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U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop will help Bishop Tiangello Tramaine Hill and Cathedral of Praise in Albany celebrate the church’s first anniversary next week.

The church, which now has 310 members and counting, has the following festivities planned Feb. 12-19.

- Sunday, Feb. 12 – 5 p.m. – Special guest pastor Jason Spears of Providence Church.

- Monday, Feb. 13 – 7 p.m. – Special guest pastor Melvin Dawson of Miami, Fla.

- Wednesday, Feb. 15 – 7 p.m. – Special guest Bishop Q.S. Caldwell of Lenox, Ga.

- Thursday, Feb. 16 – 7 p.m. – Pastor Tolan Morgan of Detroit, Mich.

- Friday, Feb. 17 – 10:30 p.m. – Late-night musical featuring the church’s choirs and praise team.

- Saturday, Feb. 18 – 7 to 10 p.m. – Celebration Banquet at Hilton Garden Inn featuring Sanford Bishop.

Cathedral of Praise, a nondenominational United Christian Fellowship church, is at 714 W. Broad Ave. For information, call Gloria Thomas at 854-3981 or Mike Ervin at 886-6453.

- “We are a church for all, a church for those looking for new direction, a church that ministers to spiritual being as well as the physical being, and a church for all ages and races,” said Hill.