FBC Blackshear VBS Blackshear First Baptist Church will have vacation Bible School June 16-20. The theme for the school is “Magnified, Discovering the Bigness of God in the Smallest of Things” from Psalm 34:3. For more information, call (912) 4495065 or register at fbcblackshear.com/events
Hacklebarney Baptist Church hosts VBS Hacklebarney Baptist Church will have Vacation Bible School starting with a kickoff event on Saturday, June 21 from 3:305:30 p.m. with a water slide and a meal. VBS classes and activities will be from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Sunday, June 22-Wednesday, June 25. The theme for this year is MAGNIFIED, “Discovering the Bigness of God in the Smallest of Things'” based on Psalms 34:3. Everyone is invited. There will be classes for all ages, from newborns to senior adults. Meals will be provided each day. For questions or more information please contact Youth Pastor Matt Gardner at 912-240-3135.
The church is located at 6501 Hacklebarney Road, Blackshear.
Youmans Chapel holds ‘Magnified’ VBS Youmans Chapel Baptist Church on Dean Still Road in Blackshear, will host VBS with the theme “Magnified”, June 22-26. Supper will be served 5:15 p.m. each day. There will be classes for ages three through adult. A nursery will also be provided. Adults will have a lesson each night followed by fellowship with games and desserts. Pastor Jimmy Thrift and congregation invite the public to attend.
Abundant Life hosts women’s conference Abundant Life Christian Center will host a women’s conference from 9:30 a.m.-noon Saturday, June 28.
Abundant Life Christian Center is located at 905 Main Street, Blackshear.
Guest speaker will be Debbie Holmes of Palm Cedar Ministries.
Palm-Cedar was started from hearts that burn to see the Kingdom come on Earth as it is in Heaven. Palm-Cedar believes passionately in the abundant life Jesus promised and that it starts at the moment of salvation. The ministry seeks to help women in understanding the Kingdom, their identity in Christ and the righteousness believers have as the key to a victorious life and a glorious church.
“Come join us to be refreshed, renewed and empowered for these days we live in. You were created for a time such as this,” said Lorri Jones of Abundant Life Christian Center.
Women of Faith Gather July 11-12 Evergreen Church in Bristol will be the venue for a special Women of Faith Gather event July 11-12. Featured guests include founder and host Emily Anderson, Dr. J.M. Swinson, Dr. Tonya S. Hall and Dr. Renae Sellers. Entry is $50 and guests can register at wofgather. com. For more info
call 912-281-3341.
Eleven22 Church
An official outpost of The Church of Eleven22 has now opened in Blackshear. The church meets at 10:30 a.m. every Friday at The Book and Bean Coffee Shop, 629 East Main Street, Blackshear. Everyone is invited to join for fellowship, praise and worship.
Faith Baptist Church Faith Baptist invites everyone to join them for worship service every Sunday. Sunday school is at 9:45 a.m. and worship services are at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. every Sunday. Midweek service is at 7 p.m. Wednesdays. Pastor Mark Summers is the pastor. Transportation is available. The church is located at 959 Church Street, Blackshear. Visit www.faithbaptistblackshear. com. For more information call (912) 4493216 or (912) 977-6416.
Kingsville Cemetery Kingsville Cemetery near Offerman needs financial help for expansion and upkeep.
The cemetery, located off of Gardenia Drive near Mossy Pond Retrievers, is the community’s historic African-American burying ground.
Donations are being sought to maintain the cemetery and to complete site preparation for an expansion.
Donations for the Kingsville Cemetery project can be mailed to Charles Bailey, 6475 Gardenia Drive, Patterson, GA 31557 or to Annie Eckles Harris, 3433 Columbia Court, Decatur, GA 30032.
Evergreen Church Ministries Pastor Nathaniel and First Lady Anderson and members of Evergreen Church Ministries, 4100 Highway 32 in Bristol, invite everyone to attend our worship services.
• Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.
• Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.
• Tuesday Bible Study: 7 p.m.
For more information about these and other services please contact evergreenchurch459@gm ail.com.
Foster/Clay Hill Cemetery
Efforts are underway to organize an upkeep/maintenance plan for the Foster/Clay Hill Cemetery near Offerman in Pierce County.
Those who have relatives buried there are asked to join to improve the clean up and maintenance situation at the cemetery. Families buried there include Wasdin, Winn, Kelly, Cason, Tyre, Thornton, Brauda, Boyette and others. Those interested in organizing a committee to care for the cemetery are asked to call Carla Mellott at (904) 7043344 or send her a private message on Facebook.
Winn Cemetery
Anyone who has family buried at Winn Cemetery located on Thomas Cemetery Road in Blackshear, is asked to send a donation to help pay for the upkeep and maintenance of the cemetery. Burials of those who are not family members of those buried in the Winn Cemetery will incur a fee of $150.
Checks should be made payable to Winn Cemetery Fund, 968 Loper Rd., Hortense, GA 31543.
We thank you for your consideration and donation.
Winn Cemetery Fund Committee Members are: Mike Blackshear, 6143183; Dawn Crews, 912424-3807; Roger Crews, 282-0513; Sidney Lee, 912-269-5636.
Big Creek Church
Big Creek Cemetery near K-ville is accepting donations to pay for the maintenance and upkeep of the cemetery.
An account has been opened for the Big Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery at Pineland Bank in Baxley.
For more information, contact Travis Lightsey, at 253 Industrial Park Drive, Baxley, GA 31513 or Shane O’Neal by phone at (912) 816-8499 or by mail at 5383 Raybon Rock Rd. West, Hoboken, GA 31542. Donations can also be made to the account at any Pineland Bank branch location. A receipt for donations will be given upon request.
Gethsemane
The Gethsemane Cemetery Committee of Patterson is asking that all family members who have family buried in the cemetery to please send a financial donation when possible to ensure the cemetery is kept up, no donation is too small. All are appreciated.
We would like to remind the community of their donation and burial plot notice. Any money given to the committee as a donation (helping to clean cemetery) does not go toward one’s burial plot. If one should want to pay toward one’s plot this should be denoted in writing at the time the money is given to the committee. Burial plots are $450 each. All family/friends are asked to take all trash with you when you clean around burial plots.
For more information, contact Clarence Washington Sr. at 647-5494 or Isabell Hunter at 6475794.
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