News from the church and session

September 6th, 2025

Since April of 2024, the First Presbyterian Church in Hazard, with whom we share Jim Garrett as supply minister, met at 9:00 a.m. to allow us to meet at 11:30. Recently they asked if we would be willing to meet once a month at 9:00 a.m so that they can have a later service on that day. So, now our worship service on third Sundays is at 9:00 a.m. On other Sundays, we meet as usual for Sunday School at 10:30 and church at 11:30. When we worship at 9:00, Sunday School will follow the worship service.

That said, there is a proposal to have a picnic on the grounds with other churches on Sunday the 21st together with a service in the Community Building. Keep checking Facebook for more information. If the special event does not take place, there will be at the usual third Sunday worship service at 9:00 a.m. followed by Sunday School.

I hope you are all aware that when the Internet cooperates, our worship services may be viewed on Facebook. The videos are recorded for later viewing, but Facebook takes them down after 30 days.

Our custodian, Josh Gilley, now has a full-time job at the American Elite Inn in Hazard. Consequently, his hours at the church have been reduced to three hours per week. He likes the new job, and they are pleased with him. In fact, he was just recognized as Employee of the Quarter, and his photo is on display in the hotel office.

We continue to meet for a potluck, fellowship, devotional and prayer on Wednesday evenings. Come at 6:00 p.m. even if you aren't bringing food.

Jimmy Moore's bound paperback, "A Pictorial History of Witherspoon College" is still available for $15, and we have just ordered another twenty copies. Some of you may prefer a flash drive for $5 that contains both the entire book and a folder with all the individual pages for convenience in printing.

I am in the process of creating a sequel to Jimmy's book that will cover the years 1950-2000. If you have a high school yearbook, I would like to borrow it for a while. Here are the ones that I am missing: 1951-52, 1955-59, 1962-65, 1968-71, 1973, 1975, 1977, and 1995-1996. If you don't have a yearbook, but do have a group photo for any of those years, those would do as well.

If you have news for this page, please let me know.


Eric Schonblom, clerk of session
(606) 398-5186 (office)
(606) 223-9606 (cell phone)
email: anobium@kih.net