Area Church Events Slated
Several area churches announce gospel meetings and activities. Beech Street Church of Christ hosts a week of nightly 7:30 services led by Douglas Harris from Birmingham. Faith United Methodist offers morning Bible school 9 to 11:30 with kindergarten to junior high attendees. West Huntsville Church of Christ in Huntsville features evangelistic meetings led by Byron C. Laird nightly through June 29 at 7:30. Decatur Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses sends a local delegation to the eight day International Convention in Atlanta July 6 13 with 45 000 expected. Galiileans of Arab will headline a 1:30 Sunday singing at Fellowship Baptist Church on Dancey Chapel Road. Westside Baptist Church revival services run Sunday through next Sunday with 30 minute sacred music concerts before each service and a nursery provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Harris
Tarrant City Church of Christ
Birmingham
Beech Street Church of Christ
16Th Ave
Beech St
Hartselle
Byron C. Laird
West Huntsville Church of Christ In Huntsville
Hartselle Church of Christ
Charles M. Curtis
Faith United Methodist Church
Cherry St
Hwy. 36
R. H. Coleman
Decatur
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Atlanta Stadium
Coleman
Atlanta
South
Fellowship Baptist Church
Dancey Chapel Rd
Westside Baptist Church
L. D. Brookshire
Huntsville
James W. Carraway
Carraway
Shreveport
United States
E. T. Waddell
Danville Minister Named Top Rural Pastor Of Year
Danville United Methodist and Johnson Chapel United Methodist Churches were cited as Town and Country Charge of the Year for Decatur District in a regional Methodist award. Rev. Dorsey Walker, 25, received the honor after two years as pastor and was ordained a deacon during a Birmingham conference. Walker has a prolific academic and service record, including Athens College and various sorority leadership roles, plus community church involvement across Morgan and surrounding counties. The article notes his rural ministry focus on God, stewardship, conservation, and local welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye Brewington Daily
Danville
Decatur
C. L. Frederick
Frederick
Dorsey Walker
Walker
Johnson Chapel
Almon. Walker
Somerville 2
Cataco
Athens College
Methodist Church
Chronicle
Pi Tau Chi
Sigma Tau Delta
Morgan County Association For Mental Health
Decatur District Methodist Ministers Association
Hartselle Ministerial Association
North Alabama United Methodist Conference
Birmingham
Associate Minister Announced at Somerville Road Church of Christ
Bobby Graham will begin Sunday as associate minister beside Granville W. Tyler at the Somerville Road Church of Christ where he has taught and preached in various congregations. He is a Florida College graduate and is married to Karen Hodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Graham
Somerville Rd
Granville W. Tyler
Somerville Road Church
Graham
Florida College
Tampa
Fila
Land of Athens College
Athens Bible School
Holland’s
Gin Church of Christ
Ardmore
Tyler
Larry Parr
Ollie Flack
Moody Rogers
Marvin Hale
Vernie Haley
Orville Carr
Floyd Meadows
Gathel Smith
Graham Is
Karen Hodge
Akron, Ohio
Son
Hartselle Welcomes Rev Bill Lee as Southwest Baptist Pastor
Rev Bill Bean Lee accepts the pastorate at Southwest Baptist Church in Hartselle and will lead a June 27–29 revival at 7 30 p m. The church formed from First Baptist two years ago and is on Slate Street near Nanceford and Barkley Bridge roads. Lee, a Decatur native, comes from Gadsden where he led Pleasant Valley Baptist Church. He replaces Rev Rodney Andrews. Lee is a 1963 Howard College graduate and 1966 New Orleans Seminary graduate, has worked in Alabama and Mississippi, and previously lived in Decatur for 12 years. He and his wife Dorothy Jo Smith have a son and daughter and reside at 1005 Crestline Place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle
Bill
Bean) Lee
Southwest Baptist Church
Southwest Baptist
First Baptist Church
Slate St
Nanceford and
Barkley Bridge Roads
Mr. Lee
Decatur
Gadsden
Pleasant Valley
Decatur High School
Rev
Lee
Howard College
Samford University
Birmingham
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
New Orleans
Easter Agency
Alabama
Mississippi
Annie Bean Lee
Dorothy Jo Smith
Lees
Crestline Place
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Johnson Chapel United Methodist Church
United Methodist Church
United Pentecostal Church
Valley Stockyard
West Moulton St
M. C. Pitts
First Free Will Baptist Church
Carpenters Union
Hall Westgate
E. B. Ledlow
15Th Ave
S.E
Free Will Baptist Hour
WAJF
Memorial Drive
Church OF Christ
S.W
Elmer H. Lusk
Louisiana
First Church OF Christ
6Th Ave
Johnston St
WHOS
2Nd Ave
N.E
Bean
Chrysler Air Temp Windo
Davidson
Brookhaven Baptist Church
Southern’ Baptist Church
New Moulton Highway
A Southern Baptist Church
Mngans Organ
United Nations
Church Center
U.N
New York
Allen
Harold E. Wagoner
Second Ave
Ala
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