Church News – January 24, 2018
Please send your church news and photos to: editor@newsandpress.net Service of Recognition The Ministerial Staff of Cherry Grove Missionary Baptist Church, located on 552 E. Billy Farrow Highway in Darlington will have a program recognizing 55 years of service for E. B. Burroughs, Dr. Min. on January 28 at 3 p.m. Please join us. Oates Baptist Sing Oates Baptist Church 3569 Oates Highway Lamar, is proud to welcome The Believer’s...
Trinity-Byrnes students host blood drive
Trinity-Byrnes students will hold a blood drive January 23 from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. “Just one donation can save a life.” For more information about blood donation, visit www.redcrossblood.org.
Crowdfunding helps teachers supplement classroom needs
The bare necessities are sometimes hard to come by for teachers, with many supplementing their classrooms with money from their own pocket, let alone anything that could be seen as unnecessary for basic instruction.
Lamar honors Martin Luther King Jr. with annual march
The Lamar Ministerial Union staged their annual march honoring the life of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday, January 15.
Student-musicians participate in DCSD All-County Music Festival
Inside a packed Watson Theater at Coker College, 249 student-musicians from across the Darlington County School District (DCSD) participated in the All-County Music Festival on Jan. 11.
Weighing in on exercise vs. dieting for better weight loss
Statistics indicate more and more men, women and children are overweight or obese. The National Institutes of Health state that more than 35 percent of adults in the United States are obese and more than 34 percent are overweight, while 17 percent of children and adolescents in the United States are obese. Obesity rates are three times as high among today’s children than they were among youngsters just one generation ago. As...