BARRAQUE STREET MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 1800 W. Pullen St., will celebrate its annual women s day at 11 a.m. Sunday. The speaker will be Simone Simmons Milton of Bryant. Milton is a family nurse practitioner specialist. The theme is Embracing the Family Spiritually. A special Women s Day choir will be directed by Pamela Ervin. All are invited to attend. Milton is also the first lady at Barraque Street church where her husband, the Rev. Sidney D. Milton, is the pastor.
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.