Church Happenings

SERVICES First Presbyterian Church, 100 W. Church Circle, Kingsport, will hold worship services at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday. The church will hold a Shadow Nativity and Carols Service at 4 p.m. Christmas Eve in the Fellowship Center and a Service of Lessons and Carols at 5:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary. For more information, call the church office at 423-245-0104 or visit the church website at www.firstpreskingsport.org. T.J. Hood will preach at Durham's Chapel Free Will Baptist Church Sunday at the 11 a.m. service. Church Grimm will preach at the 6 p.m. service. Terry Rhoton is the pastor. There will be a Christmas play at the church on Wednesday at 6 p.m. Lynn Garden Evangelical Methodist Church will have Jacob Crawford preaching at the morning service Sunday and Mark Ball preaching at the evening service. COMMUNITY St Paul's Episcopal Church, 161 E Ravine Road, Kingsport, will host a free community dinner Christmas Day from 3-5 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Bristol, Virginia, will host a Community Christmas Dinner Dec. 25 from 4-6 p.m. The dinner will be served at the church, located at 760 Cumberland St. No reservations are required. For more information, call 276-669-9488. A New Year's Celebration will be held at Promiseland Baptist Church, 104 McCarty Church Road, Telford, at 7 p.m. until the New Year with Dr. John Melton from China Grove, North Carolina; Dr. John Lewis from Athens, Alabama; Dr. Harry Hensley from Union Grove, North Carolina; Pastor Larry Sprouse from Alexander North Carolina; and singing by the Brian Robbins Family from Tobaccoville, North Carolina. Host Pastor Dr. Randy B. Robbins and the congregation invite all to attend. Gray United Methodist Church's food pantry is open each Monday from 9 a.m. to noon and every second Monday night from 4-7 p.m. The pantry is located at the right side of the church. For more information visit http://www.grayumc.org. Temple Baptist Church, 2200 Memorial Court, Kingsport, is open every third Friday from 10 a.m. to noon for food and clothes giveaway. We'd love to help you with your needs. Tune into WMCH Radio 1260 AM each Saturday from 12:30-1 p.m. to hear Jerry Scalf preaching. First Broad Street United Methodist Church offers a Celebrate Recovery program each Monday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on the third floor of the church. Celebrate Recovery is based on the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous and accompanying biblical principles. Celebrate Recovery holds meetings every Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Preaching Christ Church, 707 E. Sullivan St., at the corner of Center Street in Kingsport. For more information call 423-963-2854. Email church briefs to features@timesnews.net.