Religion

For Heaven's Sake trio to sing Sunday at Farina's First Southern Baptist Church

For Heaven's Sake, a Southern gospel music trio from Southern Illinois, will be appearing in concert at First Southern Baptist Church in Farina this Sunday at 6 p.m.
The trio is comprised of John and Judy Roberts, co-hosts of the Southern Illinois Homecoming Gospel Choir for the past 15 years, and Cheryl Harre, a featured soloist with the Homecoming Gospel Choir, also for the past 15 years.

This year's Lenten Luncheon series has begun. The six-event program began on Wednesday, March 12 and concludes on Wednesday, April 16.
The luncheons are held at noon on every Wednesday during Lent, with a different host church and a different speaker each week.
Week one was held on March 12 at First Christian Church. The speaker was Keith Merritt, youth pastor at Northside Christian Church.

The season of Lent is upon us.  It consists of days during which Christians study the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ.
During the Passion of Christ, he was tempted by Satan. Matthew’s gospel states, in chapter 4, verse 10, that Jesus faced Satan and said to him, “Be gone, Satan, for it is written, 'For the Lord you shall worship and you shall serve him only.'"

By Charlene M. Jett
At last we are back to a semblance of normal, thank you, God. After a most difficult and cold winter, we had another successful Evergreen Outreach meeting on Monday.  And I’m 99 percent over my cold. Yea for  sunshine and warm weather!
The Rev. Jim Fackler and his infamous, gold-plated joke book was our leader. We missed Donna Smith and her husband, so we had to sing our special meeting songs a-capella. Not really a good ring to the ears, but a good message to the heart.