Sunday, May 7
New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church will have Women’s Day. When: 2 p.m. Details: Regina Shoddie-Burch will speak.
Jones Chapel United Methodist Church in Carrollton will celebrate its 167th anniversary. When: 2:30 p.m. Details: The Rev. James Forrest, pastor of Binford Chapel United Methodist Church in Duck Hill, will speak.
Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church will have Usher Day, featuring the City Wide Choir. When: 3 p.m.
McKinney Chapel Missionary Baptist Church will celebrate its 134th anniversary. When: 3 p.m. Details: Bishop Milton Glass, pastor of New Green Grove Church of Faith, will speak.
TAG Worship Centers’s celebration for Overseer Lorenzo Gant, Apostle Mildred Burks and Co-Pastor Carolyn Wiley has been postponed.
Tuesday, May 9
Myles Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church will have its annual revival. When: 7 p.m. May 9-11. Details: The Rev. Aaron Brown, pastor of St. George Chapel M.B. Church of Greenwood, will be the guest evangelist.
Saturday, May 13
A gospel music jubilee will be held at Gore Springs Community Center. When: 6 p.m. Details: The admission charge is $5. Performers will include New Genesis and Canaan’s Way. There will be a concession stand with hamburgers, hot dogs, sausage dogs, chips and drinks.
Sunday, May 14
Holmes Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Schlater will have a Mother’s Day program. When: 11:30 a.m. Details: The church’s pastor, Elder Mary L. Clark, will speak.
Little Zion Missionary Baptist Church will have its annual revival. When: 6 p.m. May 14 and 7 p.m. May 15-16.
Monday, May 15
McKinney Chapel Missionary Baptist Church will have its spring revival. When: 7 p.m. May 15-19 Details: The Rev. J.H. Brown, pastor of Mount Olive M.B. Church, will be the guest minister for the week.
Tuesday, May 16
Beulah Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Thornton will have a three-night spring revival. When: 7 p.m. May 16-18. Details: The theme is “Changing For The Better” and theme Scripture is Isaiah 43:18,19. The guest evangelist will be Apostle Mildred Burks of TAG Worship Center in Itta Bena.
Sunday, May 21
Myles Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church will have Usher Day, featuring the City Wide Usher Choir. When: 3 p.m.
Holmes Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Schlater will have Usher Day. When: 11:30 a.m. Details: Minister Jimmy Hibbler of Memphis will speak.
Sunday, May 28
Lockalonia Missionary Baptist Church in Money will have Usher Day, featuring the City Wide Usher Choir. When: 3 p.m.
Sunday, June 4
McKinney Chapel Missionary Baptist Church will have its annual Usher Day, featuring the City Wide Choir. When: 3 p.m.
Sunday, June 11
Holmes Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Schlater will have an anniversary program for its pastor, Elder Mary L. Clark . When: 2 p.m. Details: Pastor Jerry Williams of Green Grove Church in Doddsville, will speak.
Monday, June 12
McKinney Chapel Missionary Baptist Church will have Vacation Bible School When/where: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. June 12-16. Details: The theme will be “Faith Builders: Restoration Work Ahead,” and the theme verse will be Nehemiah 2:18b.
Saturday, June 17
Locus Benedictus will host a retreat, “Inner Healing through Scripture.” When/where: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Retreat Center at 1407 Levee Road. Details: The presenters will be Dr. Sheryl Jones and Joyce Pellegrin. For more information, call 662-299-1232.
New Beginnings Church of Holiness will have an anniversary program for its pastor, Nellie Morgan, in the Jodie Wilson Library Auditorium. When: 6 p.m. Details: Pastor Betty Hamilton of Philipp United Church will speak.
- Please submit church items in writing by noon Wednesday. They may be delivered to the Greenwood Commonwealth office on U.S. 82; faxed to 662-453-2908; emailed to dmonroe@gwcommonwealth.com; or mailed to The Greenwood Commonwealth, P.O. Box 8050, Greenwood, MS 38930.
