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Chris Carr, and Jessica Bivens. Jack Hode and Belinda Pearce were the adult worker/chaperones. The World Changers Junior High group went on a mission trip to Savannah, Georgia, July 16-23, 1995. The following went: Brian Carr, Holly Deuschle, Roxanne Fletcher, Jessica Pearce, and Nathan Yow. Worker/chaperones for this trip were: Lisa Wilboum, Sam Wilboum, and Belinda Pearce. The Margaret Lackey State Missions Goal for our church was $900.
The ?Christmas in August? mission project was taken overy by the GAs. On August 27, they collected food and other articles for the East Howard Center in Biloxi. The Centennial Edition of the church pictorial directory was made in October. The Mississippi Baptist Convention met in Jackson on October 31-November 1. The Waveland United Methodist Church hosted the Community Thanksgiving Service on November 21.
The statistical summary of our Annual Associational letter for 1994-95 follows:
Total Baptisms	7
Other Additions	14
Total Membership	851
Sunday School Enrollment	291
Vacation Bible School	354
Total Receipts	$266,214
Total Missions	$ 45,955
Cooperative Program	$ 22,281
Association Missions	$ 13,369
State Missions	$ 683
Church Debt	$18,000
January started off the Centennial year with the 1995-96 budget of $231,400. January 28 was ?Super Bowl? Sunday. The special mission offering was donated to Santa Eulalia Baptist Camp in Peru, directed by our own missionaries, Uless and Mary Lee Bergeron. The members and visitors put $2,179.35 into the ?Super Bowl? that day. During February the Sunday School classes collected packs of Kool-Aid for the camp in Peru. They collected enough to make 3,224 quarts. The Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for Home Missions church goal was $1,750. On March 10, our radio broadcast on local station WBSL - 1190 was resumed. Easter Sunrise Service was held on April 28. The
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