Northwest District
Calendar of Events - 2025-26

PE District
Local Church  Holiday Days

August

Aug. 15 - NWD Annual Conference Report Due—Mail-in or Drop-off (TENTATIVELY)


September

Sept. 1 - Labor Day

Sept. 25-27 - NMS Annual Conference ~ Solomon Chapel ~ Cleveland, MS


October

Oct. 7 - Presiding Elder Archie Smith's Birthday


November

Nov. 11 - Veterans Day

Nov. 30 - First Sunday of Advent
 
December

Dec. 5-6 - Northwest District Planning Meeting ~ Bethel Rosedale

Dec. 7 - Second Sunday of Advent
Dec. 14 - Third Sunday of Advent
Dec. 21 - Fourth Sunday of Advent
Dec. 25 - Christmas Day
Dec. 31 - Watch Night Services
 
2026
JANUARY

Jan. 1 - New Year's Day
Jan. 10 - Supervisor (Rev. Dr.) Hugh Marriott's Birthday
Jan. 10 - Community Back to School Prayer and Souper Saturday—New Bethel Shelby—2 pm
Jan. 17 - Founder’s Day Reporting (mail-in or drop-off)
Jan. 19 - Martin Luther King Jr. Observance Day
 
FEBRUARY
Feb. 4 - Bishop Erika D. Crawford's Birthday
Feb. 15 - Founders’ Day Celebration~Bethel Mound Bayou~3pm
Feb. 15 - Black History Program~Bethel Rosedale
Feb. 16 - Presidents’ Day
Feb. 18 - Ash Wednesday
Feb. 18 - Ash Wednesday Service ~ Bethel Mound Bayou ~ 6pm
 
MARCH
Mar. 7 - Worship in White~New Bethel Shelby~2pm
Mar. 8 - Daylight Saving Time Spring Forward
Mar. 10 - Second Quarter General Budget Report Due
Mar. 14 - Northwest District Conference/Midyear—Greater Lee Chapel
Mar. 29 - Palm Sunday
Mar. 29-Apr. 4 - Holy Week
Mar. 30-Apr. 2 - Passion Week and Mundy Thursday Services ~Bethel Mound Bayou~7pm nightly
 
APRIL
Apr. 3 - Good Friday Service ~ St. Matthew ~ 10 am
Apr. 5 - Resurrection Sunday
Apr. 12 - Family & Friends Day~Bethel Rosedale
 
MAY
May 10 - Mother’s Day
May 24 - Pentecost Sunday
May 25 - Memorial Day
May 30 - Northwest District Church School Convention/CEYLC Reporting ~ Friendship
 
JUNE
Jun. 10 - Third Quarter General Budget Report Due
Jun. 8-11 - Vacation Bible School~Bethel Mound Bayou~5pm Daily
Jun. 14 - Men’s Day~New Bethel Shelby~2pm
Jun. 19 - Juneteenth
Jun. 21 - Father’s Day
 
JULY
Jul. 1 - Halftime Prayer and Praise Experience ~Friendship~6 pm
Jul. 16-17 - Revival at Bethel Mound Bayou, 7 pm Nightly
Jul. 19 - Church Anniversary~Bethel Mound Bayou
Jul. 26 - Church Anniversary~Bethel Rosedale
 
AUGUST
Aug. 2 - Church Anniversary~New Bethel Shelby~2:30pm
Aug. 9 - Annual Women’s Day~Bethel Mound Bayou~3pm
Aug. 22 - NWD Annual Conference Reporting Meeting ~ Bethel Friars Point
 
SEPTEMBER
Sept. 7 - Labor Day
Sept. 10 - Fourth Quarter General Budget Report Due
Sept. 13 - Annual Men’s Day~Bethel Mound Bayou~3pm
Sept. (23) 24-26 - North MS Annual Conference
 
OCTOBER
Oct. 11 - 157th Church Anniversary ~ Friendship ~ 11am
Oct. 12 - Columbus Day
Oct. 26 - Men & Women’s Day~Bethel Rosedale
 
NOVEMBER
Nov. 1 - All Saints Day
Nov. 2 - All Souls Day
Nov. 11 - Veterans Day
Nov. 15 - Harvest Day Festival~Bethel Rosedale
Nov. 26 - Thanksgiving Day
Nov. 29-Dec. 19 - Advent
 
DECEMBER
Dec. 25 - Christmas Day