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DEADLINE: The deadline for submitting Area Happenings, Church Events, Reunions or Society items is Thursday at noon.
Liberty Baptist Church
Liberty Baptist Church will have regular monthly singing April 17 at 6:30 p.m. Visiting singers will be the Thompson Family and the Large Family. Everyone is invited. Dennis Buchanan, song leader, Rev. Kenny Clark, pastor.
Little Sycamore Missionary Baptist Church
Little Sycamore Missionary Baptist Church will be having their monthly singing April 16 at 7 p.m. Visiting singers will be the Large Family. Everyone welcome.
Middlesboro Community Center
There will be a free dinner and a message on plant-based health nutrition covering weight loss, lower cholesterol and increased energy on April 13 at 6 p.m. at the Middlesboro Community Center, 705 N. Petersborough Ave. (30th St.) in Middlesboro, Kentucky. The speaker will be Chef Mark Anthony. Call 423-973-4398 for info. Seating is limited, come early.
Pump Springs Baptist Church
PSBC will present a Priscilla Shirer simulcast on April 23 from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Shirer stars in the movie War Room. Tickets are $30 and include the conference, a light breakfast and lunch. Tickets may be purchased in The Well Bookstore and Gifts, located at PSBC. For more information call 423-869-8323.
The Well Bookstore and Gift Shop is open Mon., Tues, Thurs. and Fri. from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m., Wed. from 11 a.m. until 8:30 p.m. and Sun. from 9:30-11 a.m. The Well has gifts and books, along with new discipleship studies and Bibles.
Vacation Bible School will be held June 13-17.
Riverside Baptist Church
Riverside Baptist Church welcomes the Partin Family on April 16 at 7 p.m. Rev. K.J. Zumbrum welcomes everyone.
Speedwell Academy Baptist Church
Speedwell Academy Baptist Church welcomes everyone to hear The Glory Road Boys at the third Sunday night singing on April 17 at 6 p.m.
Stand In The Gap
Keeping up the the fight and “Standing in the Gap” against drug and alcohol abuse and family violence is the purpose and mission of SIGCO. Second Chronicles 7:14 is the SIGCO foundation. Visit our website “SIGCO.org” and review our current events and multiple links to resources that can help our communities. Make your plans now to attend our quarterly meeting. Bring some friends with you and help us engage our Tri-State communities for God’s purposes. Never has there been a greater time for Christians to “Stand in the Gap” and be heard throughout our region and across America. We look forward to visiting and sharing with you soon. For additional information, please call 423-300-1302 or email Standntgap@gmail.com. Please join the Stand in the Gap Coalition for prayer the first Tuesday of each month from 5-6 p.m. at the Stand in the Gap Coalition office located at 502 Pennlyn Ave. in Cumberland Gap. The next prayer meeting will be May 3.
Taylors Grove Church
Taylors Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Sharps Chapel will hold revival with Rev. Jason Walker and Rev. Larry Beeler starting April 17 at 6 p.m. Services will begin at 7 p.m. nightly April 18-22. Pastor Brian Liford welcomes everyone to attend.
Tri-State Youth Choir
The Tri-State Youth Choir will perform the following dates and places: April 17, New Beginning Church at 6 p.m.; April 24, Cave Springs Baptist Church at 6 p.m.; May 1, Haynes Flat Baptist Church at 6 p.m.; May 15, Trinity Baptist Church in Middlesboro at 6 p.m.; May 22, Blairs Creek Church at 6 p.m.; May 29, Pump Springs Baptist Church at 6 p.m.
The annual fundraising dinner and auction will be held May 13. It is a fundraiser for the choir’s annual mission trip, which will be June 3-10 in Jacksonville, Florida.
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Appalachian Aglow
Appalachian Aglow meets bi-monthly at the home of Lisa Leonard in New Tazewell. If interested, call 865-585-0091 for directions and information.
Chapel of the Good Shepherd
Chapel of the Good Shepherd, the only Lutheran church in Union County, has begun to hold worship services on Sunday afternoons at 4 p.m. If you have any questions, please contact Paul Kritsch, pastor of the church, at 865-279-1279, or via e-mail at chapelofthegoodshepherd@outlook.com.
