The Luverne Garden Club has chosen Mr. and Mrs. Van Gholston of 329 West 6th Street as recipients of this month's "The Yard of The Month" award. Congratulations to the Gholston's for well groomed yards. It is indeed an honor to receive this coveted award.

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Mt. Zion Baptist church celebrated their annual Homecoming on Sept. 12. Rev. Malcolm Wade of Montgomery was the guest speaker. "The Southern Comfort Gospel Group" rendered the special music. They are famous for their bluegrass Gospel sound.

Over 150 friends and family gathered and enjoyed this special time of worship and fellowship together.

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Cameron Chapel United Methodist Church will host a Gospel Singing and a meal this Saturday night. The meal will be served at 6:00 p.m. and the singing will begin promptly at 7 p.m. featuring, "The New Visions" from McKenzie.

The event will serve as a fundraiser for the church's building fund, which will be used to expand the fellowship hall.

If you love good home cooked food and enjoy good gospel music, then Cameron Chapel is the place to be this weekend. Come and bring your friends! Call and tell others!

If more information or directions is needed, call 335-6643 or 527-8824.

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The Woman's Missionary Union of the Alabama Crenshaw Association will hold their September Spectacular, "Christ Followers" conferences at Mt. Zion Baptist Church.

This special event will be held from 6 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 20.

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Praise Report . . . The Mayors Prayer Breakfast is held from 7 a.m. until 7:45 a.m. the first Monday of every month at the John D. Harrison Cultural Center in Luverne.

Everyone is encouraged to announce this in their churches and business place of work . This special prayer time is designed to pray for all of Crenshaw County churches, pastors, teachers, principals, schools, leaders in government and any other needs and concerns that are a matter of prayer. Also it is time of thanksgiving for our many, many blessings for the growth that is happening in Crenshaw County and for the Christian leadership that Crenshaw is fortunate to have.

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Ms. Reby Allen of Luverne and five of her cousins recently enjoyed a seven-day cruise on "The Visions of The Sea".

The cousins took a flight from Birmingham into Vancouver, Canada, where they boarded the cruise ship. After they were on the ship for seven days they docked at Fairbanks, Alaska. Then the group toured many points of interest in Alaska before flying from Fairbanks back to Birmingham.

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STOP – Take the eight-hour course especially designed for drivers age 50 and over. This is an AARP Driver Safety Program that will be held from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 28 and 29 at Luverne First Baptist Church.

There is a minimal fee to participate and most auto insurance companies will give discounts following completion of the course.

For additional information call Voncile Nichols at 335- 3892 or toll-free 1-888-227-7669 or visit

www.aarp.org./55alive.

This writer plans to be there. A discount on my Auto Insurance will be appreciated.

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Pastor Donnie Burns, pastor, and the congregation of The Luverne First Baptist Church extends a welcome invitation to join them on Sunday September 26, 2004 for worship service at 10:45. This will be their 115th Birthday Celebration . Lunch will be served at 12:00 noon and a musical concert will begin at 1 :00 p.m. Please help spread the word and please join in all or any of the special planned activities. They are looking forward to a great day of worship, reminiscing with old friends and fellowship. For more information call the Church office at (334) 335- 5264.

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The 3rd annual South Luverne Baptist Church Women's Fall Fellowship was held Sunday afternoon September 12, 2004 at 2:00 P.M. at Moseley's cabin. Debra Moseley, Director of S.L.B.C. Women's Ministry, welcomed everyone and opened with prayer. Special music was given by Nancy Petrey, Naomi Miles and Jessica Carpenter. The guest speaker was Jill Andrews, who blessed and touched everyone hearts with her personal testimony. The group attending laughed and cried and was in awe as Jill shared some of her life experiences about her Christian walk with God. Then Debra made several announcements of up-coming events that will be sponsored by The Women's Ministry of S.L.B.C. Then a time of food and fellowship was enjoyed by the 40 plus ladies in attendance. During the fellowship time a revealing of Secret Sisters was held by exchange of gifts . After the fellowship a drawing for door prizes was exciting. The door prizes were donated by local and surrounding businesses. Debra made a special effort to let the ladies know who gave the special door prizes and encouraged everyone to thank and patronize the businesses who were so generous. Sissy Smyth dismissed the fellowship with prayer.

The Luverne High School classmates of 1947, "Lunch Group", resumed their monthly luncheons on Thursday, September 9,2004. The group did not meet in June, July or August due to summer vacations and other summer activities. The classmates will now meet each second Thursday of each month . The time and place will be announced for the October meeting when plans are finalized. Margaret Nichols made arrangements for the September Luncheon that was held at The Ole Hotel. After lunch the group visited Bobby and Becky Welch on Milton Road. Edna Norsworthy arranged this outing for her classmates to see the Old Home Place, of Becky Welch, that is a 100 years plus old. This was truly a step back into time as the group enjoyed a tour of the log home. Becky was a gracious hostess as she showed the group from room to room where many books, treasures, pictures of her ancestors and antique items were tastefully displayed for viewing. On the porches were many displays of old farming items of long ago and the old rocking chairs were so inviting, that made you want to sit a spell.. After the tour everyone gathered in the living room while Becky played the piano and sang several song. Becky played several tunes from the fifties and sixties. She also played several songs on an old organ. The classmates presented Becky with a small gift of appreciation for taking the time to let them visit her old home place. Some of the class mates stated, "This is the best trip and time we have had."

Others attending were Mattie Pearl Sport, Mildred Martin, Louise Morgan, Adine Moseley, Sara Kirkland, Voncile Nichols, Florence Jeffcoat, Susan Slaughter Borom and Ramona Barrow.

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Rev. Donnie Burns, Pastor of Luverne First Baptist Church, invites all churches and citizens to a join in a special prayer service to be held in the parking lot at FBC on this Saturday, September 18,2004 at 12:00 noon Luverne First Baptist will be one of the Bus Of Faith tour stops that will be visiting 10 central Alabama cities. The Bus will be loaded with prayer warriors that will be praying for Family and Marriage relationships. The Prayer Tour is also promoting Family Life's " Rekindling the Romance " conference that will be held on October 2,2004 at ASU Acadome in Montgomery, Alabama. The prayer tour is being made possible by support from Covenant Family Ministries, Family Life, Frazer Memorial UMC, Morningview Baptist, Montgomery Baptist Association, Alabama State Board of Missions, First Baptist, Eastern Hills, Eastmont Baptist and others. For more information on the conferences contact Covenant Ministries in Montgomery at (334) 272-4236 or cfmforhim@aol.com

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This Week Love, Love, Love, and be richer for the giving. Grow each day in some good way, and life will be worth living.