Church Corner: July 9

Calvary Church By WANDA “LULU” HARRISReal freedom. Do you want to experience true and real freedom? If so, then turn to Christ. God gave his only Son to die for our sins so that we would have eternal life. By turning your life over to Christ, a new you is reborn. The Holy Spirit fills you and things will be seen in a new light. Here at Calvary Church we believe this with all our hearts. We offer hope and encouragement for those who are lost and support to those in need.If you are on the roller coaster called life and are in need of help today, come in and find freedom that gives you true peace within. Bro. Lynn Mayall spoke to us Sunday on remembering God’s day. “The Lord’s day is a holy day not a holiday.” So many have desecrated this very special day in today’s times.  Today we seem to do what we want to do on Sunday and this is aiding in destroying our nation as we know it. John 8:34-36 “Verily, verily I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house forever: but the Son abideth ever. If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”Please remember to bring your children to ‘Gold Rush’ VBS starting July 11th-15th from 6-8 p.m. A great time and place for our children to come closer to God.Calvary Church holds services on Sunday at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. and Wednesday night service begins at 7 p.m. “We are a fellowship of Baptist believers.”Holland Baptist ChurchBy KATHY PEARCEBro. Ron’s morning message, July 3rd, was on the need for national repentance. He reminded us of the conditional promise in II Chron. 7:14. He also called our attention to Proverbs 14:34 which says, “Righteousness exalts a nation , But sin is a disgrace to any people.” (NAS) Sin will destroy a nation. Sin brings reproach. Sin that’s destroying America is found in the church, the sin of tolerance. He reminded us it’s time to live God’s Word. Only then will a difference be in America. We’ve been a great nation because of God. If we fail it’s because we fail to honor God. Sunday evening left us examining ourselves to see if we’re doing all we can for the Lord. We are blessed to have a pastor who preaches God’s word. One of our children came forward at the close of the service Sunday morning for salvation. We rejoice every time one accepts Christ as Savior. Some of our little tykes enjoyed Little Tykes Day Camp at Cold Springs this past week. We praise God for every part of our Faulkner Baptist Associational work, especially teaching and discipling through Cold Springs camps. We appreciate the work of our young college bound summer missionaries working there. Two of my granddaughters, Haley and Hannah White are involved in this mission.We’re praying for a wonderful day of celebrating what God has done in and through Holland Baptist Church in its 142 years of existence as we join for homecoming tomorrow. Morning Assembly will begin at 9:15 a.m., Sunday School 9:30-10:15 a.m., morning worship 10:30 a.m.-noon, meal and fellowship noon-2 p.m., and concert by The Brakebills 2 p.m.-until..... A hardworking team has been busy planning and putting everything in place. This effort has been lead by Kelli Smith and her mother, Janie McGaha. We’re so appreciative of their hard work. We would be delighted to have you join us tomorrow or any Sunday at Holland Baptist.Bethlehem Baptist ChurchBy HAZEL LOVE The Bethlehem Church family is now on the count-down until our new pastor begins with us. Only four more Sundays to go before Bro. Martin Jameson starts his pastorate at Bethlehem. His first Sunday will be Aug. 7th, although he will start the 1st. We are looking forward to having Bro. Martin, Jennifer and their daughter as part of our church family.This past Sunday we were blessed to have back with us, Bro. Eliezer “Ely” Semedo. Bro. Ely preached for us in both the morning and evening services. The morning message was “Peter the Simple Man” from John 1:40-44. The evening message was “Peter The Sinking Man” with the text from Matthew 14:22-33. Bro. Ely is a student at Central Baptist College and is from Cape Verde South Africa. Tracy McAllister played a beautiful arrangement of “America The Beautiful” for the offertory.Our youth returned late Wednesday night from a trip to San Antonio, Texas, where they attended the national youth conference “SOAR.” They left after the morning service on Sunday and traveled to Waco where they spent the night and then on to San Antonio on Monday. There was 27 youth and sponsors on the trip.Vacation Bible School starts Monday evening at Bethlehem. This year’s theme is “Pandamania.” Starting time is 6 p.m. We invite children from the community to attend and be a part of this fun time to learn about Jesus.Tomorrow Bro. Rod Hager will be with us in both services. He will be sharing with us the mission work that is going on in Chicago. This is the mission that some of our youth will be going to later this month to help out.For events, information, dates and times you may go to our website www.bethlehembaptistchurch.info.Wesley United Methodist ChurchBy LYNN BEATTYPlans are underway for our second annual Market Day event, and the public will be invited. Beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday, July 16, this indoor market will feature items such as homegrown produce, fresh eggs, baked goods, jams and jellies, crafts, as well as unique Christmas ornaments. Shoppers will also browse tables filled with a variety of home goods items such as baby quilts, hand-crafted coasters, place mats, and oilcloth aprons. The highlight of our market will be a beautiful quilt donated by our quilters, which will be sold to the highest bidder in a silent auction. Proceeds from our Market Day fund-raising event will once again go to help pay down the building fund.Another upcoming event at our church will be a reception in honor of our new District Superintendent, the Rev. Dede Roberts. On Sunday, July 17, from 2 to 4 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church will host this event, which will help to introduce and welcome Rev. Roberts to the district.An important ministry in our church is our food pantry, and the Bread Basket continues to feed over 300 families a month. This is done on a volunteer basis and exists on the efforts, donations, and time of many people. Our Bread Basket committee is very thankful for this help, which includes people within our church as well as the community.  Recently the committee and Bread Basket families received some extra help. Missions as well as service to others were some of the main lessons for our children during Vacation Bible School, and each evening these children contributed to the food pantry. When the week had ended, over 150 food items had been added to the food pantry, and over 100 dollars had been collected to be given to Heifer International.Wesley United Methodist Church is a compassionate and friendly family of faith. Located at 2310 E. Oak St., guests are welcomed with “open hearts, open minds, open doors”.  Our Sunday worship service begins at 10 a.m., with Sunday School at 9 a.m. Nursery is provided. We also have a Wednesday evening service which includes a prayer team at 6 p.m., potluck supper at 6:30 p.m., and Bible study at 7 p.m. All of our services are open to the public, and guests of all ages are welcome at each one. If you have any questions, please call our church office at 327-7629. We are proud of our church and our members, but we also love to see new faces, and our doors are always opened wide. If you do not have a church you regularly attend, we invite you to join us.