Main Street Greenville will hold an auction of donated items left from the closing of Alice's Antique Mall and donated household items at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11 at 108 Oliver St. in the Pecan Warehouse.

Preview begins at 9 a.m.

Anyone with household items (no clothing please) to donate, call Nancy Idland at 382-3041 to arrange pickup. Everything must go!

Sept. 12

Revival services will be held at Saint Francis Missionary Baptist Church from Sept. 12 through 17. Homecoming services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday with the Rev. Otis Fleeton, pastor of Moriah Missionary Baptist Church and Spring Hill Missionary Baptist Church preaching. Nightly services begin at 7:30 p.m. with the Rev. B.D. Bennett, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Chicago preaching.

Anthony Cole will be ministering at Call To Life Worship Center, 201 Glendale Avenue, Greenville Sunday, Sept. 12 at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 13 and Tuesday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m.

For more information call 382-7004 or 382-1564.

McKenzie Baptist Church will hold homecoming services Sept. 12 beginning at 10:30 a.m. A lunch will follow the 11 a.m. services and New Vision will perform at 1:30 p.m. No evening services are planned. Revival services will be held Sept. 13 through 15 at 7 p.m. The Rev. John Cinereski of Arkadelphia Baptist Church in Evergreen will bring the message. There will be special music each evening.

Sept. 13

The Dunbar Churches Project will hold a meeting on Sept. 13, from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the Dunbar Recreation Center. The speaker will be Holly Addison, RN, from the Alabama Department of Senior Services. Information on how to get medicines at very reduced prices will be available.

Sept. 14

The Butler County Board of Education will hold a work session Tuesday, Sept. 14, at 7 p.m. in the Board of Education central office.

Sept. 15

The East Chapman Baptist Church will be holding their fall revival beginning Wednesday, Sept. 15, through Friday, Sept. 17. Services begin at 7 p.m. Thursday night will be youth night. Sis. Mary Robinson will be speaking Wednesday night. The Rev. Dale Brown will be speaking Thursday and Friday night.

Sept. 18

The Bender Family reunion will be held Saturday, Sept. 18, at the Flatwood Music Park. Attendees are asked to bring any pictures or family memorabilia. A covered dish lunch will be served. Lawn chairs are needed.

The fourth annual Gospel Bluegrass Festival will be held Sept. 18 beginning at 4 p.m. the the Crystal Springs Park in Red Level. Featured artists will be Crosscut Bluegrass, Jimmy Williams and the Gospel Grass, the Wilkersons Family, Martin Hicks and the Bluegrass Boys, the Turman family and the Smith's. Bring lawn chairs.

Sept. 25

The University of West Alabama and Greenville High School will host a softball clinic on Sept. 25, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.

The cost is $40 per camper.

Ages 8-18 are encouraged to attend.

If you have questions, call Donna Sunnycalb at 382-2803.

Oct. 2

Garden Baptist Church will hold a benefit for Mrs. Hamrac, wife of the late minister, Harley Hamrac, Oct. 2, at 4 p.m. in McKenzie School.

Ongoing Announcements

Reserve your seat at the Greenville High stadium for $15. Contact Peggy Bush at 382-5464.

"Save A Life Give a Phone" collects used cell phones and refurbishes them in order to provide emergency 911 access for elderly and disable persons, the YMCA domestic violence shelters and domestic violence victims nationwide. The organization asks everyone in the community to participate in this drive. The local drop off point in Greenville is at Walker Business Machines on E. Commerce Street.

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