For local resident, Jenna Phipps

Midway Baptist Church will host a benefit gospel singing and spaghetti dinner for Jenna Phipps.

A member of Midway Baptist Church, Phipps was diagnosed with cancer in June and recently found out the cancer has returned.

She will continue her treatments at MD Anderson Center, in Houston, Texas. Phipps is 25 and the oldest of four children. Her mother’s family the Stott’s, live in  the Columbus/ Landrum area and her dad’s family, lives in Sarasota, Fla.

The benefit will be on Saturday, Feb. 16 beginning with the spaghetti dinner from 5-7 p.m. There is a suggested minimum donation per plate. The gospel singing will start at 7 p.m., featuring Greg Day, an award winning singer/songwriter of gospel songs like: “Midnight Cry,” “Angels in the Room” and others. Broken from Boiling Springs will also perform. Broken is made up of church-born, church-raised Christian people who have a heart for ministry. They bring a unique sound with clarity that bridges the gap of all generations. Broken is a group that loves all genres of music from bluegrass to contemporary.

If you would like to know more information, please visit www.mwbaptist.org.

Also on this website, you will find a link to Phipps’ blog, “Trials and Blessings,” which provides more information about her and her journey. If you are unable to attend, but would like to make a donation, you can send it to Midway Baptist Church, c/o Jenna Phipps Benefit, at P.O. Box 679, Columbus, N.C. 28722.

– article submitted by Tammy Anderson