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From staff reports

Published: November 14, 2008

Grace Baptist Church, located on Shady Lane, will have a revival through tonight at 7 p.m. nightly. Brother Daniel McMahan will preach Sunday through Tuesday, and Brother Gene Gouge, Wednesday through Friday. The choir will also perform nightly.

Heritage Baptist Church will hold a revival through tonight at 7 p.m. nightly.

St. Mark's United Methodist Church's men will hold a spaghetti dinner and concert, featuring Calvary's Touch Gospel Quartet tonight from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Donations will be accepted with proceeds going toward the church sign refurbishing project.

Pinnacle United Methodist Church, located at 1383 Pinnacle Church Road, will have a poor man's supper tonight from 4 to 8 p.m. Cost is $4 and includes pinto beans, potatoes, slaw, cornbread, tea and dessert. Proceeds will go toward the church's heating system.

Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church's women will hold a holiday bazaar tonight from 4 to 7 p.m., and Saturday beginning at 7 a.m. Items for purchase will include crafts, baked goods, jams and jellies, candies, desserts. A ham and chicken pie dinner will be available Friday at $6 for adults, $3 for children ages 6-12, and kids under 5 eat for free.

Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church will hold a harvest festival today from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.. Items for purchase will include crafts, a toy land, baked goods, an elephant room, clothing, baked goods, a soup and sandwich lunch, a raffle and door prizes.

Unity Full Gospel Church, located 58 Zion Hill Road, will have an all-you-can-eat breakfast for $5 on Saturday from 7 to 10:30 a.m. For more information, call 738-8266.

Providence United Methodist Church will have a fall bazaar Saturday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. A pancake breakfast will be served from 7 to 10:30 a.m., and a hot dog/hamburger lunch will be served from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. An auction will begin at 11 a.m. Items will include crafts, gift baskets, vendor booths, baked goods and more.

First Free Will Baptist Church's youth will hold a hamburger, hot dog and bake sale Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Parkers Chapel Church's ladies mission group will hold a poor man's supper Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m. Cost is $5 for adults. A children's plate, consisting of hot dogs, chips, dessert and drink will be available for $3.

Solid Rock Free Will Baptist Church will have its monthly singing Saturday at 7 p.m. with Solid Ground, the Huffman Family and the Inmans.

Cross Memorial Baptist Church will hold a Genesis and Creation conference on Sunday at the 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. services. The church is located on West Tate Street.

Charity Mission Free Will Baptist Church will have a special singing Sunday at the 11 a.m. service with Joe Willis. The church is located on Deer Park Road in Nebo.

The Marion Christian Women's Connection will hold a luncheon Monday at 11:30 a.m. in the Marion Community Building. Cost is $9 and includes lunch. There will be a special feature on first-class stamping; special music performed by Richelle Sampl; and the guest speaker will be Judy Blevins. To reserve a seat, call 652-7274.

Zion Hill Baptist Church will hold revival meetings Monday through Thursday at 7 p.m. nightly. For more information, call 738-0992.

Clinchfield United Methodist Church, located on Ridge Road, will have a holiday bazaar on Friday, Nov. 21 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 22 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be Christmas decorations, crafts, gift baskets, baked goods and more. A chicken pie and ham supper will be available on Friday, and breakfast and hamburgers and hot dogs Saturday.

Old Fort United Methodist Church will have its annual bazaar and bake sale on Saturday, Nov. 22 beginning at 8 a.m. Crafts, canned and baked goods will be for sale.

Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church will hold a community-wide Thanksgiving prayer service on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 7 p.m. An offering will be taken up during this time for McDowell Mission Ministries. Also, a donation of non-perishable food items will be accepted for the food bank.

Living Waters Tabernacle, located on Moffitt Hill Church Road in Old Fort, will have a special singing Saturday, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. Featured singers will include the "Roy Knight Singers" and "Handed Down." A love offering will be taken up during this time. For more information, call 668-9007.

Clinchfield Baptist Church will have a Life Line screening for stroke and osteoporosis on Thursday, Dec. 11, beginning at 9 a.m. To schedule an appointment, call (877) 237-1287. The church is located at 1150 East Court Street in Marion.

Marion Christian Academy has a prayer breakfast on the second Saturday of each month from 8:30 to 10 a.m. at the elementary campus, located at 551 Burma Road West. A simple breakfast will be served, for a donation, with emphasis on prayer concerns. For a prayer request, call 652-2033.

Grace Baptist Church has started AWANA youth ministry, held every Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:15 p.m. Classes are available for children ages 3-18. For more information, call Paul Robertson, the church's youth leader at 442-8893 or Pastor Greg Owenby at 442-3796.

Cross United Methodist Church welcomes the community to join its team and become "All-Star Champions" each Sunday at 9:45 a.m. for morning worship, and 10:45 a.m. for Sunday School. For more information, call 652-4378.

West Marion Baptist Church is looking for a volunteer music director who can teach the choir, lead the congregation and blend traditional, gospel and praise music. Those interested are asked to call Thelma Owen at 652-7679.

New Testament Baptist Church will have Spanish-speaking service on Sundays at 3 p.m.

Vein Mountain Missionary Baptist Church, located on U.S. 221 South, has services on Sundays at 10 a.m. for Sunday School, 11 a.m. worship service, 6 p.m. evening service and 7 p.m. Wednesday service.

Clinchfield United Methodist Church has Sunday services beginning at 10 a.m. with Sunday school to follow. The CUC's and the youth meet Sunday evenings at 5 p.m. Wednesday night prayer service starts at 6:30 p.m. with choir practice following. For more information, call 652-6624.

First United Methodist Church of Marion has a special praise and worship service the first Sunday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall with music, skits, video presentations, a message and more.

Concord United Methodist Church hosts the United Methodist Women meeting the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. and the United Methodist Men meeting the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. For more information, call 433-5488.

Greenlee Baptist Church has a deaf ministry. Interpreters will be provided for the worship services every Sunday at 10:55 a.m. and 7 p.m. For more information, call Rev. Ned Webb at 724-4589.

McDowell Children's Ministry, a ministry for children of the community interested in participating in a life-changing program, meets twice monthly. For more information, call Daniel at 659-0095 during the day or 738-0733 in the evenings.

The deadline for submitting church news to The McDowell News is Thursday at noon.