Baby Name Enola

Church Briefs: July 15

Pictured are items that will be for sale Market Day, set for Saturday, at the Wesley United Methodist Church’s fundraiser. The quilt in the background being held by Bryce Nicholson will be sold in a silent auction. Also pictured are (left to right) the Rev. David Hoffman, Allie Hance and Robbie Dickson, wearing oilcloth aprons that will be for sale. SUBMITTED PHOTO

133rd Singing Convention to begin July 22The 133rd annual session of the Faulkner County Singing Convention will begin at 7 p.m. July 22 at Centerville United Methodist Church. It will convene again at 10 a.m. July 23, break for a meal at noon, and continue at 1 p.m. As always, the public is invited and encouraged to attend this time-honored event.Early convention minutes are probably lost, but a few interesting bits have been passed down. A constitution was adopted July 21, 1887, and it (or its revisions) provided that “the Secretary shall be allowed $1.50 for his services.” It also provided that “this Convention shall be opened and closed by prayer.” And, it contained the following: “the object of this Convention is to harmonize vocal music.” These statements are in the minutes of the “Fifty-Fourth Annual Session held with Enola Class, July 22, 23, 24, 1932.”Names in these 1932 minutes would make up a Who’s Who of community leaders. The singing classes represented included Antioch, Bailey Chapel, Beckett Mountain, Blackfork, Brannon, Cadron Valley, Centerville, Cypress Valley, Enders, Greenbrier, Holland, Marcus Hill, Mount Carmel, Mount Olive, Mount Vernon, Naylor, Needs Creek, New Liberty-Beryl, Pleasant Valley, Springhill and Vilonia, Centerville UMC, site of the 133rd Convention, is some eight miles northeast of Greenbrier near Woolly Hollow State Park. It has a rich heritage in its own right. It has a long association with Faulkner County singing. And, it welcomes all conventioneers along with the officials, Raymond Bush, president; Shelby Sawrie, vice president; Margie Fulmer. Secretary-Treasurer; Dean Patton, Chaplain; and Weldon Ingram, Sgt. at Arms.The McKameys to be in concert at Faith AssemblyFaith Assembly of God Church will host The McKameys at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. The church is located at 1655 Middle Road, Conway. For more information, call 501-327-9094 or visit www.conwayfaithchurch.com . Wesley UMC to host Market DayFrom 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Market Day will be held at Wesley United Methodist Church. The public is invited. This indoor market will feature items such as homegrown produce, fresh herbs, eggs and homemade jellies and jams. Baked goods will include homemade cupcakes, flavored pretzels and sourdough breads and cinnamon rolls. Sweet breads such as zucchini, banana nut and lemon poppy seed will also be on hand. There will be jewelry and crafts, as well as unique Christmas ornaments. Home goods items will include baby quilts, handmade coasters, place mats and oilcloth aprons. And for the fishing enthusiast, there will even be hand-crafted crappie jigs for sale. The highlight of the market will be a beautiful quilt donated by one of the quilters, which will be sold to the highest bidder in a silent auction.This will be the second annual Market Day for Wesley United Methodist Church, and proceeds will once again go to the church building fund. For more information, call the church office at 327-7629. Wesley UMC is located at 2310 East Oak St., one mile east of Conway Commons and across from Caldwell Country Store. Union Missionary Baptist to hold Men and Woman’s DayUnion Missionary Baptist Church in Morrilton invites the public to its Men and Woman’s Day program at 11 a.m. Sunday.The special guest speaker will be Dr. Margarette William, dean of Regular Arkansas Missionary Baptist State Congress of Christian Education. Also on the program will be Sis. Bennie Maxfield, President of State Woman’s Auxiliary.Dinner will be served after the morning services.For more information, call the Rev. Henry Anderson 501-548-0411.Pleasant Grove to hold VBSPleasant Grove Baptist Church located at 3255 Prince St. in Conway, will he hosting its vacation bible school — Big Apple Adventure! — from 6-8:25 p.m. Sunday through Thursday. Registration/drop off begins at 5:45 each night.The program has prepared activities, organized for the following classes/age groups: pre-kindergarten through 4 years old (mature 3-year-olds OK), kindergarten/5-6 years old (entering this fall/just completed), younger childen/7 and 8 years old (into grades 2-3), older children/9,10 and 11 years old (into grades 4-6).For more information: 501-327-2214 (church office) or VBS Director, Michael Sanders 501-514-2791 (cell,anytime). The Rev. John Greer is the pastor, and the Rev. Matt Baxter is the youth minister.Woodland Heights women to host Bible studyThe women’s ministry of Woodland Heights Baptist Church will host its monthly Bible study lecture/lunch this Tuesday. “Mid-Day Manna”, led by Wanda Landers, meets from 11:45 a.m. until 12:50 p.m. Lunch, which includes dessert and drink, will be served for $5. All ladies in the community are invited.Childcare is available upon request by calling 269-4387.Woodland Heights Baptist Church is located at 4215 Prince St. in Conway.Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hosts blood driveThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is hosting a blood drive for the American Red Cross 4-8 p.m. Wednesday. The church is located at 2045 Dave Ward Drive in Conway. For more information, call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE or on the web RedCrossBlood.org.

Cheeky Wipes! – Review » clothnappy.info

3/5

Terry towelling has long been held in high regard as an absorbent product for making flannels, towels, flat nappies and the like. Therefore, it’s unsurprising to find wipes in this material. However, the pile could have been thicker to allow for more sponginess, and as it stands bamboo or soy terry would have been ten times more absorbent.

Unfortunately, the wipes catch colours from nappies/clothes when being washed together really easily and come out in some rather odd shades. They also stain very easily. With the pile being so short, they crisp up and form handy frisbees if, like me, you live in a hard water area…for this reason, I’ve taken to using them only for scrubby face jobs and not delicate bottom work!