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Contributing Writers: David Mathis | Tim Perkins
Past Contributing Writers: Mike Mills, Spring Hill Church | Doug Fincher | Pastor Randy and Sue Smith | Mike Belgard
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February 26, 2026 - The Joaquin Church of Christ will hold a Gospel Meeting from March 1 - March 5 with Kyle Campbell of Lufkin, Texas as guest speaker. Service times on Sunday are 9am Bible Class, 10am Morning Worship and 6pm Evening Worship. Monday thru Thursday evening services begin at 7pm.
We encourage everyone to take this opportunity to come and worship with us as we strive to grown in the knowledge of God's word. We are located at 10674 US Hwy 84 East in Joaquin.
Sat, Mar 07
February 24, 2026 - Mt. Gillion Baptist Church is hosting their Annual Cemetery Clean Up Day on Saturday March 7, 2026 from 9am -12 noon. Come to the Mt. Gillion Baptist Church cemetery, bring your lawn equipement, and let’s spend the morning together.
Lawn equipment needed: rakes, mowers, weedeaters, trash bags, shovels, chain saws, leaf blowers, and handyman tools.
Water and gatorade will be provided.
Cemetery Committee:
Rev. George Grace - President
Deacon Curtis Hamilton - Vice President
Sis. Shirley Watts - Treasurer
Sis. Lillian Wyatt - Vice Treasurer
Sis. Sharon Hamilton - Secretary
Faith
February 27, 2026 - Give Blood, Blood donations, save lives! Lainee Griffin was diagnosed with leukemia this past October. She has received multiple transfusions, plus a February bone marrow transplant at Texas Children's Hospital. You are her Heroes! The family, members of our church, are very thankful for your Commit for Life donation for patients.
Neuville Baptist Church Blood Drive In Honor of Lainee Griffin Sunday, March 15, 2026, 12-noon - 4:30pm in the church Fellowship Hall located at 2158 FM 2140 - Center, TX 75935.
Successful donors will receive a Gulf Coast Blood power bank.
Health Benefit: Free A1c screening with donation.
To schedule an appointment, click here
All blood donations are in honor of this patient and will go into the general blood supply for all patients in the Texas Gulf Coast region. FDA policy requires blood donors to be unpaid volunteers. No individual may receive a financial benefit or credit from your blood donation today.
February 26, 2026 - The Joaquin Church of Christ will hold a Gospel Meeting from March 1 - March 5 with Kyle Campbell of Lufkin, Texas as guest speaker. Service times on Sunday are 9am Bible Class, 10am Morning Worship and 6pm Evening Worship. Monday thru Thursday evening services begin at 7pm.
We encourage everyone to take this opportunity to come and worship with us as we strive to grown in the knowledge of God's word. We are located at 10674 US Hwy 84 East in Joaquin.
February 26, 2026 - Ruth Graham wrote a book entitled, “In Every Pew Sits A Broken Heart”. All of us need to remember that from time to time. There is also a familiar passage in I Peter chapter 5 and verse 7 we need to remember. Peter writes there, “Casting all your care upon Him, for He careth for you”.
You and I are in this verse! There is so much in our world that is impersonal. We live in an age of bigness and numbers. Everyone wants to know “the last four of your social” when you call wanting information on some account that you have.
Yet, God still knows us, you and me, as individuals. God doesn’t keep track of us by a computer or an account number. You see, it’s just the way we read in John chapter 10, he knows us.
But we are not only in that verse in I Peter as individuals. In that verse are our cares, our concerns and our problems. Every care that you and I are carrying is in that passage. Cares that often can be roadblocks to blessings. Yet, Peter tells us to cast our cares upon Jesus and with our cares removed we can truly experience the joy of the Lord.
Never forget, no one cares like Jesus and no one understands like Jesus. For those who will surrender their life to Him, obey His commands and live His kind of life, Jesus will carry their burdens. The question is, are you living life Jesus’ way?
Come and join us for Worship
Center Church of Christ
www.centerchurchofchrist.com
February 24, 2026 - Mt. Gillion Baptist Church is hosting their Annual Cemetery Clean Up Day on Saturday March 7, 2026 from 9am -12 noon. Come to the Mt. Gillion Baptist Church cemetery, bring your lawn equipement, and let’s spend the morning together.
Lawn equipment needed: rakes, mowers, weedeaters, trash bags, shovels, chain saws, leaf blowers, and handyman tools.
Water and gatorade will be provided.
