Church News

December 04, 2008 10:31 pm

— Cornerstone Baptist Church had approximately 100 volunteers who donated, prepared and served a Thanksgiving meal on Thanksgiving Day to 650 people. This meal was open to anyone in the community who needed a Thanksgiving meal. Volunteers went door-to-door to low income apartments and personally invited or left fliers for the residents. The meal consisted of 25 turkeys, 20 hams, and gallons and gallons of dressing, sweet potatoes, green beans, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, rolls, and all kinds of cakes and pies. About 370 meals were delivered to Meals on Wheels and Food for Fitness recipients, Friendship Towers, Northwest Apartments, Lago De Plato, Eastside Apartments, Kingsway Inn, Corsicana Inn, local firemen and policemen and to some local businesses where people had to work on Thanksgiving Day. This was the fourth year for Cornerstone to serve a Thanksgiving meal. Debbie Riggs organized this ministry.

Bethel AME Church, 101 N. Fourth St., invites you to celebrate the new year as the church will have a musical and “Claim What’s Mine in 2009!” at 6 p.m. Jan. 3. The theme will be from Psalm 150:6. This will be a “bring something” musical: Bring your voices to sing, and your hands to clap; bring your instruments to play, and your feet to dance; bring your ears to hear and your heart to praise; bring your soul to rejoice, and your spirit to be blessed. The Rev. R.C. Emanuel is pastor, the Rev. W.K. McDonald and the Rev. Leonard Johnson are assistant pastors, Minister Jason Forge is minister of music, and Sister Denise Freeman is president.

Chatfield United Methodist Church, 4937 Farm-to-Market Road 1603, Chatfield, invites parents to take a morning to shop, decorate or wrap presents while their children, infants through fifth grade, partake in a celebration of Christmas with a birthday party for Jesus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 13. Children will do arts and crafts, sing Christmas carols, play games, listen to the Christmas story, and have cake. Lunch will be provided and the event will be free. Please call the children’s coordinator at (903) 345-9138 by Dec. 8 to inform how many children you are bringing. Everyone is also welcome to join in on Sundays at 9:30 a.m. for worship service. Arlene Infante Turner is the new pastor of the church.

Church of the Living God, 917 G.W. Jackson Ave., where Elder J.D. Morgan is pastor, will have plate lunches and sandwiches for sale from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 6. Menu will be barbecue links, fish, greens, beans, cornbread, potato salad, and cake. Free delivery will be available by calling (903) 875-0500.
You are also invited to Sunday services at 9:45 a.m. for Sunday school and 11:30 a.m. for worship. Everyone is welcome, and you are reminded that “Prayer is the key. Faith unlocks the door.”

Church of the Living God, PGT, 517 S. Powell St., where Overseer Robert L. Newsome serves as pastor, will be holding a community bedding give-away from 2 to 5 p.m. Dec. 14. For more information, call (903) 875-8942 or (903) 875-8943.

Community Baptist Church is preparing a mission project in the last week of December to provide electricity to the chapel at Casa Hogar La Nueva Esperansa, but the mission project needs more funding to complete the first stage of the two-stage project.
Casa Hogar La Nueva Esperansa is an orphanage of about 28 children located in Cuidad Mier, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 20 miles southeast of Falcon Lake. For more information, contact Kevin Burns at (903) 641-9160.

First Baptist Church, Fourth and Bell streets, Coolidge, invites you to its monthly gospel songfest at 6 p.m. Dec. 6. Musicians are invited to bring their voices, musical instruments or tape accompaniments, and participate. It is hoped to have Christmas music as well as other gospel music. The event, which usually lasts about two hours, will be free and informal. For more information view the Web site at www.fbccool.com or call (254) 786-2232.

House of Refuge Church of God in Christ, 413 Farm-to-Market Road 709 East, Dawson, where Elder Paul E. Puckett is pastor, invites the public to a “Money Smart” seminar from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 6, held in the church’s Mosley and Sample Fellowship Hall. Registration will be from 10 to 10:30 a.m. Certified instructor Bettye Barge-Calhoun will present the topics of “Check It Out” and “Pay Yourself First.” There will be door prizes and refreshments. For more information, call Diana Puckett at (254) 582-0890.

Kelly’s Temple Church of God in Christ, where Elder Billy J. Kelly is pastor, will be in revival at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10-12. Guest speaker will be Missionary Mary Jo Dixon. Come and be blessed by this woman of God.

Kerens Church of the Living God, PGT, 141 S. State Highway 309, will host its sixth pastor and wife anniversary for Elder Omega Dunnington and wife at 3 p.m. Dec. 7. You are invited to attend this event. Choirs are asked to render an A selection. Members are looking forward to you helping celebrate this joyous occasion. Sister Joyce Sparks is program chairman.

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 Dec. 14, Christian country music artist Cheryl Dunn will lead the worship service. After the service, everyone is invited to stay and fellowship as the church will have its Christmas dinner.
At 7 p.m. Tuesdays, there is roping practice. At 7 p.m. Wednesdays there is Bible study. 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.

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.

Taylor’s Memorial Church of God in Christ, 1624 G.W. Jackson Ave., will have a special benefit musical at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6 for Elder Willie Gene Brown, sponsored by community friends. All choirs, groups, and soloists that would like to participate on this special program are welcome. You are invited to come and help honor a man who has served the community for many years. For more information, call (903) 872-4936 or (903) 879-1408.

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.

The Word Church, 2708 W. Eighth Ave., will have its Angel Food order dates for December from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Dec. 6 and 8. For more information, call (903) 872-5673, e-mail to the_wordchurch@yahoo.com or view the Web site at www.angelfoodministries.com.

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