Local “Dentistry From the Heart” Event April 21
Local dentist Danny Lawrence will join a dozen local dental professionals for a community “dentistry day” on Friday April 21. The free service is for anyone in need of filling, extraction or cleaning. Space is limited, however. Be sure and get on the sign-up sheet between 4-6pm on Thursday April 20 inside the Family Life Center of Davis Street Baptist Church. The dental procedures will take place the next day starting at 7am at Summit Dental on Oak Avenue in Sulphur Springs. The teams will work until everyone is seen, however...
read moreNew “ReachOut” Program This Friday at Como United Methodist Church
The Hopkins County Community Chest’s new program “ReachOut” will be at Como United Methodist Church this Friday from noon to 3pm. Counselors travel to the rural sites in Hopkins County to offer the same services offered at the main office in Sulphur Springs. Services include help with bills: water, electric, propane and rent for low income households. Hygiene items, prescriptions,eye,and dental exams. Enrollment into the Christian Alliance Food Pantry and they have emergency food available. Depending on which counselor...
read moreCentral Baptist Church Plans Good Friday Service
Pastor Bruce Stinson and Worship Pastor Steven Bailey are inviting the community to a unique service at Central Baptist Church detailing Jesus’ life during Easter Week. The non-formal service will especially focus on “Good Friday” and events surrounding Jesus’ death. It is set for Friday April 14 at 7pm. The hour-long service will include music, Communion and scripture reading.The entire community is invited back again on Sunday April 16 for Easter Sunday services at Central Baptist Church to celebrate Jesus’...
read moreAnnual Relay For Life Survivor Dinner Set For April 22nd
The Annual Relay For Life Survivor Dinner is set for Saturday, April 22nd at 6 pm. Any Hopkins County cancer survivor or caregiver is invited to the League Street Church of Christ Fellowship Hall to celebrate and honor cancer survivors. The event includes dinner, entertainment, and fun free of charge. The 2017 Relay For Life will be held on May 12th with “Game Over Cancer” as the theme.
read moreTim Kelty Celebrates 50 Years in Local Real Estate
Tim Kelty Celebrates 50 Years in Local Real Estate The public is invited to attend a 50th-Anniversary Open House today at Century 21 Hometown Realty from 4-6pm. Tim Kelty visited the KSST studios along with Joe Mack Gober to recount the history and success of the company. April 10, 2017 is the 50-year-mark since Kelty and then business partner Gene Watson opened Hometown Real Estate. Back in 1967, Sulphur Springs was growing and families were looking to buy homes and properties. The same is true today in 2017 as more people are moving to our...
read moreDutch Oven Cooking “101” Coming to Heritage Park
Hopkins County folks love outdoor cooking of all kinds. This includes the 300-year-old European tradition of cooking over coals in iron utensils called Dutch ovens. Rick Wilson and Carlie Penson, officers in the Hopkins County Historical Society, are getting ready to teach a new class of Dutch Oven cooks the ins-and-outs of this practical skill. The instruction will be held under the trees inside Hopkins County Heritage Park at 416 North Jackson Street in Sulphur Springs. Class starts at 8am on Saturday April 15. Cost for the 4-hour class is...
read moreChildren’s Museum to Hold Fourth Annual Silent Auction & Market
April 4, 2017 (COMMERCE, TEXAS) – The Board of Directors of the Northeast Texas Children’s Museum is pleased to announce the third annual Silent Auction & Market, to be held Monday, April 24, 2017 in the Sam Rayburn Student Center on the campus of Texas A&M University-Commerce. The bidding will begin at 6:00 pm and close at 8:00 pm. Guests at the auction will find all kinds of items for bidding, while enjoying a fun and festive evening out with friends and neighbors. Items will include floral arrangements, furniture, home accents,...
read moreYantis FBC begins a new Easter tradition, and you’re invited!
If you’ve ever attended a drive-thru Nativity at Christmastime, well, now there is a drive-thru Easter portrayal. The idea was brought to Yantis First Baptist Church Pastor Craig Vance by a church member. In mapping out ideas for the depiction, it was decided that about ten different scenes would be needed to tell the life of Jesus from birth to ministry to death. So, Pastor Vance recruited the youth and adults of the church and reached out to Yantis business people and community leaders to fill the roles. The drive-thru setting will...
read moreCommunity Calendar for April 7-11, 2017
A Youth Fundraiser lunch is planned at Wesley UMC in Sulphur Springs on Friday April 7 from 11am til 1pm. The chopped beef sandwich plate and drink is $7.50, with delivery for minimum of three plates offered within the City limits. Contact 903-885-3383 or go to 614 Texas Street. This Friday, ReachOut Hopkins County will serve at the Miller Grove Methodist Church from noon til 3pm, bringing the services of Hopkins County Community Chest to residents of the community. Next Friday, April 14, they will serve at Como Methodist Church. Services...
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