Benton, Evans exchange vows
Rhonda Gail Evans and Joseph
Wendell Benton exchanged wedding
vows at 6 p.m. November 28 at
Myrtle Head Baptist Church, Ash.
The Rev. Charles Smith and the
Rev. Elder Evans, the bride’s uncle,
officiated at the double-ring cand
lelight ceremony. The bride’s wed
ding band belonged to her paternal
grandmother, the late Thelma Long
Evans. Judy Evans of Ash served as
scriptural reader. Music was pro
vided by LeAnne Smith of Conway,
S. C., Sondra Ganus of Ash and
Bobby Gore of Shallotte.
Given in marriage by her parents
and escorted by her father, the bride
wore a formal gown of white bridal
satin. It had a Sabrina neckline of
schiffli lace, a basque bodice and
fitted sleeves accented with pearls
and sequins. The sheath skirt had a
detachable satin cathedral train
trimmed with schiffli lace. The fin
gertip veil was attached to a Juliette
cap accented with pearls and se
quins. The bridal bouquet was a cas
cade of roses, aestromeria. Queen
Anne lace, freesia and ivy.
Joyce Stocks of Shallotte, the
bride’s cousin, was matron of honor.
Bridesmaids were Marlene Evans of
Little River, S. C., the bride’s sister
in-law; Daphne King of Ash; Julie
Phillips of Chapel Hill, the groom’s,
cousin; Beth Spain of Goldsboro
and Amy Stanley of Smithfield.
They were attired in tea-length
dresses of burgundy velvet and
carried cascading bouquets of
aestromeria, rubrum lilies, freesia
and ivy.
Honorary attendants were
Veronica Crowl of Little River,
Jeanette Harrell of Conway and
Delores Inman of Ocean Isle Beach,
the groom’s cousin.
The groom’s father was best man.
Ushers were Brandon Benton and
Jason Benton of Ash and Webb Cox
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MRS. JOSEPH W. BENTON
of Shallotte, cousins of the groom;
Brent Evans of Little River, the
bride’s brother; and Jamie Stanley
of Smithficld.
Laura Beth Merritt of Whileville,
the groom’s cousin, was the flower
girl. Brent Evans, Jr., of Winter
Park, Fla., the bride’s nephew, was
ringbearer.
Baptists present ‘The Song’
The Music Ministry of Southport Baptist Church will share its Christmas
musical "The Song" on Sunday, December 13, at 7 p.m. in the church
sanctuary.
Over 100 voices composed of the church’s adult choir, youth choir and
children’s choir will be singing. Narration for the musical will be spoken
by Mike Reaves and Dorothy Essey. Drama participants include Donna
Potter as "Mary", Barry Knight as "Joseph", Harry Martin and Bill Mont
gomery as "Wise Men".
Soloists include Sheny Montgomery, Mike Kirkland, Cheryl Shew, Mar
sha Huskey, Wyatt Gordon, Tom Huskey, Debbie Evans, Jesse Powell, Jr.,
and Pam Hicks. The musical will be accompanied by Amaretta Prevatte on
the organ and Pam Hicks on the piano. Eddie Hicks, minister of music and
youth at Southport Baptist Church, will direct. The public is invited to at
tend.
‘Visitation’ is sermon topic
"Visitation and Redemption” is the title of the sermon to be delivered by
Dr. W. Murray Page at the Southport Presbyterian Church this Sunday, De
cember 13, during the 11 a.m. worship hour.
The message will have as its text Luke 1:68 and will address the follow
ing concerns:
Why is it so important to be able to hear God? How do we receive the
spiritual power and strength God promises to those who long for change
and renewal? How do we speak to the suffering, despair and darkness of
our world today? Where and what are the signs of hope about us?
Lutherans note Sunday topic
St. Peter Lutheran Church will observe the third Sunday in Advent on
December 13 at the 11 a.m. service with the sermon topic "For Whom Do
You Look?"
Pastor Charles McManus, using the question of John the Baptizer - "Are
you the one to come or do we look for another?" - will use the thesis to
pose the question, "Is this the Christ of my life?"
At the service there will be an order of installation for the Women of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
The Christmas Eve candlelight service of word, light and sacrament will
be held December 24 at 8:30 p.m.
On Saturday, December 12, at 7 p.m. the parish will have an Ad
vent/Christmas sing with fellowship and dessert.
‘Holy Joy’ Methodist sermon
Sunday, December 13, will be observed as the third Sunday in Advent at
Ocean View United Methodist Church in Yaupon Beach.
