Church announces
free movie nights
Free Friday Family Movie Nights are being offered by Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church located at 73599 Pleasant Grove Road, Dillonvale.
Movie nights will be Friday, July 20, July 27, Aug. 3, Aug. 10, Aug. 17 and Aug. 31. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the movie beginning at 7 p.m.
"Join us on Friday nights. Bring the whole family and meet us in the church sanctuary for free popcorn and a great family-friendly movie," said the church's pastor, the Rev. Russell Johnston.
For information, call (740) 546-2162.
CWC planning fall card party
The Catholic Women's Club of Triumph of the Cross Parish met for a special June meeting to plan for the fall card party.
It will be held Sept. 16 at the Holy Rosary Church building on Rosemont Avenue, Steubenville.
Admission is $6. The doors will open at 1 p.m. with lunch served at 2 p.m. There will be a Pot of Gold drawing, bingo, table prizes, door prizes and a grand drawing with prizes of $200; $100 and $50.
Holiness Camp meeting scheduled
Peniel Holiness Camp Meeting at Route 18, Conneautville, Pa., begins on July 19 with a 7:30 p.m. concert featuring song evangelist Mark Murphy.
The camp continues until July 29 with services at 10:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Music will include vocalists Amanda Joy Hall and Tab Beechler and the Voice of Truth from Kentucky Mountain Bible College.
Evangelists include Stephen Manley, pastor of Cross Style Church in Tennessee; the Rev. Tim Young, an evangelist in the Nazarene church; and Pastor Greg Comp of the Church of Christ in Conneautville.
Jason Campbell of OMS International will be teaching the children daily from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Teens are invited to stay at camp for 10 days for $75 for those who pre-register by July 13. Registration on camp day is $100. The camp is under the leadership of Adam and Valerie Vanaman of Kentucky Mountain Holiness Association.
Rooms, tents and trailer spaces are available. Meals will be available in the dining hall. The snack bar and book room will be open when services are not in session. The interdenominational camp is open to all. For information or a brochure, call 1 (814) 774-8426. The website is www.penielholinesscamp.com.
Patriotic rosary
set for Tuesday
A "patriotic rosary" open to the public will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph the Worker Parish, 229 California Ave., Weirton.
Inspired by Our Lady of Medjugorje, the patriotic rosary "is a powerful prayer for divine protection and mercy for our country," according to an event spokesperson. Prayer will cover the nation's Capitol, holy fathers, bishops, priests, religious and each state. Patriotic music will be led by Colleen Mindzak.
Light refreshments will be served immediately following prayer.
Men of Destiny
to meet July 14
The Men of Destiny at the House of Faith, 1913 Estelle Ave., Steubenville, will meet at 9 a.m. July 14.
The nondenominational gathering is open to all men.
"Come and see how we can better our relationship with Christ, witness to others, help our neighbors, improve our community and build bonds of friendship with men inside and outside of our church with Christian fellowship," said Ron Boyuk, president.
For information call (740) 264-5070.
P. Hill Baptist
has new pastor
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church at state Route 213, Steubenville, will welcome a new pastor to the pulpit Sunday with the arrival of the Rev. Jay Loucks.
Loucks and his wife, Jo-Ann, and two children are relocating from Cumberland, Ohio, in Noble County.
He replaces the Rev. Tommy Mills, who retired.
They will be welcomed to the church and community at Sunday School at 9:45 a.m., the 11 a.m. Sunday service and the Wednesday and Sunday services at 7 p.m.
Second Baptist to welcome Reeves
The Rev. J. Lamont Reeves, formerly of Weirton, will be returning to Second Baptist Church in Steubenville as guest speaker for the Voices of Second.
The Voices of Second and combined choirs will present Reeves, the son of Jesse and Eileen Reeves and pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Hickory, N.C., at 4 p.m. Sunday.
Reeves is a 1992 graduate of Weir High School, Marshall University and Gardner Webb University of Boiling Springs, N.C. He served as youth minister at First Baptist Church in Lawndale, N.C., answering the call to the ministry in 2000 at Mount Zion Baptist Church. He is the director of graduate admissions at Gardner Webb University. He and his wife, Jeannette Brooks-Reeves, have two children and reside in Lawndale, N.C.
Also featured and ministering at the Sunday service will be the senior choir of Quinn Memorial AME Church and Delores Wiggins, minister of music.
