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SATURDAY. JULY 31. 1 9 fi STHE PORTSMOUTH TIMEWeek-Long Baptist ObservancePleasant Green To Celebrate 100 YearsA week-long program of special services has been planned hv (he congregation of Pleasant Green Baptist Church in observance of the church's centennial and homecoming.Rev. T H Abercrombie, pas-fo»- of the church, is to direct the services, with a different church organization acting as host for the special guests at the services each night Deacons are to conduct the devotions at 7:15 each night.'T wan* 4/ * #* i »* • **.*»■ « i i‘ * '•*. ' *lt; i* i'*.v *I1THE OBSERVANCE is to begin Sunday at the 11 a.m. service, with Rev. Abercrombie preaching the morning sermon.The church's senior choir is tosing at all services during thedav%*The church is to observe the ordinance of the Lord's Supper during the 7 30 p m. service Sunday.During the services on weekday nights the choir of the visiting preacher is to provide the special music for that particularflight.mIdjm'f** . • h^'Adma*.CHURCH CENTENNIAL. The congregation of Pleasant Green Baptist Church has planned a week-long program to be climaxed by an all-day service Sunday. Rev. T. H Abercrombie (right), pastor of the church since 1959 is to serve as official host and preach the opening sermon of the centennial-home-coming series.Monday night's speaker is to he Rev FT R Flint, pastor of Beulah Baptist Church, with the Ladies Aid Society serving as hostess.On Tuesday. Rev L. R. Walker, pastor of Calvary Ban-tist Church of Huntington, W Va . is to preach, with his choir singing and the Pleasant Green Chorus as hostQ L. Wilson of Emmanuel Tabernacle preaching, and his choir singingRc*v H. H Wingo of Zion Baptist Church in Chillicothe is to preach at the Thursday services with the Zion Choir singing The Senior Choir at Pleasant Green is to he host for the night.Two Portsmouth nastors arc to be guests for the Friday night servicesbuiit and dedicated in 1922 under leadership of Rev. B R. Reid, who served the church many years, beginning in 1917.THE BROTHERHOOD of thechurch is to be host for theservices, with BishopI • l •Rev. .1 G. Dozier of Findlay Street Methodist Church and Rev LaMar Ellis of Allen Chapel AME Church are on the program. with the Pleasant GreenPrncrr^QcivA f'lnh yc hnwfi.eeA LIST OF PASTORS serving the church prior to Rev. Reid's tenure included the following names: Cradic, Merit. Gibson. Source Merdith. DuVan. Bowles. Stri bland, Dartch, Menley, C » c k r a n d, James, Lowrey, Wright, Chapman, A d d i sonHaley, G L Murray. B. W. Clark, S. A .Norris. J. II Payne.Serving since Rev. Reid were Rev. Preston C. Smith, 1928-35; Rev. B. L. Brantley. 1935-45:1171£
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Portsmouth Times
Portsmouth, Ohio, US
Sat, Jul 31, 1965
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