Mt. Sinai pastor to speak at meeting
The Elizabeth chapter of Mary and Martha Joy Fellowship of Come Together in Jesus Name will meet Monday at New Hope Assembly of God, 900 Peairs Road.
The Rev. F. Diane Hobson of Mt. Sinai Baptist Church in Charleroi will be ministering. Refreshments and fellowship will begin at 6:30 p.m., followed by the meeting at 7. A free-will offering will be taken.
Hobson has a doctor of ministry with a concentration in “Prophetic Preaching in the 21st Century” from United Theological Seminary and a master of arts in human resource management and an associate degree in community ministry from Geneva College. She also is a certified pastoral counselor and a member of the National Association of Christian Counselors.
Hobson was the first female president of the Clergy Ministry of the Pennsylvania Baptist State Convention Inc. In addition, she serves as president of the Ministers’ Conference of the Youghiogheny Western Baptist Association, second vice moderator of the Youghiogheny Western Baptist Association, past president of the Charleroi Area Ministerial Association, a full-time chaplain at Country Meadows Ecumenical and Retirement Community and a volunteer on-call chaplain at Monongahela Valley Hospital. She serves on the hospital’s ethics committee and is the founder and dean of the Youghiogheny Western Baptist Christian Leadership School.
In 2013, she was honored as one of Pittsburgh’s Urban Heroes, and in 2014, she was honored as a Woman of Distinction by the Pennsylvania Baptist State Convention.
For more information, call Virgie Vidil at 412-384-4882 or Justine DeBellis at 412-384-3299.
George Washington Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution is asking churches, synagogues and spiritual organizations to participate in Allegiance Sunday on July 3.
Allegiance Sunday is a quiet day, not a day of celebration or exhibition. Individuals are asked to reaffirm their fealty and love of country and demonstrate these feelings by declaring their allegiance.
The organization asks that churches, synagogues and spiritual organizations pledge to the flag and/or sing some patriotic hymns.
This is a national project for the Sons of the American Revolution, and churches that participate are asked to mail a copy of their July 3 bulletin to: George Washington Chapter, c/o Gary Timmons, 13 Elm Lane, Wheeling, W.Va. 26003. The bulletins will be tabulated, and a report will be sent to the national society.
Pastor Kevin Carpenter is the new minister at Garwood Baptist Church, 637 Scenic Drive, Daisytown.
He was called to full-time ministry in 1995 and was ordained at Genoa Baptist Church in Ohio in 2004. He completed his undergraduate work in 2002 and graduate work in 2008 at Liberty University.
Carpenter has experience as a youth minister, and was a lead NAMB missionary pastor and church planter. He also has served at Cedar Creek Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., Living Faith Baptist in Danville, Ind., and in Madison Heights, Va., and Genoa, Ohio.
Formerly of Johnstown, Ohio, Carpenter and his wife, Nicole, have three children, Eden, Emma and Eli.
An installation service will be conducted during the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service. A dinner in the fellowship hall will follow.
Aspen Dental is offering free dental care for local veterans from 9 a.m. to noon June 25 as part of the Healthy Mouth Movement
Veterans can visit offices in Pittsburgh, Cranberry Township, Greensburg, Uniontown, Indiana, Monaca and Butler.
Many people throughout the country struggle to access oral health care when needed because of a variety of obstacles, including finances, availability, time or fears. Those obstacles kept more than 150 million Americans from visiting a dentist last year.
Aspen Dental’s initiative delivers free dental care and oral health education directly to those who need it most, with a focus on serving veterans in 2016.
To schedule an appointment of find a participating office, call 844-AspenHMM.