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RELIGION Salisbury, Md. Saturday, June 22, 1996 Page 6 THE DAILY TIMES EMITOS: SonShine Club CHURCH ACTIVITIES a hit with area residents vJ" 'i of Bethesda United Methodist Church, explained that Daisy Cantwell "got us started last August and we enjoy it." At the conclusion of the singing fellowship after lunch, Jefferson and her companion rushed off to do volunteer work. "We'll be a little late," she explained, "but we didn't want to miss it." Dorothy Parsons is a charter member. "I haven't missed one time," she said. Parsons said that she likes to be with people.

A widow for 13 years, she's not often alone because she has nieces and nephews to baby-sit for and she obviously looks forward to spending time with them. But members of the Son-Shine Club "are more my own age group." Her sister, Nannie Potts, her chauffeur on these occasions, enjoys it, too. There is time set aside to remember them in prayer. Somebody who might be "going that way" afterward will often take a plate. A drawing for door prizes sends many in attendance home with some useful pantry item.

And usually there are one or two items, from soup to soap, -in sufficient quantity that everyone can take home one of these "shared blessings." The group's motto is "Bring SonShine into someone else's life." And, as Dixon reminded the group, "so often in doing that we ourselves are blessed." engaged in handicrafts and enjoy a visit with one another. Heath explained that the Son-Shine Club "brings people together to help one another. A lot of elderly people never get out of the house otherwise. Everyone enjoys it." Clearly the label "elderly" doesn't apply to her, in spite of her silvery-gray tresses. She was quite lively, talking animatedly to her friends.

As happens often in society, eating a meal is really an excuse for visiting with people whose company we enjoy. Gordon Willing has been at the last several club meetings. He and his wife, Anne, drove up from Chance because Janet Cook and Marianne Wallace, sisters and friends of the Willings, encouraged them to come. "I look forward to meeting old friends," he said, "and the food doesn't hurt." Cook agreed. "I come for the fellowship with Christian folks," she said, "and the food's good, too." One hopes that Frances Smith and the other church women who prepared the meal overheard their appreciative comments.

They served baked ham, cabbage and potatoes, pepper steak with rice, and macaroni and cheese, made the way it should be, moist and flavorful and baked until it's just a little crispy on the top. Beatrice Jefferson, a member SENIORS, from Page 5 ronment, newcomers soon become regulars. And they invite their friends. Blanche Heath, a member of Faith Community Church, has been enjoying the Christian fellowship ever since it started about three years ago. She's one of the regular workers who helps to set up the tables and make things ready.

And she keeps inviting her friends. At a recent gathering she sat at a table surrounded by her "guests." Dixon explained that a number of their regulars are living on fixed incomes and some are dealing with the physical prob-leihs of aging. Going out to eat at a restaurant can be expensive. This is not. But it still gives people a chance to go out and socialize.

Women outnumber men, not atypical for an over-65 group. Some of the them look as though they've just been turned out of a bandbox. Having a reason to dress up is kind of nice. One of Heath's guests comes often" enough to count herself a regular. Marian Dunn explained that her church, the First Church of the Nazarene on Johnson Street in Salisbury, had a similar program.

"It's nice to get your friends together for dinner," she said. During the Nazarene Church's four-hour program, the women spend time Gospel concert The Hospitality Committee will present The Fantastic Mifflin Singers of Georgetown in concert at St. Paul AME Zion Church on Delaware Avenue Sunday at 4 p.m. A freewill offering will be taken. Curtis United Methodist Church Bishopvllle Senior Citizens' Day will be held Sunday at 3 p.m.

at the church on Campbell-town Road. The speaker will be the Rev. John Harvin of Williams AME and Taylor's Gate churches in Newark. Dinner will be served. The Singing Doss Family The Dosses will be in concert at the Phillips Building in Hebron tonight at 7.

The group will also sing Sunday at Glad Tidings Assembly of God on Market Street Extended in Pocomoke City at 10 a.m. and at Maranatha Baptist Church on Route 13A in Exmore at 7 p.m. Elsey's United Methodist Church Jesterville The Choral Singers will celebrate its 50th singing anniversary tonight at 6 p.m. Freedmans Methodist Church, Tyaskln Women and Men's Day will be held Sunday. Darlene Peebles will speak for the Women's Day service at 10 a.m.