Cemetery Committee:
Rev. George Grace - President
Deacon Curtis Hamilton - Vice President
Sis. Shirley Watts - Treasurer
Sis. Lillian Wyatt - Vice Treasurer
Sis. Sharon Hamilton - Secretary
February 24, 2026 - New Prospect Missionary Baptist Church in Timpson is having their Choir and Usher Day program on March 15, 2026, at 2:30pm.
Pastor Desmond Johnson of Mt. Horeb of Center will be the guest speaker
Rayford Caraway, Pastor
New Prospect Missionary Baptist Church is located at 8033 FM 2026 Timpson, Texas 75975.
February 23, 2026 - Pleasant Grove Baptist Church (Pastor Johnny R. Jones) at Hwy 96N., CR 4356, Center Texas 75935 is hosting their Annual Family and Friends Day program, Sunday, March 22, 2026, at 2:30 pm.
Guest speaker will be Bishop William Nash of the House of Refuge Ministries.
February 23, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Monday, February 23.
The Bible is a book that teaches us in many different ways. There are verses that explain doctrine, there are poems of praise, there are characters who serve as examples. And then there are the stories. As children, these stories are the gateway to understanding who God is, and these stories guide us throughout our lives. One of the most dramatic stories in the Word is the Tower of Babel.
This story is found in Genesis 11. You won’t find the term “Tower of Babel” there, but you will find people who became so full of themselves that they tried to build a structure that would reach to heaven, that would make them as powerful as God. The story speaks to the constant temptation to rely on our own strength, forgetting that we should be completely dependent on Him. But the story also speaks about language, about how God punished the people by dividing them into many different tongues.
Today there are over 7000 languages in the world. Over 400 of them are spoken here in the United States, where 20% of the population has a first language other than English. When I served on staff at First Baptist Rosenberg, a suburb of Houston, we did a study and found that there were 125 languages spoken within 30 minutes of our church. Even here in rural East Texas there are dozens of different tongues. In a time of great division in America, some count language as a dividing line.
But we are connected by our humanity, and by a common desire to be connected. And, no matter our language, we are connected by the love of God, and by the saving grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Bible has been translated into over 3000 languages. I’ll share this verse in English.
Galatians 3:28 - There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ.
Meet you back here tomorrow,
David cindertex50@yahoo.com
February 19, 2026 - We read in Mark chapter 6 that Jesus and the disciples were trying to get away from the crowd of people for a little peace and quiet. They needed some R & R as we would say. Yet, Mark tells us the multitude followed and Jesus spent the day teaching them. The “day was far spent,” evening was coming and the great crowd of people needed to be fed. In Mark chapter 6 and verse 38 Jesus asks the disciples, “How many loaves have ye?”
Jesus was not asking for information, he knew how many loaves they had. Neither was he asking because he could not feed the multitude without their loaves. Jesus wanted those disciples then and all disciples of all ages to know that He is to bless others through them. He wanted them to know, and he wants us to know, that we must be willing to use what we have or give it into his hands that others might be blessed.
The disciples in that far off day did not have enough for themselves, but when they surrendered what they had to Jesus, it increased sufficiently to feed themselves and the multitude with more left than they had at the beginning. It is not how much we have, but how much faith we have in what Jesus can do with what we have.
Jesus says to us, “How many loaves have ye?” We must never say or think “not enough.” When we surrender it all to Jesus, when we commit it to Him, we have more than enough.
It’s something to think about... tbp
Come and join us for Worship
Center Church of Christ
www.centerchurchofchrist.com
February 5, 2026 - Do you have a winning recipe? Enter your favorite chili, gumbo, or soup—or just come hungry! Sample the entries and vote for your favorites on Sunday, February 22, 2026 from 4pm until 5:30pm at First Methodist Church of Center. Awards presentation will be at 6pm.
Additional happening during the cook-off:
- Silent Auction
- Dessert Auction
Entry and Voting:
- Amateur Team Entry Fee: $10
- Ages 13 and up: $5 (includes 5 voting tickets)
- Ages 3–12: $3 (includes 3 voting tickets)
- Under 3: FREE
- Additional voting tickets: $1 each
Bring your appetite, invite a friend, and join us for great food, fellowship, and fun for a great cause!
Team Registration ends Thursday, February 19th. All proceeds benefit Missions and Outreach.
February 14, 2026 - A shared ministry of First Methodist Church and St. John's Episcopal Church will be holding an Annual Pancake Supper on Tuesday, February 17th from 5pm to 6:30pm in the parish hall at First Methodist Church, 211 Porter Street, Center, Texas. Everyone is invited to attend.
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