Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Community News

There will be a night of praise April 7 beginning at 7:30 p.m. at New Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Gurdon. Everyone and all churches are welcome. Guest speaker, Rev. Jessie L. Radford III of Trinity Christian Outreach in Manassas, Va. Rev. Quintin Radford, pastor.

There will be a benefit program April 10 at 6:30 p.m. at Mt. Canaan Baptist Church of Gurdon. Everyone and all churches are welcome. Rev. Johnny C. Harris, pastor.

The Church of God of Gurdon will celebrate its pastor's anniversary April 18 at 3:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Rev. Ivy Curry, pastor.

The officers and members of First Memorial Church of God In Christ of Gurdon will celebrate its pastor, Elder Paul and sister Mildred Williams, 19th pastor appreciation services April 10 and 11; pre-musical at 7:30 p.m. on April 10 and 11 at 2:30 p.m. Everyone and all churches are welcome. Special guest is Garden Memorial Church of God in Christ of Mount Pine. Elder Frank Babb, pastor and speaker, Elder Paul Williams, pastor.

There will be a benefit program on April 17 at 6:30 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Antoine for Sis. Ollie Faye Richardson in honor of her late husband, Ray 'Sonny' Richardson. Everyone and all churches are welcome. Rev. Rufus R. Hatley, pastor.

Annual choir day April 11 at 2:30 p.m. at Haynes Baptist Church in Hope. Everyone and all churches are welcome. Special guest, New Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Gurdon, Rev. Quintin Radford, pastor and speaker. Rev. Albert Butler, pastor.

First appreciation services in honor of Rev. and Mrs. Kendall Marshall and family, associate pastor of St. Paul Baptist Church in Benton on April 25 at 3:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome.

There will be a fellowship program April 11 at 2:30 p.m. at Bethel A.M.E. Church of Gurdon. Everyone and all churches are welcome. Special guest, New Beginning Church of Prescott, Rev. Herbert Adams, pastor and speaker. Rev. Betty Gulley, pastor.

Musical Explosion, Union Grove Baptist Church of Bluff City on April 24 at 7:00 p.m. Sponsored by the pastor's aid. Everyone and all churches are welcome. Sis. Burma D. Purifoy, worship leader, Rev. Leon Parham, pastor.

Raymond and Mildred Welch of Rockford, Ill., and their son, Raymond Welch Jr., visited his parents, Mr. Joe and Hazel Welch, sister, Lois Williams, and family, uncles, Uthel Bell and Ned Welch, and other relatives and friends in Gurdon, Burtsell and Prescott, Delight, Arkadelphia and surrounding areas over the weekend.