The Rev. Robert Harper of St. James AME Zion Church in Salisbury will speak for the Men's Day service at 3 p.m. Colors for the day are blue and white of any combination. Chairmen of the day are Mary Roberts, Margie Sampson and Wilmer "Billy" Sampson.

John Wesley Church, Cottage Grove The First Commandment Gospel Singers of Salisbury will be in concert tonight at 6. Women's Day will be observed Sunday at 3:30 p.m. The speaker will be Evangelist Brenda Pittman Macawain and the guest choir will be the AJ Choir of Glen Burnie, Md. Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Princess Anne The Rev.

Dr. Elwood White will observe his 15th pastoral anniversary Sunday with special guests. The 11 a.m. speaker will be the Rev. Reginald Hairston, assistant to the pastor at First Baptist Church in Westbury, N.Y.

The Rev. Thomas Dickerson, pastor of Horntown Baptist Church in Horntown, will speak during the 3 p.m. service. He will be accompanied by his choir and congregation. Mt.

Enoch Holy Church, Salisbury Recording artists Linda Henry and the Daughters of Faith of Wilmington will be in concert at the church on Rock-awalkin Ridge Road Sunday at 6 p.m. Also appearing will be Mt. Enoch Holy Church Youth Choir and Juanita Contee of Weeping Mary Full Gospel Baptist Church. Ronnie White of Victory in Praise Worship Center In Salisbury will be the guest moderator. Call Evangelist Debbie Copeland at (410) 835-3151 or Missionary Cheryl Carnegie at (410) 543-4169.

A freewill offering will be taken. This service is sponsored by the Evangelism Discipleship Ministry and Women's Ministry. Mt. Zion United Methodist Church Quantlco United Methodist Women's Day will be observed Sunday at 9 a.m. The speaker will be Pearline Mitchell, a lay speaker at Friendship United Methodist Church in Wetipquin.

The Inspirational Choir of Mt. Zion Church will provide the music. National Church of God, Salisbury Annual Men's Day will be observed Sun- in a gospel concert will be held tonight at 7 at the church on Head-of-Creek Road. All ladies are encouraged to dress In their "Saturday night finest." Patricia Brown and Elaine Price are the service sponsors. A freewill offering will be taken.

St. John United Methodist Church Berlin The Sunday morning worship service will be held under a tent Sunday at 11 on the church grounds on Lewis Road. St. Mark United Methodist Church New Church Annual Waters' Day will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. The Rev.

Welton Waters will speak. He will be accompanied by his choir and congregation. Wesley Temple United Methodist Church, Salisbury Annual Men's Day will be held at the' church on West Road Sunday. The speaker for the 4 p.m. service will be; the Rev.

Dr. Lawrence M. Livingston, pastor of Ezion-Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church in Wilmington. He will be accompanied by his choir and NET: Small churches even the field day at 3:30 p.m.

at the church on West Road. The Rev. J.B. Cox of Cambridge will speak. New Bethel United Methodist Church Berlin Evangelist Shirlene Johnson of Tyree AME Church in Berlin will conduct the midweek service Thursday at 7 p.m.

at the church on Germantown Road. New Hope Baptist Church, Salisbury Annual Virginia Day will be observed Sunday at 4 p.m. The Rev. Edward L. Bruce, his choir and congregation from Jerusalem Baptist Church in Temper-anceville will be the guests.

Services will be held in the Flanders Room at the Wicomico Youth Civic Center. New Liberty Wesleyan Church Federalsburg Ed and Sharon Parman, missionaries to Mexico, will speak at the 11 a.m. service Sunday at the church on Bridgeville Road. Parman is mission director for the Wesleyan Church in Mexico. Mrs.

Par-man leads the teacher program and directs the women's ministries outreach. New Macedonia Baptist Church Pocomoke City The church will celebrate its 107th anniversary with a special service Sunday at 4 p.m. The speaker will be the Rev. Lewis Watson, pastor of First Baptist Church of Salisbury. Me will be accompanied by his choir and congregation.

