Saturday, September 13, 1997

Marriage Ministries presents session for stronger unions

By JAN WOODWARD

Staff Writer

"Marriage: How's Yours Doing?" will be presented by Marriage Ministries International at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the First United Methodist Church Education Building, 1318 S. 2nd. The session will focus on how good marriages can become even better, impossible marriages can be healed and stale marriages can become stronger.

Marriage Ministry International is a non-denominational ministry dedicated to teaching God's blueprint for marriage to all ages. The group is active in more than 73 countries in the world.

For more information, call 698-0241.

TALES WITH A TWIST

First Central Presbyterian Church, 400 Orange, will feature Dr. Howard Edington as special speaker in a Fall Festival of Faith, Sept. 21-22. "Tales with a Twist" is the theme of sessions that will be held at the church:

Times are 8:30 and 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sept. 21 and 11:45 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sept. 22. Edington is pastor of the 5,000 member First Presbyterian Church of Orlando, Fla.

A box lunch will be served at the Sept. 22 midday session. Cost is $4. Call 677-3501 for reservations.

SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

Heritage Baptist Church, 3050 Buffalo Gap Rd., is now offering a two morning service format. The schedule will be as follows:

- Early service at 8:30 a.m.

- Sunday School/Bible Study at 9:45 a.m.

- Second service at 10:50 a.m.

- Sunday evening at 6 p.m.

For more information call 691-1118.

SIGN LANGUAGE COURSE

Baker Heights Church of Christ, 5385 Texas Ave., will have a reorganizational meeting for those who want to learn sign language at 5 p.m. Sunday.

COLLEGE/CAREER CLASS FORMS

A new college-career class will begin at 10 a.m. Sunday at North Side Baptist Church, 2474 Westwood. Featured will be a video series by Dr. Kent Hovind and his Creation Seminar.

CPR CLASS OFFERED

First Christian Church, 1420 N. 3rd, will offer an Adult CPR class on Sunday. The class will be led by Russ Brown of the American Red Cross. Participants will be expertly trained in CPR, will receive an excellent reference book that includes CPR in infants and children and standard first aid and will be able to become certified. Cost is $25. Call 677-2186 for more information.

DIVORCECARE

DivorceCare, a special weekly seminar and support group for people who are separated or divorced, will be presented by Pioneer Drive Baptist Church. Seminars will be from 7-9 p.m. on Tuesdays beginning Sept. 16. Call 692-7222 for reservations and more information. The church is located at 701 S. Pioneer.

FALL REVIVAL

Beltway Park Baptist Church, 4009 Beltway South, will present a fall revival Sunday through Wednesday. Jon Randles and Jeff Berry will be special guests. Focus of the revival will be the many myths the world has taught about God, about yourself, about life that are not true. The special four-day series will explore the teachings of Jesus Christ and explode the world's myths. Sessions will be at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday and at 7 p.m. Monday through Wednesday. The Wednesday night session will be held at Radford Auditorium on the McMurry University campus.

DEAD SEA SCROLLS SESSION

Wednesday evening at 6:30, Bill Libby from McMurry University will speak on the Dead Sea Scrolls at First Central Presbyterian Church. Dinner begins at 5:45 p.m. Call 677-3501 for reservations. The church is located at 400 Orange. 12 STEP SPIRITUALITY

Pat Huber, a licensed counselor, will begin a 12 Step course in spirituality Sunday at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 3150 Vogel.

The spiritual development course will be offered one Sunday each month. The class meets at 9:30 a.m. at the church. Child care will be provided. 9TH ANNUAL BIBLE LECTURESHIP

The 5th and Grape Street Church of Christ will host the ninth annual Bible Lectureship "Truth Under Fire" Friday through Sunday, Sept. 19-21.

Lectures will be at 7 and 8:15 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Sunday services will be at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Guest speakers are H.A. "Buster" Dobbs, Perry Cotham, Johnny Ramsey, Ken Hope, Don Hatch, Perry Hall and Dave Miller.

Mary Martini of Southlake will speak to the women on "They Shall Know That I am the Lord" at 5 p.m. Sunday.

Call 673-0211 for more information.

GOSPEL MEETING

A gospel meeting will be held at the S. 7th and Locust Church of Christ Friday through Sunday, Sept. 19-21.

Dell Young from Valliant, Okla., will do the preaching. Service times are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday.

A group singing will be held from 3-4 p.m. Sunday. WEIGH DOWN WORKSHOP

Is food more than fuel for you? If so, you might want to consider attending a Weigh Down workshop to be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 837 Jeanette. Orientation sessions will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18 and 25.

The program will start on Oct. 2. Weigh Down, a biblically based workshop for people with eating concerns, will be held for 12 weeks in the Nelson building behind the church.

Cost is $103 for all materials and instruction. Call Pam Miller at 691-9395 for more information.

HSU CAMPUS REVIVAL

John W. Hall, pastor of First Baptist Church in Munday, will be featured speaker during Hardin-Simmons University's campus revival Tuesday through Thursday.

Hall, a 1989 graduate of HSU, will speak at five services during the three-day period. Talks will be held each day at Behrens Chapel at 9:30 a.m. On Tuesday and Wednesday, he will speak at 7 p.m. at Logsdon Chapel.

During his years at HSU, Hall served as youth ministry intern at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church, where he was ordained to the ministry in 1990.

Music minister will be Fred McNab of Pioneer Drive Baptist Church. McNab earned a bachelor of music degree from Hardin-Simmons.

FAMILY MISSIONS DAY

Family Missions Day will be held today at Immanuel Baptist Church, 1241 Cypress.

A meal will be served at 6:30 p.m. and a program will be held from 7:15-8:30 p.m. Guest speaker will be Joy Fenner with the Woman's Missionary Union of Texas.

BELTWAY PARK REVIVAL

Jon Randles and Jeff Berry will lead a revival at Beltway Park Baptist Church, 4009 Beltway South, Sunday through Wednesday.

Services are at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday.

On Wednesday, the revival will move to Radford Auditorium on the campus of McMurry University for a youth revival. All young people are invited. Randles is from Lubbock and does evangelism across the country.

Berry is the music leader for Grace Ministry and leads youth camps.

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