Local Church Happenings

Family event at Second Baptist Church

Second Baptist Church invites families to “Babylon: Daniel’s Courage in Captivity.” This summer family event will be 6-8 p.m., until Aug. 2.

Families will step back in time at Babylon, exploring Daniel’s adventures as a captive in a foreign land. Kids and adults will participate in a memorable Bible-times marketplace, sing, play teamwork building games, share Bible times snacks, visit Daniel and collect Bible Memory Makers to remind them of God’s Word. Everyone learns to look for evidence of God all around them through something called God sightings.

Each day concludes at Celebration, a time of upbeat worship that gets everyone involved.

Kids and adults at Babylon will join more than a million participants reaching out to needy kids through a hands-on mission project called Operation Kid-to-Kid, in which families will raise money for mosquito nets to combat malaria.

For more information call 409-735-8156.

Mount Calvary Bapt. to host Back to School Supply Drive

The Mount Calvary Baptist Church, located at 612 N. 3rd in Orange, will host a Back to School Supply Drive from 4 to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 4. The church is in need of school supplies to help the children in the community return to school for the 2012-2013 school year. Paper, pens, pencils, crayons, notebooks, school clothes or monetary donations are accepted.

Hot dogs, links, chips and sodas will be sold during the drive as well.

School supplies will be given on a first come-first serve basis.

Family Worship Center to host revival

Family Worship Center of Orange County, Texas is hosting a revival from Sunday, Aug. 5 to Wednesday Aug. 8. On Sunday, services begin at 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Monday-Wednesday night services start at 7 p.m.

Pastor Gordy Aikin from Michigan will be here preaching in every service. The theme of the revival is “All things are possible.”

The church is located at 2300 N 41st St in Orange, off of Strickland Drive, across from The Brown Center.

For questions or more information, please email [email protected] or call the church office at 409-886-1100.

Go Green for God seeks uniforms

The Go Green for God committee at the First United Methodist Church in Orange would like to recycle gently used school uniforms at the “Last Blast” program on the church grounds on Aug. 18.

If you have gently used uniforms your child has outgrown, you can bring them by the church office at 502 6th Street in Orange. Your donations will go to help someone in need.

St. Paul UMC to sell cookbooks

St. Paul United Methodist Church is selling homegrown, local cookbooks. All of the recipes come from members. The cookbook has tried and true recipes. The cost is $20 and all proceeds go to our mission funds. Please call the church 735-5546 or come by from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and pick up a copy.