Church/Association News

New Hope Church, Birmingham, will host Word Conference 2006 Jan. 25–27 at 6 p.m. There will be three classes nightly, each taught using the following

Center Grove Church, Cullman, will host a lay renewal weekend with singing and testimonies from lay people from Alabama and other states Jan. 27–29. The

First Church, Montgomery, is co-sponsoring the third annual AUM Basketball Clinic Jan. 29, 1:30–4:30 p.m., at the AUM gym. The event is a Christian coaching

Northside Church, Selma, will host a gospel singing with Brian Free and Assurance Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. For information call 334-874-8276. Kenny Hatcher is

Riverchase Church, Hoover, will host A Day with George Mason Jan. 31, 9 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Mason, senior pastor of Wilshire Church, Dallas, will lead a

Sunny Home Church, Haleyville, will host a Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Workshop with a representative from Alabama Baptist Children’s Homes & Family Ministries Jan. 28,

John William Ellis IV is the new pastor of First Church, Garden City. Ellis graduated from Southeastern Bible College in Birmingham. He also earned a

Matt Rouse is the new minister of music for First Church, Tuscaloosa, effective Jan. 8. Rouse holds a master of church music from New Orleans