BESSEMER
Canaan Church, Bessemer, will hold its bicentennial celebration Sept. 9 with services at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Dennis Swanberg will be the guest speaker and Rick Lance, executive director of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions, will share. Morgan Bailey is pastor.
Canaan Church to hold its bicentennial celebration
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