DEADLINE: The deadline for submitting Area Happenings, Church Events, Cemetery News, Reunions or Society items is Thursday at noon. See our website each week for a full listing of local events: www.claiborneprogress.net.
Christ the King Catholic Church
Christ the King Catholic Church welcomes the new pastor, Father Ray Powell. Mass schedule is Sunday at noon and Thursdays at 10 a.m. The church is located at 816 Blue Top Road, Tazewell.
Fairview Baptist Church
The Washam Family will be singing at Fairview Baptist Church on Sept. 4 at 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Adam Daniels, pastor.
Gibson Station Missionary Baptist Church
Gibson Station Missionary Baptist Church Youth will be having a yard sale at the church, located on Hwy. 58 in Ewing, Virginia, on Sept. 10 from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. Please help support the youth and find some good bargains.
Heritage Christian Academy
Heritage Christian Academy is accepting student applications for fall. Registration is Aug. 30 and the first day of school for students is Aug. 31. HCA serves students in preschool through eighth grade. For more information call the school at 423-526-2807 or Headmaster Gail Leonard at 423-441-0331.
Midway Baptist Church
Homecoming will be Sept. 11 beginning at 10:30 a.m. Rev. Randy Pressnell will be bringing the message. Special music will be by The Bledsoes from North Carolina. Lunch will be served following the services.
A Fall Youth Concert featuring the Birdsongs will be held at Midway Baptist Church Sept. 18 at 6 p.m. Come join our youth as we celebrate our Lord through Christian music.
Special music will be by Haley Brooks during Sunday morning services Sept. 25 beginning at 11 a.m. We invite everyone to come worship with us. Ronnie Pressnell, pastor, Kenny Trent, associate pastor, Jason Miracle, youth minister.
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Regular services include: Sunday School every Sunday at 10 a.m. with worship at 11 a.m. Sunday night service every first and third Sunday at 7 p.m. We also have a fifth Sunday night singing at 7 p.m. Pastor Kenny Williams and the congregation invite everyone.
New Hope Baptist Church
New Hope Baptist Church will have a yard sale Sept. 3 from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.
On Wings as Eagles
On Wings as Eagles is a non-denominational church located at 213A S. Broad Street, New Tazewell. Tuesday meeting is at 7 p.m. Thursday, youth services and drama are at 6 p.m. Sunday services are Sunday School at noon, worship service at 1 p.m.
Pump Springs Baptist Church
Pump Springs Baptist Church will have a harvest revival beginning Sept. 11 with services at 8:30 a.m., 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. September 12-14 services will be held beginning at 6 p.m. The guest speaker will be Dr. Daryel O’Barr of Drawing The Net Ministries. Sunday night service will feature The Birdsongs. Everyone is invited to attend and bring guests.
PSBC has added an early worship service. The early worship service is held at 8:30 a.m. Sunday School begins at 9:30 a.m. and morning worship is at 11 a.m. Everyone is invited.
Springdale Singing Convention
New Salem Baptist of Tazewell will host the Springdale Singing Convention Sept. 4 at 6:30 p.m. Come sing with us or come and listen!
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.
Underwood Grove Baptist Church
Everyone is invited to join us as we celebrate our 125th anniversary, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 24-25. Events start Saturday at noon with a pig roast, displays, apple butter making and other old-fashioned activities. Dinner will be at 5:30 p.m. and ending with gospel singing around the fire at 7 p.m. Special Sunday services start at 10 a.m. with singing both days featuring Kelsey Williams of Tazewell and a host of others. Directions: Take Providence Road, off Hwy. 63 West of Arthur, to Underwood Grove Road. The church is at the top of the ridge. Everyone is welcome.
Union Chapel Baptist Church
Homecoming service at Union Chapel Baptist Church will be Sept. 11 beginning at 10:30 a.m. Lunch will follow the morning services. Rev. Frank Short, pastor, and the congregation invite everyone to attend.
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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.
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.
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.
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.