Sunday, October 29, 2006 CHURCH THE POST PAGES CHURCH BRIEFS Carverton UMC plans pork dinner The Carverton United Metho- dist Church will hold a family- _ style pork and sauerkraut dinner * from 4-7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18 © at the church. Tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for children age 12 and under. For more informa- © tion, including directions to the ; church, call 333-4837 or 696- : 8715. Election Day Café “at Trucksville UMC . The Trucksville United Meth- odist Church will hold its an- “nual Election Day Café from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7 in . the Educational Building. The © café will feature coffee, donuts, "muffins, sandwiches, soup, hot i dogs, wimpies and dessert g items. In addition to on-site seating, ¥ there will be a special Lunch-to- _ Go and Supper-to-Go. The take- _ outs will feature a sandwich and/or soup, chips, pickles, dessert and a beverage. All proceeds from the café will benefit the Trucksville United Methodist Church building campaign. You do not have to be a regis- tered voter in Kingston Town- ship to patronize the café. Loyalville UMC plans chicken dinner The Loyalville United Metho- dist Church will hold a roast chicken dinner from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 at the church on Loyalville Road. The church is located one-half mile off Route 29 south and 4 miles west of Dallas from Route 118. There will also be a bake sale. Takeouts will be available and orders should be called in ad- @: Dinners are $8 for adults d $3.50 for children under age 12. For takeout orders or more information, call 477-3521. Pork and sauerkraut on menu at St. Paul's St. Paul’s Lutheran Church will hold a family-style pork and sauerkraut dinner from 4-6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 at. the... church on Route 118 in Dallas Township. Takeouts will be available at 3:30 p.m. The cost is $8 for adults and $3.50 for chil- dren. Reservations are encour- aged and may be made by call- ing 675-3859. Tickets will also ir bry Friends of Karen Boback i As your stately I will work hard f and the people w VISIT cated that day. If your church be available at the door. The church is handicap accessible. Fellowship Ministries plans dance, craft show River of Life Fellowship Min- istries will hold a Christian dance for boys and girls ages 8-15 from 7-9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3 at 22 Outlet Road in Lehman - Township. There will be plenty of adult supervision and chil- dren will not be allowed to leave until a parent picks them up. The cost is $3. Snacks and bev- erages will be available. There will also be a craft and collectible show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 at the church. Vendor spaces (8-by-8) are available for $25 each. For more information about either event, call Tracy at 477-3863 or Sue at 639-1769. Proceeds from the events will go toward the church’s new roof fund. Alderson UMC sets bag day, ham-dinner The Alderson United Metho- dist Church will hold a ham and scalloped potatoes dinner from 4-7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4 at the church, located at pole 108 on Lakeside Drive in Harveys Lake. The cost is $7 for adults and $3.50 for children. Takeouts will be available from 4-5 p.m. Tick- ets are available from any _ church member or at the door. For more information, call. 333-4218 or 639-5401. Center Moreland UMC holding mission project The Center Moreland United Methodist Church is holding its annual Christmas Child Shoe Box mission project. The project is an international relief project of Samaritan’s Purse. Last year, more than seven million gifted- filled shoe boxes were distrib- uted worldwide to children in 95 countries. : October is “Get Your Shoebox Together” month at the church. Other churches in the area will also be taking part in the pro- ject. The boxes are due by Sun- day, Nov. 5 and will be dedi- would like information about the program, call 1-800-353-5949 or visit the Web site www.sa+ maritanspurse.org. If you would like to do a box and need it to be taken to a collection site, call Sheryl Phillips at 333-4226. Special events set for November The Center Moreland United Methodist Church is holding several special events during November. The church’s mis- sions committee will be hold an Election Day bake sale begin- ning at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7 at the Northmoreland Fire Hall in Center Moreland. The sale will continue until all of the goods are sold. Proceeds will benefit Christmas mission projects. The Dymond Hollow and the Center Moreland United Metho- dist Churches will join for a potluck lunch at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19 at the Center Moreland UMC. Everyone who attends is asked to bring a dish to share and their own place settings. For more information, call pastor Mary Jean Simonin at 333-4354. The Center Moreland UMC Charge will hold its annual Thanksgiving Eve service at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 22 at the Dymond Hollow UMC. Men's breakfast held each Tuesday The Shavertown United Methodist Church recently began holding a weekly ecumen- ical men’s breakfast. The group meets at 8 a.m. each Tuesday at Pickett’s Charge restaurant on Route 415 in Dallas. The Dutch treat breakfast is followed by fellowship and a short devotion period. The breakfast, fellow- ship and devotion period last no longer than one hour. Men from all Back Mountain churches are encouraged to attend. For more information, call Bob Deeble at 696-2148. Awana Club meets at Grace Community The Awana Club of Grace Community Church meets from 6-7:45 p.m. each Wednesday at the church, located across from Chapel Lawn Cemetery on Memorial Highway. The club holds its meetings through April. The Bible-based club is open to boys and girls in kindergarten through sixth grade. Awana is one of the largest nondenom- .., inational children and youth ministries in the world. Awana clubs are active in more than 110 countries, reaching more than one million young people each week. For more information, call the church office at 675-3723. One of our greatest assets is the hardworking people of Northeastern Pennsylvania. We must have economic development, but with that comes a responsibility to manage and protect our environment. We must feel safe at home. That is why our law enforcement and emergency services must have adequate resources to do their job correctly. Together...we can make it happen. On Nov 7th, Vote Karen Boback for * A resentative, on this great area live here. 1g] elo] oF-Tod Botel fi] State Representative DIVAN =H IB SREY oN = A SN gd Ye FREE GLUCOSE SCREENINGS AND SEMINAR 40 Dallas Shopping Center/Route 309 Dallas . Saturday, November 4 * 8 am to noon Diabetes presentation by David Hutz, MD, and information about caring for diabetes beginning at 10 am. To register or for more information, call 1.800.275.6401 or visit geisinger.org. GEISINGER MEDICAL GROUP 40 Dallas Shopping Center/Route 309, Dallas REDEFINING BOUNDARIES® a A a , ——-—-e_, ee —_..~.,..,,.»n. .| | CHRISTIAN JAZZ CONCERT SET FOR NOV. 4 The Fine Arts Series at the Shavertown United Methodist Church will present a concert of Christian music by Bill Car- ter and the Presbybob Quar- tet at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5 at the church, 163 N. Pioneer Avenue in Shavertown. The jazz group has released six CDs and travels nationally. Carter is pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Clarks Summit. Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for children. For more information about the Presbybop Quartet and to head sound clips of its music, visit the Web site www.presby- bop.com. For more informa- tion about the concert, call the Shavertown United Methodist Church at 675-3616. CIVIL WAR GROUP HELPS PRESERVE GETTYSBURG The Wyoming Valley Civil War Round Table members and friends frequently make trips to Gettysburg, where they donate their time to preserve the properties owned by the Park Ser- vice. The group recently painted a picket fence that surrounds the Althof’s house off Crawford Avenue. Past projects have seen many fences painted from wrought iron, picket, and plank. Brush has been cleared at Devil's Den. There are several round table members who maintain monuments on the battlefields, as well. Making a recent trip to Gettysburg, from left, are Gladys Chapple, Maureen Follmer, Debbie Darling, Deb Hocko and Jim Hennigan. Second row: John Chapple, Madeline Bartleson, Angela Dragon, Mary Jo Lewis, Pete Austin and Lynn Austin. ~ Need an extra hand to do some home improvements? Click KNBTequity.com today. No application fees. Check rates. Apply now! 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