Church News – May 6, 2015
Church News Please send your church news to: editor@newsandpress.net 64th National Day of Prayer The 64th National Day of Prayer will be observed with a prayer service at 12:00 noon until 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 7th. The theme this year is, “Lord, Hear Our Cry” (1 Kings 8:28). For the May 7th observance, Dr. Jack Graham, the 2015 Honorary Chairman, wrote a special prayer to be simultaneously read throughout the nation at noon EDT....
Keeping the Faith – You Are Stuck With You
Recently, on a visit to my hometown, I took the time to drive by the house that had been my childhood home. It was the first time I had seen it in nearly two decades. It was largely unchanged except that it seemed so much smaller. Surely, the house, and what I thought had been a sprawling front yard, had shrunk over the years. How else could Shane, Michael, Zane, Tammy, Connie, Angie, Sarah, Elvis (yes, there was a kid named Elvis in...
Where is this in Darlington County?
Last week’s photo was of a print of a photograph of the celebrated Doolittle Raider from Darlington, Billy Farrow, hanging in the downstairs of the City of Darlington Administration Building on Pearl Street, across from Piggly Wiggly. Readers that guessed correctly were: Jim Stone, Darlene Jackson, Dawn Mixon, Bill Segars, Ruth Flowers, Ann Easterling and Suzanne Muldrow. Suzanne share the sweet story behind the photo with us, and...
Darlington Kiwanis Club annual Oyster Roast & BBQ
Piping hot seafood and savory BBQ were on the menu as the Darlington Kiwanis Club held its annual Oyster Roast and Barbecue on Saturday, April 25 at the Checkered Flag Club behind the Darlington Raceway.
Church of the Week: First Baptist Church, Hartsville
As soon as the town of Hartsville began to form, so did a Baptist church. Early in 1850 John Lide Hart bought 491 acres of land, previously owned by his father Thomas Hart, from his brother-in-law Thomas Lide. John Hart was very active in the Baptist denomination at Gum Branch Baptist Church and Providence Baptist Church. One of his first good deeds, upon punching this land, was to donate some of it for the purpose of building a Baptist church.
Adventures of Flo
The Honor Society of Darlington High School is sending their purple mascot “Flo” to lawns across the area to raise funds for the DHS Team walking at the Darlington County Relay for Life on May 1st.