Powerhouse Church of God in Christ Salisbury Elder Cornelius James of New Solid Rock Church of God in Christ in Baltimore will speak Sunday at 5 p.m. at the church on Mineola Avenue and Powhat-tan Boulevard. St. James Free Methodist Church Quantico "Ladies Night Out" featuring Henry Martin and Howard "Moony" Robinson NET, from Page 5 the faith without having to take the step of face-to-face contact, said Susan Perlman of Jews for Jesus. "We're managing to get into places we might not have been able to get into before," said Rich Robinson, who runs the Jews for Jesus home page.

The ability to contact a wider audience means that peripheral religions that were in danger of drying up and disappearing from a lack of followers can attract believers from around the globe, said Mark Kellner, author of God on the Internet. "The Druids used to be a joke, but now there really is a group of Druids out there," he said referring to pagans trying to bring back pre-Christian beliefs. "The Internet is going to have an impact around the world in the way people worship." Most religious Web sites are less than a year old and few on-line missionaries have any figures to show if they have attracted large numbers of new believers. is almost as prevalent as virtual sex. A search of Web sites found 42,765 that mentioned religion while 46,910 had references to sex.

The Rev. David E. Courter of the Independent Catholic Church International a denomination that split from Roman Catholics centuries ago is also bullish about Internet evangelism. The Church has about 10 parishes in the United States. Courter, who also works as a computer consultant, is planning to say Mass on line and allow people to consecrate Communion through their computers.

Parishioners will simply put unleavened bread in front of their computer screens. "I think that there's a lot of people who wouldn't attend Mass any other way," he said. For many smaller groups, the Internet offers searchers an anonymous way of finding out about TIMES INFO LINE A Frem Voicm irHormauort Ssnric ol Tnt Oai Times Call Times Info Line for the Bible Verse of the day. Code 3078 548-7500 Wicomico, Worcester, Somerset Counties 1-80025-6696 all other callers p. A Caring Place, IMMA NUEL BAPTIST CHURCH LIVING STONES CHURCH tmBswtwmsmsrmmsmsmsamsmssmamm Sunday Worship Celebration.

10:30 AM Evening ....6:00 PM WEDS. Home Care AM ,7 PM (Everyone welcome call for locations) Royal ........7:00 PM Missionettes. .....7:00 PM Friday Youth Meeting 7:00 PM 807 PARKER ROAD, SALISBURY, MD. Sunday School 1 0:45 A.M. Praise and Worship 1 1:00 A.M.

Sunday Evening 7:00 P.M. Wednesday House Fellowships 7:00 P.M. Saturday Prayer 7:00 P.M. Join Us For Praise Worship Woodrow S. Crouse, Pastor Luis E.

Cabrera, Hispanic Pastor 1514 Old Ocean City Road, Salisbury, Md. Southern Baptist Affiliated Bible Study 9:45 a.m. Worship 8:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 7:00 p.m. Worship in Spanish 11 :00 a.m. Come; Worship, Study, Serve.

Cornerstone church of the Assemblies of God Nr Pastor: Dick Webster 749-4560 (Off ice) 742-0074 (Home) Dorsey Pat Marshall (410) 651-CARE I 30479 Prince William Princess Anne, MD mini iiiiiiiiiihiiiiniiii ii hi in OAK RIDGE JERUSALEM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Parsonsb'urg, Md. Rev. Ike Ledner-860-9711 SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:00 A.M. WORSHIP ....11:10 A.M. Kixiciols Socirrv oi I kiknds (Quakers) Meeting For Worship A.M.

Carey Avenue at Glen Avenue Call 543-4343 OR 957-3451 Everyone Welcome 1 "A Country Church City Bound" Pittsville Full Gospel Church Main Pittsville, MD Sunday Morning 10:00 A.M. Sunday Evening 7:00 P.M. New Time Wednesday Evening 7:30 P.M. Rev. Paul Klaverweiden, Pastor Phone 742-0719 Come and See What Cod Is Doing The Salvation Army 400 Elmwood Street Salisbury, Maryland BAPTIST CHURCH (Southern Baptist Convention) Dixon Road (Off Longview Nutters Crossing) Salisbury, MD 742-4424 Dr.

