KINGS HIGHWAY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 2312 Fluker Ave., will host the Fall Harvest Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday. The mistress of ceremony will be Sherri Thomas Morris. Guest musicians will be Jamal Gordon, organist, and Ray Spears, guitarist. The theme will be “I Will Praise Him With My Voice.” Psalms 50:10. Everyone is invited. Kings Highway’s interim pastors are the Rev. Lee E. Meadows and the Rev. Lee A. Meadows.
BREATH OF LIFE CHURCH, 1313 S. Pine St., will host its Youth Sunday service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. The featured speaker will be Yaisha Freeman from Star City. She is a 2022 graduate of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice. She is employed with the Sixth Division Circuit Court as the drug court coordinator and mentor under Judge Earnest Brown Jr. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. (Alpha Rho Chapter.) She is the mother of a 3-year-old daughter, Karsyn, and a member of Daniel Chapel Baptist Church in Moscow. Jennifer Lee is the youth director at Breath of Life and the Rev. Kerry Price is the pastor.
NEW COMMUNITY CHURCH, 321 N. Birch St., will host Elder David Morgan of Morgan Farms as the featured speaker at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday. Also, Christine Allmond will speak at the Kingdom Builder’s program at 6 p.m. Sunday. Both are members of New Community. The community is invited to attend. The pastor/apostle of New Community is Patrick Lockett.
BARRAQUE STREET MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 1800 W. Pullen St., will host the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Delta Sigma Lambda and Gamma Delta Chapters, as they celebrate their 118th Founders Day. The event will be held at 7:06 p.m. Dec. 4. The keynote speaker will be Tyrone Jackson, EdD., president of Southeast Arkansas College, and member of Alpha Phi Alpha. The theme is Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc: 118 Years of Empowering Change Through Scholarship and Service to and for our Community.
NEW JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH, 1317 S. Texas St., will have a Thanksgiving Give Back dinner for the needy. The dinner will be 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. The meals are first come, first served. The project is sponsored by the church youth department. The Rev. M. Kriston Wilson is the pastor of New Jerusalem Baptist Church.
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FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH on U.S. 79 (across from McDonald’s) will hold its bazaar from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. There will be casseroles, baked goods, soup, wreaths, wall art, jewelry, pillows, gift baskets, centerpieces and homemade items, according to a news release.
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD shoebox gifts will be collected and packed by volunteers during National Collection Week, through Monday. More than 4,700 drop-off locations will open across the country, according to a news release. The project partners with local churches across the globe to collect items for shoebox gifts to deliver for children in need. Southeast Arkansas sites include: Family Church Pine Bluff, 2309 S. Poplar St., Pine Bluff; South Side Missionary Baptist Church, 905 S. Lincoln Ave., Star City; Stuttgart First Baptist Church Activity Center, 2109 S. Columbus St., Stuttgart; and True Hope Church, 707 N. Main St., Sheridan. Details: https://samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/drop-off-locations/?utm_source=OCC-ToolKit&utm_campaign=m_YOCC-PRRE&utm_content=OCC-Drop-off-locations.
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