Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Community News

July 28-30 Section One meeting and fifth Sunday singing will convene with Greater Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Arkadelphia. Rev. C.W. Harris, section president. Sis. Ethel Harris, president of Section One W.M.U. Bro. Lawrence Guinn, president of singing union. Sis. Delores Hodge, president of the district W.M.U. Dr. C.K. Yarber, moderator. Everyone is welcome.

Revival services are in progress this week at 7:30 p.m. at Harrison Chapel Baptist Church in Delight. Everyone is welcome. Evangelist for the week is Rev. Fred Walters, pastor of the Mr. Ephesus Baptist Church in Prescott. Rev. Rufus R. Hatley, pastor.

Annual coming-home pack a pew, family and friends day, will be held August 6 at 2:30 p.m. at St. Clair Baptist Church in Burtsell. Rev. L.B. Beard, pastor. Everyone is welcome. Special guests will be Mt. Canaan Baptist Church of Gurdon, Rev. Johnny Harris, pastor and speaker, and Green Hill Baptist Church of Marshall, Texas, Rev. E.J. Henderson, pastor.

Annual homecoming will be held August 6 beginning at 3:00 p.m. at New Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Gurdon. Everyone and all churches are welcome. Special guest will be Evergreen Baptist Church of Nash, Texas, Rev. A.T. Jordon, pastor and speaker. Rev. Quintin Radford, pastor.

The Welch family reunion will convene Friday, July 21, at 7:00 p.m. at New Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Gurdon. Speakers will be Rev. Spencer Hughes of El Dorado, Rev. Jewel Dolin of Malvern, Elder Benjamin Welch of Osceola and Rev. Kendall Marshall of Benton. Saturday, July 22, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Rev. Quintin Radford, pastor, at Gurdon Park and the Clark County Youth Development Center. Everyone is welcome. Winfred and Margret Burton are the host and hostess.

Annual homecoming and 109th church anniversary and homecoming at Shady Grove Baptist Church in Beirne will be held Sunday, July 23. Rev. Vernon Moody, assistant pastor of Gennesaut Baptist Church in Arkadelphia, will bring the morning message at 11:00 a.m. Lunch will be from 12:15 noon to 1:30 p.m. Evening worship will begin with Sis. Maude Echols, worship leader and special guests will be Munn's Chapel Baptist Church of Prescott. Rev. Arthur Hiel, pastor and speaker. Everyone and all churches are welcome.

Revival services are in progress this week at 7:00 nightly at Eastern Star Baptist Church of Smithton community, Rev. Marshall Allen, pastor. Evangelist will be Rev. Frank Dawn, pastor of Rising Star Baptist Church of Bearden and First Union Baptist Church of Camden. Everyone is welcome.

Senior citizen day will be Sunday, August 13, at 3:00 p.m. at Faith Temple Church of God in Christ at Prescott. Everyone is welcome. Sis. Virginia Livingston is in charge. Elder Leroy Sworn, pastor.