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April 16, 2025 - Shelby County Gospel Crusade hosted by the churches of Shelby County Missionary Baptist Association is bringing Dr. Roger Copeland to the John D. Windham Civic Center starting Wednesday, April 16, 2025. The three-day crusade is at 7pm nightly Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday!
The evangelist will be Dr. Roger Copeland from Texarkana, Arkansas. There will be special music nightly. On Wednesday evening, worship music will be led by the TMBC Praise Team. Thursday's music will be provided by the Calvary Boys, and Friday's music will feature the Smith Family of East Texas. The public is invited to come and hear Spirit-led preaching and singing each night.
The Windham Civic Center is located at 146 Express Blvd, Center, Texas 75935. For more information, call 903-692-0716 or 936-591-2551.
April 16, 2025 - Saint John's Episcopal Church will have Good Friday services at 12 noon on Friday, April 18 and Easter services at 9am on Sunday, April 20. Everyone is invited to attend. We are located on 96S just past Southview Circle on left on the hill.
April 15, 2025 - Join First Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ in Center on Sunday, April 20 at 10am! Enjoy an Easter egg hunt, a candy rain, and pot luck following the service!
First Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ is located at 480 FM 2026, Center, Texas 75935. For more information, call 936-598-4276! Hope you can come worship with us, see you Sunday!
April 15, 2025 - Center Christian Church invites everyone to attend Easter Sunday, April 20, with service starting at 10:45am. The church is located at 1215 Woodlawn Drive, Center, Texas 75935. Please join us not only for Easter but any Sunday at 10:45am.
April 15, 2025 - Pleasant Grove MBC will hold a Drive-Thru Prayer event on May 3, 2025, at the NAPA Auto Parts parking lot in Center, Texas from 11am-1pm. This event is open to all community members seeking prayer, support, or simply a moment of reflection. Church members will be available to offer individual prayers for those who drive through. The power of prayer is real, and if you are burdened or just need some prayer, you are welcome to drive by and see us!
"The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective." James 5:16 (NIV).
This event aims to provide a convenient and accessible way for individuals to receive prayer and experience the power of community support. All are welcome to participate.
If you are looking for a small Church to call home, visit Pleasant Grove MBC. We would love to have you.
March 31, 2025 - First Baptist Church of Center is hosting an Easter Block Party on Saturday, April 19 from 11am until 1pm at Portacool Park!
There will be bounce houses, food, fun family games, and an Easter Egg Hunt!
April 10, 2025 - The Women’s Ministry of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church will be hosting their Annual Women’s Day Conference on Saturday, April 12th, at 10am.
The theme is Bloom Where You are Planted. Guest speakers are Minister Evette Netherly of Bennet Chapel, Evangelist Marilyn Thompson of Goodwill Baptist Church and Sister Janet Jackson of Mt. Sinai Baptist Church.
April 10, 2025 - New Life Church is hosting an Easter Family Experience: Color Edition on Saturday, April 19, 2025 from 2pm until 4pm. Come experience the reason for the season — in COLOR! Bring the whole family and celebrate Easter like never before with: A live donkey, Music ministry, Jump house, Snow cones and cotton candy, and SO much more!
This is a FREE event for all ages, and we can't wait to see you there!
April 10, 2025 - I can remember as a boy, watching the potter at work at the wheel at the old Marshall Pottery. I would stand mesmerized by the skill with which he would throw a lump of clay on the wheel and mold it into a work of art. They made many beautiful pieces of pottery in those days. They made pitchers, butter churns, strawberry pots, pickling crocks among other items. But they also made just plain, red clay flower pots.
It is the red clay flower pot I envision when I read what Paul wrote in II Corinthians 4:7. He said, “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us.” You and I are in that passage of scripture. We are the plain, red clay pots they made so many of at the pottery. Those red clay pots were nothing spectacular. They were only vessels in which to plant flowers, perhaps a beautiful lily or a magnificent hydrangea or some other flower of God’s creation. With a beautiful flower in the pot, you focused on the beauty of the flower, not the vessel.
We are often easily fooled by containers. Cheap jewelry can often be found in elaborate boxes while expensive perfume may be in a plain bottle. The splendor of God can best be seen in plain settings. We must take ourselves out of the center of the stage so others can focus on the beauty of God. We are just plain, red clay pots.
It’s something to think about... tbp
Come join us for worship at Center Church of Christ or online at www.centerchurchofchrist.com.
April 9, 2025 - The Annual Buckner and Extended Family Reunion is Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 12 noon in the Fellowship Hall of Clever Creek Baptist Church, 199 CR 1042 at FM 417 West, Center, Texas 75935. For more information, contact Brandon Buckner at 409-656-6949.
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