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Annual Ebenezer camp to begin soon

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Ebenezer Camp Ground near Center Point will begin its 193rd annual encampment with an 8 p.m. service Fri., July 17th. Daily services will be held at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. with an afternoon service at 3 p.m. on Sunday and Wednesday.
Rev. David A. Moore of Pruett’s Chapel Methodist Church, of Paragould, will be the evangelist. Young campers will be under the direction of Jeremy Carter, Children’s Minister at First United Methodist Church of Magnolia. Carolyn Carter, of Junction City, will return as pianist and Morgan Lee, of Butterfield, will serve as song leader. Rusty Jones, of Gurdon, will serve as host pastor. Thomas Lee, of Butterfield, will speak at the lay service on Sunday Afternoon.
The Harmony Band will begin singing at 7:30 on Saturday night. Youth singers from Grace Point Mennonite Church will be on hand beginning at 7:45 Wednesday evening. The camp ground is located off Highway 278, three miles north of Center Point. Services will end Thursday evening, July 23.
Ebenezer was first mentioned in available church records in 1822. In 1837, Rev. John H. Propps donated land for the camp ground near the Center Point Cemetery. John Henry, one of the founders of the original camp ground near Old Washington, sent his son John Henry, Jr. to handle moving arrangements. John Henry is buried in the Center Point Cemetery. After moving two more times, seeking more space and spring water, Ebenezer trustees purchased the present 40 acre site in 1837.
For more information, contact Bob Lee at 501-922-3958 or at blee_72104@yahoo.com.

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