Church News

Deep Creek Free Will Baptist Church

Deep Creek Free Will Baptist Church will celebrate 133 years of Gospel ministry on Homecoming Sunday, July 27. Gospel singer/songwriter Michael Bright will be in concert during the 11 a.m. morning worship service.

Bright is known for the national radio singles "Take Time," "Nothing's Too Good to be True" and "It's Gonna Be a Good Day." His music has charted on radio stations in the United States, Europe, Canada and The United Kingdom. His albums have been given triple "A" ratings in the Singing News magazine. He ministers in over 175 churches each year, and has appeared on numerous television stations across the United States. Young and old have been touched through his music and testimony.

For more information, contact Pastor Butch Taylor at (478) 982-1206.

The public is invited.

Nannie E. Williams

United Methodist

The annual Women's Day Program at Nannie E. Williams United Methodist Church will be held 11:30 a.m. Sunday, July 27. The Rev. Kenneth Griffin and the church congregation invite the public to attend.

The guest speaker will be the Rev. Amelia G. Dempsey. She was licensed to preach the Gospel of Christ in April of 2002 at St. John Baptist Church in Savannah. Her accomplishments include assisting in developing and implementing a "Bad Girls of the Bible" Bible study series. She is a lead minister who facilitates and develops curriculums for Ministers-in-training Workshops. She also serves as a pastoral counselor and facilitator for the senior adults Sunday School class. She was selected out of many candidates to attend the 2008 U.S. Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division First Freedom Project.

Rev. Dempsey is a much sought-after preacher on the evangelistic circuit. She is the daughter of the Rev. Green Golden and Mrs. Ruth Bailey Golden. She is married to Willburn V. Dempsey, and they have a daughter, Sharon.

Needful Baptist

Needful Baptist Church will hold their annual revival services 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 28, through Friday, Aug. 1. The Rev. James Waltower is pastor. The guest minister will be the Rev. Anthony Gadson of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Waynesboro.

Guest churches include, Monday: Miracle Temple, Kelsey Chapel, Rocky Ford, William Grove Baptist, Friendship and 1st McCoy; Tuesday: Bargeron Grove, Drakes Chapel, Sand Hill, Porterville Baptist, Carswell Grove and Saulters Grove; Wednesday: Zion Baptist, William Grove Holiness, First Baptist, Johnson Chapel, Welcome Baptist, 2nd McCoy, Skull Creek #1 and Skull Creek #2; Thursday: Daniel Grove, New Light, New Hurricane Branch, Fountain Spring, Brinson Rock, Bethel AME, Nannie E. Williams and Jones Temple; and Friday: Dickey Grove, Fellowship Baptist, Lane Grove, Mount Carmel, Parker Grove and New Birth Missionary churches.

The public is invited.

Fountain Spring

Baptist Church

Fountain Spring Baptist Church's summer revival services are ongoing each night at 7:30 p.m. through Friday, July 25. The guest minister is Elder Donald Chavers, pastor of Agape Worship Center in Statesboro.

Guest churches include, today: Johnson Chapel, Union Chapel and First Baptist; Thursday: Williams Grove Baptist, Miracle Temple and Daniel Grove; and Friday: New Light, New Hurricane Branch and Skull Creek #2 churches.

The public is cordially invited.

Morrison Grove

Baptist Church

Morrison Grove Baptist church will hold summer revival services 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 28, through Friday, Aug. 1.

Guest ministers and churches are, Monday: the Rev. W.B. Tomlin and Thomas Grove Baptist, William Grove Baptist, Rocky Ford Baptist, Kelsey Chapel Baptist, Second McCoy Baptist and Saulter Grove Baptist; Tuesday: the Rev. Thomas Moore and Mt. Cannon Baptist, Dickey Grove Baptist, Brinson Rock Baptist, Lane Grove Baptist, Johnson Chapel Baptist, First McCoy Baptist and Mount Carmel Baptist; Wednesday: the Rev. Mark Barnwell and Fielding Spring Baptist, Skull Creek Baptist #2, Fountain Spring Baptist, First Baptist, Jones Temple Baptist and Drakes Chapel Baptist; Thursday, the Rev. Kenneth Griffin and Oak Grove UMC, Nannie E. Williams UMC, Bethel AME (Millen,) New Light Baptist, First McCoy Baptist, Zion Baptist and Gays Hill Baptist; and Friday: the Rev. Bennie Wilkey and Greater Bethel AME, Daniel Grove Baptist, Welcome Baptist, Friendship Baptist, Hurricane Branch Baptist and Sand Hill Baptist churches.

Sunday School will begin at 10:30 a.m. and Praise and Worship Service will begin at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 3. Special guests will be the Rev. P.M. Broomfield and Zion Baptist Church. The public is invited.

Gordon Grove

Baptist Church

Gordon Grove Baptist Church will hold their annual revival services 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 28, through Friday, Aug. 1. The guest minister will be the Rev. Bernard Clark of Savannah. The Rev. David L. Reese is pastor.

Churches in charge include, Monday: St. Matthew, Drake Chapel, Gays Hill, Skull Creek #1 and Parker Grove; Tuesday: Fountain Spring, Union Chapel, Welcome Baptist, Brinson Rock and New Hurricane Branch; Wednesday: Skull Creek #2, Sandy Hill, Williams Grove Holiness and Jones Temple; Thursday: Lane Grove, Parris Grove, Mt. Carmel, Williams Grove Baptist and Bible Missionary; and Friday; Johnson Chapel, Daniel Grove, Johnson Grove, New Testament, Durden Grove and Rountree Chapel churches.

Sunday services include Sunday School at 9 a.m. and worship service at 10 a.m.

The public is invited.