Cornerstone Baptist Church Services

Cornerstone Baptist Church of West Memphis is “Making Hope Contagious” in Crittenden County. Children, Youth, and Adult Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Morning worship 10:45 a.m. No Sunday Evening Services until further notice. Wednesday Evening Prayer Meeting/Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Anchor Point Youth & Young Adults Night 6 p.m. All services and studies available on Facebook – CornerstoneWM Services and Studies Private Group – Ask to Join! Billy Oyler, Pastor – “All are welcome!”

The Old St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church will have in-person and Zoom Sunday School and Facebook Live Sunday School services at 8:45 a.m., and in-person and Facebook Live Sunday services (@oldstpaulchurch), at 10 a.m. Please join us on Wednesday nights for our in-person and Facebook Live Bible Study, at 6:30 p.m. Host Pastor is Frederick and First Lady Eair Anthony. “We are a church that grows people and glorifies God.”

The newest East Arkansas Family Health Center location is now open to the public. Located at 301 W.

Polk Ave., in West Memphis, EAFHC-South will be operating Monday-Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, Shirley Tanner, providing medical services.

Election season is officially underway. Filing with the Crittenden County Clerk’s office for the 2024 General Election for state, county and municipal races is scheduled for noon Monday, Nov. 6, through noon Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023.

For all questions related to candidate guidelines and filing fees, contact the Crittenden County Clerk’s Office at (870) 739-4434.

Crawfordsville Craft Fair Head to The Loft at Wyatt’s Cafe on Main Street in Crawfordsville on Saturday, Nov. 18, for an Arts & Crafts Fair. from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Local artists and dealers will be selling their paintings, floral designs, pickles, tasty snacks and baked goods. To reserve a space, call 562-857-1719.

No fee for use of space.

There will be another fair on Dec. 16.

Avondale MBC Autumn Market Avondale Missionary Baptist Church, 1001 Balfour Rd., in West Memphis, will be hosting its inaugural Autumn Market, on Saturday, Nov. 18, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Handmade gifts, home decor, baked goods and more. Sylvia’s Kitchen

See BRIEFS, page A13 BRIEFS

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Food Truck will be on site.

$1 raffle for door prizes. All proceeds to benefit Texarkana Children’s Home. To sign up for a booth at the market, call or text (901) 498-0985.

Main Street Pop-Up Shop The 11th annual Main-Street West Memphis Holiday Arts Pop-Up Shop will open on Monday, Nov. 20, with a special Business After Hours from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Holiday Arts will be open from Nov. 24 through Dec. 21. Peruse the works of local artists for that hardto- shop-for person on your Christmas list this holiday season.

Mingle & Jingle The 3rd annual Mingle & Jingle on the Marion Courthouse Square will be Thursday, Nov. 30, from 5 to 7 p.m. Everyone is invited out for the annual tree lighting and festivities, including Christmas music, a live Nativity, food trucks, vendors, pictures with Santa Claus, the Greenway tractor, the Polar Express kiddie train, a snow machine and more. Sponsored by Moms of Marion.

Find them on Facebook, or email momsofmarionAR@ gmail.com for more information.

Sugar Plum Market EastArk Enterprises’ annual Sugar Plum Market will take place on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Marion First Baptist Church, 2137 Hwy. 77 N., in Marion. Booth rentals are available to register now, by calling (870) 7322750. Find that unique gift for the special someone in your life or treat yourself to something nice for the holidays. Sugar Plum Market proceeds benefit the East-Ark Sheltered Workshop, servicing adult individuals with developmental disabilities. For more information, visit them on Facebook at Sugar Plum Market West Memphis.

Marion Christmas Parade It’s a Holly Jolly Christmas this year at the Marion Christmas Parade on Thursday, Dec. 7, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The parade will start at 120 Block St. and make its way down to Highway 77 along Old Military Road. Sponsored by the Marion Chamber of Commerce and the Marion A& P Commission.

Tornado Siren Testing The West Memphis Office of Emergency Management will conduct periodic tests of the city’s tornado siren warning system on Saturdays at noon. These sirens are located at: Tilden Rodgers Park, the J.W. Rich Girls Club, South Avalon at the VFW, 10th Street at Jackson, Goodwin at Garden Drive and MLK Drive at Beatty. If you have questions or concerns about the outdoor weather sirens, please contact the City of West Memphis OEM at 870-7025159.

Marion Water Dept.

The Marion Water Department’s new business hours: Monday – Friday, from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

211 Resource Hotline Did you know, you can call 211 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year to get in touch with the United Way’s free community resources hotline?

You can receive assistance with housing, employment, health care, utilities, tax assistance and more.

Dial 2-1-1, or go online to arkansas211.org.

Marion School Board The Marion School District holds its monthly School Board meetings on the third Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. at the Central Office, 200 Manor Street, in Marion. The community is invited to attend.

West Memphis School Board The West Memphis School District holds its monthly School Board meetings on the third Tuesday of the month, at 6 p.m., at the Central Office, 301 S.

Avalon. St., in West Memphis. All meetings are open to the public.

Bingo Night St. Michael’s Catholic Parish hosts Tuesday Night Bingo every week. Open to everyone ages 18 and up.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Games begin at 7 p.m.

Smoke free and alcohol free. Concessions on site.

Civil Air Patrol Civil Air Patrol meets the first, second and third Monday of each month, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the West Memphis Municipal Airport. Young people ages 12 and up can join the cadet program. Adults are needed to support the cadet program and emergency service operations. For more information contact Lt. Col. Larry Webster at 870-225-6849 or at hornets 99compsq@aol.com.