Mighty God Ministries, 10 a.m. with Minister Darrell Mays. Pastor is Marvin Brooks.

• MUSICAL PROGRAM will be held at Free Branch M.B. Church, 6 p.m. The pastor is J.L. Tunstall and is sponsored by The Silver Stars.

• SINGING Marianna Baptist Church will be hosting their second Saturday singing with Still Sanding as the featured group. Food and fellowship begin at 5 p.m. The singing starts at 6:15 p.m. The church is located on Hwy. 309 South, about one mile before Hwy. 4. The featured group for April 14 will be the Downs Family.

March 11

• Men’s Day Program, at Greenfield Presbyterian Church, 5024 Old Hwy. 7 South, at 3 p.m. Rev. John Powell and Jones Grove Church will be our guests. Everyone is invited.

• FAMILY AND FRIENDS DAY will be held at Isaac Chapel CME Church, Hwy. 309 S., 2 p.m. Pastor Dedrick Lesure and Cooper Chapel Church family will be the guests. Everyone is invited. Rev. Willie Ward is host pastor.

• The Mt. Sinai C.O.G.I.C. of Mt. Pleasant will have their annual Musicians Appreciation at 3 p.m. Everyone is invited. Pastor is Elder Curtis Pritchard Sr.

• REVIVAL March 11-14 the Church of the Living Gospel, 802 Wakefield Road, Coldwater, will have revival with the Strong Family from Corinth. Sunday services will be at 6 p.m. and March 12-14 will be at 7 p.m. For more information call 662-233-2730.

• Men and women’s day Pleasant Hill CME Church, Sun., March 11, 2:30 p.m. Rev. Denise Anders-Modest and Anderson Chapel CME Church will be guests. Rev. Willie Hoey, pastor. Everyone is invited.

March 14

• INAUGURAL MEETING of the Snow Lake Book Club will be held in the sunlit Landscape Society Room behind the Snow Lake Shores Corporation Office in the Town Hall Building on the beach, 2-3 p.m.

• Youth revival at Pleasant Hill CME Church, Mon., March 12-Wed., March 14, 7 p.m. nightly. Rev. J.W. Smith Jr., guest speaker. Rev. Willie Hoey, pastor. Everyone is invited.

March 16

• Open Gym Night hosted by AfterShock Youth at Friendship Assembly of God, Victoria, will be held at 7 p.m. All youth and their friends are welcome, ages 13-15.

March 17

• SPRING SOCCER signup for children ages 5-15 years will be held at BridgeWay Baptist Church, 107 Taska Road, Mt. Pleasant. The cost is $35 per child. Volunteers needed.

• REUNION St. Mary’s/CADET/Holy Family Reunion Committee meeting will be held at 12 p.m. at the home of Pearly Turner Jones on Stratmon Drive off Woodward Avenue in Holly Springs. Alumni (eighth grade and 12th grade graduates) are asked to please attend this meeting. Pearly Jones, chairperson and Purvene Love Anderson, co-chairperson.

• Give a Smile! Join us at Red Banks United Methodist Church for a spring cook-out fundraiser from 5 - 7 p.m. Donations to benefit Smile Train. For more information, contact Lynn at 662-610-5381. Check out Smile Train at http://smiletrain.org.

March 18

• CHOIR DAY will be held at Hopewell No. 2 MB Church, 2 p.m. All choirs are welcome. Sponsors are Cherie Brownlee, Sharvitta King and Monika LeSure. Host pastor is Danny Kimbrough.

• Anniversary Service will be held at Friendship Assembly of God, Victoria, 10 a.m. Everyone is invited. Potluck lunch following service.

• ANNUAL USHER DAY will be held at Free Branch M.B. Church, 2 p.m. Pastor Willie Ward and Isaac Chapel Church family will be guests. Pastor J.L. Tunstall invites all.

