Church/Association News

Canaan Church, Bessemer, will hold Family Fun Fest May 1. Services will be at 9 and 10:30 a.m. Lunch will follow. There will be games,

Southcrest Church, Bessemer, will host To The End in concert May 7, 7 p.m. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. For information call 205-425-4991.

Friendship Church, Centre, in the Whorton Community, will celebrate its 175th anniversary with homecoming and decoration May 15, 10:30 a.m. Tony Peace will lead the

County Line Church, Camp Hill, will celebrate its 176th anniversary with homecoming May 1, 10:45 a.m. Judson Jones Jr. will speak. County Line Singers will

Tallaweka Church, Tallassee, will hold a National Day of Prayer event May 5, noon. There will be a salad lunch and prayer service. Isaac Kervin

Robinsonville Church, Atmore, will celebrate 109 years of ministry with homecoming May 1, 11 a.m. Phil Johnson will lead the music. Lunch will follow. Mike

Jerry Darnell is the new pastor of Pleasant Valley #2 Church, Collinsville. He and his wife, Wanza, have three children and three grandchildren.