CHURCH ACTIVITIES
Many Area Chuches Plan Special Easier Services
Calvary Baptist
The adult choir of Calvary Baptist
Church will present "The Wonder of
it All," an Easter musical by Joe E.
Parks, during the 11 a.m. worship
hour. The church is located on
Village Point Road in Shallottc.
St. Brendan's Catholic
St. Brendan's Catholic Church
will hold its Easter Vigil Mass
Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Sunday
Masses will be celebrated at 8 a.m.,
10:15 a.m. and 12 noon.
The church is located on U.S. 17,
approximately two miles south of
Shallottc.
Camp Methodist
Several special Holy Week ser
vices arc planned at Camp United
Methodist Church. The Maundy
Thursday service, which commemo
rates the Last Supper, will be held
today (Thursday) at 7 p.m.
The Good Friday service will be
held at 7 p.m. Friday.
The celebration of Easter contin
ues during the 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.
services Sunday, and with the con
gregation decorating ihc cross out
side the church with flowers as a
symbol of the resurrection.
A nursery will be provided during
the wecknight services.
Ocean View PFB
Ocean View Pentecostal Freewill
Baptist Church will hold spccial
Easter services Sunday at 11 a.m.,
commemorating the basis of the
Christian faith, the resumption of
Jesus from the dead.
A series of Holy Week services at
the church have traced the final
week of the ministry of Jesus on
earth, with participauon Irom other
churches in the community. Each
service begins at 7:30 p.m. and is
being led by a different church.
For more information contact
Dwarka Ramphal, pastor, at 754
2506.
Seaside Methodist
Maundy Thursday will be ob
served today (Thursday) with a 7
p.m. service of music and Holy
Communion. The adult choir with
Janet Saunders as narrator will pre
sent sections of the cantata, "Lamb
of Promise."
The Good Friday Tcncbrae ser
vice of darkness will begin at 7 p.m.
Members of the congregation will
read appropriate selections as the
sanctuary is darkened and the choir
will sing, "No Sacrifice Too Great."
An Easter sunrise service will be
gin at 6:45 a.m. after doughnuts and
coffee are served at 6:30 a.m.
Identical 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. ser
vices are planned, with the adult
choir singing "Jesus is Risen," the
Tone Chimes accompanying the call
to worship and Camille Yorkey
Edwards, pastor, preaching. Jackie
Bridges and Marjoric Crissman will
play an organ-piano duct for the of
fertory, an arrangement of Handel's
"Hallelujah Chorus."
Holden Beach Chapel
The Holden Beach Chapel will
hold its first Maundy Thursday ser
vice today at 8 p.m., led by the pas
tor of the week. The Rev. Dr.
William Smith Jr. of Greensboro.
Smith will also lead services at
9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday at the
chapel, which is located on
Rothschild Street across from the
town hall.
Brunswick Islands Bapt.
The Brunswick Islands Baptist
Church will hold an ecumenical sun
rise service at 6 a.m. Easter at the
Holden Beach Pier.
Participants arc asked to bring
their own lawn chair.
The message will be brought by
the Rev. Jack Hancox. pastor, with
spccial music by the Brunswick
Islands Baptist Church Choir and by
the Missionaircs gospel group.
ColTcc and doughnuts will be
served after the service.
The South Brunswick Interchurch
Council is encouraging member
churches to support this ecumenical
service unless they have an early
service of their own.
Ocean Isle Chapel
At Ocean Isle Beach, the Rev.
Mike Shrcve, an evangelist from
Cleveland, Tcnn., will lead an 8:30
a.m. service on the strand and the 11
a.m. worship scrvice in the Ocean
Isle Beach Chapel near the town hall.
Shallotte Presbyterian
One mile west of the pier between
the Duneside and Driftwood beach
accesses, Shallotte Presbyterian
Church will sponsor the 8:30 a.m.
service it has held on the Ocean Isle
Beach strand for more than 20 years.
The Rev. Dr. Lester Dattler will lead
the service.
St. James Episcopal
St. James The Fishermen Epis
copal Church holds its Easter Vigil
scrvice at 5:30 a.m. Sunday at Gause
Landing, where the church has its
origins. Vans will provide trans
portation from the old 1GA store
parking lot at Ocean Isle, with a pro
cessional planned from the landing
up to the Piggott properly where the
first church was located, returning to
the church in Shallotte after the ser
vice.
