KINGS HIGHWAY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 2312 W. Fluker Ave., will honor its pastor and wife, the Rev. Anthony J. Howard and Julia A. Howard, with a Retirement Worship Service at 10:45 a.m. Sunday. The guest preacher will be the Rev. Lorenzo Jones IV, senior pastor of the Mount Gilead Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. “The public is invited to join us as we say thank you and bid them farewell,” a spokesman said.
WORD OF FAITH FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH, 1108 S. Poplar St., welcomes everyone to its Family and Friends Day on Sunday. Sunday School begins at 9:45 a.m. and worship service starts at 10:45 a.m. The message will be by the pastor, Henry Land Jr.
NEW COMMUNITY CHURCH, 321 N. Birch St., rescheduled its Women’s Day service to 2:30 p.m. July 7. The featured speaker will be Jenise Sandy Todd, a local pastor. A Women’s Day choir will sing. Choir rehearsal will be held at 6 p.m. July 2 and July 5. The original service was cancelled because of a power outage in the community June 9. The program is hosted by New Community’s first lady, Janice Lockett. The pastor/apostle is Patrick Lockett.
NEW COMMUNITY CHURCH, 321 N. Birch St., will present its Men’s Day service at 2 p.m. July 28. The featured speaker will be the Rev. Clarence L. Holman, pastor of Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church. The theme is Fight the Good Fight (I Tim. 6: 11-12).
THE WOMEN ON SPIRITUAL ASSIGNMENT Victory Conference 2024 will be held at Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 2121 W. 26th Ave., this weekend.
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Services include:
Today — A Victory Musical Kickoff reception begins at 6 p.m. followed by the musical at 7 p.m. Singers include Tiffany Mosley, Rose Hill’s choir, Southeast Arkansas Male Chorus, Main Street Church of God in Christ Praise Team, Sweet Melody, Keenon Coleman, Pastor T.W. Scott & The “Singing Revs” and the Rev. Royce Jackson & The Spiritual Wings of Joy.
Saturday — The victory conference will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The registration is $25 per person. Continental breakfast and lunch will be served. Leakete Jenkins will be the motivational speaker. Kim Jones Sneed will be the moderator for “The Pursuing Knowledge and Connectivity Panel Discussion.” Guest panelists include Lola Thrower, Margarette Williams, Britany Dodson and Connie Tindell.
Sunday — The Lord’s Day Worship Experience will be held at 2 p.m. Cleo Cooper of Mt. Gayle Missionary Baptist Church of Conway will be the guest speaker. Bessie Lancelin will be the guest choir director.
Details: Jackie Flowers, (870) 540-7116 or jfsfflowers@gmail.com; Monica Griffin at (870) 643-7266; or Justin Harmon at (501) 672-3376. Registration is available at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1CJwsC3MuDAEI41Fmqg3sBq-mXSDqlxKmm6D2rBZ5bqc/viewform?ts=667374c8&edit_requested=true.
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