ALGER — Quickstep Pentecostal Church of God, located south of Alger, will have a Homecoming Service at 10 a.m. Sunday, July 29. The Anointed Hearts will be singing at the service, with Rev. Holly preaching.

Rev. Matthew A. Laferty will be speaking at the Hepburn United Methodist Church, 21463 CR 144, Kenton at 10 a.m. Sunday, July 22. He is the pastor of the English Speaking United Methodist Church of Vienna, where he has served since August of 2015.

ALGER — TLC Ministries will be hosting a “Community Eatin’ Meetin’ Gospel Singing Concert” on Saturday, July 21 at its location in Alger at 701 N. Main Street. The purpose is to draw the community together for fellowship, said Pastor Tony Crowe.

A revival is coming to Kenton Full Gospel Church beginning Thursday, July 26 through Sunday, July 29. Corey Carroll will lead the revival, which will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 6 p.m. Sunday.

If I asked you to define the current state of our community or our country, how would you respond? Have you noticed that more and more people are defining the behavior of society as “tribal?” That means people are beginning to gather around those who are familiar; they are less likely to associate with people outside their communities or comfort zones.

The Lima Area Operation Christmas Child Team will be hosting shoebox gift recipient speaker Mariya Snizhko at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 22 at First Baptist Church, 11543 CR 175, Kenton. Snizhko was born in Ukraine and raised by Christian parents.

FOREST — The Forest Community Bible School will be held from 6:30 to 8:15 p.m. Sunday, July 15 through Thursday, July 19 at the Forest United Methodist Church. Join the group to learn about Esther, plus enjoy games, snacks and crafts.

FOREST — The Morse Family Gospel Singers will be at the Heritage Christian Union Church, located at 15738 Ohio 37, Forest, on Sunday, July 15 for the 10:30 service. The family is from the McComb area. Not only do Jon and Heidi sing, but also six of their nine children do as well. Also, Jon’s father, Bill plays piano for the group.

ALGER — The Alger First United Methodist Church is sponsoring an ice cream social Saturday, July 21 from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Neighbor to Neighbor Outreach Center, 305 N. Main Street, Alger.

Our national church body has a youth gathering every three years. In 1991 the gathering was held over the July 4 holiday in Dallas. Texas. It was the only youth gathering I’ve attended and it was hot, really hot. There were 38,000 teens and chaperones in attendance for the five days.