Congregation

Rev. Fred Harris and congregation of the Bethel AME Church, Boneyville will be the afternoon guests at the Jacob's Chapel AME Church, Turnersville June 22 on behalf of it's annual homecoming and basket dinner. Rev. Cecil Napier is the pastor. Rev. Stuart Peoples and congregation of the Broadway Baptist Church, Lexington, will be the guests at the Pleasant Valley Church, Boones Creek, June 22 at 3 p.m. on behalf of "Women's Day. " Elder Joseph Shea Brown is the pastor. Vacation Bible School will be held at the Bethel AME Church, Boneyville June 23-27 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. each day. Rev. Fred Harris is the pastor.

HARRODSBURG - Albert Mueller was wearing a pair of jeans but he wasn't sporting spurs, chaps, boots or a 10-gallon hat. In other words, he didn't look like a cowboy. Let the record show that Mueller isn't a cowboy but he is head of a board that oversees Harrodsburg's newest church - the Commonwealth Cowboy Church. And while he doesn't herd cattle, he does ride horses. And his love of horses - and concern for the spiritual lives of others who share his equine passion - is behind the rather whimsical name of the new church.

Winchester's 22nd annual community Christian Unity March and Good Friday worship service will be observed March 21. The event, sponsored by the Winchester/Clark County Association of Churches to commemorate the crucifixion and atonement of Jesus, will begin with the march at 11:30 a.m., at the main office of Winchester Municipal Utilities, 150 N. Main St. The marchers will proceed south on Main Street, turn right onto Lexington Avenue and...

YOSEMITE - A dedication of the newly built Green River Christian Church on Ky. 70 East will be 11 a.m. Sunday, with the Rev. Greg Powell, pastor of Mount Olive Christian Church, bringing the message. "We're really pleased to get in the new building," said Billy Jean Judd, a long-time member who takes care of the church business. "Sunday will be our first service in the new church. " An open house is planned later when the landscape work is completed, she said. Services have been held in the parsonage since December 2006 when the project began, she said.

There was an obvious void in the congregation of Stanford Christian Church Sunday. The pew occupied for years by Leroy Boone Sr., his wife, Nancy, and son, Leroy Jr., was vacant of any family members at the morning worship service. Boone lost his battle with cancer Saturday at his home. Few words were spoken of Boone's passing during the service; instead, the congregation decided to help fill the void by doing what Stanford Christian Church's "music man" loved most - raising their voices in song.

Community Missionary Church, located at 702 E. Main St. in Wilmore, has a rich history in Jessamine County. Prior to being built in 1958, the church, founded by the Rev. Lee Dock, first met in Bolar Chapel and then in a house. The construction of the building was led by Amos Greer with a crew of volunteers from the congregation. Inside the yellow brick structure is a tongue-and-groove pine sanctuary with an arched, cathedral-style ceiling. A prayer wall in the rear of the sanctuary gives place to prayer requests and reports of answered prayers, as does a basket of typed requests that is passed around for each member to take and, silently, pray for. The church adds to its prayer ministry the tradition of placing a yellow rose on the communion table when praise reports are given for answered prayers.

Poetry reading planned for Tuesday A poetry reading by Jane Gentry Vance, poet laureate of Kentucky, will be 7 p.m. Tuesday in Weisiger Theatre on the Centre College campus. Vance is the author of "Portrait of the Artist as a White Pig" and two other volumes. Stony Point pastor's anniversary set Stony Point Baptist Church will celebrate the Rev. James McPherson's 16th anniversary on Sunday. Services begin at 11 a.m. Sunday followed by lunch. The Rev. Ronald McCowan, pastor of First Baptist Church, Second and Walnut streets, will speak at 3 p.m. and his congregation also will be present.

For nearly 100 years, the members of Providence Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) gathered in a stately, columned building which fronted Nicholasville Road. Now, almost a year after that building was demolished to make way for construction of Brannon Crossings shopping center, the members of Providence will take occupancy of a new, larger facility located on East Brannon Road and Providence Way. On Wednesday, Nov. 21, the members of Providence opened the doors of the new church building to welcome members of the community for an ecumenical Thanksgiving service.