Send news to info@calhounfallstoday.com.
All churches in Calhoun Falls are encouraged to submit information about the church. If your church has a website, we can link directly to it. If not, please submit your information and we'll add it for you. At the very least, please provide the church name, addresss, leader's name and telephone number.
Hot Dog Plate Sale and Carwash
by Mindy Boggs
CF Pentecostal Holiness Church's CE Department will have a hot dog plate and carwash fundraiser from 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday, August 16. We will start selling the hot dog plates, including two hot dogs, baked beans, cole slaw, and tea, at 11 a.m. They will be $6 each. Also, our youth will wash cars on the side of the church that is strictly donation only. This fundraiser will aid our CE department in having different events for the youth of our church. We ask anyone who will please come out and let us fill your bellies and wash your cars.
"Praise God It's Friday"
by Aneesah Omowale Campbell
Beulah Land Christian Center is hosting a "Praise God It's Friday" event on the first Friday of each month beginning August 1, 2008. It is an open mike fellowship for musicians, choirs, soloists and anyone who loves to "make a joyful noise unto the Lord." Rev. Andrew Seegars is the pastor of Beulah Land Christian Center and the event will be held in the chapel which is located off Hwy. 81 between Lowndesville and Calhoun Falls. Call 348-3232 for more information.
Glovers AME Church VBS
Glovers AME Church's Vacation Bible School, "Walk It Out Together in the Way of Jesus," will be for all ages from 6-8 p.m., July 21-25.
Beach Party, Surfin’ Through the Scriptures VBS
by Mindy Boggs
Calling all kids three to 12 years of age to join us at Calhoun Falls Pentecostal Holiness Church for Vacation Bible School, 6-8 p.m., Sunday, July 20, to Wednesday, July 23. You don’t have to be a member of our church to join us for this fantastic time of learning more about the Bible. There will be music, lessons, crafts, activities, and of course, food. Wednesday night will be our big finale. We will have Justin Lewis’ band from Elberton, GA, along with an awesome water feature the kids are going to love. Make sure they come prepared to get wet.
Church Fundraiser
by Mindy Boggs
Please come out and support our fundraiser at Calhoun Falls Pentecostal Holiness Church at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 28. We will be having a car wash (no set price, accepting donations), hot dog plate sale, and bake sale at the church. The car wash will take place at the front or side of the church and the hot dog plates and baked goods will be inside the family life center. Hot dog plates will be $6 each and includes two hot dogs, cole slaw, and baked beans. Baked goods will be set at various prices. All proceeds will go towards our youth department to help in aiding various activities we are planning for them. So, this Saturday, don’t wash your car, and don’t fix lunch, just come out to the Pentecostal church and let us do it for you. Also, if you don’t already have a church family, come and visit with us Sunday at 11 A.M. for a wonderful service performed by the youth of our church. The children will be singing songs, performing sign language with soloist Robin Palmer, playing their hand bells, and speaking on what we’ve been learning about the Fruits of the Spirit. The teenagers will also speak some as well. This is sure to be a wonderful service so please feel free to join us.
"Outriggers Island"
by Rebekah Parnell
Northside Baptist Church will host "Outriggers Island" Vacation Bible School, Sunday, June 22-Thursday, June 26, 6:30 - 8:30 nightly. Sunday will be the kick-off with a sneak peak at Outriggers Island, followed by an ice cream supper. Thursday night will conclude the Bible School with a musical performance by all who attend and a hotdog supper. Children in grades K4-8 are invited to attend. Come experience God's unshakable truth!
Summer Programs at PHC
by Mindy Boggs
Pentecostal Holiness Church has several summer projects and programs planned for kids. There'll be a fundraiser and youth day this month and Vacation Bible School in July. Check back often for more details closer to the event date.
Good News Club
by Pastor John Tyson
The Ministerial Association of Calhoun Falls would like to thank all of the volunteers for there help at John C. Calhoun this past school year. We averaged around 50 kid's each week and over 20 salvations were reported. We would like to do it again next year, but we need more help. There will be a social in the near future for all those who helped this past year. Thanks again for making a difference in our children's lives.
by Lisa Bell
Lake Russell Baptist Church will be having a tent revival May 4-7 each evening at 7 p.m with Rev. Phil Keown.
