Sermons, speakers in area congregations

Saturday, June 27, 2009

All services are Sunday unless otherwise noted.

AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL

* Joseph Chapel, 2613 Wood Ave., 1 p.m., the Rev. Chris Grizzard and members of St. Paul AME of Fayetteville, Tenn., guests for Family and Friends Day

BAPTIST

* Antioch Primitive, 1107 Hickory St., "I Am My Brother's Keeper," 11 a.m., Adrian Hambrick of Huntsville, Ala., guest speaker for Youth Day.

* Brainerd Hills, 6611 East Brainerd Road, "Against All Odds," 9:30 and 11 a.m., Dr. C. Richard Mason; "What Happens to the Believer After Death?," 6 p.m., Dr. John Barber.

* Calvary, 5201 Dayton Blvd., "The Example of Abraham," 9 and 10:30 a.m., Steve Roberson.

* Cedar Hill, 60 Dyer Bridge Place, Ringgold, Ga., 10:50 a.m., gospel concert by Kenny Evans.

* Chamberlain Memorial, 4239 Benton Drive, "If God Is for Us, Who Can Be Against Us?," 11 a.m., Dr. Jake E. Carroll; 6 p.m., youth-led service.

* Duncan Park, 1617 Glowmont Drive, East Ridge, "Tinker Toys or Building Blocks?," 11 a.m., Jeffrey Jackson; "The Secure," 6 p.m., Mr. Jackson.

* First, 401 Gateway Ave., "Celebrate Wonder in Your Life," 9 and 11 a.m., Dr. Bob Johnson; "Hearing and Doing," 5:45 p.m., Jerry Gann.

* First, 506 E. Eighth St., "I've Got Your Back," 11 a.m., the Rev. William T. Ladd III.

* First Corinthians, 1408 Cemetery Ave., 4 p.m., pastor Larry Owens and members of Mount Calvary Baptist will be guests.

* Highland Park, 1907 Bailey Ave., "How Does One Handle Feelings of Disappointment With God?," 10:50 a.m., Dr. Danny Lovett

* New Emmanuel Missionary, 2414 Baldwin St., 11 a.m. the Rev. Jimmy Ingram, pastor emeritus, speaker for Pastor's Appreciation Day; 4 p.m., the Rev. Greg Ludy and members of Prospect Missionary Baptist of LaFayette, Ga., guests.

* New Jerusalem, 2625 N. Chamberlain Ave., 11 a.m., Daniel Wright of Miracle Baptist guest speaker at Youth Day.

* New Mount Sinai Missionary, 1001 N. Moore Road, "Youth Serving Their Creator," 11:30 a.m., Chontelle Carr of Olivet Baptist guest speaker for Youth Day; 4 p.m., Charles and Marcel Ford of Trumpet in Zion Ministries of Huntsville, Ala., guests.

* Red Bank, 4000 Dayton Blvd., "God's Declaration of Independence," 8:15 and 10:45 a.m., Dr. Adam Dooley.

* Ridgedale, 1831 Hickory Valley Road, "From a Rock to a Block," 9 and 10:30 a.m., Dr. Bill Owens; 6 p.m., Celebrate America community festival.

* Savannah Bay, 8018 Georgetown Road, Ooltewah, 10:30 a.m. Homecoming service led by Steve Grubbs of Shenandoah Baptist and music by members of his church and by residents of The Girls' Home and the Boys' Ranch (lunch follows).

* Signal Mountain, 939 Ridgeway Ave., Signal Mountain, "There's a Little Moses in All of Us," 11 a.m., the Rev. Steven Wright.

* Silverdale, 7236 Bonny Oaks Drive, "Greetings From Jesus," 8:30, 9:45 and 11:15 a.m., the Rev. Tony Walliser.

* Stuart Heights, 3208 Hixson Pike, "Trivial Pursuit," 9 and 11 a.m., Gary Jared.

* Stuart Heights, 1505 Cloverdale Drive, Hixson, "Trivial Pursuit," 10 a.m., Gary Jared.

BAPTIST, REFORMED

* Lyndon Avenue, 2624 Lyndon Ave., "Jesus' Final Warning," 10:45 a.m., the Rev. D. Wayne Layton.

CHRISTIAN

* Hickory Valley, 6605 Shallowford Road, "God Speaks ... Through His Word," 10:15 a.m., Dale Lovelady.

* Mountain View, 9118 Snow Hill Road, "God in, Satan out," 11 a.m., Richard Barr.

CHURCH OF CHRIST

* Brainerd, 4203 Brainerd Road, "The Washing of Regeneration and Renewal of the Holy Spirit," 10:15 a.m., Bruce Wooley.