• SPRING GOSPEL FEST 2012 New Dimension Salt and Light Ministries Church, 565 Neely Ave., will host Spring Gospel Fest 2012, 6 p.m. Featured guests will be The Silver Star, The Harmoneers, and Spiritual Divine. Admission is $10. Host pastor is Actavis Allen and sponsors are Craig Williamson and Sons.

• PASTOR/WIFE APPRECIATION will be held at Finley Grove honoring their pastor, James C. Green, and Sis. Margie Green, 10 a.m. The guest speaker will be Rev. Robert Garrison and the McIntyre Church family and the Pleasant Grove Church family. The public is invited.

March 20

• MEETING The Marshall County Humane Society will have its regular monthly meeting at the Humane Society building on Eddie L. Smith Drive in Holly Springs, 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome.

March 21

• MEETING Let’s go back to the old time way at Mt. Pisgah. Old Camp Meeting, March 21-23. Service nightly at 7 p.m.. Evangelist will be Pastor Johnnie Porter of Rose Hill C.M.E. Church in Columbia. Mt. Pisgah is located at 3877 Cayce Rd. Elder Eddie Wilson is the pastor.

March 22

• GROWERS’ MEETING - The Holly Springs Farmers Market will have their first growers meeting at the Beckley Center, 7 p.m. The center is located on Rust Avenue across from Rust College.

March 23

• Kimbrough Chapel Church will have a one-night revival, 7 p.m. Guest speaker will be Rev. Melvin Bufford and Mt. Salem MB Church, Hickory Valley, Tenn. Sponsor is Betty Raimey.

March 24

• Men’s Wild Game Dinner provided by Honor Bound Men’s Ministry of Friendship Assembly of God, 7 p.m. Tickets on sale now for $10 per adults, $5 per child. For more info. call 662-838-4000.

• SINGING Calvary Baptist Church, Lamar, will have a gospel singing with the Barnett Family from Stanton, Tenn., 6:30 p.m. Fellowship meal will follow singing.

• Girl power/girl hour will be held March 24, 11 a.m. at Pleasant Hill CME Church. All girls ages 13 and up are encouraged to attend. Rev. Willie Hoey, pastor.

March 25

• Kimbrough Chapel Church will host Men & Women’s Day, 11 a.m. Guest speaker will be Rev. James Green and Finley Grove. Sponsor is James Ambrose and Rosanna Smith.

• Mt. Sinai C.O.G.I.C. of Mt. Pleasant will have their Annual Men’s Day program at 3 p.m. Special guests will be Elder Eugene Anderson and the Brooks Chapel C.O.G.I.C. of Oakland, Tenn. Everyone is invited. Pastor is Elder Curtis Pritchard Sr.

March 30

• FRIENDSHIP CHRISTIAN ACADEMY Chapel, 8:30 a.m. Parents are welcome.

• SINGING Fellowship Baptist Church, Hwy. 309 N., Byhalia, will have a gospel singing with Karen Peck and New River from Dahlonega, Ga., 7 p.m. Wade Crum is host pastor.

March 31

• BENEFIT PROGRAM for Elvis Scott will be held at Calvin Chapel Church, 6 p.m. Groups, choirs and male choruses are invited. Sponsor is Calvin Spight and Betty Raimey.

April 1

• LOVE DAY Pastor Willie James and first lady Cassie Taylor’s Love Day will be held at Mt. Olive M.B. Church, Byhalia, 3 p.m. The guest church will be Pastor Charles Gillespie and the New Mt. Gilliam church family. Everyone’s invited.

April 2

• MEMBERS MEETING Marshall County Water Association will hold their Annual Members Meeting on April, 6:30 p.m. at 512 Wingo Road off Cayce Road.

April 6

• FISH FRY Cayce Fire Department Fish Fry will be held at the fire station, 30 Lee Road, 5-7 p.m. The meal will consist of fish, fries, hushpuppies, slaw, tea and choice of dessert, and the cost is $12 per plate. Tickets can be purchased at A-1 Small Engines, Gene Gossett’s Auto Parts, any firefighter, board member or at the door. For more information call 662-851-7384 or 662-851-7634.