Sunday will be youth night – Free pizza and drinks starting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday will feature puppet skits
The revival will be held on the church’s property on Bobby Brown State Park Rd. in Elberton (about one mile down from LRBC’s current building).
Wild Game Dinner
A benefit wild game dinner will be at 6:30 p.m., on May 2, 2008, at Northside Baptist Church. The dinner is to benefit Faith Hunters for Youth a new ministry that is planning a youth hunt for underpriveledged, foster, or single parent kids. The trip will include a night of hunters safety course, a morning and afternoon hunt. The money raised will make the trip free to all kids.
Only 200 tickets will be sold. Tickets will be sold in advance for $10 each at Northside Baptist Church. Tickets are being sold by committee members: William McCall, Aubrey Parnell, Officer Mike Johnson, Officer Mike Connelly, Chad Sammons, and Pastor Brian Hachett.
The menu will include: wild hog, vension, sea fish, catfish, rabbit, wild turkey, baked beans, coleslaw, cornbread, mac and cheese, and many desserts. The event is bringing in a special guest speaker, Mickey Marvin, a former Oakland Raider and two time Super-Bowl Champion.
Door prizes have been donated to give away at the dinner.
Friend Day at First Baptist Church
Slick Evans, who is preaching at First Baptist Church, and his wife Stacy, have designated April 13 as Friend Day. Stacy said "Friend day is a day when you invite all your friends to church and just fellowship together. It is good for people that may want, and need, to come to church, but are scared to come alone. This way, they can have a friend come with them." Friend Day will take place during the regular morning worship service, including a special singing.
First Baptist Church
Stephen "Slick" Evans is preaching at First Baptist Church. He is married to Stacy Tollison Evans, and they have two kids. Adya Kilgore James reported, "He has been there a few weeks now. He is a great preacher! We need some younger ones around, they really help fill up the church. Seems younger people can relate to some there own age. We would like to invite everyone to come hear Slick this Sunday."
Heather's Hype
by Heather Hatchett
New Year’s resolutions - - three words you might be cursing right now. It seems that the idea of New Year’s resolutions can be traced back to the early Babylonians. The Babylonians most popular resolution was to return borrowed farm equipment; today the most popular resolutions are to lose weight and to quit smoking. The thought of a fresh new year gives us hope to better our self and circumstances. Too often resolutions made only last through the first month. At least that has been my pattern; maybe you have better resolve than I.
I have resolved to gain weight in 2008! Ok, hold on. I know what you are thinking, but let me tell you how this is going to work. It’s a little trick we use to try on our children when they were very young. To get them to clean up their toys, we might say something like, “now don’t you put that toy in the toy box”. And as you guessed, they would throw the toy in the toy box. Obviously, I am not writing a parenting column! Anyway, I am thinking that if I determine to gain weight, I am probably going to be successful in my new year’s resolution. If I happen to lose weight and break my resolution, I will celebrate and won’t feel like a failure. I win either way, right?
Mrs. Chappell’s second grade class completed a writing assignment in which they created New Year’s resolutions. Some were academically honorable such as, be on the A/B honor roll and make a 100% on all tests. Others were socially motivated. One student resolved to be a good friend and another to be nicer to people. Like many adults some students desired to improve their skills by learning how to skate and play the electric guitar. One health conscious student resolved to stop eating junk food. There might be a Rockefeller being raised in Calhoun Falls as one young man resolved to save money this year. Two of my favorite resolutions from the second grade class are “to visit North Carolina” and “to play video games everyday”. One of Mrs. Chappell’s students may actually succeed in her resolution because she has determined the cause of the behavior she wishes to modify. She has resolved that she would “stop going to my auntie’s house ‘cause I be bad over there”.
The high school students also had some resolutions for 2008. One young lady confessed to already breaking her resolution of drinking water instead of soft drinks. Deyanna Bell resolved to gain weight and make good grades and Clarissa Felima to make the A honor roll the whole year. Both also resolved to find a way to keep their high school open. One student’s resolution is to graduate and another in a difficult situation vows to leave a certain person alone.
No matter our age, we all make resolutions whether we are at the beginning the year, the week or even the day. What ever your resolve happens to be, it is my desire that for Calhoun Falls 2008 will be GREAT!