Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Church Announcements Sunday, March 13, 2011

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1 Church-wide Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Church Announcements Membership Notice: All members are asked to please contact the Church Office as soon as possible if you are planning to enter into the hospital, or if you have a bereavement. City-Wide Prayer Day: A City-Wide Prayer Day, A Day of Prayer and Fasting for our City is scheduled for Saturday, March 26, 2011, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Union Hill Primitive Baptist Church located at 2115 Winchester Road in Huntsville. Serving the City as One: Again, plans are being made for our annual church-wide day of service for the Serving the City as One outreach. Serving the City as One is an annual event to bring the churches of Greater Huntsville and the surrounding communities together to visibly demonstrate the love of Christ through united prayer and a day of serving in the community. The ministries of Union Chapel need every member to get involved. We need you to PRAY, GIVE AND SERVE. You will be asked to make donations and to render your gifts as service in the community. Today is the final day to sign up. Brochures are available today at the Welcome Center or visit Meetings and Workshop Family Life Center Ministry: The Family Life Center Ministry will do a spring cleaning exercise beginning on March 12- March 31, If your ministry has used the Family Life Center to hold an event and left any items in the storage rooms, we encourage you to please collect those items during the Family Life Center s hours of operation. For further information, please contact Sis. Monica Phipps-Stewart. Thank you for your cooperation. Young Women Ministry: The Young Women Ministry will meet on Thursday, March 17, 2011, at 5:30 p.m. in Room 9. All young women ages18 and up are invited to attend this meeting, and are asked to prayerfully consider joining this ministry. We will be finalizing plans for our 2011 activities and will end with a bible study. If you have any questions, please contact Sis. Candice Howell or the Church Office. Tour and Hospitality Ministry: The Union Chapel Tour and Hospitality Ministry will meet on Thursday, March 17, 2011, at 6:00 p.m. Church-wide--Serving the City as One: Union Chapel, we need you to volunteer for one of the many projects of Serving the City--Caring and Sharing Day-- which is also referred to as Yard-Free Day, a project Union Chapel is familiar with and supports very well. We request all Union Chapel members to please bring your new or gently used items which are no longer of use or necessity to your family, to the Church front lawn. Tables will be set up for adult and children's clothes and shoes, accessories, toys, books, household items, furniture, and a host of other miscellaneous items. You may drop off your items as early as 7:00 a.m. on April 2nd. The Yard-Free Day will end at 11:00 a.m. For more information, please contact the Church Office at Singles Conference: Union Chapel M.B. Church will host the National Baptist Congress of Christian Education Fifth Annual Singles Conference beginning Thursday through Saturday, April 7 9, For further information, please see the Church Announcement Board today or contact Sis Barbara Manning at , Sis Dora Davis at or Deacon Richard Showers, Sr..

2 Walter Cade Jr. Workshop: This year s Annual Walter Cade, Jr. Southwest Regional Workshop will be held in Dallas, Texas on Friday through Sunday, July The workshop will provide a significant opportunity for supporting the mission of the National Baptist Laymen through street ministries, biblical teachings, and fellowship. If you plan to attend, please complete and return your Housing form, along with payment no later than Sunday, May 1st. Housing forms are available at the Welcome Center. For further information, please contact Deacon Derrick Williams or Deacon Richard Showers Sr. Youth Department and Travel Union Chapel Christian Academy: Pre-registration for Academy students K5 7 th Grades as well as Summer Camp 2011 registration will begin on Thursday, March 24, 2011, with Open House at 6:00 p.m. Pre-registration will end on Friday, April 1, 2011, with open registration for all other interested parents/students beginning on Monday, April 4, Union Chapel Tutorial Ministry: The Union Chapel Tutorial Ministry meets each Wednesday from 5:30 6:45 p.m. in the Tutorial Room. Tutoring will be offered to students in grades K-12. Please contact Sis. Jenise Showers or the Church Office for further information. Employment and Scholarship Opportunities Job Openings: The Union Chapel M. B. Church has job openings for a Keyboard player and a Bass guitar player. If interested, you may complete an application form in the Church Office during any weekday during regular business hours. Please check the Church Announcement Board today for additional job announcements. Congratulations Congratulations to Deacon Andrew and Sis. Annette Biddle who celebrated their 26 th wedding anniversary on Saturday, March 12, May God continue to bless the Biddle family. How to Contact Us Church unionchapel@unionchapel-hsv.org Website: Announcements: rparksrice@unionchapel-hsv.org

