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Fundraiser will benefit mission project
A fundraiser will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, June 19, at Friendly’s Restaurant in Dallas with 20 percent of the proceeds benefiting a mission trip planned by members of local churches.
Seventeen people from the Lehman-Idetown United Methodist Church, Center Moreland United Methodist Church, Forty Fort United Methodist Church and the Huntsville United Methodist Church will leave on Sunday, July 20, to travel to the Henderson Settlement, part of the Red Bird Missionary Conference in Kentucky where they will work to will repair the home of a 64-year-old woman in Appalachia. Each person is responsible for paying his or her own room and board.
Huntsville church holds Vacation Bible School
Powerlab Vacation Bible School will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. daily from June 23 to June 27 at the Huntsville Christian Church.
To register, call 824-5059 or log onto groupvbs.com/webtoybox/myvbs/funlab.
Program at Noxen Bible Baptist Church
The public is invited to attend a special presentation by Bob Jones University Drama Ministry team at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 27, at Noxen Bible Baptist Church, State Route 29, Noxen.
The program will feature the original drama “Every Good and Every Perfect Gift.”
The Drama Ministry Team is touring the Mid-Atlantic United States this summer. Members of the group are students at Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C.
St. Paul’s sets summer celebration
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Route 118, Dallas, will hold an “All That Jazz” Summer Celebration/Live Auction on Saturday, Aug. 16, starting at 10 a.m.
In addition to the wide range of items available for sale at the craft fair, there will be booths selling baked goods, books, plants, jewelry and “odds and ends” items, as well as a basket silent auction.
Auction bidding will begin at 6:30 p.m. The auction features antiques, furniture, household goods and many other items of interest. A maple leaf patterned quilt created by the Back Mountain Quilters will also be put up for auction.
Afternoon entertainment will begin at 12:30 p.m. and will include “Kate & Friends,” a Christian ventriloquist group, and the barbershop quartet “Three Friends and a Baritone.” A children’s activities booth will provide games and simple crafts for young children. A local antiques expert will offer free appraisals from 4 to 5 p.m.
All proceeds from the event will benefit the St. Paul’s Senior Youth Group trip to New Orleans in July 2009 to attend the “Jesus, Justice, Jazz” Youth Gathering coordinated by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Youth group members will take part in community service and rebuilding projects in New Orleans while attending the gathering.
Tables for specialty vendors are $25 and are still available. Call the St. Paul’s Church office at 675-3859 for more information or to reserve a table.
Vendors sought for St. Paul’s celebration
Vendors are wanted to sell arts and crafts, specialty items, etc. at the “All That Jazz” Summer Celebration and Auction on Saturday, Aug. 16, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Route 118, Dallas. Cost is $25 for a 10 feet by 10 feet space which will be under a tent (no electricity and vendors provide their own tables).
If you are interested or would like a registration form, contact the church office at 675-3859. Funds raised will benefit the Senior Youth Group’s trip to the ELCA National Youth Gathering in New Orleans in 2009 where they plan to take part in community service projects to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina.
CUMC schedules VBS
Vacation Bible School will be held Monday, June 16, through Friday, June 20, at the Center Moreland United Methodist Church. The schedule is Monday, 8:45 a.m. to noon; Tuesday – Friday, 9 a.m. to noon with a closing program set for 7 p.m. on Friday.
There will be classes for students in kindergarten through sixth-grade with junior and senior high student as leaders and helpers. There will be no nursery class this year.
Pre-registration is requested by calling Meg at 333-1016. For more information, call Susan at 333-4579 or Pastor Drew at 333-4354.