SPECIAL SERVICES

Dedicated Baptist Church, 485 McGinnis Road, will have homecoming Sunday. Sunday school will be at 10 a.m. Worship will be at 11 a.m. A potluck will follow the worship. Stillwater will provide special music. The Rev. Tom Lancaster is pastor.

Holly Springs Missionary Baptist Church and trustees in Edmonson County want to inform families and relatives of the interred in Holly Springs Cemetery that there are many gravestones, marker stones and memorials that have fallen into a state of needing minor maintenance to major repair. Several markers are leaning, fallen or sunk. Since all grave maintenance, except mowing, is the duty of the family members of the deceased, make every effort to check the memorials under your responsibility and make all necessary repairs these memorials may require. If some of these problems are not corrected, many markers may soon become damaged beyond repair.

Blackjack Baptist Church in Franklin will have its 150th anniversary with homecoming at 10 a.m. Sunday. Speakers will be KBC guests, local officials, the Rev. Buddy Crabtree and Pastor Winston Roberts. Viewing of a display of church pictures and archives will be from 9 to 10 a.m. A potluck lunch will be after the service.

The Deaconesses of State Street Baptist Church, 340 State St., will have a Women’s Conference at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 16 at Mariah’s restaurant. The Rev. Linda Bunton of St. Stephen’s Baptist Church in Louisville will be the guest speaker. John Edmonds will be the musical guest. Tickets are $20 with meal. For more information, call the church at 270-843-8016 or any deaconess. The Rev. Freddie Brown is pastor.

Glasgow First Church of the Nazarene will have a BBQ cookoff fundraiser from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 7. Pre-registration is required by Sept. 20. For more information or to pre-register, call 270-670-1979 or email jdevasher13@icloud.com. All proceeds benefit Glasgow First Church of the Nazarene.

The Pastor’s Aid of Eleventh Street Baptist Church, 1035 Kenton St., will have its annual 4 Season Tea at 3 p.m. Sunday. The Legendary Moore Sisters of Elizabethtown will be the special guests. After the singing, food from all four seasons of the year will be served. The Rev. Dr. Carl E. Whitfield is pastor.

Jackson Grove Baptist Church will have its 133rd year homecoming Sept. 17 at 959 Bristow Road. Bro. Brian Talley will speak at the 10 a.m. worship service. Gospel singing with the Commonwealth Quartet from Gallatin, Tenn., will be at 11 a.m. A potluck meal will be served at 12:30 p.m. For information or directions, call 270-991-7554; 270-776-2879; 270-791-1239; or 270-991-5103.

Pastor Colby Barnett and Marriah Grove Baptist Church will have their 203rd homecoming/church anniversary Sunday. Pastor Emanuel Haygood and First Missionary Baptist Church of Springfield, Tenn., will be the 2 p.m. guest.

Richpond First Baptist Church will have fall revival on the following dates: Sept. 11, Bishop Tommy Murrell and New Salem Baptist Church will be guests; Sept. 12, the Rev. Jimmy Williams and Woodburn Baptist Church will be guests; and Sept. 13, the Rev. James Carpenter and Blue Level Baptist Church will be guests. The Rev. Timothy Glover is pastor.

Mount Olla Baptist Church will have Musician Appreciation at 4 p.m. Sept. 16. The guest will be Broken from Nashville. The Rev. Nathaniel Peyton is pastor.

Woodburn First Baptist Church, 176 Fletcher St., will have Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. Sunday with no morning worship services. The church will travel to Danville to celebrate and worship with Elder Mark Anthony and New Horizon Missionary Baptist Church for their 10th church anniversary. J.L. Williams is pastor.

New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, 874 E. 11th St., will celebrate the 17th year of pastoral services Sept. 17 for Pastor Frederick and First Lady Minister Estella Hill. Pastor Eddie Brown and St. Paul Church in Guthrie will be the 11 a.m. guests.

Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church in Alvaton will celebrate the eighth anniversary of its pastor Sunday. The Rev. Michael Lockhart from Franklin will be the morning speaker. The Rev. Nathaniel Peyton and Mount Olla Baptist Church will be the afternoon guest. The Rev. Peter K. Williams is pastor. Lunch will be served upon their arrival.

SPECIAL MUSIC

The Garmons will sing at 6 p.m. Sunday at Friendship Baptist Church in Oakland; and at 9 a.m. Sept. 24 at Providence Baptist Church on Ky. 383 south of Franklin.

Jimmy Fortune, formerly of the Statler Brothers, High Road and The Sneed Family, will sing at 7 p.m. Friday at Cave City Convention Center. For more information, call 270-773-3131.

New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, 874 E. 11th St., will have a night celebration of love gospel singing at 5 p.m. Saturday. The theme will be “He’s So Real.” Guests will be Bowling Green Community Choir, Elevated and Highly Favored, Sons & Daughters of Thunder, The Gospel Troops and The New Gospel Spiritual of Pulaski, Tenn. Psalmist Cassandra Brown will be the mistress of ceremony. Elder Frederick Hill Sr. is pastor.

The Singing Seniors will sing at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church in Butler County for homecoming.

Barber Way General Baptist Church, 1121 Barber Way, will have a benefit service for Edna Johnson at 6 p.m. Saturday. Johnson recently lost her husband. The Turner Family and Dusty Road Boys will sing. Bro. Steve Moore will bring the message.

The McAllister Family will sing at 6 p.m. Saturday at Faith Tabernacle Church, 744 Pearl St. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m.

– Editor’s note: The deadline for submitting information about special events for church news is at noon Thursdays.