Hooks church to mark 75-year anniversary

Everett Baptist Church, Hooks, Texas, is having a 75-year celebration Wednesday through July 23.

The church, 4191 Farm-to-Market Road 1898, was founded July 19, 1942.

The congregation will mark the occasion with a series of revival services.

The guest speakers will include three former pastors, a neighboring minister, the executive director of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention and a minister of music who served the church for many years.

Services Wednesday through Saturday will be at 7 p.m. Speakers include:

Wednesday-Othel La Ferney, a former pastor of Everett Baptist who now serves Faith Baptist Church of Gilmer;

Thursday-Kevin Schutte, a music minister who served the church for years, and his wife, Kim;

Friday-Jim Sherwin, a former pastor who now serves First Baptist Church of Celeste, Texas; and

Saturday-James Sparks, a former pastor who now serves First Baptist of DeKalb.

At 11 a.m. Sunday, the celebration will culminate with Jim Richards, executive director of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention.

The public is invited.

For more information, call 903-748-1300.

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