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Corinth Church, Elrod, will hold its monthly singing Jan. 24, 5 p.m., with Joe Brown and his group. Shawn Odell is pastor.
Calvary Heights Church, Alexander City, will have special music with Seretha Sprayberry and guitarist Pete Hosey Jan. 31, 11 a.m. Lunch will follow. Jeff Freeman
First Church, Montevallo, will hold winter Bible study Jan. 24–27, 6:30 nightly, with Jerry Batson. Terry Sutton is pastor.
Thomas Perkins, pastor of Glenn’s Chapel Church, Gardendale, will celebrate 59 years in the gospel ministry Jan. 31, 11 a.m. Lunch will follow at noon.
Hunter Station Church, Montgomery, will hold a gospel singing Feb. 6, 6 p.m., with The Larch Family, of Wetumpka, The Morris Family, of Eufaula, and
Catoma Church, Montgomery, will host Harlan Burton in concert Jan. 31, 5:30 p.m. For information call 334-265-2881. Mike Stephens is pastor.
Thomas E. Hicks, pastor of discipleship for Morningview Church, Montgomery, graduated from Southern Seminary in Louisville, Ky., with a doctor of philosophy. Shawn Merithew is