* Central, 200 25th St. N.W., Cleveland, "Salvation: Past, Present and Future," 10:30 a.m., Tom Harrison; "When Helping Becomes a Hindrance," 6 p.m., Mr. Harrison.

* Chickamauga, 105 Crittenden Ave., Chickamauga, Ga., "Free Indeed," 11 a.m., David Wade; "Imitate What Is Good," 6 p.m., Mr. Wade.

* Mountain View, 1001 Mission Ridge Road, "Lazarus Is Dead, and I Don't Feel So Good Myself," 10:30 a.m., Lowell D. Hillis; "The Fear of God's Spirit," 6 p.m., Mr. Hillis.

* North Hamilton County, 8310 Dayton Pike, 6 p.m., singing service.

* Signal Mountain, 960 Ridgeway Ave., "Growing up and Going on," 10:30 a.m., Greg Nance; "Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing," 6 p.m., Mr. Nance; "Lessons Learned in and About Marriage," 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jack James.

* Soddy, 11665 Hixson Pike, "Have We Lost Our Conscience?," 10:25 a.m., Bill Greer.

CHURCH OF GOD

* City Church of Chattanooga, 7122 Lee Highway, "Will You Choose To Forgive?," 9:15 and 11 a.m., Mike Chapman.

* Middle Valley, 1703 Thrasher Pike, "Could You Find Me a Job With a Little Less Work?," 10:30 a.m., Mitch McClure.

CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN

* Chattanooga Church, 6178 Adamson Circle, "Do I Have a Witness?," 8:30 and 11 a.m., Morty Lloyd.

EPISCOPAL

* Church of the Nativity, 1201 Cross St., Fort Oglethorpe, "A Ministry of Interruptions," 8:30 and 10:30 a.m., the Rev. Betty Latham.

LUTHERAN, ELCA

* Trinity, 5001 Hixson Pike, "Life's Interruptions," 8:30 and 11 a.m.

LUTHERAN, MISSOURI SYNOD

* First, 2800 McCallie Ave., "The Reign of God and the Struggle of Faith," 10:30 a.m., Mark McCrory.

* Good Shepherd, 822 Belvoir Ave., "Praise for All Seasons," 9 and 11:15 a.m., Jonathan Horsman.

METHODIST, UNITED

* Brainerd, 4315 Brainerd Road, "God Interrupted!," 8:30, 9:10 and 11 a.m., Dr. Dennis W. Flaugher; Gospel Jam, 5 p.m. (McFerrin Chapel); 6 p.m., choir patriotic concert.

* Christ, 8645 East Brainerd Road, "Who Are You? I Am a Southern, Volunteer, Caucasian, Blue Devil, Peacemaker, Evangelical," 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m., the Mark Flynn.

* Eastdale Village, 1403 Tunnel Blvd., "Lives Are Saved Because They Watched," 11:30 a.m., the Rev. Stanley Reuben Williams.

* First-Centenary, 419 McCallie Ave., "The Waiting Father," 8:30 and 10:45 a.m., Dr. Dwight Kilbourne; "God Loves You, and I Am Trying," 10:45 a.m. contemporary service, the Rev. Brian Davis.

* Flintstone, 2503 Chattanooga Valley Road, Flintstone, Ga., "Who Do You Trust? Are You Sure?," 11 a.m., the Rev. Charles E. Dixon.

* Highland Plaza, 4226 Norcross Road, Hixson, "The Practice of Worship," 11 a.m., the Rev. Edward Snodgrass.

* Hixson, 5301 Old Hixson Pike, "A Risk of Faith," 8:30 and 11 a.m., the Rev. Randy Martin; "Jesus' Responsibility to Our Needs (With No Distinctions)," 11 a.m. contemporary service, the Rev. Paul Longmire.

* Jones Memorial, 4131 Ringgold Road, "Another Day in Jesus' Life," 9 and 11 a.m., the Rev. J. David Tabor.

* McKendree, Betsy Pack Drive at Highway 150, "Sheepdog -- Called From the Doghouse To Serve God," 11 a.m. CDT, the Rev. Ron Ramsey.

* Pikeville, 7 Methodist St., Pikeville, Tenn., "The Reason for Giving," 11 a.m. CDT, Tim Smith.

* Ooltewah, 6131 Relocation Way, "A City Without God," 9:30 and 11 a.m., the Rev. Ramon Torres; 5:30 p.m., covered-dish dinner/reception for Mr. Torres, the church's new pastor, and his family.

* St. Elmo, 4626 St. Elmo Ave., "The Plan," 10:50 a.m., the Rev. Mark Dowell.

* St. John, 3921 Murray Hills Drive, "Dancing With a Star," 8:45 and 11 a.m., the Rev. Sherry Boles.

