Church news for Dec. 27

Published 2:46 pm Thursday, December 26, 2019

• The 5th Union Sunday School will be at the Emery Center on Sunday at 10 a.m. The host church is Church of Deliverance (pastor, Bishop Claud Jones). The 11 a.m. speaker will be Jones.

• For the winter months only, Bethel A.M.E. Church Bible study and prayer service is on the conference line due to colder weather and it getting darker earlier in the evening. Dial (775) 799-9148 and you will be connected directly with church family members.

• Do you like to sing and have fellowship with other senior adults? Then the place for you is with the Sounds of Joy. The Sounds of Joy is a senior adult interdenominational singing group sponsored by Dalton First United Methodist Church. The group normally presents four programs a year at various nursing homes and adult care facilities in Dalton and Whitfield County. Rehearsal is each Thursday at 9:30 a.m. for one hour in the music suite of Dalton First United Methodist Church. If you like to sing (you don’t have to be good, only enjoy singing), contact Elizabeth at (706) 278-8494.

• The Hopewell Baptist Church food bank is open on the second Saturday of the month from 9 to 11 a.m. For more information, call (706) 226-5987. The church is at 3527 Airport Road.

• The North Georgia General Missionary Baptist Association will hold a 1st Saturday Fellowship Service with Pastor Carlos Calhoun and Bethesda Baptist Church, 440 Plainville Road, Plainville, on Saturday, Jan. 4, at 9:45 a.m. If you have any questions, please contact the Rev. Windell Smith, Hopewell Baptist Church, at (706) 537-6647.

• Riverbend Church of Christ opens a benevolent house each Monday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for area residents in need. Individuals can choose from a variety of clothing, shoes, household items and more at no charge. The ministry is in the white house beside the church building at 2218 S. Riverbend Road. To donate items, drop them off during operating hours or leave them on the front porch. Tax receipts are available.

• Christians Under Construction, described as a practical, biblical discussion of Christian living, meets each Friday at 7 p.m. at True Gospel Holiness Church. The facilitator is Mary Coppage. The church is at 109 S. Henderson St. in Dalton.