Pastor Fred Roberts will preach on "Holy Joy" from the prophet Isaiah
35:1-10 at both the 8:30 and 11 a.m. worship services. A nursery will be
provided.
Laura Johnson, the bride’s aunt,
was wedding director. Assisting
were Marsha Benton, the groom’s
aunt, and Tom Malory, the bride’s
uncle.
The newlyweds received their
guests in the church fellowship hall.
Both the bride and groom are 1987
graduates of West Brunswick High
School. The bride is a 1991 graduate
of North Carolina State University.
The groom is a 1992 graduate of the
University of South Carolina
Coastal Carolina College. Both are
seventh grade teachers at South
Brunswick Middle School.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Rifton Gail Evans of Ash.
The groom is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph LeRoy Benton of Ash.
Prenuptial showers were held at
Myrtle Head Baptist Church and
Longwood Baptist Church, hosted
by family and friends. Others in
clude a lingerie shower hosted by
Laura Johnson, the bride’s aunt; a
birdseed party hosted by Veronica
Crowl; and a bridesmaid brunch
hosted by Joyce Stocks.
Marriage licenses
The following people were issued
marriage licenses last week:
Michael Bruce Peer and Sheila B.
Gary.
Robert Charles Luczka and Laura
Jeanine Stone.
Bobby Sherrel Alexander and Hiroka
Kosaka Alexander.
Jeff Lee Hewctt and Paula Carlisle
Babson.
Oliver Camcll Williams and Gaylee
Valerie Clark.
William Harold Caudill and Sarah
Elizabeth King.
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Matt & Margaret Canter
have ministered for the Lorathrough the Word and music
over the past 15 years.
On October 1,1984, while building a church, a freak
accident occurred, causing Matt to become badly injured,
and necessitating a long stay in the hospital. The 20i/2-foot
fall broke almost the entire right side of Matt's body. After
several hours of surgery, the doctor said that there was a
60% chance Matt would never be able to walk again.
God's love is evident as the Canters minister under the
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Come and join us to find out what happened with Matt.
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Church
CAPE FEAR ALLIANCE CHURCH
Highway 133 & 87 (across from B&I)
Gabriel A. Galdo, pastor, 4S7-S665,
Sunday school 9:45 a.m. Sunday wor
ship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.
FIRST APOSTOLIC CHURCH
OF JESUS CHRIST
W. West Street, Southport, Rev. Vernon
D. Kelly, 457-5845. Sunday school
worship service 10 a.m. Sunday evening
service 6:15 p.m.
MIDWAY APOSTOLIC CHURCH
Highway 211, Pastor Betty McKendrie,
457-6802 or 457-5793. Sunday services
10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday service
7:15 p.m.
JOY ASSEMBLY OF GOD
Highway 211, Southport, Pastor John
Nocera, 457-5752. Sunday school 10
a.m., Sunday worship 11 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday service 7 p.m.
BEACH ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH
Long Beach Road, Rev. Ray Webb,
457-0300. Sunday school 9:45 a.m.,
Sunday worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH
Southport, William W. Rice, 457-6126
or 45/-5020. Sunday school 9:45 a.m.,
Sunday worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
.COMMUNITY INDEPENDENT
BAPTIST CHURCH
Highway 87, Pastor Leroy Martin, 253
4800. Sunday school 10 a.m., worship
services 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday
prayer meeting 7:30 p.m.
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH
620 N. Clarendon Avenue, Southport,
Rev. Charles Jacobs, 457-6535 or 655
4545. Sunday school 10 a.m. Second
and fourth Sunday worship 11 a.m.
Wednesday prayer meeting 7 p.m.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
OF BOILING SPRING LAKES
45 Boiling Spring Road, Boiling Spring
Lakes, Avery Lumsdcn, 845-2169 or
845-2313. Sunday worship 11 a.m. and
7 p.m., Wednesday service 7 p.m.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
619 Lord Street, Southport, Rev. Luther
J. Smalls, (803) 650-6480. Sunday .'
school 10 a.m., Sunday worship 11 a.m.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
OF OAK ISLAND
4608 Oak Island Drive, Rev. Doug
Huff, 278-9511. Sunday school 9:45
a.m., worship service 11 a.m., 7 p.m.
Wednesday service 7 p.m.
MILL CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH
Route 2 Box 47, Bolivia, 253-5275.
Rev. Rocky L. Gregory. Sunday school
9:45 a.m., worship services 11 a.m. and
7 p.m. Wednesday prayer service 7 p.m.
Acteens, GA's, RA's, Mission Friends.
