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Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church was the site recently for the church Junior and Senior Ushers and Nurses Ministry “Culinary Appreciation Award Event.” Community restaurant owners and community cooks were honored for their services in Crowley. Honorees included, standing from left, Timothy Hayes Sr., Tim & Glo Catering; Sharon M. Francis, Sharon’s Grill, LLC; Walter Andrus, Andrus Catering; Lucretia Wilridge, SLM Fresh Meat Market, LLC; Denise Guillory, Neesie’s Sweet Dough Pies, Inc.; seated from left, Barbara Dell Reed, Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church member; Cynthia Burnette Corbins, Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church Member and Junior and Senior Ushers and Nurses Ministry Activity Coordinator; Dr. Ezora Proctor, first lady of First Church of God in Christ of Jeanerette; Pastor Sherard M. Joseph of Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church and Jerusalem Baptist Church of Crowley; Brenda Johnson, member of Jerusalem Baptist Church; and LeVera Pete George, Junior and Senior Ushers Nurses Ministry president. Not shown are Steven Wilridge, SLM Fresh Meat Market, LLC; Shawn Augustus and DiWaune Burnette, Lil Kessie’s, LLC; and Eva Mae Hunter, caterer, Bon Appetit.

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The planning committee for Rosary Congress 2023 met recently at the home of Sondra Myers. The group’s work includes organizing tasks for the daily 7 p.m. Mass, creating publicity to be distributed in the community and to area churches, recruiting worshipers and assisting them to sign up for an hour of prayer, and gathering and setting up materials at Notre Dame Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Chapel where the week-long prayer event is held. Members of the committee include, from left, Madeline Cain, St. Teresa Catholic Church; Pat Miers, St. Margaret Catholic Church; Beverly Leblanc, Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church; Natalie Monceaux, Sondra Myers, Beverly Maloz, Mary Hains Doucet and Carla Lambousy, all from St. Michael Catholic Church; Harriet Bias, St. Teresa Catholic Church; and Aline Hebert, St. Michael Catholic Church. Not shown are Margie Seaux, Josette Abshire, Toni Romero and Tanya Patton. Anyone interested in signing up for an hour of prayer during the week of Oct. 23 - 27 may contact Sondra Myers at 337-654-9268 or Aline Hebert 337-581-6886.