Churches

First Church, Hurtsboro, will celebrate homecoming Oct. 4, 10:30 a.m., with E.D. “Sonny” Helton. Tommy Helton and Family will provide special music. Gladys Monk LaJambe

Southcrest Church, Bessemer, will hold a gospel singing Oct. 3, 7 p.m., with The McAdams Quartet. The kitchen will open at 6 p.m. Scott Bush

Seale Church will celebrate homecoming Oct. 4, 11 a.m. The Morris Family, of Eufaula, will provide special music. Sunday School will be at 9:45 a.m.

Christian Valley Church, Livingston, in the Coatopa community, will celebrate its first homecoming and 175th anniversary Oct. 11, 11 a.m. Sunday School will be at

Community Church, Maylene, will hold fall revival Oct. 12–14, 7 p.m., with cartoonist Joe McKeever. Frank Jones will lead the music. Bo Brown is pastor.

Ken Letson is the new pastor of The Church at Shelby Crossings, Calera. He has served Woodland Hills Church, Bessemer; South Perimeter Church, Hoover; and

The H.O.L.T. women’s ministry of Holt Church, Tuscaloosa, will hold its 7th annual fall bazaar Oct. 3, 9 a.m.–1 p.m., at the Holt High School

First Church, Tarrant, in Birmingham, will hold revival Oct. 4–7 with Carl Gallups, pastor of Hickory Hammock Church, Milton, Fla. Services will be Sunday at