Dothan area church services

Klondyke Gospel Music Center, 3885 Highway 123 S. between Newton and Ozark, will host 2-R-More of Inman, S.C., Oct. 24. A special open mic night will be held on Oct. 31. Concerts start at 7 p.m. Free admission.
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Grimes Gospel Lighthouse, 1512 County Road 25, Grimes, will host Anisa McKenzie from Dothan at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24. An offering will be taken. Church services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday.
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Dale Community Church will hold worship services on Saturdays at 6 p.m. at the Dale County Public Library Annex in Ozark. The service will feature contemporary music and messages in a “come as you are” atmosphere open to all. For more information, call the Rev. William Cannon at 714-2543.
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Total Deliverance Ministries will host a Sister 2 Sister meeting on Oct. 24 at 6 p.m. at the church, 671 N. Range St., Suite 2, Dothan. The theme is “The Power of Praise and Worship” with guest speaker Minister Kim Copes of Behold the Lamb of God.
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The Women on Mission will hold their 10th annual arts and crafts festival at First Baptist Church in Cottondale, Fla., on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Breakfast and lunch will be available. An assortment of baked goods, sewing items, seasonal decorations, books, plants, jellies and jams will be for sale to support mission projects.
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Kinsey Baptist Church, 6745 Walden Drive, Kinsey, will host a Fall Festival on Oct. 24 from 5:30-8 p.m. for all children through the sixth grade. Free admission. Games, prizes and food. Call 794-2561.
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Total Deliverance Ministries, 671 N. Range St., Dothan, will hold a Sister 2 Sister meeting on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 6 p.m. The theme is “The Power of Praise and Worship” with guest speaker Minister Kim Copes.
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Triumphant Cross Lutheran Church, 2643 Murphy Mill Road, Dothan, will host Stephen Phillips on Sunday, Oct. 25. Phillips will speak during the 10 a.m. worship service about a mission trip to Chicago sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ. The inner-city immersion involved Phillips, a senior math major at Auburn University, spending several days on his own without money or personal connections to obtain food, shelter or other necessities of life. For more information, contact Pastor Laurie Williams at 671-8282.
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Zion Chapel Baptist Church, 1228 County Road 217, Elba, will hold a Homecoming service on Oct. 25 at 10:45 a.m. Broken Strings will be singing, and the Rev. Cary Maulden will preach. Lunch will follow the service.
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Sylvan Grove United Methodist Church of Midland City will have their annual homecoming on Sunday, Oct. 25, with the Rev. John Bryan as guest speaker. Service will begin at 10:30 a.m. with special special and lunch following the service in the fellowship hall.
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Union Springs Baptist Church in Newville will have homecoming on Oct. 25 at 10 a.m. with music by the church choir and guest. Lunch will be served at noon.
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First Missionary Baptist Church in Columbia will host the third appreciation service for the Rev. Eddie and Sister Eltherlean Farmer on Sunday, Oct. 25, at 4 p.m. The Rev. Alphonso Neal of Piney Grove Baptist Church of Webb will be the guest minister.
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Shady Grove Baptist Church II, 1547 Lucy Grade Road, Dothan, will hold a Youth Day program on Oct. 25 at 2:30 p.m. Guest speaker will be Officer Thomas Davis of the Dothan Police Department.
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Rocky Creek United Methodist Church, 3146 Creek Church Road, Ashford, will hold Homecoming services on Oct. 25. The Rev. Addis Habbard will be the guest speaker at 11 a.m. Lunch will at noon in the fellowship hall.
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Center Baptist Church, 546 Center Church Road, Webb, will host its annual Homecoming on Sunday, Oct. 25, with the Rev. Charles Barker as guest speaker. Sunday school is at 9:45 a.m. and worship is Former pastors and members will invited to attend. Lunch will be served in the fellowship hall.
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Dove Award-winning singer-songwriter Phil Cross will be in concert on Sunday, Oct. 25, at 6 p.m. at Bay Springs Baptist Church, 1721 S. Bay Springs Road, Dothan. Cross’ songs include “Champion of Love,” “I Am Redeemed” and “Glorious City of God.” Admission is free, and an offering will be received. Call 692-3138 or 692-3104.
