Pearl News

Mark your calendars to be sure and not miss the days to come to Pearl for a great experience in entertainment and shopping! Here are the remaining dates for 2023: July 1, Aug. 5, (second Saturday in September) Sept. 9, Oct. 7, Nov. 4, and Dec. 2.

The Pearl Church of Christ has two big events coming up in the next few months. First, the annual Revival will be held on July 8-9. After the Saturday, July 8 service, their wonderful homemade ice cream supper, which is a long-held tradition, takes place in the kitchen/family room. I’ll update you on times soon so you can add it to your calendar because you don’t want to miss this! In September, the annual Atchley Fish Fry and Labor Day Auction benefiting His Kids is scheduled to take place on Sept. 3. Just a little teaser as to one of the items in the auction — a grandfather clock! Everyone is always invited to either of these events, and everyone is always invited to this wonderful church! The service time is 10:30 a.m. each Sunday.

I wish I had more bikini news to relate to you, but it’s just too crazy hot for this atrocious apparel to venture out of the bookstore! You know it’s hot when the belligerent bikini chooses to nest in its hiding place in the Pearl Cottage Bookstore. However, you can visit it on Bookstore Day on July 1. The historic old teacherage opens at 10 a.m., and Kay, Corlisa, and Linda will be glad to see you. The bikini is in the Christian book section — go figure — and will not bother you a bit … unless your name is Kay Pruett. Everyone else is safe from its hijinks … we hope! So, when you’re in the bookstore, feel free to browse through more than 6,000 books and various and sundry other items while there. Almost all purchases are by donation (Linda says they’re just too tired to price things), and all monies collected go toward the cottage’s various local charities. Remember, “a place is not a place without a bookstore!” And Pearl is one of the best places to be! Y’all come!

This week’s Bible verse comes from John 1:3-5: “Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. In Him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. — NIV (I just had to share this verse, as it has given me great comfort during trying times. I hope you will find peace and hope in these words also.)

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