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Page 8B Wednesday, November 30, 1994, Houston Times-Journal at • j ti 1 *4l - , HK=A The Community Candlelight Service is one of the highlights of the annual Christmas festival. Children and adults gather to share this special program. Candlelight service is a 'highlight* of the annual Christmas festival The Community Candlelight Service will be held Sunday, Dec. 4 on the Courthouse Square in Perry from 7-8 p.m. The streets will he lit by approximate!) 3.(MX) candles. Congregations from the nearby churches will wind their way to the courthouse square, holding individual candles and singing Christmas carols. The Rev AC. Truluck. pastor of Houston Lake Baptist Church and President of the Perry Ministerial Association, will pieside over the service Mayor Jim Worrall will bring greetings from the City of Perry. The Rev Jim Shipley, pastor of Perry Presbyterian Church, will deliver the Christmas message. The Houston County Honor Choir, composed of 150 fourth and fifth grade young people from across the county, will sing selections from Handeil's "Messiah" for young Community churches schedule programs to celebrate the holiday Community churches have planned special events which coincide with the Christmas at the Crossroads Festival. A community-wide event and a mainstay of the annual festival is the Community Candlelight Service. This year’s service will be held on the Courthouse Square Sunday, Dec. 4 from 7-8 p.m. Of course, Christmas Day, Sunday, Dec. 25, will he a time of special worship this year. Other events being held by individual churches are: •Henderson Baptist will host a Senior Adults party Saturday, Dec. f() aV2:W p.rh. ‘* people. They will he conducted hy Beth Tolliver At the end of the service, ministers in the group will light their candles and go among those gathered, passing their lights to others until all candles are lit. The community gathering will he led in singing some Christmas carols and will he dismissed with prayer. The public is asked to bring a canned food donation for P A L. and Loaves and Fishes. The Rev. Glen Clower, pastor of Victory Christian Fellowship, is responsible for program arrangements; Larry Wood. Minister of Music at First Baptist Church, is responsible for the musical portion of the program. The Perry Area Historical Society, with the help of Perry firefighters. Perry police, city employees and Boy Scout Troop 96 will light the streets for this occasion with 3,( MX) candles. •Perry Presbyterian Church will present "Season for Alleluias" with harp and cello accompaniment at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11. •A children's musical "It's the Truth, Ruth" will he held in the fel lowship hall of Perry United Methodist Church at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11. •A men and women's ensemble will perform a Christmas musical at ivciiOOuui ou|hi.m at / p.m., Sunday, Dec. 11. •The sanctuary choir and orchestra of Perry United,Methodist, Church. Please see CHURCHES, page 108 EDWARDS HARPER Co. % Downtown Perry M Christmas y T 20% to 50% OFF!!! 909 Carroll Street • Perry, GA 987-2391 tA* Extra Easy Holiday Punch <„ •*" Draw a crowd of family &friends with this delicious SA V smelling (and tasting) hot nulled cider tl / 2 gallon apple juice | 1/2 cup Savannah Cinnamon Mix 'T; Heat and serve (■pH That ’s all there is to it! Taste Testing Oh, so simple, December 3 thru 24 Oh, so delicious! SctCfcvi* ec '-nmjfruiiL-u-j. hrr 7r>l ’ '«*ry ,'atmne l mranmMO sir«-< W 4700 Pre-Holiday Sale Now in Progress Start Your Christmas Shopping Now with 25% Off Selected Fall and Holiday Fashions SEASONS GREETINGS From your friends at r AJ.F Monday-Friday 10-6 Saturday 10-5 917 Carroll Street Perry, GA. 987-0970 Pea chi state Gabie i v Perry, Ga. 31069 987-3444 A A