HCHS and The Nelons to perform in Bonifay
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HCHS and The Nelons to perform in Bonifay

The Dove Award winning and Grammy nominated gospel music group, The Nelons, along with the Holmes County High School Gospel Group, will be at Calvary Baptist Church in Bonifay on Saturday, June 10 beginning at 6:00pm. The Nelons’ were inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of fame in 2016. They are regulars on the Bill…

Gospel Music Weekend coming up at HCHS
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Gospel Music Weekend coming up at HCHS

The Holmes County High School Music Department will present a Gospel Music Weekend on Saturday, March 11 at 5 p.m. and Sunday, March 12 at 2:30 p.m. at the HCHS Auditorium. The night will include many gospel standards and new favorites. The HCHS students will be singing songs that include “Because He Lives,” “Then Came…

How much does it mean to you?
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How much does it mean to you?

R.A. Tea Mathews | Guest Columnist All the Black men I know call one another “brothers.” In the early church, Paul referred to Christians as “brothers.” However, in my church, “brothers” mean something entirely different. Say that word and everyone knows who you mean—Mark, Merrel, and Michael, born two years apart. Older members call them…

Using the cell phone wisely
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Using the cell phone wisely

Michael J. Brooks | Guest Columnist It was a story from “The New York Post” last spring that I pondered and saved. The headline proclaimed, “City removes last-standing public payphone from NYC street.” The accompanying picture showed the removal of a telephone counter, not the old-fashioned telephone booth in which Superman changed clothes. It used…

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Jehovah’s Witnesses remember victims of the Holocaust on Holocaust Remembrance Day

On January 27, the world will mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a symbolic  date to commemorate the victims of Nazism. Murderous Nazi terror targeted millions for reasons  of biology, nationality, or political ideology. But few people know that the Nazis’ victims included  thousands of Jehovah’s Witnesses, who suffered for their Christian faith.  Jehovah’s Witnesses, also…

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Florida families find solutions to bullying from surprising source

When their 5-year-old son came home from school with a bloody lip and scraped face, Daniel and Jessica discovered it was not just an innocent playground accident. Their child was being bullied. As millions of children head back to school this year, more than one in five of them will have a similar experience, according…

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Church and neighbors unite for annual Community Prayer Walk

CHIPLEY – Scores of local residents came out Saturday, October 23, for the annual Community Prayer Walk. This year’s theme was “Walking in Prayer,” with pastors from several Washington County churches taking turns to pray for specific needs at each stop. The walk started at Yes Lord Deliverance Ministries, where Earl Robinson kicked off the…

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‘Eye of Hope’ hosts first annual Recovery Rally and 5K

Eye of Hope Recovery Advocates hosted the first annual Recovery Rally and 5K run Saturday, September 11, in Westville Park. The community event was held to help raise awareness and provide resources and support for those currently dealing with or recovering from not only substance or alcohol addiction, but also domestic violence and sexual abuse….