March 11

The South West Alabama Consortium and HIV Prevention Group will meet at 10 a.m. in the Community Room of the Monroe County Health Department on Friday, March 11.

All persons interested in planning and implementing HIV prevention activities are invited.

For more information, call Maureen Nichols at 251.275.4177.

March 12

An heirloom quilt show and sale will be held Saturday, March 19, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Tom Harbin Ag Center in Luverne. Admission is $5. The deadline for entry is March 12. For more information contact Yvonne Johnson at 527-2123 or Ann Holland at 427-7000.

A benefit program for James Carter Jr. will be held at the Second Baptist Church in Georgiana on March 12 at 6:30 p.m. The featured group will be Gospel Harmonizing. All churches, choirs, groups and others are invited.

The Southeast District Second Scholarship and Fellowship Banquet will be held at the Dunbar Recreation Center on Saturday, March 12, at 7 p.m. The speaker will be the Rev. Johnny Sanders, pastor of Pine Level Baptist Church.

March 13

The Greenville Fine Arts League will hold their next meeting Sunday, March 13, at 2 p.m. at the Main Street office on Commerce Street.

March 17

The Butler Baptist Association will sponsor a Sunday School conference at Southside Baptist Church on Thursday, March 17, beginning at 6 p.m. The theme of the conference will be "Developing a Sunday School of Excellence." A meal will be served followed by a speach by Rick Ellison of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions. Age graded breakout conferences will follow for Sunday school teachers and workers with adults, youth, children and pre-schoolers. There will also be a conference for general leaders. A nursery will be provided. There are no fees or tickets required but churches are asked to contact the Butler Baptist Association at 382-2513 prior to March 10 to register.

Ongoing Announcements

The Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church will hold an Advanced Bible Study Institute every Wednesday night from 6:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. Lee Albert Moorer Jr. will be the instructor.

A Christian men's prayer and networking breakfast will meet every Wednesday at 7 a.m. at Jan and Julie's Cafe on Highway 10. For more information contact Doyle Sasser at 391-0351 or John Gentry at 346-2616.

A brand-new Relay For Life team, the &uot;Bunco Babes&uot;, is now pre-selling

tickets for delicious barbecue chicken plates to raise funds for the annual American Cancer Society event.The plates, which feature chicken, bread, baked beans, dessert and a drink, are only $5 each. They can be be picked at the Bunco Babes tent the night of Relay (May 6). For more information, call Jill Stallworth at 382-9597 or Jana Ealum at 376-4051.

The First Baptist Church of Georgiana is now taking names and contact numbers for those wishing to order additional copies of their new "Country Cookin'" cookbook, which is now on re-order. Copies are $10 each with the proceeds going to the church's building fund. Contact Gina Stephenson at 382-7528 to place your order.

Weight Watchers will start a new Community Workshop Program in Greenville on March 1 beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the new YMCA. Each session is for ten weeks, with subsequent 10-week rollover sessions.

For more information call the local Weight Watchers leader, Margaret Pierce, at 382-5754.

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