Nine churches will combine in 'unity' service this Sunday at River's Edge

Nine

churches will combine in 'unity' service this Sunday at

River's Edge

Nine churches will gather as one

this weekend for a "Unity Celebration of Christ. The

special service is scheduled for Sunday evening, July 25,

at 6 p.m. at River's Edge Community Church, 1091 Jeff

Davis Dr., South in Fayetteville.

"This

particular unity service didn't come about because of

advance calendaring, but because of caring and loving

relationships between us pastors," said Dr. John

Hatcher, pastor of River's Edge. "We were all

sitting around the breakfast table and agreed it was

time."

Churches

participating include Timberlake Church of the Nazarene,

Dale Taylor, pastor; Community Christian Church, Dean

Phelps, pastor; Heritage Harvest Church, Ron Stribling,

pastor; Fayetteville Church of God, Roger Powell, pastor;

His House Community Church, Knox Herndon, pastor; North

Fayette Baptist Church, Jim Willis, pastor; Antioch

Baptist Church, Elton Johnson, pastor; Edgefield Baptist

Church, Eddie Thomas, pastor; and River's Edge Community

Church, John Hatcher, pastor.

The Rev.

Dale Taylor of Timberlake will bring the evening message,

and the Rev. Roger Powell of the Church of God and Glen

Dow, music minister at North Fayette Baptist, will sing

solos. The Rev. Ray Walker will lead a combined music

team in leading the congregation in worship.

The Rev.

T.W. Snider, 91 years old and the senior minister among

southside pastors, will pray for the gathering.

Members of

other churches are invited to participate. Dr. Hatcher

advised those attending to arrive early for good seating.

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