At 2:30 p.m. the church will cele
brate completion of its new worship
facility with a service of consecra
tion led by the diocescean bishop.
Calabash Presbyterian
At Sunset Beach, Calabash
Presbyterian Church will conduct an
8 a.m. scrvice on the strand to the
VILLAGE POINTE
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
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Sunday School 10:00 AM
Worship Service 1 1:00 AM
Sunday Evening 6:00 PM
Wed. Bible Study 7:00 PM
Come and worship the Lord with us.
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Calabash
Presbyterian Church
Sunday Worship Service
9:30 AM
Church School For All Ages
10:45
Easter Sunday Service
8 am on Sunset Beach
Old Georgetown Road
(919)579 7356
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April 8, 7:30 PM, Maundy Thursday-Tennebrae Service and Communion
April 9, 7:30 PM, Good Friday-A Drama, 'The Two Soldiers"
April 11, 6:00 AM-Easter Sunrise Service at Holden Beach Pier
8:30 AM-Praise Service, Informal at the Church
10:00 AM-Sunday School
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cast of the pier, with the Rev. Dr.
Francis M. Womack Jr. leading the
scrvice.
First Baptist, BSL
Finn Baptist Church of Boiling
Spring Lakes will hold a sunrise ser
vice at Pine Lake at 6:46 a.m., mov
ing to the church in the event of rain.
After the service breakfast will be
served in the church fellowship hall.
During the 11 a.m. scrvice, the
choir will present a cantata depicting
the life of Christ, "Jesus of Naza
reth," written by Vann Trapp and
Tom Fettkc.
The church is loeated at 45
Boiling Spring Road.
Village Point UMC
The choir of Village Point United
Methodist Church will present
"Miraclcs," an Easter program cele
brating the miracle of Christ's resur
rection, during the 11 a.m. worship
service Easter Sunday.
Aiso Sunday, the church will hold
a sunrise service at 6:30 p.m.
On Saturday, April 10, an Easter
egg hunt is planned at 2 p.m.
The church is located on Village
Point Road south of Shallottc.
Oak Grove Baptist
Oak Grove Baptist Church will
present an Easter drama, "Day
break," Saturday, April 10, at 7 p.m.
at the church on Holdcn Beach
Road.
Drama '\ Am' Set
The music and drama ministries
of Southport Baptist Church will
share the Easter musical drama "1
Am" April 8 and 9 and at 7 p.m. in
the church sanctuary.
Through drama and music the tri
umphal entry. Last Supper, prayer in
the garden, arrest and betrayal, cru
cifixion, resurrection and ascension
of Jesus Christ will be relieved.
The church's 50-mcmbcr adult
choir, accompanied by organist
Amarctla Prcvattc and pianist Pam
Hicks, will provide the music, under
the direction of Eddie Hicks, minister
of music and youth. Soloists include
Debbie Evans, Marsha Huskcy, Tom
Huskey and Pam Wells.
The drama is directed by Kathy
Hoi brook, who also portrays Mary.
Jesus is portrayed by Jerry Up
church. Other drama participants in
clude Luther Dishman as John, Bill
Montgomery as Peter, Tommy
Cochran as Judas Iscariot, Diane
Proctor as the cripplcd woman,
Mark Southerland and Clarence
Sykcs as Roman soldiers.
Terry Pierce will be the sound
technician. Robert Princc and JcIT
Johnson will provide lighting.
Scenery is provided by Ed and
Francos Allen. Costuming has been
led by Janice Holdcn.
The public is invited to attend.
Sunrise Service
Shallotte First Baptist Church will
hold a sunrise worship service at
6:30 Easter morning on the front
lawn of the church.
Breakfast will follow the service.
Hannah Will Speak
Jerry Hannah of Faycttcvillc will
be the guest speaker for banquet
sponsored by Full Gospel Business
Men Fellowship International at
Family House Restaurant, Main
Street, Shallotte, on Friday, April 9,
at 7 p.m.
Hannah, a former career member
of the U.S. Air Force, has a bachelor
of theology degree from Jackson
ville Theological Seminary in
Jacksonville, Fla. The Alabama na
tive ministers through music and
through what a news release termed
"an inspiring and humorous testimo
ny" relating how he learned to trust
God totally.
