Albany Area Religion Bulletin

CARTER SCHEDULE

President Jimmy Carter is scheduled to teach Sunday school on Sunday at Maranatha Baptist Church, 148 Georgia Highway 45 North in Plains. The Sunday school class starts at 10 a.m. and is preceded by an orientation period at 9 a.m. Seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis. The church building opens at 7:30 a.m. Please note Carter’s schedule is subject to change. Visit the church website at www.mbcplains.org.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Bishop Tremaine O. Alford Sr. and the church membership will culminate Greater Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church’s weeklong celebration of his pastoral anniversary with services tonight and Sunday. The church, located at 115 Forrest St. in Thomasville, will hold services at 7:30 p.m. today and at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Sunday. Theme of the celebration is “God’s man working in the vineyard” (from II Timothy 4:5).

The public is invited to help Evangelistic Tabernacle Family Outreach Center in Vienna celebrate its 39th Founder’s Day tonight and Sunday. The theme of the celebration is “Laboring in Love” (from Hebrews 6:10), and the church’s pastor, Bishop Arthur West, certainly has done that. He, too, will be celebrating his 39th anniversary at Evangelistic Tabernacle, located at 108 Pimento St. in Vienna. Tonight’s service starts at 7:30 p.m., while Sunday worship is at 10 a.m.

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