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Vanderbilt Holiness Church, 2287 County Road 114, Jack community, will hold a homecoming service on Sunday, Oct. 25, with Sunday school at 10 a.m., morning service at 11 a.m., lunch at noon and a sing with One Accord of Columbus, Ga., at 1 p.m. Call 347-0569.
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Triumphant Cross Lutheran Church, 2643 Murphy Mill Road, Dothan, invites the community to an evening prayer service on Sundays at 6:30 p.m. This come-as-you-are service addresses questions of faith in the context of spiritual friendship. Prayer concerns and Holy Communion each week are shared each week. The topic for Oct. 25 is “Sarah: God Gives Laughter.” For more information, contact Pastor Laurie Williams at 671-8282 or office@tclutheranchurch.com.
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The Baptist College of Florida in Graceville, Fla., will host leading intelligent design advocate William Dembski at on Monday, Oct. 26, at 10 a.m. in the R.G. Lee Chapel. Dembski’s speaking engagement includes the chapel service, presentations during several classes, informational forums throughout the day and a faculty forum in the afternoon. Dembski serves as research professor of philosophy and director of the Center for Cultural Engagement at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Glory to Him Church, 6193 Andrews Ave., Ozark, will host guest speaker David Nekrutman on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. Nekrutman currently serves as executive director for Ohr Torah Stone’s Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding & Cooperation in Israel and was instrumental in the launching of The Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem and other programs with the Rev. Robert Stearns of Eagles Wings. He will be sharing timely information regarding current events and their impact on Israel and the world. For more information, call the church office at 774-7677.
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The Center for Expository Preaching at the Baptist College of Florida in Graceville, Fla., will hold two events previewing the annual January Bible student and the annual doctrine study. The first preview on Oct. 29 will be of the Parables of the Kingdoms found in the Gospel of Matthew. On Jan. 29, 2010, a preview of the annual doctrine study on spiritual disciplines will be held. Each event will be 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Lunch provided as are handouts at no charge.To register, contact Ed Scott at eescott@baptistcollege.edu or (850) 263-3261 ext. 488.
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First Baptist Church, 2897 Green St., in Marianna, Fla., will host a Hallow Him Fall Festival on Oct. 31 from 4-7 p.m. Games, entertainment, food and candy. Call (850) 526-4200.
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Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Ozark will hold a Family Fall Festival on Oct. 31 from 6:30-8 p.m. All children up to the sixth grade and accompanied by an adult are invited. Games, crafts, costume contest. Please no ghosts, demons, witches or other scary costumes. Call 774-5610.

Memphis Baptist Church, 4594 Eddins Road, Dothan, will host their annual Hallelujah Night Fall Festival from 4:30-8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31. Trunk-R-Treat begins at 5:30 p.m. The festival is free and open to the public as a safe alternative to neighborhood trick-or-treating. Free chili dogs. Activities include door prizes, festive photo opportunities, face painting, trunk-r-treat, a cake walk, inflatables, a hay ride, and many indoor and outside games manned by the MBC Youth, who will be dressed as biblical characters. For information, call the church at 677-5387 or visit www.memphisbaptist.net.
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Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, 104 Grimsley Drive, Ashford, will host a Hallelujah Fun Fest on Saturday, Oct. 31, from 4-8 p.m. Admission is one can of food per person. Games, food and a raffle for $100 cash among activities.
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Harmony Baptist Church, 20932 County Road 70, Andalusia, will host a Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 31, from 4-6 p.m. with music, door prizes, games, food, trunk or treat and giant inflatables. Call 222-8117.
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Omega Holiness Church in Echo will hold its annual Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 31, at 2 p.m. Food, games, hay ride and a bonfire among activities. Everyone is invited.
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New Prospect Baptist Church, located at Geneva County roads 4 and 9 north of Slocomb, will hold a Fall Festival on Oct. 31 at 6 p.m. Prizes, games, cake auction and food among activities. Everyone is invited.
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The Northside Church of The Nazarene, 2848 Denton Road, between Ross Clark Circle and Westgate Parkway, Dothan, will celebrate Homecoming on Sunday, Nov. 1, at 11 a.m. The Klondyke Gospel Trio will provide special music and the Rev. Eric Boomer, pastor of the Nazarene Church in Donalsonville, Ga., will bring the morning message. Dinner will follow.
