Editor’s note: Items for Religion Briefs should be submitted, typed or printed, to The Meridian Star by noon the Monday before publication. Please do not call in announcements.
To mail, send to P.O. Box 1591, Meridian, MS 39302. Fax to (601) 485-1275. E-mail to blockridge@themeridianstar.com. Photos may also accompany information when space allows. For information, call (601) 693-1551, ext. 3229.
FYI
• First Union Missionary Baptist Church will have a prayer line available for those in need, (601) 553-8336.
• SHARE Ministries for women meet the second Monday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at The Gathering Place (Formerly Montana's). For more information visit: www.myspace.com/shareministries
• SHUBUTA — Prayer meeting will be held each Wednesday at noon at Son Light Ministries Outreach/Training Center, 549 East St. For more information, call (601) 687-5135.
• Peace Tabernacle Revival Center will have Prayer Meetings, 10 a.m. on Tuesdays. 1609 Tommy Webb Drive.
Coming up
• Good News Jail & Prison Ministry presents More Than Just Desserts at the Meridian District Office of the United Methodist Church on Oct. 9th at 6:30p.m.
• LITTLE ROCK - Hopewell Baptist Church members will be holding their annual building fund fall fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008. Activities will include Squealers barbecue dinner plates, bake sale, and an auction. Be sure to purchase your barbecue tickets in advance and pick up at 11 a.m, Saturday, along with any of the bake sale items, The auction is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. The church is located just off Hwy 494 in Little Rock. For more info call 601-986-2468.
• Clinton Mills will be in concert at Bethany Baptist Church on Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. The concert is free, however a free will offering will be taken up.
• WOW Jam a Christian concert/party at Ben Arthur Park on Oct. 15. There will be food, games, music, drama, and prizes at the event. If you are interested in being a volunteer or for more information about WOW JAM Meridian call (601) 737-2904.
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Oil Prices
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices continued their two-week slide on Wednesday after a government report showed demand for crude products dropped even further from the weak levels of a year ago when the recession's grip on the economy was strongest.
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God's Encounter With Man
Retired Pastor Thomas Wood wrote a book about a divine encounter with God. That was back in 1976, and at the time, Wood says he was unable to find a publisher.
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Religion News
You can submit your religion briefs to blockridge@themeridianstar.com. The briefs are published every Saturday, and must be received every Monday by 5 p.m. in order to be published that Saturday. You may also fax briefs to (601) 485-1275.
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We apologize
I had a conversation with a friend the other day. They recounted an experience they had where a driver cut them off, then gave them "hand signals."
- Being missions minded The earthquake in Haiti has turned a lot of people to those in need, but there are some who still feel like Americans should put forth more effort in aiding those in need.
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For Haiti
- Whose mission? The great theologian Paul Hewson once said "I had a mentor that once told me that I should stop praying for God to bless all the things I was involved in and find out what God was doing.
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