Published: October 23, 2008 09:35 pm      

Church News

Greater Renfro Memorial Church of God in Christ will celebrate its pastor and wife, Elder William and Marylyn Lewis, for 23 years of faithful service at 7:30 p.m. today and at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 26. Today’s guest speaker will be Bishop John Baker of Harmony Baptist Church. Sunday’s guest speaker will be Pastor Harold Evans of Roane Chapel Full Gospel Baptist Church. There will be many other churches and pastors that will celebrate this occasion as well.



Barry United Methodist Church and Emhouse United Methodist Church will have its Lord’s Acre Nov. 1 at the Fannie Mae Vernon Room of the Navarro County Exposition Center, State Highway 22, Corsicana. Country store and sweet shop will open at 10:30 a.m. with lunch served from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Menu will be turkey and dressing and trimmings, and homemade pies. Carry-out meals will be available. Auction will begin at 1 p.m.



Bethel Seventh-day Adventist Church, 717 E. 13th Ave., (903) 872-8071, where Dr. Norman Stiggers is pastor, will have a second chance revival. If you need a fresh start or if your past is holding your future hostage, you are invited to join in at 7 p.m. Oct. 25 through Nov. 1, excluding Oct. 30. Evangelist will be Moses Brown from Tampa, Fla. He has been heard on 3ABN, Hope Channel and others. He has evangelized around the world and baptized hundreds of souls for the kingdom of God.



Church of the Living God, 917 G.W. Jackson Ave., (903) 872-7470, will have dinners for sale from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today. Meals will be fish, smoked or barbecue chicken, coleslaw, baked beans, cornbread, bread, and cake. Plates will be $6 or sandwiches for $3. Free delivery is available.



Community Baptist Church will observe its 57th homecoming Nov. 2. All friends and former members are invited to come and worship. Sunday school will be at 9:45 a.m. with worship at 10:50 a.m. Southern Joy will be the guest singers, and a special singing will start at 1:30 p.m.



Cornerstone Baptist Church, 801 N. 13th St., will have its fall festival from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 31. There will be games, food, prizes and candy.



Eureka United Methodist Church will hold its 46th annual Lord’s Acre dinner and auction Oct. 25. The country store, with Dana Driscoll and Sherry Cappallo as store keepers, will open at 10 a.m. The store will be open all day. A delicious barbecue dinner with all the trimmings will be served from 5 to 7 p.m. Barney Thomas, Randy Thomas and Fred Richards will prepare the meat. The trimmings will be prepared by ladies of the church. The auction will begin at 7:30 p.m. Judge Kirby Hill will be the auctioneer. This year’s hard-working chairmen have been the Rev. Jerden and Edna Davis.

Eureka UMC and the Rev. David Ricker, minister, invite everyone to attend the Lord’s Acre and Sunday worship services. Church school begins at 10 a.m. with worship service at 11 a.m. Come join in as the work of the Lord is celebrated.



Faith Temple Ministries, North Highway 75, Fairfield, where P.A. Rischer is pastor, will celebrate its 15th annual family and friends day at 4 p.m. Oct. 26. The speaker will be Minister Willie Carwell of Palestine, a member of Faith Tabernacle Ministries where Carlos Daniels is pastor. Evangelist Cynthia Shed will be the mistress of ceremony. Everyone is invited to come and celebrate this blessed event. For more information, call (903) 389-9030.



First Baptist Church of Corsicana will have a fall festival from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 30 at its Family Life Center, located on the corner of West Fifth Avenue and North 15th Street. There will be free games, candy and lots of fun. All ages welcome.



First United Methodist Church of Corsicana, 320 N. 15th St., will host its monthly W.Y.O. (Were Young Once) meeting at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 28. Gretchen London will be giving a book review on “Texas Disasters” by Mike Cox. Everyone is invited to come and enjoy the program and a wonderful meal of pork loin, scalloped potatoes, spinach salad and sopaipilla cake. To make reservations, call (903) 874-5656.



Greater Haynes Memorial Church of God in Christ, Mexia, of which Corsicana resident Charles D. Washington Sr. is pastor, invites you attend revival services at 7 p.m. Oct. 24-26 at Harrison Chapel COGIC, Highway 79 North, Oakwood, where Elder Anthony Harrison is pastor. Come and be blessed, helped, inspired and delivered. For more information, call (903) 874-1970.

Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance will have its fourth Sunday night fellowship service at 7 p.m. Oct. 26 at Wilgo Baptist Church, where Arthur Faulk is pastor. The speaker will be the Rev. Clyde Chambers, pastor of Thirteenth Avenue Christian Church. IDMA president is Dairy Johnson Sr. All churches, as well as the public, are invited to attend and be a part of the service.



