The Latter Rain Quartet will be singing this weekend at the following Kenton churches: Well of Grace Church, 525 N. ida St., at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23; and Kenton Full Gospel Church, 129 N. Wayne St., at 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24.

Kenton Full Gospel Church, 129 N. Wayne St., will be hosting a night of Southern Gospel singing at 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24. The quartets that will be singing are Jericho Road, Latter Rain and the Gary Lyons Family.

Payne Chapel will be accepting Walmart gift cards and monetary donations to be sent to the churches in Florida and Texas. People in those areas are still cleaning up from the aftermath of hurricanes Irma and Harvey.

Payne Chapel will be celebrating its 146th anniversary as part of the Kenton community on Sunday, Sept. 24. All are invited to attend either or both of the services that day.

Stan Kear, elder and council president for the Wharton First Church of God, breaks ground for the new church fellowship hall during a ceremony on Sept. 10.

According to Pastor Tony Crowe of TLC Ministries in Kenton, across Ohio, a death from an overdose occurred every two hours and 52 minutes in 2015. The total deaths due to drugs, he said, showed a 20.5 percent increase over 2014, and at least 4,149 deaths in Ohio were directly attributed to drug overdoses, an increase of 36 percent from 2015 to 2016.

Former OSU basketball player Cait Craft (left) talks with Thelma Musselman of Forest following Craft’s message on Sunday during the Hardin County Fair’s Hour of Inspiration.

Many people blame God when terrible things happen. We humans have a natural tendency to blame others for our problems, be it another person, organization, or even society itself.

The performance of guest singer Randy Nichols at McGuffey Free Will Baptist Church was last week, not this Saturday. Incorrect information was submitted to the Times.

There’s an old hymn that’s been in the hymnals of the three denominations I’ve experienced the most. “Jesus Calls us; o’er the Tumult” was written sometime between 1823 and 1895 by Cecil Alexander.