mNEW HOPE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH at Moscow will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the pastor and wife, the Rev. Stanley R. Blair Sr. and Tina Blair, at 2 p.m. Sunday. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Anthony Howard, pastor of Kings Highway Missionary Baptist Church of Pine Bluff. Guests will also include the Rev. Leon Hicks, pastor of Crossroads Missionary Baptist Church at Deberry, Texas. Everyone is invited to attend.
BREATH OF LIFE CHURCH, 1313 Pine St., will host its youth services at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. The guest speaker will be Connie Compton, a member of the Watson Chapel School Board, an evangelist with Main Street Church of God in Christ, and a regional court administrator for the Arkansas Supreme Court. At church, she is director of Christian Education, church administrator and a member of the board of trustees. Compton serves the International Sunday School Department of the Church of God in Christ as a registrar and an academic coach for the TEAC (Teacher Effectiveness and Advancement Certification) Program. Compton is also certified by the National Center for State Courts as a certified court manager and as an instructor for the Court Management Program. She has three adult children, according to a news release.
OLD ST. JAMES MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 4512 S. Ohio St., will host the 27th appreciation service for the pastor and wife, the Rev. David M. Smith and Arbradella Smith, at 10 a.m. Sunday. The featured speaker will be the Rev. Omar Davis, pastor of the St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church of Sherrill. Everyone is invited to attend and celebrate with the congregation.