Submitted by
Jessica Snider, SMT Writer
Dexter, MO- Today was the start of Friendship Baptist's Spring Revival. The first Revival Service was held at the church this morning at 10:45 A.M.
Special guests for the revival are Steve and Christy Bradford and Mark and Kimmy LaRue. Steve and Mark are serving as the revival team. Steve leads the worship, while Mark will be doing the preaching throughout the rest of the Spring Revival services.
Steve Bradford is the associate pastor and director of music and youth at the First Baptist Church in Portageville, MO. Mark LaRue is the pastor of Riverview Baptist Church in Savannah, Tennessee.
For tonight's service, Steve will be bringing his youth group to present several skits. After the service, a church-wide fellowship supper will be held.
Friendship Baptist Church would like to invite everyone who is able to come to come out and enjoy the 2013 Spring Revival services.
Tonight's revival service will begin at 6:00 P.M. The Spring Revival services will continue through Wednesday night; after tonight, all services will begin at 7:00 P.M.
Friendship Baptist Church is located at 13437 Plaza Heights Dr., Dexter, MO.
Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Writer
Dexter, Missouri – The First Baptist Church in Dexter, Missouri will be hosting an Auction for Missions on Saturday, February 16th at 10:00 a.m. in the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. Doors will open at 8:00 a.m.
Concession stand will be available for those wanting to quench their thirst with soda and enjoy a hotdog or popcorn while they bid!
All proceeds from the auction go to help defray the cost for individuals going on mission trips planned for 2013. They are taking a Family Mission trip to Cumberland, Kentucky on July 27th through August 3rd to help Club 180 Ministries (a ministry of North American Mission Board). The church’s members will conduct a day camp for children and complete some building repair on their mission building.
That same week they will another group traveling to Nicaragua to build houses for the needy with Project Hope.The First Baptist Church is also planning a mission trip to Romania to conduct sports camps and work with youth. They have also had a group travel to Belarus every year to teach English classes and share the gospel.
What magnificent work the Church is sponsoring. Anyone wishing to donate to the auction may drop off items on Thursday, February 14th and Friday, February 15th from noon – 8:00 p.m. Please take items to the side doors on Walnut Street, the Fellowship Hall. If you are physically unable to deliver the items, they do have a small pick-up team on Thursday from 4 - 8 p.m. Please contact the church for assistance.
Furniture, antiques, quilts, tools, jewelry, decorations, glassware, any items of value except clothing will be accepted for auction. It’s time to clean out those storage closets and garages and help the missions! It is truly a worthy cause to support these folks in their efforts in the U.S. and around the world.
Dee Loflin, SMT Writer
While everyone will be thinking abut snacks, soda, chips & cheese, foot long sandwiches and chex mix to party with during the big game, remember there are those who need our help. They may not have enough food to put on their table each day let alone have a nice big party of snack foods. So clean out your soup pantry and bring your dry goods and cans to church with you this Sunday.
Items collected will be donated to the Stoddard County Mission. The Church's goal is 300 items.
There will also be a bucket for monetary donations.
You don't have to be a church member to donate, just stop by and drop-off your donations. They welcome everyone! The church is located at 704 West Missouri St. in Bloomfield.
Check out the Trinity United Methodist Church Facebook page for more information about their food drive and other great charitable events.
Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Writer
Dexter, Missouri - It's that time of the year when the weather is somewhat cold and you want nothing more than a nice bowl of delicious chicken and dumplings.
The First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) will have a Chicken & Dumpling lunch on Friday, February 1, 2013.
Chicken & dumplings, vegetables, dessert and a drink will be served between the hours of 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the Disciple Center.
The First Christian Church is located at 224 E. Stoddard St. in Dexter.
Rev. Michael Williams invites anyone and everyone to stop by for a bowl and tasty homemade desserts.
Tickets may be purchased at the door. Price is $7.00
All proceeds for this event will go toward the Building Fund.
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A Dexter church choir will present a special evening of uplifting, heart-warming music in concert next month – music of praise to God and to help a young boy fighting a valiant battle.
The Chancel Choir of the Dexter First United Methodist Church will present “With A Voice of Praise” – an evening of singing and praise. The concert will be held at 6 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 24 at the church on South Walnut Street in Dexter.
According to church music director MaryRuth Boone, the evening of music fulfills two purposes the choir hopes to achieve in this special evening of music.
“We learn in the Old Testament that we are to sing praises to God,” Boone said. She said the psalmist wrote in the 47th chapter in the Book of Psalms ‘Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises.’ This evening of music is being planned to carry out for that purpose.”
The concert program will include selections from the Chancel Choir of the church. Boone noted that the choir is a unique and talented ensemble – with members young and not-so-young; members who have joined the fellowship in recent months and members who have been a part of the choir for decades.
“This is a wonderful, talented, dedicated group of people who love the Lord, love music, and love our community,” she said. The evening will also include performances by vocal soloists and a rousing piano performance.
Boone said a “love offering” will be collected during the concert to help a young boy with community and church ties.
Young Drew Albritton has been fighting ganglioneuroblastoma, a rare form of childhood cancer. Drew is the 3-year-old son of Mike and Elizabeth (Carrol) Albritton who live in the Greater St. Louis area, where both are teachers. Drew is a patient at Children’s Hospital in St. Louis.
Elizabeth is the daughter of Carolyn and Dean Carroll of Dexter and is a Dexter native. The Carrolls are members of the First United Methodist Church, and Elizabeth and her brother Clay grew up in the church, were active members of the church Sunday School and youth programs, were acolytes, and sang in the Chancel Choir as teens. Elizabeth is a graduate of Dexter High School.
Since his diagnosis of cancer this summer, Drew has undergone several rounds of chemotherapy with more in his future, a major surgery, and a stem cell transplant, radiation, immunotherapy, and extensive physical therapy are all a part of the young boy’s future, Boone said.
“The choir members wanted to do something to reach out and help the Albrittons during this time,” Boone said. “This evening of music is an opportunity for the choir – and the community – to show our love and support, and to let them know we love them, and are thinking and praying for them every day.”
The public is invited to the Feb. 24 evening of music, “With A Voice of Praise.” The evening will begin at 6 p.m. and admission is free, but the “love offering” for young Drew will be accepted.
A special reception hosted by the FUMC Agape Circle will follow the concert in Wesley Hall on the church campus.
Photo courtesy of Andrew Cato