SOUTHPORT BAPTIST CHURCH
200 N. Howe Street, Wayne Trexler,
457-6816 or 457-6352. Sunday school
9:45 a.m., worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Wednesday service 7 p.m.
SACRED HEART CATHOLIC
CHURCH
Highway 211/133, Southport. Rev.
Joseph Vetter, 457-6173. Mass daily 9
a.m. Saturday 5 p.m. Sunday 8:30 and
11 a.m. Confessions Saturday 4 p.m.
ST. PHILIP'S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
Moore and Dry streets, Southport. The
Rev. Robert Beasley, 457-5643. Wor
ship services Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 11
a.m. Christian education at 9:45 a.m.
Nursery provided at 9:45 and 11 a.m.
ST. JAMES THE FISHERMAN
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Main Street, Shallotte. The Rev. Dr.
Richard W. Warner, 1-919-754-9313.
Sunday school 9:15 a.m., services Sun
day 8:15 and 10:30 a.m. Wednesday 7
p.m., nursery provided.
SOUTHPORT CHURCH OF GOD
Calhoun Drive, Dale Acres Subdivision,
Rev. Gordon Fowler, 457-5690. Sunday
school 10 a.m., worship 11 a.m. and 6
p.m. Wednesday service 7:30 p.m.
CAPE FEAR CONGREGATIONAL
HOLINESS CHURCH
T. L. Parris, 278-7188. Sunday school
10 a.m., worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Thursday service 7 p.m.
ST. PETER’S EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Highway 211, Pastor Charles R.
McManus, 457-5604 or 457-6234. Sun
day worship 11 a.m., nursery provided.
MT. CARMEL AME CHURCH
507 N. Lord Street, Southport, Rev.
W.T. Ennett, Jr., 457-6582 or 1-919
799-8215. Sunday service 11 a.m. Wed
nesday Bible study 7 p.m.
OCEAN VIEW UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
600 Yaupon Drive, Yaupon Beach,
Rev. Fred Roberts, 278-5973 or 278
5229. Sunday services 8:30 and 11 a.m.
Sunday school 10 a.m. Youth groups,
Sunday evenings.
ST. JAMES AME ZION CHURCH
420 E. West Street, Southport, Rev.
John H. Brown, 457-5420. Sunday
school 9:45 a.m., worship 11 a.m. Com
munity first Sunday, Wednesday prayer "
meeting 7 p.m.
TRINITY UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH -r. . - »
Nash Street and Atlantic Avenue,
Southport, P. D. Midgelt, 457-6633 or
457-6341. Sunday school 9:45 a.m.,
worship 11 a.m. Youth meeting Sunday
6:30 p.m.
LOVE OF CHRIST CHURCH
Highway 17, Bolivia. Pastor Ronnie
Smith, 253-4893. Services 10:30 a.m.
Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
TRINITY TABERNACLE
Highway 87, Mill Creek. Pastor Ron
Capps, 253-5878 or 392-1156. Sunday
School 10 a.m. church service, 11 a.m.
and evening service, 6 p.m.
CHURCH OF THE COMMUNITY
Highway 211 and Oakview Drive,
Southport. Edmond Wong, 457-5324 or
457-5743. Sunday school 10 a.m., wor
ship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday
Bible study 7:30 p.m.
FULL GOSPEL CHURCH
OF JESUS CHRIST
Highway 87, Boiling Spring Lakes.
845-8818. Services 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Sunday and 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Highway 87, Boiling Spring Lakes,
Mervin Nickels, 845-2005 or 845-2296.
Sunday Bible study, 10 a.m., worship
11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday service,
7:30 p.m.
CHRIST BODY MINISTRY
CHURCH
115 S. Howe St., Southport, Rev. John
F. Watkins, 457-6454. A local New
Testament Bible believing church. Sun
day worship, 11 a.m. Wednesday Bible
study 7:30 p.m.
CHURCH OF GOD PROPHECY
Winnabow, N.C., Steve Crews, 253
4706, Sunday school 10 a.m. Worship
11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Young people
Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
SOUTHPORT PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Stuart and Moore Streets, Southport,
Dr. W. Murray Page, 457-6811 or 457
4923, Sunday school 9:30 a.m., Sunday
worship 11 a.m.
OAK ISLAND PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
1503 E. Oak Island Drive, Long Beach,
Rev. Richard L. De Priter, 278-9741 or
278-4484, Sunday school 9:15 a.m.,
Sunday worship 10:15 a.m.
We encourage you
to attend your chosen
house of worship.
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Hwy. 17, Shallotte
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