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Lessons and carols

SNYDERTOWN -- St. Mark Lutheran Church, 850 Snydertown Road, Howard, will be hosting Christians with Rhythm Choir's Christmas Cantata, "A New and Glorious Morn," on Jan. 5 at 10:30 a.m. Please join us!

Choir Cantata

HOWARD -- The Christians with Rhythm will be at the Howard Christian Church on Sunday, Jan 5, at 3:30 p.m., with their Christmas Cantata. The public is invited!

Prayer Shawl Ministry

MILL HALL -- Come join the members of the Prayer Shawl Ministry of Bald Eagle United Presbyterian Church on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. Normally the PSM meets the first Wednesday of each month, but because of the New Year's Day holiday, the meeting date has been changed.

The meeting begins at noon when we'll look at all of the beautiful creations of crocheted and knitted items that have been brought in by our needleworkers. There will also be a lunch provided. If you'd like to become a part of the Prayer Shawl Ministry, please come! We welcome all skill levels to help us in our ministry. If you don't know how to crochet or knit, we have people who will show and mentor you through your learning experience.

The Prayer Shawl Ministry also accepts donations (monetary as well as yarn or cotton material) to continue our ministry. If anyone would like to donate clean, cotton material, it would certainly be appreciated and will be used to create machine sewn quilts for children's beds.

The church has a ramp and is handicap accessible and is located at 111 Main St., in Mill Hall, with plenty of free parking to the rear of the church.

Grief Support

LOCK HAVEN -- Community Grief Support is a new opportunity for men and women to gather and seek help together. The next meeting will be on Jan. 14. The group will meet the second and fourth Tuesday of the month from 6-7 p.m. in the lounge of Covenant United Methodist Church, 44-46 W. Main St., Lock Haven.

The support group is free, confidential and open to anyone. There is no work book to follow and no end date. It is designed to become an established, long-term program.

Sharon Gensib and Pamela Brauchli are the facilitators. They will open each session but the discussion will go where the group takes it.

Soup Sale and Luncheon

HOWARD -- Howard United Methodist Church will sponsor a community soup sale on Thursday, Jan. 16, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Soups available are vegetable beef, ham and bean, chicken corn and chicken noodle. Quarts for take out should be preordered by the Sunday prior to the luncheon. Contact Patti at 814-625-2182 for preorders and questions. Soup comes in freezable containers. Cost is $8 for a sit down lunch or for take-out quarts of soup. A sit down lunch includes a bowl of soup, piece of pie, roll and drink.

Proceeds from soup sales are designated to local missions in the area. Invite a friend, come for lunch and enjoy good food and fellowship while supporting a worthy cause! The church is located at 144 W. Main St., down by the funeral home, in Howard.

Homemade Doughnuts

JERSEY SHORE -- Trinity UM Church, 1407 Allegheny St., Jersey Shore, will be offering fresh homemade doughnuts for sale and pick up on Thursday, Jan.16. It's best to pre-order your doughnuts by calling 570-398-2913 on weekdays between the hours of 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Extra doughnuts are always made for those who want to walk-in and buy theirs. Walk-in sales start at 7 a.m. and are available until all sold out. The cost for a dozen is $7 while a half dozen is $3.50.

Bible Study

LOCK HAVEN -- God's Eternal Life Church at 30 Woodward Ave., Lock Haven, is holding weekly Bible studies each Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. The topic will be Thru the Bible Word for Word. Please feel free to join us. Church services are held on Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. All are welcome. Pastor Dean Williams can be reached at 570-748-3700.

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