James B. Davis, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 am. Worship 11:00 a.m. Sunday p.m. Wed.

Prayer Meeting 7:00 p.m. SET's 20th ANNIVERSARY 1976 1996 Twenty Years of God's Blessings WHEN: This Sunday, June 23rd 10:00 am Sunday School 11:00 am Morning Service 1:00 pm Chicken BBQ Dinner 2:00 pm Hymn Sing and Anniversary Service (No Evening Service) WHERE: Under the Tabernacle At The Master's Ranch AH Saints Episcopal Church 10th and Grove Delmar, DE (302) 846-9889 The Rev. Gary Hawkins, Pastor Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist 9:30 a.m. Nursery Child Care Provided Sunday School 9:45 Morning Worship 1 1:00 Evening Worship 6:00 SALISBURY COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN Continuing the Work of Jesus Peacefully.

Simply. Together. SUNDAYS Study Time 9:30 a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m. Meeting at HOLLOWAY FELLOWSHIP CENTER SCHUMAKER DRIVE, SALISBURY, MD Phone 410-219-5949 Bible Study Prayer Meeting Tuesday Nursery Provided 1 Special jittmtotu Trinity Church Captain Mrs Brian Gilliam COME WORSHIP WITH US! United Methodist The Friendly Church of the Chimes Street, Salisbury Route 50 at North Division the re.

ffl iracle (Tines ifl Summer Schedule 8:00 a.m. Worship in Church 9:00 a.m. Outdoor Service Rlverwalk Park 10:00 a.m. Worship In Church Nursery Care Available Handicap Accessible Olin J. Shockley Jr.

William C. Green Pastors fr 11 ff -y Plans are progressing for a 1600-seat sanctuary! Emmanuel Wesleyan Church 142 Shamrock Drive, Salisbury, MD 49-0094 I WORSHIP AT OUR NEW AND IMPROVED 9:30 A.M. SUNDAY PRAISE SERVICE THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH Welcomes You Rev. David Patsy Pringle Cape Girardeau, MO Bro. Pringle was SBT's Associate Pastor and Visitation Director from 1978 to 1986.

Mrs. Pringle (Patsy) was active in our Visitation Program and provided the leadership for the meals for all of our dinners and banquets. They have three children and eight grandchildren. Bro Pringle Pastors the Lighthouse Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Plan now to come, eat with us, join in the Service and welcome the Pringles back to Salisbury Baptist Temple.

Salisbury Baptist Temple CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, 10001 Coastal Hwy, Ocean City ....8:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. ST. MARY THE VIRGIN, 3rd Street, Pocomoke Gty 8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.

ST. ANDREW'S, Washington Princess Anne 10:00 a.m. ST. PHILIP'S, Main St, Quantico 9:30 a.m. ST.

ALBAN'S, St Alban's Mt. Hermon, Salisbury ..9:30 a.m. ST. PETER'S, St Peter's Church Salisbury 8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.

ST. MARY'S, Nanticoke Rd. Tyaskin 11:00 a.m. GRACE CHURCH, Mt Vemon 9:15 a.m. SUNDAY SERVICE TIMES Morning Worship 9:30 11:00 AM Sunday School 8:30, 10:00 11:00 AM Caraway Street Children 1 1 :00 AM Evening Worship 6:30 PM Heirforce Youth Service 6:30 PM WEDNESDAY Prayer Praise Service 7:00 PM Teen Bible Study 7:00 PM Children's Club House Ministries ..7:00 PM Nursery Provided Transportation Available Rick Green Minister of Music and Christian Education Mark Schnell Youth Pastor 6413 Hobbs Road Salisbury, MD 21804 Rev.

Tom Bunting, Pastor Janice Bunting, Assl Pastor A Going Cfiurcri For A Coming Lord. 9:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. ALL HALLOWS, 109 W.

Market St, Snow Hill ST. PAUL'S, 3 Church Berlin Oren Perdue, Pastor (410) 546-4455.