3 Bro. Melvin White Mother Mattie Johnson Mother Carrie Moore Sis. Stella Hartsfield Sis. Corine Sims Sis. Frances Clarke Sis. Evonne Burns Little Miss Kaiya McGhaw Sis. Shilda Fay Cowan Mother Ernestine Sullivan Sis. Patricia Evans Bro. Robert McClammy Minister Willie Golden Sis. Vernina LaShun Taylor Bro. Darrian Fuqua Sis. Janice King Mother Patsy Pope Bro. Donald Webster (Hospitalized) Bro. Garry Scruggs (Hospitalized) Sis. Mattie Underwood (Hospitalized) Sick & Shut-Ins March 13, 2011

4 Condolences Please continue to pray for our bereaved families: Mr. Clarence Blackmon, Jr., the father of Sis. Lisa Blackmon Marchand, passed on Tuesday, March 1, 2011, in Birmingham, Alabama. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, March 8, 2011, at the Cornerstone Full Gospel Baptist Church located at 610 Brooksdale Drive in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The Van Hoose and Steele Funeral Home located at 2615 Stillman Blvd. in Tuscaloosa, Alabama handled the final arrangements. Sis. Lisa Blackmon Marchand and Family Mrs. Laura Lamb Miles, the sister of Bro. Palmer Lamb, passed on Thursday, March 3, 2011, in Columbus, Georgia. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, March 8, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. at the Taylor Funeral Home Chapel located at th Avenue in Phenix City, Alabama Bro. Palmer & Sis. Charlie Lamb and Family Mrs. Annie Mae Roper, the mother of Deacon Willie Douglas, passed on Friday, March 4, 2011, in Huntsville. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, March 8, 2011, at 1:00 p.m. here at Union Chapel M. B. Church. The Nelms-Memorial Funeral Home handled the final arrangements. Deacon Willie Douglas (Diana) and Family Mr. Alfonso Tinsley, the brother of Bro. Horace Weathers and Sis. Shunda Haygood, passed on Friday, March 4, 2011, in Saginaw, Michigan. Funeral services were held on Friday, March 11, 2011, at 12:00 Noon at the Mt. Olive Church located at 1114 North Sixth Avenue in Saginaw, Michigan The Paradise Funeral Home located at 3100 S. Washington Avenue in Saginaw, Michigan handled the final arrangements. Bro. Horace Weathers (Anita) and Family Sis. Shunda Haygood and Family

5 Condolences (Continued) Bro. Carlos Jefferson, the husband of Sis. Monique Jefferson and the son of Bro. Palmer and Sis. Charlie Lamb, passed on Saturday, March 5, 2011, in Huntsville. A Family Visitation was held on Thursday, March 10, 2011, from 11:00-12:00 p.m. at the Nelms-Memorial Funeral Home. Funeral services were held on Friday, March 11, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. at the Concord Missionary Baptist Church located at U.S. Highway 280 East in Salem, Alabama The Nelms- Memorial Funeral handled the final arrangements. Sis. Monique Jefferson and Family Bro. Palmer & Sis. Charlie Lamb and Family Mrs. Biddie P. Battle, the grandmother of Sis. Tammy Douglas, passed on Thursday, March 10, 2011, in Huntsville. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, March 17, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. at the Union Chapel M. B. Church. The Royal Funeral Home will handle the final arrangements. Sis. Tammy Douglas (Marvin) and Family