World Community Day Celebration speaker Good Sam’s chaplain

The Church Women United World Community Day Celebration is an annual event that unites women and men of all faiths in a common worship experience. It will be held at 9: 30 a. m. Friday in Good Samaritan chapel, 121 Cortez Road, Hot Springs Village. The theme is “Through God our Hands Can Heal.” The Rev. Jim Burns, of Hot Springs Village, will bring the message based on Luke 13: 10-13.

Burns serves as the chaplain for the Good Samaritan Society and has pastored Baptist churches for more than 34 years in Iowa, New Jersey and Texas. His ministry has included three trips to Africa to train pastors and being the host of call- in question and answer radio programs in three different sates.

Women and men from all faith congregations and other interested individuals are welcome to join with Church Women United of Garland County at this program. This year’s theme welcomes all to trust in God’s miraculous healing, which touches the lives of people as they pray

for healing through believing in God’s Word, believing that God is still healing today and trusting God with the results.

Church Women United, founded in 1941, is an ecumenical movement involving Protestant, Roman Catholic, Orthodox and other Christian Women in the United States and Puerto Rico. This organization is recognized by the United Nations as Non- Governmental Organization. Jeanne Koons, of Hot Springs Village, is the coordinator of this celebration and welcomes all Garland County residents to attend this service. Canned goods, other nonperishable food items, clean used or new blankets, and baby diapers will be collected and given to a local food pantry/ crisis center and packages of Oreo cookies will be collected and given to female prison inmates.