April 7

• Kimbrough Chapel Church will have their Pastor and Wife’s Banquet, 6 p.m. Guest speaker will be Rev. Blake and Mt. Zion-Taska Church. Host pastor is J.W. Smith Jr. Sponsor is the Pastor-Aid Committee.

• CONCERT Temple of Deliverance Church, 1273 McAlexander Road, will have a concert with Mom & Son, Gloria Williams and Arnold Williams, Calvin Woods and the Anointed 7 from Atlanta, Ga., 7 p.m. Tickets are $7 in advance; $10 at the door, children 12 and under free.

May 25

• REUNION Holly Springs High School Class of 1982 is planning their 30th reunion for May 25-27. Please contact committee members Patty (Foster) Robinson, 662-252-2921; Karen (Ratcliff) Morgan, 469-733-7960; Edith (Bridgeforth) Sims, 662-564-4200; Viera Roseburg, 601-316-7369; Claude Vinson, 901-212-9854; Anthony Anderson, 404-259-1258.

July 6

• REUNION The Newsom Family Reunion will be held July 6-8. For more info. call Angela Newsom-Hoye (daughter of Michael Newsom, Sr., granddaughter of Erma Newsom Wallace and great-granddaughter of the late Arvern/Katie Newsom) at 732-821-2084 or email newsomfamilyreunion@gmail.com or Facebook: Friend request my name just as it is spelled.

July 13

• REUNION The Hardin Family Reunion will be held July 13-15. For more info. call Angela Newsom-Hoye (daughter of the late Willie Jean Hardin Wells and granddaughter of Georgia/Willie Hardin) at 732-821-2084; or email familyreunionhardin@gmail.com or Facebook: friend request my name just as it is spelled.

FYI

• WORSHIP Byhalia Church of God and Pastor Billy and Judy Smith welcomes you to come and worship with us Sunday 10:30 a.m. and Wednesday 7 p.m. The church is located at 2550 Hwy. 309 S, Byhalia.

• SINGING Marianna Baptist Church located on Hwy 309 South invites everyone to join them in worship through songs at the singings each second Saturday of the month.

• HOPEWELL NO. 2 Church Services are Sunday School ever 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Sunday at 9:30 a.m.; 4th Sunday at 8 a.m.; morning worship every 1st, 2nd, and 3rd at 11 a.m.; 4th at 9 a.m.; and Bible class every Monday night at 7 p.m.

• GED Do you need your GED to get a job or go to college? Classes are offered at Catholic Social Services on Tuesday and Thursday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Let us help you get that job or go to college. We are located behind St. Joseph Catholic Church. Call 252-1336 for more information.

• ATTENTION NEW LOCATION! 3-D Ladies’ Christian Based Diet Class meets every Tuesday, 5:30-7 p.m. at 525 Old Hwy. 78, next door to Latter Rain Church in Holly Springs. For info. call Marion Pryor, 662-274-4893.

• Singing Marianna Baptist Church, monthly singing, the second Saturday of each month; 5 p.m. fellowship, 6:15 singing. Everyone is welcome to attend.

• Men’s Bible study All men are invited to Bible Study each Monday night at Fellowship Baptist Church, located three miles north of Byhalia on Byhalia Road. For more information call Wade Crum, pastor, 901-825-7166.

• The Dulcimers meet at the Marshall County Library 1 p.m. each second and fourth Thursday of the month.

• FIFTH SUNDAY SERVICES Wilkins Chapel CME Church, Waterford, is now having 5th Sunday services. Sunday school, 10 a.m., morning worship, 11 a.m. Broadcast every Sunday, 6:30 p.m., FM 92.7.

• 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.

• 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 SOS 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.

• 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.

• 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 - 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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