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Oakey Grove Missionary Baptist Church will celebrate its 100-plus church anniversary on Sunday, Nov. 1. Sunday school starts at 9 a.m.; service at 10:15 a.m. The Rev. Zibbie Dawsey will deliver the message. Dinner will be served following morning service. An afternoon service begins at 2 p.m.
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Maple Avenue Baptist Church, 1009 W. Maple Ave., Geneva, will hold the next 39er’s C.L.U.B. lunch meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 10, from 11 a.m-noon. Reservations needed by Thursday, Nov. 5. Call your table hostess or 684-9617. The Rev. Mike Gaby of Westside United Methodist Church in Geneva will be the guest speaker. The 39er’s C.L.U.B. (Christians Living Under the Blood) is nondenominational.
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Johns Chapel AME Church, 605 Geneva Highway, Enterprise, will host a welcome reception in honor of Pastor Vernon and Mrs. Virginia McLeod on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 2 p.m. The public is invited to come and share in this time of fellowship as the members formally welcome Pastor and Mrs. McLeod to Johns Chapel and to the community. For more information, call the church at 393-2661.
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First Free Will Baptist Church, Dothan, is selling parade chair tickets for the National Peanut Festival parade for $2 each. The chairs will be located in front of Payless Shoes on the southside of Main Street. Call 792-3316, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. or e-mail Ffwbdothan@centurytel.net. The parade is Saturday, Nov. 7, in downtown Dothan beginning at 9 a.m.
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Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, 821 Lennox Ave., Dothan, will celebrate the church’s anniversary and Family and Friends Day on Sunday, Nov. 8, at 2:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to come and worship.
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Union Hill Free Will Baptist Church, 1125 Union Hill Road, Slocomb, will hold a Harvest Day celebration on Nov. 8 with services beginning at 10 a.m. featuring singing by Cricket Lee. There will be no Sunday school services. The Rev. Danny Williams, director of communications and development for Alabama’s Free Will Baptist Children’s Home, will preach during the 11 a.m. worship. Dinner will follow in the fellowship hall. Revival services will also begin on Nov. 8 at 6 p.m. and continue on Nov. 9-10 at 7 p.m.
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First Baptist Church of Campbellton, Highway 2 East, Campbellton, Fla., will hold Harvest Day on Nov. 8 with services starting at 10:30 a.m. The Rev. Luther Pumphrey, pastor, will speak. The Gateways will be in concert, and a covered-dish luncheon will be held after the services.
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Burdeshaw Street Missionary Baptist Church, 714 E. Burdeshaw St., Dothan, will host a ministers’ wives program on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 6 p.m. Guest speaker will be Annie Dawsey of Countyline Missionary Baptist Church in Slocomb. The public is invited. Call 701-1792 or 677-2824.
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The Ark Christian Center, 475 W. Main St., Dothan, will hold a sidewalk sale on Saturday, Nov. 14, from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Furniture, books and clothing priced half off among items for sale.
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Triumphant Cross Lutheran Church, 2643 Murphy Mill Road, Dothan, will host a seminar on personal finances on Saturday, Nov. 14, from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Darrell Butler, financial associate with Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, will cover how to manage investments in today’s market; how to recover when the value of your investments drops; and various issues related to retirement. A potluck lunch will be served at no charge. Individuals may schedule private sessions with Butler after the seminar by contacting Pastor Laurie Williams at pastor@tclutheranchurch.com or 671-8282.
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Sunday’s Best, A Showcase of Wiregrass Talent, will be held at Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, 409 E. Stough St., Dothan, on Nov. 15 from 4-6 p.m. featuring soloists, ensembles and choirs. Admission is one canned good per person to be donated to the Wiregrass Food Bank. Door prizes. Event sponsored by Eureka Sorelles; for information, call 712-1066, 618-3386 or 718-3730.
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Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church #1, 3503 Hodgesville Road, Dothan, will hold its annual Missionary Day on Nov. 15 at 2:30 p.m. The theme is “Missionaries on the Go” and guest speaker will be Pastor Jerry L. Dawsey of Peace Missionary Baptist Church in Dothan.