Open Bible study and gospel singing is held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. every Thursday at the Senior Activity Center, 919 W. Park Ave., Corsicana. Peggy Smith is the teacher of this class, and there is no cost to attend. Requirements are an open mind and an open Bible. For more information, call activity director Fred Biltz at (903) 654-4980.

Lakeside United Methodist Church, 515 Farm-to-Market Road 416, Streetman, will have “Mission Marketplace” Nov. 8 with a silent auction and a live auction, along with lunch and entertainment. The silent auction will begin at 10 a.m. with tables closing at various times until 12:30 p.m. The hamburger and hot dog lunch will be from noon to 1 p.m. with entertainment provided by St. Elmo Sound. The live auction will begin at 1 p.m.

A variety of themed baskets, personal service items, and quality crafts will be available for auction. Proceeds from the day will go toward five local charitable organizations: Corsicana Rainbow Room, Camp of the Rising Sun, Pleasant Hills Children’s Home, House of Refuge, and Carpenters for Christ.

You are invited to come out, participate in the auctions, and enjoy a great lunch, all for a good cause.



Landmark Independent Baptist Church, 4429 W. State Highway 31, invites all to visit the “Pumpkin Patch” through Nov. 8. The pumpkin patch is a fund-raiser with proceeds going into the building fund. The pumpkin patch has pumpkins of all sizes, photo opportunities, crafts, baked goods and story time for the kids featuring “The Pumpkin Parable” and more. The pumpkin patch is open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and from 1 to 5:30 p.m. Sundays.

You are also invited to worship Sundays at Landmark for Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and worship services at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., and Wednesday services at 7 p.m. For more information, call (903) 874-0777.



Lighthouse of Praise, 200 E. Collin St., where Dan Layne is pastor, invites the public to hear the Nashville, Tenn.,-based “Blackwood Legacy” gospel group at 7 p.m. Oct. 24. The group features former Blackwood Brothers Quartet lead singer and Gospel Music Hall of Fame inductee Rick Price. Admission will be free and a love offering will be received.

Price has gathered some of the most-talented and sought-after gospel artists on the scene today to create a dynamic Blackwood Brothers tribute concert that features the well-remembered old favorites such as “Beulah Land” and “How Great Thou Art,” as well as fresh new gospel and worship music. Included in the lineup is Washington State native Luke Yates, a dynamic pianist and vocalist who recently exploded on the gospel music scene, and former Florida Boys tenor Don E. Thomas with his signature “high as the sky” tenor voice. For more information on this event, call (903) 872-7379 or visit the group’s Web site at www.blackwoodlegacy.org.



Lone Star Cowboy Church of Navarro County, 4495 W. State Highway 22, invites you to join in at 10 a.m. each Sunday for worship.

On Oct. 31, the community is invited to join in for “truck or treat” in the arena with games and candy. There will be a bounce house, cake walk and free hot dogs. On Nov. 1, there will be a “Little Wranglers” rodeo from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Events will include mutton busting, a stick horse rodeo, and others. Concessions will be available. The new church dedication will be Nov. 2 with services at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. A catered barbecue dinner will be served between services at 12:30 p.m.

Weather permitting, team roping practice is held at 7 p.m. Mondays at Randy Springer’s arena. At 7 p.m. Wednesdays there is Bible study at the church. For more information, contact Jarvis Smith at (903) 879-5824 or Jon Coe at (903) 872-1670 or visit the Web site at www.lonestarcowboyfellowship.org.



Love Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 400 N. Benton St., where David E. Wilson is pastor, Sharron Wilson is minister, and Deacon Roy Sanders Jr. is program coordinator, will have a tag team program at 7 p.m. today. The theme will be “In Times Like These” with scriptures from Isaiah 54:17, Romans 7:21-25 and John 15:13-15. Guest speakers will be Minister Charles Turner from Straight Way Missionary Baptist Church, Pastor A. Smith; Minister Roy Sanders III from Strong Hand Ministries in Dallas, Pastor Tony Monk; Minister Cedric Langley from New Bethel Baptist Church in Goodlow, Pastor Earnest Betts; and Minister Corey Crawford and Minister Marcus Green, both from New Cornerstone Baptist Church, Pastor Donné Watson.

At 3 p.m. Oct. 26, Love Chapel will have its men in black program. The theme will be “Never Would Have Made It” with scripture from 2 Corinthians 4:8-10. Guest speaker will be Pastor Rush Ingram from Greater Rock of Ages Baptist Church in Dallas.

