Church News

Walker Grove

Walker Grove Baptist Church in Keysville will celebrate its 101st anniversary 11 a.m. Sunday, May 20.

Forest Hill Baptist Church and its pastor, the Rev. Sylvester Nabritt, will be in charge of the 2 p.m. service.

The public is invited. Dinner will be served.

Metropolitan

Metropolitan Baptist Church will hold deacon ordination services for George Wright 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 20.

The Rev. Charles Utley and members of McElmurray Spring Branch Baptist Church will be in charge of services.

The Rev. Charles Shipman is pastor.

The public is invited.

William Grove

William Grove Baptist Church will hold its second Sunday School anniversary 3 p.m. Sunday, May 20.

All churches are invited.

The Rev. Howard Cheatham is pastor.

Jobe Spring

Jobe Spring Baptist Church will hold spring revival services Wednesday-Friday, May 23-25.

The Rev. Berry Roger, pastor of Thankful and Gordon Hill Baptist churches, will be guest minister.

Churches in charge of services include: Wednesday, May 23 - Red Hill, St. Marys, Allen Chapel, Murphey Ebenezer, New Birth, Bottsford Spring and Bryant Grove; Thursday, May 24 - McMurray Grove, Thompson Bridge, Fairfield, Smith Chapel, Mills Grove, Shepard's House and Forest Hill; and Friday, May 25 - Thankful, Gordon Hill, Friendship, Roberson Grove, Cochran Grove, Metropolitan and New Spring.

The church will also celebrate its 128th anniversary Sunday, May 27.

Sunday School begins 10:30 a.m. followed by worship service at 11:30.

The Rev. Timothy Gilmore is pastor.

The public is invited.

New Springfield

New Springfield Baptist Church will celebrate its 140th anniversary Sunday, May 20.

Sunday School begins 10 a.m. followed by regular services at 11.

The Rev. Henry Holt and members of St. Paul Baptist Church will be guests.

The Rev. Oscar Olin Brown Jr., pastor, invites the public.

Seed of Faith

Seed of Faith Deliverance Church will hold a missionary service 7 p.m. Sunday, May 20.

Sarah T. Hall will be speaker. The public is invited.

McKinnie Branch

McKinnie Branch Baptist Church will celebrate its 30th pastoral anniversary 11:30 a.m. Sunday, May 20.

The Rev. Jackie Jones will serve as worship leader, and the Rev. Byron Williams will be guest minister.

Allen Chapel Baptist Church is in charge of services.

The public is invited. The Rev. L. E. Jones is pastor.

Cochran Grove Cochran Grove Baptist Church will hold annual spring revival services through Friday, May 18, at 7:30 nightly.

The Rev. Ernest Dixon of Wesley Chapel in Sylvania will be guest minister.

The public is invited.

The Rev. Willie Givens is pastor.

Brown Grove

Brown Grove Baptist Church will celebrate its 127th anniversary 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 20.

The Rev. Bennie Holmes and members of Silver Bluff Baptist Church of Beech Island, S.C., will be in charge of services.

The public is invited.

Green Branch

Green Branch Baptist Church in Hephzibah will celebrate its 135th anniversary 2 p.m Saturday, May 19.

Moses Anderson, pastor of First Ebenezer Baptist Church in Hephzibah, will be guest speaker.

Roger Lane is pastor.