Christ the King Catholic Church
Christ the King Catholic Church welcomes the new pastor, Father Mike Creson. Mass schedule is Sunday at noon and Thursdays at 10 a.m. The church is located at 816 Blue Top Road, Tazewell.
Claiborne County Ministerial Association
Pastors and preachers of Claiborne County, the Claiborne County Ministerial Association needs your help. We now only have a few members. We do volunteer chaplain work at Claiborne Medical Center and 15-minute Daily Devotions on WNTT Radio. If God leads you to be a part of this ministry, we meet once a month at the Claiborne Medical Center conference room on the fourth Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. For further information call 865-585-7112. President, Kenny Clark.
Dogwood Heights Baptist Church
Weekly services at Dogwood Heights Baptist Church include: Tis So Sweet Café Worship, Sunday from 8:30-9:45 a.m.; Sunday School at 10 a.m.; Worship Service at 11 a.m.; Evening Worship at 6 p.m. Wednesday evening – Bible Study at 7 p.m. Everyone is invited. Pastor, Travis Pressnell, Youth Pastor, Charlie Longworth.
FBC Deaf and Hearing Impaired Worship
The addition of a deaf interpreter for the Sunday morning worship service has brought a new ministry to First Baptist Church in New Tazewell. To learn more, call 423-626-5401 or visit at 814 Buchanan Road, next to Laurel Manor Nursing Home.
Meyers Grove Primitive Baptist Church
Meyers Grove Primitive Baptist Church will have Women’s Bible Study every Saturday at 4 p.m. All ladies and their friends are invited to come and study together.
New Beginning Baptist Church
New Beginning Baptist Church has new meeting times. We now meet for worship on Sunday at 10 a.m. and at 3 p.m. and on Sunday at 6 p.m. for Bible study. On Wednesday at 6 p.m. we have Visitation, Bridge Builders and Youth. On Sunday nights and other nights throughout the week we offer Life Application classes.
The church is located at 2305 Highway 63, four miles west of U.S. Hwy. 25E in Harrogate. For more information please call the church office at 423-869-7378 or Pastor Donnie Bannister at 423-526-4491.
New Tazewell United Methodist Church
A new Weight Watchers meeting is starting Wednesdays at 5 p.m. and a new Zumba class has started every Thursday and Saturday at 9 a.m. at the New Tazewell United Methodist Church. Classes are $3 each. They will meet in the Fellowship Hall of NTUMC. For information call Vickie at 423-801-3335.
Regional Education Center
The Regional Education Center, an FBC Ministry Center, is located at 1724 Epps Street in Tazewell. They distribute food boxes on Tuesday mornings from 9 a.m. to noon. Residents of Claiborne County need to bring proof of residence and income. The center is located behind the courthouse in Tazewell.
Servolution Health Services
The Servolution Health Services free medical and dental care clinic is open. Anyone from the Tri-State area is welcome. The faith-based clinic serves the uninsured of the area, from any state, whose income does not exceed 200 percent of the federal poverty level guidelines. Servolution Health Services is located 8.7 miles from Harrogate, off Hwy. 63 in the old Powell Valley High School vocational building in Speedwell. The address is 245 Powell Valley School Lane. To determine eligibility, make an appointment or for more information call 423-419-5070.
Thompson Chapel United Methodist Church
The Thompson Chapel Clothing Bank is in need of any and all donations. We are open Wednesday and Saturday from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Call 626-3913 or 626-4435 for info.
Twin City Baptist Church
Twin City Baptist Church now offers sign language interpretation of the services. Everyone is welcome.
Upper Room Ministries
Are you in need? Our monthly food drive is on the second Saturday of each month of 2015. It runs from 10 a.m. until the food is gone. It is provided by the grace of God and sponsored by Upper Room Ministries, which is located at 860 Hwy. 33 South in New Tazewell. For more information, call 423-398-3352 or email urm1993@icloud.com.
Youth 4 Truth Ministries
Youth 4 Truth cookbooks are available. We have just received our new cookbooks. They have 500 wonderful recipes and sell for $10 each. There will be a limited number of cookbooks, so get your copy now, before they are sold out. It would make an excellent Christmas or shower gift. There will be several people in the area selling them, or you can call 423-626-2674 or 865-278-6882 or 865-352-9965. Thank you so much for your support.