Associations

Grant Street Church, Bessemer, will celebrate homecoming Aug. 6. Activities will include Sunday School at 9:45 a.m.; worship at 11 a.m., followed by lunch; and

Fifth Avenue Church, Decatur, will celebrate its 50th anniversary July 30. Activities will include a fellowship time to view church memorabilia at 10 a.m., worship

Jess W. Tenpenny Jr. is the new pastor of Brewster Road Church, Birmingham. Tenpenny served as associate pastor of Brewster Road more than 25 years

Westside Church, Warrior, will host a fifth Sunday singing, featuring The Tommy Watwood Family, July 30. Lunch will follow the 10:30 a.m. worship service, and

Deerfoot Church, Trussville, will host a Sunday School emphasis Aug. 6. Barry Campbell, LifeWay Christian Resource’s director of church consultants for the Eastern region, will

First Church, Montevallo, will celebrate its 150th anniversary and homecoming Aug. 6 at 10:30 a.m. Dove Edwards, former interim pastor, will speak, and Glenda Blackshear,

Lake Highland Church, East Lake, will host Squire Parsons in concert July 29 at 6 p.m. For information call Pastor Ken Daniel at 205-664-3708.

William R. Cannon is the new pastor of Farmville Church, Auburn, effective Aug. 6. Cannon comes to Farmville from Siloam Church, Marion, where he served