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AUGUST 12
BETHLEHEM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1622 Kelly Road, Union, will be serving Sunday dinner from noon-until. The menu includes fried chicken, roast beef, steak and gravy, creamed potatoes, rice and gravy, macaroni pie, green beans, lima beans, slaw, rolls, tea, and dessert. Call 427-1622 for takeouts. (Ready at 11:45 a.m.)
ST. MATTHEW AME ZION CHURCH in Whitmire will be having revival service Aug. 12-15. Speaker for the occasion will be Rev. Eric Rice of the Trinity AME Zion Church in Whitmire. Sunday services will begin at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Nightly services at 7 p.m. We welcome the Glenn-Tucker-Windbush Family Reunion. Rev. JB Robinson, Pastor.
PARADISE AME CHURCH will hold a revival service at 2:30 p.m. Rev. Corinthian Stacks, Pastor of Bethany AME Church will be guest speaker. Rev. Joseph Brown, Pastor.
MAPLE RIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH will hold their Revival Service Aug. 12-15. The Rev. Darrel Smith of Mt. Tabor Baptist Church of Gaffney will be speaker for Sunday at 2:30 p.m. and at 7 p.m. for the Monday-Wednesday night services. The pastor Maple Ridge Baptist Church is the Rev. Johnny Johnson.
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH, 904 Pea Ridge Highway, Jonesville, will hold a Homecoming & Revival, Aug. 12-16. The Sunday morning service will be at 11 a.m. with Pastor Tillotson. The Homecoming Service begins at 2:30 p.m. with the Rev. J. Lewis Peak of Wyatt’s Chapel Baptist Church. Revival Services will be Monday-Thursday at 7 p.m. with the Rev. Lorenzo Washington of Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Gramling.
NEW HOPE AME ZION CHURCH will hold revival from Aug. 12-15. Revival services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday and at 7 p.m. weekdays. Revivalist will be the Rev. Dr. Victor Wilson of the Georgia Conference.
JETER CHAPEL AME CHURCH in Carlisle will hold revival from Aug. 12-15. Revival services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. the rest of the week. Revivalist for Sunday will be the Rev. John E. Hill of Williams Chapel AME, Carlisle.
AUGUST 19
SEEKWELL BAPTIST CHURCH will hold Revival Services Aug. 19-22 at 7 p.m. Rev. Clarence Henderson of Munsford, AL, will be the guest speaker.
MOUNT ZION MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH will celebrate Homecoming. Sunday School begins at 9 a.m., followed by Morning Worship at 10:15 a.m. Mount Zion’s 2012 Annual Revival begins Monday, Aug. 20, and continues through Thursday, Aug. 23. Dr. Curtis Hill, Pastor of New Holly Light Missionary Baptist Church in Anderson, SC is the revivalist. Service begins nightly at 7 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend. Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church is located @1448 Cain Road on Highway 252 in Laurens, SC. Dr. Jefferson N. McDowell is Pastor.
BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH will observe revival beginning Sunday, Aug. 19, at 11:15 a.m. with Rev. Roderick Oglesby. Afternoon services will be at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. James Johnson, Past of Thomas Chapel AME Church, Santuck. Monday through Thursday service will begin at 7 p.m. Speaker for the week will be Rev. C. Anthony Wallace, Pastor of Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, Gaffney. Rev. Roderick Oglesby, Pastor.
WOODSON CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH wil hold its Annual Homecoming and Revival beginning with Sunday Homecoming at 2 p.m. Rev. Dr. F. Delano R. Benson Jr., Pastor of the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, St. Louis, MO, will be the speaker. Revival will be held Monday, Aug. 20-Wednesday, Aug. 22 at 7:15 p.m. Rev. Vardry A. Freeman, Pastor of Poplar Springs Baptist Church, Simpsonville, will be the Revivalist. The public is invited. Rev. Robert E. Collins, Pastor.
AUGUST 26
LOWER FAIRFOREST BAPTIST CHURCH, Highway 49 West, will hold Homecoming at noon with covered dish and celebration of 250 years. Rev. Jim Cunningham, Pastor.
LOCKHART CHURCH OF GOD will hold its 75th Anniversary Celebration at 10:30 a.m. with dinner to follow the service. Rev. Allen McKee, Pastor
SEPTEMBER 8
AUGSBURG LUTHERAN CHURCH, 151 Connector Road (by Brian’s Body Shop), is forming a Community Youth Choir with emphasis on Christmas 2012. Any child from 5 to 18 years old, whether affiliated with the church or not, may register at Augsburg Lutheran Church on Sept. 8 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Augsburg welcomes all children for fun, fellowship, and learning musical expression. For further information, you may contact Audrey Lancaster at 427-7825, Kim Kalb at 441-0117, or Jeri Sanders at 674-5083.
SEPTEMBER 9
PADGETT’S CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH will hold Mason-Shrine Day.
SEPTEMBER 17
THE UNION COUNTY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION WMU fall meeting will be held at Mon-Aetna Baptist Church. The opening session begins at 6 p.m. with RSVP dinner at 6:30 p.m. and conferences for all WMU groups at 7:15 p.m. A couple of guest speakers will also be a part of the evening. Churches should call Jean Capps at 251-0100 by Sept. 12 with the number planning to attend dinner.
OCTOBER 21
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH under the leadership of the Rev. Michael A. Glenn, will celebrate its annual observance of Woman’s Day at 11 a.m. The Rev. Shirley Sims Gray, Associate Minister of Majority Baptist Church, will be the guest speaker. Friendship Baptist Church, located at 250 Morningside Drive, has 11 a.m. worship services every Sunday with Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. For more information call 864-576-6285.
NOVEMBER 3
THE 142nd ANNUAL SESSION OF THE TYGER RIVER BAPTIST ASSOCIATION will be held at New Liberty Baptist Church in Fountain Inn at 10 a.m. The Rev. Michael A. Glenn is Moderator.
NOVEMBER 4
THE MALE CHOIR OF FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH, 250 Morningside Drive, Spartanburg, will present a Fall Gospel Concert at 4 p.m. The public is invited. The Rev. Michael A. Glenn is Pastor.
DECEMBER 8
THE CHOSEN FEW INC. (MARY OWENS) will present a play at 5 p.m. entitled “God Can Turn It Around” at the Pacolet River Association Building in Union. For more information call any of the cast members.







