The annual Community Thanksgiving Service was held at First Assembly of God in Warren Sunday night.
The event is a fundraiser for Bradley County Ministerial Alliance which serves emergency needs in the community. An Easter event is also held each year. Funds are generated through love offerings taken at each event.
Top photo: From left, the Revs. Matt Overall, Immanuel Baptist Church; Henry Cox, Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church; Richard Gaskin, First Baptist Church; Vernon Colvin II, Lighthouse Church; Richard Barley, Harmony Freewill Baptist Church; Dixon Platt, First United Methodist Church; and Jim Bales, First Assembly of God. Not pictured: Ricky Rauls, First Free Will Baptist Church.
The Rev. Jim Bales, First Assembly of God pastor, gave the welcome.
The Rev. John Gaskin, First Baptist Church pastor, sang two songs.
The Rev. Dixon Platt, First United Methodist pastor, offered a prayer.
Messages of unity were presented by the Revs. Vernon Colvin II, Lighthouse Church; Richard Barley, Harmony Freewill Baptist Church; Henry Cox, Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church; and Ricky Rauls, First Free Will Baptist Church.
Rauls also announced a countywide tent revival will be held in the spring on the grounds of Lighthouse Church, which burned to the ground last year.
The Rev. Matt Overall, Immanuel Baptist Church pastor, gave the closing prayer.
A fellowship was held afterwards, with chicken salad sandwiches, chips, cookies and tea and lemonade provided.
I thought the pastor’s name at the Methodist Church is Dixon Platt.