The dinner meeting is open to
both men and women.
Lunar New Year Marked
The Buddhist Assocition of North
Carolina will observe Songkran
Sunday, April 11, an opportunity to
"make religious merit" in celebra
tion of the beginning of the lunar
New Year. This is a time when chil
dren perform religious ceremonies
in remembrance of deceased ances
tors as well as elders still living.
Construction has begun of the
temple's multipurpose building, and
this year's celebration of the
Songkran festival will support that
construction effort, said a news re
lease from the monastery.
The celebration begins at 9:45
a.m. and continues into the after
noon, with a ceremonial parade and
presentation of gifts, sharing of a
meal and the monks' sermon to the
faithful, "Veneration of our elders."
Watson Is Speaker
Gloria Watson of Longwood will
be the guest speaker for the April
meeting of the Shallotte Women's
Aglow Fellowship.
The meeting will be held Sat
urday, April 10, at Lockwood Folly
Community Building, Sianbury
Road, Supply. The meeting begins at
10 a.m. with refreshments served
starling at 9:30 a.m.
Mrs. Watson and her husband,
Morris, arc natives of Longwood
who have lived away for many
years. The children and Mrs. WaLson
have returned to Longwood while
Morris is stationed with the U.S.
Army in Germany. Mrs. Watson is a
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Services Begin
A week of revival services begins
Easter Sunday at Ash Church and
continues at 7:30 p.m. daily through
Saturday. April 17.
The Rev. Samuel Lewis will be
the evangelist for the services. The
church is located on Church Trail
Road in Ash.
Bake Sale Set
The Ladies Guild of Our Lady
Star of the Sea Catholic Church,
North Myrtle Beach, SC., will hold
its annual bake sale Easter Saturday
and Sunday, with proceeds to sup
port Mercy Hospice of Horry
County, S.C.
Sale hours arc before and after the
Vigil Mass Saturday and Easter
Sunday before and after the 7 a.m.,
8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 12 noon
Masses at the church on 8th Avenue,
and before and after the 9 a.m. and
11 a.m. Masses at the Community
Center in North Myrtle Beach.
Revival Begins Sunday
Revival services at Dixon Chapel
United Methodist Church at
Varnamtown begin Easter Sunday
and continue at 7:30 p.m. each day
through Thursday, April 15, with a
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United Methodist Church
8:00 AM Worship Senice
9:00 AM Christian Education Hour
9:30-10:00 AM Fellowship Tin*
10:00 AM Worship Service
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variety of United Methodist minis
ters speaking. Special music is
planned each night.
Speaker; arc as follows, the Rev.
George Spcakc, Camp UMC, Shal
otte; Sunday and Monday, which is
Family Night for members of the
church; the Rev. Earl Smith, Wilm
ington, Tuesday; the Rev. Robert
Bergland, Elizabclhtown UMC,
Wednesday, which is Youth Night;
and the Rev. Gerald Massey, Caro
lina Beach UMC, Thursday.
A covered dish supper will he
held at 6 p.m. Thursday before the
last sen-ice in the series.
Has Meeting Place
South Brunswick Islands
Assembly of God is meeting regu
larly now at 5850 Beach Drive near
the Ocean Isle Beach Airport.
Services arc held at 10:30 a.m.
each Sunday and 7 p.m. Wednes
days, said Glcnda Barefoot.
The Rev. Randall Rogers of
Dunn, secretary and treasurer of the
North Carolina District Assemblies
of God, will be the guest speaker
Sunday.
For more information about the
new church effort contact Barefoot
at 754-5454.
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St. Luke
Lutheran Church
Worship Scrvice Sunday, 1 ():(K) A.M.
Sunday School al 9:00 a.m.
Meeting In Shallollc Middle School
754-7816
Pastor Donald R. Safrit
(Casual Dress)
HE IS
RISEN
"Christ Is Risen!" And once again
on Easter Morn, the miracle of His
resurrection brings joy and inspiration,
as we gather together in the house of the
Lord, with our families and friends...to
worship, to rejoice, to give thanks for His
gift of life everlasting. May this
Eastertide bless each of us with infinite
trust in the goodness of life, hope for the
future and faith in the spiritual truths
that sustain us.
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