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BLACK CREEK

First Baptist Church, Middleburg, will host speaker Bernadette Todd May 8 at 6 p.m. The wheelchair-bound speaker is a native of Jamaica. For more information, call 904-282-5289.

HALIFAX

Rima Ridge Baptist Church, Ormond Beach, will mark its 25th anniversary May 22 with Southern Baptist Convention president Bobby Welch. Welch, pastor of First Baptist Church, Daytona Beach, will preach in the 11 a.m. worship service. Dinner on the grounds will be served. For more information, call 386-672-3644.

MARION

First Baptist Church, Orange Springs, will mark its 55th anniversary in homecoming May 22. Gary Townsend, associate with the Stewardship Department of the Florida Baptist Convention, will speak in the 11 a.m. service. Lunch will be served after worship. For more information, call 352-546-3884.

NEW RIVER

Hope Baptist Church, Starke, will host Outdoor Sportsmen's Fest 2005 April 30, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The event, for men and boys, will include a wild game feast; a car, ATV, truck and boat show; hunting and fishing demonstrations; prizes and competitions. Guest speaker is Randy Lamb, evangelist and musician from Brunswick, Ga. For ticket information, call 352-473-4188.
Hope Baptist Church will meet in revival May 1-5 with evangelists Rick Coram and Randy Lamb. Service times are Sunday, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; and 7 p.m. nightly, with dinner at 6 p.m. For more information, call 352-473-4188.

PENSACOLA BAY

Oak Grove Baptist Church, Century, will celebrate its 64th annual homecoming May 15. Former pastor Ralph Aaron will speak in the 10:30 a.m. service. A covered dish lunch will be served. For more information, call 850-327-4964.

RIDGE

Westside Baptist Church, Haines City, will meet May 1 for its 51st homecoming. J.L. Howard, the church's first pastor who served 35 years, will preach in the 11 a.m. service. Dinner on the grounds will be served in the fellowship hall. For more information, call 863-422-4720.
Inman Park Baptist Church, Winter Haven, will mark its 75th anniversary May 1. Dale Kinsey, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, Clermont, will preach in the 10:55 a.m. service. A covered dish lunch will be served. For more information, call 863-293-8433.

SOUTH FLORIDA

Crestview Baptist Church, Lakeland, will host The Power Team today through May 1 at 7 p.m. nightly. For more information, call 863- 858-3314.

WEST FLORIDA

The Baptist Men of West Florida Baptist Association are sponsoring a Scale Fish Fishing Tournament April 29-30. The tournament banquet will begin Friday at 6:30 p.m. with speaker Scott Martin, a professional bass fisherman and son of Roland Martin. Proceeds from the event will go to the restoration of Armstrong House, a 12-apartment complex that will house needy persons. The fishing tournament will be held April 30 at the Gap Pond boat landing in Sunny Hills.