FIRST MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 4500 Faucett Road, will present a Celebration of Christmas, a night of music and ministry, at 6 p.m. Saturday. Special guests will be Anthony Jackson of New Horizons Church and its ministries. Featured musical guests will include Women United for Christ, Main Street Church of God in Christ Praise Dancers, and Greater Battle Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Choir. The host will be Dee Clay of Amos Chapel Missionary Baptist Church.
A FREE COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP MEAL will be held from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Luke United Methodist Church, 32 School St. The meal is co-sponsored by St. Andrew Missionary Baptist Church, according to a news release. The community is invited to attend. The Rev. Richard Hart is pastor of St. Andrew and the Rev. Edna Morgan is pastor of St. Luke.
ST. ANDREW MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 5810 W. Malcomb St., will hold its annual Harvest Food Box Program at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Fifty food boxes will be given out to those in attendance who need food. The Rev. Fred Batemon, pastor of Bethel New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, will give the sermon. The Rev. Richard Hart is the pastor of St. Andrew. Everyone is welcome to attend.
NEW UNITED MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 5601 Cheatham St., will present its Christmas program at 11 a.m. Sunday. The Rev. Woodrow Jackson Sr. is the pastor.
THE SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS MALE CHORUS will present its 26th Anniversary Concert at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at New Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church, 1026 Missouri St. The worship leader will be David Maddox of New St. Hurricane Baptist Church. The theme is “Praising a Worthy God” (Psalm 150). This is also a membership drive. The chorus is also looking for “good Christian singing men,” according to a spokesman. “Hope to see you there.”
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NEW MORNING STAR MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH in Altheimer will present its Youth and Young Adult Day at 2 p.m. Sunday. Words of encouragement will be from the Rev. James Rice Jr., pastor of Greater Battle Chapel Baptist Church in Pine Bluff. The choir director will be Rosetta V. Lusk of New Morning Star and the guest worship leader will be the Rev. Eric Corbin, pastor of Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Pine Bluff. New Morning Star’s pastor is the Rev. Eric Walden Jr.
THE CITY WIDE MISSION will meet at 1 p.m. Monday at Cherry Street AME Zion Church, 800 S. Cherry St. The guest speaker will be Juanita Harris of New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church. Attendees are asked to donate paper towels for the outreach project for this month, according to a news release.
MT. MORIAH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH AND BAILEY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH in Gould will host the annual End-of-Year Service at 7 p.m. Dec. 31 at Mt. Moriah. The pastors, Phillip Puckett of Mt. Moriah and Curtis Gibson of Bailey Chapel, welcome everyone to join them as they gather in worship and gratitude to close out the year, a spokesman said.
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