* St. Luke, 3210 Social Circle, "More Than a Matter of Health," 9 a.m., the Rev. Greg Smart; "Abundance, Need and Justice," 11 a.m., Mr. Smart.

* Sale Creek, 14909 Dayton Pike, "Getting It Right!," 11 a.m., the Rev. Damon Mitchell.

* Signal Mountain, 3419 Taft Highway, "Something To Sing About," 11 a.m., Dr. J.N. Howard.

* Simpson, 601 McFarland Ave., "Holy Interruptions," 11 a.m., the Rev. Natalie Smart.

* Tyner, 6805 Standifer Gap Road, "Water and the Spirit," 9 and 11 a.m., Dr. Robert Haskins.

* Wesley Memorial, 6314 East Brainerd Road, "Who Am I? Avoiding Spiritual Identity Theft," 10:30 a.m., the Rev. Curt McKee.

NONDENOMINATIONAL

* Hamilton Life, 752 Vine St. (UTC Fine Arts Center), 10:30 a.m., community Independence Day celebration.

PRESBYTERIAN, CUMBERLAND

* First, 1505 N. Moore Road, "You Should Have Been There," 11 a.m., Dr. Gary Carver.

* Jasper, 148 College St., Jasper, Tenn., "God's Call to Abraham," 11 a.m. CDT, the Rev. James H. Patterson; "Miracles," 5 p.m., Mr. Patterson.

* Richard City, 1706 Marion Ave., South Pittsburg, Tenn., 11 a.m. CDT, the Rev. Forrest Prosser guest speaker.

* Silverdale, 7407 Bonny Oaks Drive, "When You Hurt," 11 a.m., the Rev. Ronald Ragon.

PRESBYTERIAN, EVANGELICAL

* Signal Mountain, 612 James Blvd., "What Happens in Vegas ...," 8:15 and 10:40 a.m., Dr. Timothy Filston.

PRESBYTERIAN (PCA)

* Covenant, 8451 East Brainerd Road, "Justified," 9:30 a.m., Dr. Render Caines.

* First, 554 McCallie Ave., "First Presbyterian: A Multigenerational Church," 8:30 and 10:55 a.m., the Rev. Mike Preg; 5:30 p.m. vacation Bible school celebration/dinner.

* Red Bank, 4320 Dayton Blvd., "Preachers Are To Teach the Gospel," 11 a.m., the Rev. Everett Gossett.

PRESBYTERIAN (PCUSA)

* Chickamauga, 700 W. 7th St., "The Gospel According to Tin Man," 11 a.m., the Rev. Bridget Waddell.

* First, 10612 Dayton Pike, Soddy-Daisy, "Jesus One More Time," 11 a.m., the Rev. Jim Hayes.

* New Hope, 7301 Shallowford Road, "Working for Jesus," 10:45 a.m., the Rev. Keith W. Jones.

* Northside, 923 Mississippi Ave., "The Temple of God," 10:55 a.m., the Rev. Sam Pope; 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, patriotic contemporary service.

* Renaissance, 1211 Boynton Drive, "A Fair Balance," 11 a.m., the Rev. Leroy T. Griffith.

* Second, 700 Pine St., "Overcoming the Blues," 11 a.m., Dr. Perry McCallen.

* Trinity, 104 McBrien Road, "Shall We Dance?," 11 a.m., the Rev. William E. Mills.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST

* Unitarian Universalist-Chattanooga, 3224 Navajo Drive, "Difficult Compassion," 10:45 a.m., Linda Graham.

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

* Pilgrim Congregational, 400 Glenwood Drive, "Those Blessed Interruptions," 11 a.m., the Rev. David Brown.

UNITY

* Christ, 105 McBrien Road, 11 a.m., Tim Bays guest speaker.

-- Compiled by staff writer Clint Cooper

* "Lazarus Is Dead, and I Don't Feel So Good Myself," Lowell D. Hillis, Mountain View Church of Christ, 1001 Mission Ridge Road, 10:30 a.m.

* "Could You Find Me a Job With a Little Less Work?," Mitch McClure, Middle Valley Church of God, 1703 Thrasher Pike, 10:30 a.m.

* "God Loves You, and I Am Trying," the Rev. Brian Davis, First-Centenary United Methodist, 419 McCallie Ave., 10:45 a.m.

* "What Happens in Vegas ...," Dr. Timothy Filston, Signal Mountain Presbyterian, 612 James Blvd., 8:15 and 10:40 a.m.

* "The Gospel According to Tin Man," the Rev. Bridget Waddell, Chickamauga Presbyterian, 700 W. 7th St., 11 a.m.

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