Church news

The Messenger, March 14, 2013
Brundages to minister
Hardy and Marianne Brundage will minister at Healing Faith Family Worship, located at 2113 West Main St. in Union City,  Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
The Rev. Shane Long invites the community to attend the service.
 
Missionaries to speak
First Assembly of God, located at 1810 Pleasant Valley Ave. in Union City, will welcome Justin and Jessica Lattus of Union City as newly appointed Assemblies of God world missionaries to the continent of Africa Sunday. They will be speaking in both Sunday morning services at 8:30 and 10:30.
Area residents may also watch live online on the church website at www.uc1ag.com.

Men’s Day is focus
Bells Chapel CME Church, located at 207 North Highland Drive in Fulton, will begin the celebration of Men’s Day Sunday at 11 a.m. The Rev. William Pettus of Hopkinsville, Ky., will be the speaker. The speaker for the 3 p.m. service will be the Rev. Lawrence Emerson of New Life Ministry in Union City.
The Rev. Claudette Snorton, pastor of the congregation, invites the community to attend.

To mark anniversary
Power House Ministry, located at 2131 Nailling Drive in Union City, will celebrate the congregation’s anniversary Sunday, beginning at 10:30 a.m. The community is invited to “come out and enjoy the Lord with us,” a spokesman said.
The church will be marking 14 years of uplifting and building God’s kingdom and the pastor, the Rev. Demetrius Ceaser, says God is still healing, delivering souls and answering prayers.
Members of the congregation will also be selling spaghetti plate lunches at the church Sunday.

Women’s conference set
“Queen for a Day” will be the theme of the 2013 Women’s Conference planned for March 23 at Reelfoot Baptist Church, located at 1926 West Highway 22 near Troy. The scripture basis will be Proverbs 31:10, which says, “Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies.”
Registration will be from 8:30-9 a.m., with refreshments provided. The conference will be from 9 a.m. to noon, with a meal to be served at the close.
Nadine Killion and Myrna Parks will be the guest speakers and music will be provided by Leslie McEwen Hicks, Angie Arrington and Cathie Harris.

Evangelists to speak
Evangelists Hardy and Marianne Brundage will be guest speakers March 24 at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. at Pentecostal Tabernacle, located at 16235 State Route 45 South in Water Valley, Ky.
Brundage has been featured on several Christian radio programs and is known as “Mr. Gospel Radio.” He has also been part of the television series, “If God Got It, You Can Have It,” available to viewers in this country and parts of Canada.
Mrs. Brundage is a talented gospel singer and recording artist, as well as being a minister of the Word. She also has a powerful testimony of being miraculously healed of terminal cancer by the power of God and this has resulted in her deep compassion for the sick and a desire to pray for them.
For more information, call the Rev. Larry McClure at (270) 472-3801 or the assistant pastor, the Rev. Markus McClure, at (270) 970-7256.

Easter egg hunt set
Mt. Ararat Cumberland Presbyterian Church, located at 1465 Troy-Hickman Road near Troy, will host an Easter egg hunt Saturday at 11 a.m. at the church.
There will be games, inflatables and refreshments featuring hot dogs and soft drinks, in addition to the traditional hunt.
“Come and join in the fun and fellowship for our annual ‘Egg-stravaganza,’” a spokesman said.

Joylanders to sing
The Joylanders will celebrate their 42nd anniversary of singing gospel music with a series of concerts Friday through  Sunday at Gibson County High School auditorium in Dyer. The event will feature music by The Lesters, Telestials, The Barnetts and the hosts.
Admission is free, with an offering to be received.
Doors will open an hour prior to concert times, which will be at 7 p.m. Friday, 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday.
For more information, call (731) 855-2423 or go to www.thejoylanders.com.

Revival continues
Church of Jesus for All, located at 817 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Union City, has been hosting a three-day revival that will continue this evening and Friday at 7. The Rev. Coleman of Pleasantview Missionary Baptist Church in Sharon will be the speaker and members of his congregation will be special guests.
The community is invited to attend, a spokesman said.
The Rev. Harry Hayes is pastor.

Children welcome
Crosswind Church is hosting an Easter Eggstravaganza March 24 at the church, located at 4440 Barham Road near Union City.
There will be bounce houses and lots of candy, in addition to a noon meal.
Everyone is invited to the event which will follow worship at 10:25 a.m. The Easter egg hunt will begin at 12:30 p.m. and there will be prizes awarded in age groups 1-2 years old, 3-4 years old, 5-7 years old and 8 years old and older.

To honor men
Miles Chapel Church, located on the corner of Jackson and Lindell streets in Martin, will honor the men of the congregation Sunday at 2:30 p.m. The Rev. Orwin Cowley of McCabe United Methodist Church in Martin will be the guest speaker.
Morning worship begins at 11 and a meal will be served following the service and preceding the afternoon event, according to the pastor, the Rev. Paul Jenkins.

Bike ride planned
The fifth annual Tanya Taylor Family Memorial Bike Ride will be May 19, with a rain date of June 23 planned.
The ride was initiated by Ronnie and Selene Barron, whose daughter, Tanya, was killed in a tornado April 2, 2006, along with her husband and their sons. Funds raised go to missionaries involved in taking the Word of God around the world and in supplying Bibles, medical needs, eye glasses and supplies for a children’s hospital in Ecuador.
This year, funds will go to purchase Bibles in Spanish, plus the items listed above, and to cover the cost of translators for the church’s mission team, which will be traveling to Ecuador this summer.
Registration and a noon meal featuring barbecue and all the trimmings will kick off the event, with kickstands up at 1:30 p.m. The ride will be 100 miles, with one stop along the way, and will end at 4 p.m. at Dyer First Baptist Church, where it will also begin.
The fee is $20 and participants will receive a T-shirt, the meal for two people and a ticket for a door prize.
The church is located at 198 West College St. in Dyer. For more information, call (731) 692-2549.

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