Mt. Carmel Baptist Church will be having its annual deacon board program January 18 at 4 p.m. Rev. Lance Pitts and members of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Greensboro will be the guests.

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The 2009 Annual Chamber of Commerce Banquet will be held Thursday, January 22, 6:30 p.m., at the Pope Conference Center. Cost for Chamber members is $20; non-members, $25.Call 706- 678-2013 for reservations, or chamber@washingtonwilkes.org

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Wills Memorial Hospital is sponsoring a "Managing Diabetes for Patients and Families" series. The dates are January 8, 15, and 22, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the hospital library.

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Michelle White will deliver her initial sermon Sunday, January 18, 3 p.m., at Clifford Grove Baptist Church, Rayle.

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The Old School Reunion will meet Saturday, January 10, 12 noon at the Mary Willis Library.

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The Flint Hill Baptist Church will have its Usher Board anniversary celebration Sunday, January 4, 11:45 a.m.

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New Life Baptist Church will begin having services in the Washington Chapel building January 4. Sunday morning services is at 11 a.m.; Sunday night at 6 p.m.; Wednesday night at 7 p.m. Pastor John Smith and the congregation invite the public to attend.

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Cherry Grove Missionary Baptist Church will celebrate the usher board's anniversary Sunday, January 25, 3 p.m. Guest speaker will be Evangelist Brenda Nunnally.

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The next meeting of the W-W Toastmasters Club will be held Jan. 5, 6-7 p.m., at the library.

Cherry Grove Missionary Baptist Church will celebrate the usher board's anniversary Sunday, January 25, 3 p.m. Guest speaker will be Evangelist Brenda Nunnally.

ƒ The Weekly Tuesday Night Fulfillment Hour (Bible Study) at Springfield Baptist Church will begin its 2009 sessions at 7 p.m. January 13. Focus will continue to be "Biblical Principles for Raising Children and Grandchildren."

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The next meeting of the Washington-Wilkes Toastmasters Club will be held Monday, January 5, 6-7 p.m., at the Mary Willis Library. Anyone 18 years old and above is invited to attend.