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MT. CARMEL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 900 S. Grant St., will host the Spiritualettes gospel singers in the We Give Thanks Musical honoring the Rev. Anthony L. Craig Sr., Mt. Carmels pastor. The concert will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday and will feature several singers including Courtney Wright and Triuphant, Devin Pruitt and Spiritually Driven, Sons of Glory, Set Apart, and the Williams Singers. The worship leader will be Dee Clay.

MAMOS CHAPEL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 1307 W. 16th Ave., will celebrate its 144th anniversary at noon Sunday. The guest speaker will be the Rev. R.P. Bifford, pastor of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church at Altheimer. The guest choir director will be Donna Huskey. The Rev. Robert Willis Jr. is Amos Chapels pastor.

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PLEASANT VIEW MINISTRIES, 1117 N. Palm St., will be the site for a benefit program for Lakia Butler at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Meekness, a local Gospel music group, will host the event and the worship leader will be Kim Jones Sneed, a minister at Pleasant View. This service will feature area Gospel music groups. William A. Shaw Jr. is the host pastor.

MWORD OF FAITH FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH, 1108 S. Poplar St., will hold its Family and Friends Day on Sunday. Sunday School will be held at 9:45 a.m. and worship service at 10:45 a.m. The speaker will be the pastor, Henry Land of Word of Faith.

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NEW COMMUNITY CHURCH, 321 N. Birch St. will present its annual Mens Day at 11 a.m. Sunday. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Jerry Goins, pastor of First Baptist Ladd. The theme will be Men And Black; "Steps Of A Good Man Are Ordered By The Lord," Psalm 37:23. The New Community pastor/apostle is Patrick Lockett Sr.

ST. JOHN AME CHURCH, 1117 W. Pullen St., will provide food boxes for people in need from 9-11 a.m. Saturday. The drive-through giveaway will be held in front of the church on Cherry Street. State IDs are required to receive one box per family. For safety reasons, recipients are asked to stay in their vehicles and open their trunks, according to a news release. Financial support for this program is welcomed. Donations can be mailed to St. John AME Church-Feeding Ministry, 1117 W. Pullen St., Pine...

NEW COMMUNITY CHURCH, 321 N. Birch St., will present its annual Women’s Day on Sunday and the community is invited to attend. At 11 a.m. the speaker will be Janice Lockett, first lady at New Community. Lockett and the pastor/apostle, Patrick Lockett, have been married for 34 years.

ABERDEEN – As counties and cities across Mississippi have been faced with decisions to opt out of the state’s medical marijuana legislation or not, the Aberdeen School Board was presented