Churches

Eastern Valley Church, Bessemer, will celebrate its 79th homecoming Aug. 19, 11 a.m. Virgil Mulkin will speak. Lunch will follow and Uplifted will sing at

Chris McCaghren is the new minister of youth evangelism for Bluff Park Church, Hoover. He holds a bachelor of arts in communication studies and classics

Clayton Speed is the new minister of administration and young adults for First Church, Trussville. He comes to the church from Commercial Printing in Birmingham,

Members and friends of the former Belcher Memorial Church, West End, will celebrate their annual homecoming Aug. 18, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., at Eastern Valley Community

Mulga Church will hold a Southern Praise Celebration Aug. 18, 6 p.m, with Steel City Quartet and Refuge Trio. The concession stand will open at

Sardis Church, Rockford, will hold revival Aug. 17–19 with Larry Felkins, director of missions for Chilton Association, as guest speaker. Dennis Sanford of Ray Church,

Women on Mission, the WMU council of Coffee Association, will sponsor prayer walks for all Enterprise city schools, Coffee County schools and Elba city schools

Conecuh Association will hold its annual evangelism rally at Evergreen Church Aug. 27, 7 p.m., with Evangelist Perry Neal. Royce Dubose is evangelism director. Joey