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Faith
April 22, 2025 - The historical Old Sardis Cemetery of San Augustine County will hold its annual homecoming with dinner on the grounds on Sunday, May 4, 2025 starting around 11am. The association business meeting will be held at this time.
We welcome all to bring a covered dish and join us for a time of visiting and reminiscing about days gone by. As always donations are appreciated for the maintenance and upkeep of the cemetery.
Many pioneering families of Shelby and San Augustine counties are represented in this cemetery, for which a Texas historical marker was dedicated in June of 2018.
Hope to see you there!
Directions to Old Sardis Cemetery of San Augustine County: From Aiken, Hwy. 7, in Shelby County, take CR 1210 south for 4.5 miles to a four-way intersection of Rocky Mountain Road and Spring Ridge Road (CR 245N). Proceed straight on Spring Ridge Road for .4 miles, cemetery is on the left.
April 21, 2025 - The 'It's Tea Time' event has been rescheduled to Saturday, June 14, 2025.
April 10, 2025 - The Shelbyville District Women Department hosting 'It's Tea Time' on Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 3pm at 138 College Street, Tenaha, Texas 75974. The events theme is Sister Sister! "I am my Sister Keeper" ~ Ecclesiastes 4:9-10.
Speakers are District Missionary Pamela McClain, Mt. Enterprise District, and District Missionary Dorothea Robinson, Lufkin District.
District Superintendent is Freman Bryan.
District Missionary is Phyllis Thompson.
April 21, 2025 - The Antioch Cemetery Annual Homecoming will be Sunday, May 4, 2025. Please join the cemetery committee at Antioch Baptist Church, 1645 FM 2608, Center, Texas, at 11:00 a.m. where families represented and loved ones who have recently passed will be remembered. After old-time hymns and a message, a cemetery business meeting will be held before dismissing for dinner-on-the-grounds at 12:00 noon. Bring a lawn chair and a covered dish and join us as we enjoy food and fellowship outside under the trees by the church.
Donations for cemetery upkeep will be accepted during the homecoming. If you are unable to attend, please mail donations to: Antioch Cemetery; 145 CR 3129; Center, TX 75935. Annual donations have decreased in the past years; therefore, please plan your donation now to help meet expenses for the care of Antioch Cemetery.
April 21, 2025 - Revival at Old Home Baptist Church is Friday through Sunday, April 25th - April 27th. Bro Jon Collins will be bringing the message each night at 7pm and at 11am on Sunday. Pizza Party Friday night at 6pm and Corn Dogs Saturday night at 6pm before services. Everyone welcome to come out and join us.
April 18, 2025 - Good Morning! It’s Friday, April 18. Good Friday!
Have you ever wondered why the adjective “good” is applied to the day that Jesus was brutally crucified? The answer lies in the way that the definitions of words change over time. At one time, the word “good” was a synonym of “holy,” and we can certainly see the appropriateness of that adjective for this sacred day.
The Bible tells us that Christ died at the 9th hour, 3:00 pm. And in that moment a violent earthquake struck Jerusalem. In the temple, about 600 yards from Golgotha, the curtain that hung in front of the Holy of Holies was ripped from top to bottom. The curtain was said to be 60 feet high, 30 feet wide, and 4 inches thick. Historians tell us that it took 300 priests just to move it. This curtain, this “veil”, separated us from the very presence of God. It symbolized our sin.
And Jesus, on Good Friday, tore that curtain down. He removed that veil. He opened the door for us to approach the throne of God and restore our relationship with the Father. The Curtain was the Law. The Cross is Grace. Hallelujah!
Hebrews 10:19-20 - “We have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened to us through the curtain that is His body.”
Happy Easter!
Meet you back here on Monday,
David
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April 17, 2025 - We are a non - profit care center and our mission is to help our elderly in our community. With your help and support, our goal is to fix up this old house to make it better for those we are providing care to. It is an adult personal care home for anyone needing a place to live and not wanting to go to a nursing home. A place where you can drop off your love one if you need to run errands or just need a break with 24/7 care.
We are inviting the community and local churches to come join us, May 18th, 2025 at 2pm. Take a look at the facility, meet our team, and a few of our current residence. With volunteer help or monetary donations, or just by sharing our information, you can make a difference in an elderly loved ones life.
24/7 Care for Senior Citizens
Services Provided: + Meals + Personal Care + Exercise Activities + Transportation + Indoor/Outdoor Activities + Reading/Bible Lessons + Light Duty House Cleaning
April 17, 2025 - Can you by an eye of faith visualize what it would have been like to be one of the first people to visit the empty tomb of the risen Lord on the first day of the week? I have tried to imagine how Mary Magdalene and the others must have felt early on that Sunday morning. With the events that had transpired on Friday and Saturday, you know they were weary and dreary due to their lack of sleep. You know their hearts had been crushed by the tragedy of Calvary. The great suffering of their Teacher, Deliverer, Healer and Friend was fresh in their minds. The horrific scenes of Friday were emblazoned on their hearts.
Can you see them rising early that Sunday morning, approaching the tomb where Jesus had been buried? His brutal treatment at the hands of the Romans was fresh in their mind. They could still hear the cracking of the whip and the flowing of His blood. They could feel the damp, foreboding darkness that covered the earth as it convulsed at the sight of God’s son being murdered.
Yet, they came to the tomb and they found it empty. An angel said to them, “He is not here, for he is risen as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.” (Matthew 28:6)
Because the tomb was empty that Sunday morning, we have hope beyond this life. Paul would write, “thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (I Corinthians 15:57)
It’s something to think about... tbp
Come join us for worship at Center Church of Christ or online www.centerchurchofchrist.com
April 16, 2025 - Shelby County Gospel Crusade hosted by the churches of Shelby County Missionary Baptist Association is bringing Dr. Roger Copeland to the John D. Windham Civic Center starting Wednesday, April 16, 2025. The three-day crusade is at 7pm nightly Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday!
The evangelist will be Dr. Roger Copeland from Texarkana, Arkansas. There will be special music nightly. On Wednesday evening, worship music will be led by the TMBC Praise Team. Thursday's music will be provided by the Calvary Boys, and Friday's music will feature the Smith Family of East Texas. The public is invited to come and hear Spirit-led preaching and singing each night.
The Windham Civic Center is located at 146 Express Blvd, Center, Texas 75935. For more information, call 903-692-0716 or 936-591-2551.
April 16, 2025 - Saint John's Episcopal Church will have Good Friday services at 12 noon on Friday, April 18 and Easter services at 9am on Sunday, April 20. Everyone is invited to attend. We are located on 96S just past Southview Circle on left on the hill.
April 15, 2025 - Join First Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ in Center on Sunday, April 20 at 10am! Enjoy an Easter egg hunt, a candy rain, and pot luck following the service!
First Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ is located at 480 FM 2026, Center, Texas 75935. For more information, call 936-598-4276! Hope you can come worship with us, see you Sunday!
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