PRAYER AND PIZZA for children will be held from 2-3 p.m. Sunday at Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church, 900 S. Grant St. The Pine Bluff Corvette Brothers will serve refreshments. The guest speaker will be Dr. Brandi Wright, a local nephrologist, who also donated the pizza. Guests also include Jamia Ford, a praise dancer; Efrem Neely, a lawyer; and Clarence Giles, pastor of Kingdom Encounter Pentecostal Church, who will lead the prayer. The Rev. Anthony Craig is pastor of Mt. Carmel. Prayer and Pizza is a monthly event to pray for and encourage children. Dee Clay is the coordinator. The event is free and open to the public.
ST. ANDREW MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 5810 W. Malcomb St., will celebrate its 164th anniversary/homecoming at 3 p.m. Sunday. Julian Armstrong, a minister at Damascus Missionary Baptist Church, will be the guest speaker, accompanied by members of Damascus. The theme is You Can Always Come Home. Everyone is welcomed to attend and dinner will be served. The Rev. Richard Hart is the pastor at St. Andrew.
AMOS CHAPEL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 1307 W. 16th Ave., will observe World Communion Sunday at 11 a.m. Sunday. The community is invited to attend. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Laydell Jordan, pastor of Prayer Works Gospel Church of Pine Bluff, accompanied by his congregation. Amos Chapel and Prayer Works choirs will sing. World Communion Sunday, a world-wide celebration, is observed the first Sunday in October yearly. The theme is from Psalms 133:1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. Amos Chapel s pastor is the Rev. Robert Willis Jr.
ST. ANDREW MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 5810 W. Malcomb St., will hold the sixth appreciation service for the associate pastor and wife, the Rev. A. Dale Watkins Sr. and Sonya Watkins. Service will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday. Dinner will be served in the fellowship hall after service. All are welcomed to attend. The pastor is the Rev. Richard Hart.
AMOS CHAPEL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 1307 W. 16th Ave., will celebrate the 42nd anniversary of the pastor and wife, the Rev. Robert Willis Jr. and Stephanie Willis, and family at 2 p.m. Sunday. The guest preacher will be the Rev. Clarence Holman, pastor of the Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church, accompanied by his congregation. The theme is “A Faithful Servant,” (Rev. 2:10.) Dinner will be prepared by Rice Catering Restaurant. The community is invited to attend. Other guest pastors and churches will include the Rev. Robert Thomas and Christian Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church; the Rev. Leon Hicks and Crossroads Baptist Church of Deberry, Texas; and the Rev. Leon Williams Jr. and True Vine E Missionary Baptist Church.