Camp meetings begin Sunday

Lake Creek United Methodist Church will celebrate the 165th year of camp meetings Sunday to Aug. 10. Sunday morning services begin at 9 a.m. and evening services begin at 7:30 p.m. Vacation Bible school is from 9 to 11:45 a.m. Monday to Aug. 8.

The speakers and music will be as follows:

Sunday morning: The Rev. Jerry Crone, of Lake Creek United Methodist Church, will speak and Jordan Sawford will provide the music.

Sunday evening: Dr. David Maggi, of Clinton UMC, will speak and Shawnee Heights UMC Power and Light Singers will perform.

Monday: The Rev. Jason Veale, of Smithton UMC, will speak and Lois Hoehns will provide the music.

Tuesday: The Rev. Ben Mulford, of Paris UMC, will speak and provide the music.

Wednesday: The Rev. Jim Downing, of First United Methodist Church in Sedalia, will speak and First Church will provide the music.

Aug. 7: The Rev. Mary Lou Toft, of Windsor and Brandon United Methodist churches, will speak and Rex B. Ryan will provide the music.

Aug. 8: Dan Page, of Pleasant Green UMC, will speak. Vacation Bible school participants will present a program.

Aug. 9: Preacher’s Quartet will perform.

Aug. 10 (morning): The Rev. Jerry Crone will speak and Delbert Smith and the Page Girls will provide the music.

Aug. 10 (evening): A potato bar supper will be from 6 to 7 p.m. in the church basement. Proceeds will benefit a Mozambique seminary student.

Peggy Eshelman, of LaDue and Mount Zion United Methodist churches, will speak. Lake Creek and Smithton UMC choirs will perform.

To get to the church, go six miles south of Smithton on state Route W. Turn left on Lake Creek Road and turn right at the church. The campgrounds are located east of the church.