You are invited to come and hear these dynamic men of God.



Men’s Community Prayer Breakfast meets at 6:45 a.m. Wednesdays in the Lone Star Room of the Walker Dining Hall on the Navarro College campus. This meeting is open to all men in the community. The main emphasis is prayer for the community with interceding for leaders, schools, institutions, government and churches in the community. For more information, call (903) 874-5561.



Missionary Baptist Church, 405 S. 15th St., will host the gospel group Glorybound at 2 p.m. Nov. 2. All are invited to come and hear the message in song and enjoy the fellowship.



Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church, 2105 E. Jones Ave., where Alfred Cox Jr. is pastor, will have its 96th homecoming celebration at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 26. The theme will be “The Harvest is Plentiful.” Guests will be Sixth Avenue Baptist Church, Pastor K.D. Davis; Bethlehem Baptist Church, Pastor D. Johnson; New Cornerstone Baptist Church, Pastor Donné Watson; and The Gospel Five.



St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church, 1201 E. 10th Ave., where Jonathan Mellette is pastor, invites the community to a special dedication service at 11 a.m. Oct. 26. The kitchen will be dedicated to the memory of Edward Granville, and the fellowship room dedicated to Edward and Evelyn Granville. Music will be provided by a praise band of students from Navarro College. A reception for members and guests will be held following the morning service.



Sixth Avenue Baptist Church, 125 S. Fifth St., is calling all musicians, choir members, soloists and all people interested in singing in a Corsicana mass choir for a live recording. Rehearsal dates will be 7 p.m. Oct. 29 and Nov. 5 and 12 at Sixth Avenue Baptist Church. For more information, call Bishop K.D. Davis Sr. at (903) 874-4873.



The Father’s House will have a fall revival, “Set Free in the Fall,” at 7 p.m. Oct. 24-25 and 11 a.m. Oct. 26 at The Father’s House Prayer Garden in downtown Richland, weather permitting. If raining, the services will be at The Father’s House church. For more information, call Eddie Jones at (903) 875-9884.



The Word Church, 2708 W. Eighth Ave., will have its Angel Food distribution day from 10 to 11 a.m. Oct. 25. Orders for November will also be accepted during distribution Oct. 25 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Other order days will be from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Nov. 8 and 11. For more information, call (903) 872-5673 or e-mail to the_wordchurch@yahoo.com.



Unity Baptist Church, 406 S. 34th St., where Chad Owens is pastor, invites you to services: Sunday — Sunday school at 9:45 a.m., worship and children’s church at 11 a.m., Bible study classes at 5 p.m., and worship at 6 p.m.; and Wednesday — prayer meeting at 7 p.m. King’s Kids Class meets the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. A nursery is open for church services. For transportation to services, call (903) 872-2861. At 10 a.m. Tuesdays, a group from Unity visits shut-ins. At 7 p.m. Tuesdays, there is a Bible study at Northwest Apartments Community Center. This Saturday, the church will have its annual fall fest in lieu of Halloween. On Sunday, a group will sing at Heritage Oaks Retirement Village.



Wesley United Methodist Church, 3308 N. Beaton St., invites you to Lord’s Acre dinner for turkey and all the trimmings from 4 to 6 p.m. Nov. 1. Cost is $8 for adults, and $5 for children 5 and under. You are also invited to join in on Sundays for Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. with the new pastor Arlene Infante Turner. For more information, call (903) 872-1877.



Westside Baptist Church, 1422 N. 24th St., cordially invites you to its fall revival services Oct. 24-26. The 7 p.m. Oct. 24 service will be children and youth night and will be preceded by a pizza fellowship at 6 p.m. The 7 p.m. Oct. 25 service will have an emphasis for adults. The Solid Rockers of First Baptist Church will be guest singers, and there will be a dessert fellowship after the service. On Oct. 26, Bible study will begin at 11 a.m. followed by a covered dish luncheon at noon. The final revival service will begin at 1 p.m.

The Rev. James Sliger will be evangelist for the revival. Sliger is currently pastor of Woodland Baptist Church in Beaumont. He has served at numerous churches in Texas and New Mexico and has conducted many revivals. Sliger has a master of divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1973 to 1976.

Chuck McElroy, pastor of music ministries at First Baptist Church, will lead the music for the revival.

Brother Larry Talbert is pastor of Westside Baptist Church and invites you to attend the revival. If you need a ride to services, call (903) 874-4640 and leave a message. A nursery will be available. Everyone is welcome.