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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2011
BARROW JOURNAL
PAGE 9C
Church News
THIS WEEK
Faith Baptist Church
will be holding a chicken
stew from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
on Saturday, November 5.
The stew will be $7 per
quart.
The church is located at
116 Sarah Street, Winder.
The pastor is Matthew
Calvert. For the bus minis
try, call 678-227-2314.
The Women of Destiny
will meet on Saturday,
November 5, beginning
at 10 a.m. at the Winder
Woman’s Club, located at
15 W. Midland Avenue in
Winder (behind the fire
department). Cathy Kitchen
from Emmanuel Worship
Center will be the speaker.
She was healed of rheu
matoid arthritis. Michelle
Pritchett will be leading in
praise and worship. This
is an interdenominational
ministry open to all women.
For more information, con
tact Karen Lewis at 770-
307-1860.
Corinth United
Methodist Church will
hold a UMW meeting on
Saturday, November 5, at
10 a.m., at the church.
Communion Sunday is
planned for Nov. 6.
Pastor David Staton’s
messages are now available
on CD at no charge.
The church is located at
689 Corinth Church Road
in Winder.
For more information,
call 770-867-2728.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Winder First United
Methodist Church will
hold The Christmas in the
Country Festival Saturday,
November 12, from 10 a.m.
— 5 p.m. There will be
crafters, food vendors, raf
fles and more.
The church is located at
280 N. Broad St., Winder.
Bethlehem First United
Methodist Church has
scheduled “The Wiseman
5K - Follow the Christmas
Star to Bethlehem,” for
Sunday, December 18. The
fun run / walk will start
at 3:30 p.m. with the 5K
run / walk starting at 4.
Participants may register
on line at www.active.com.
Registration fee is $15 per
person before Dec. 10 and
$20 after Dec. 10. Family
rate is $45 (pre-registration
only, 4 to a family.)
T-shirts will be given to
participants that pre-regis
ter and as available on the
day of the event.
For more information on
this event, contact George
Roberson at 678-548-4879
or Carol Black, classi-
craceservices@gmail.com,
706-680-7223.
The church is located at
709 Christmas Ave. (Hwy.
11).
ONGOING EVENTS
Angels with Faith
Ministries, a 501 c3 non
profit charity seeks spon
sors to donate clothes, toys,
etc. for its 2011 Christmas
campaign to benefit chil
dren aged birth to 18 and
their families who would not
otherwise have a Christmas.
Last year, Angels with Faith
Ministries provided aid to
more than 400 children and
100 families. All donations
are 100 percent tax deduct
ible. For more information,
visit angelswithfaithminis-
tries.beep.com or call Lori
at 678-754-1541.
Auburn First Baptist
Church offers celebrate
recovery group meet
ings every Tuesday at 6
p.m. English as a Second
Language classes are held
each Sunday at 6 p.m. Men’s
Bible study is scheduled
each Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Chris Parkin is the pastor.
The church is located at
1385 Sixth Ave., the church
with the gazebo, across the
street from Community &
Southern Bank in Auburn.
For more information, call
the church office at 770-
962-1807.
Bethlehem First United
Methodist Church offers
Fun with Crocheting class
es each Wednesday, from 9
—10:30 a.m.
Divorce Care & Divorce
Care for Kids meetings are
held every Thursday at 6:30
p.m.
Grief support group meet
ings are now being held
each Wednesday at 6:30
p.m. in room 124.
The church is located at
709 Christmas Ave. (Hwy.
11).
For more information,
call 770-867-3727 or visit
the website www.big-
whitechurch.com.
Hope Fellowship
Church now offers a cloth
ing ministry that is open
to the public from 8:30 am
to 12:30 p.m., every sec
ond Saturday of the month.
Women, men’s and children
clothes are available.
The church is located
at 49 Piedmont Ave. in
Winder.
St. Matthew Catholic
Church, Winder, holds
RCIA classes, Rite of
Christian Initiation, every
Sunday at 11:45 a.m. The
class is designed to answer
questions people have
about the Catholic Church
as well as provide every
one with the opportunity
to learn more about the
Catholic faith.
There is no cost to attend
and it is a great opportunity
for people to meet others in
the community, fellowship,
and grow in the faith.
The church is located at
25 Wilkins Road in Winder.
For more information, con
tact Leo Kouters at 770-
867-4876.
Whistleville Christian
Church, holds a Bible Club
every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
Dinner and family hour is
held each Wednesday at 7
p.m. The church is located
at 83 Patrick Mill Road,
Winder. For more informa
tion, call 770-867-5746.
Winder First United
Methodist Church offers
a grief support group each
Wednesday at 6:45 p.m.
“Mom’s Morning Out,”
a drop-in childcare pro
gram, is offered every
Wednesday, from 8:30 —
11:30 a.m., for ages six
months to five years, and
follows the Barrow County
School calendar. The cost
is $8 per child.
Registration forms are
available in the family life
center.
The church is located at
280 N. Broad Street.
For more information,
call 770-867-4594, ext. 15.
Extra Special People to hold reunion
Extra Special People, Inc.
(ESP) — a non-profit orga
nization that serves those
with developmental disabil
ities and their families for
those in Northeast Georgia
— will hold a reunion on
Friday, Dec. 2, at the Oconee
County Civic Center.
ESP is seeking the com
munity’s help in finding
those families, volunteers
and board members who
have lost touch with ESP,
but whose lives were none
theless touched forever by
the nonprofit’s summer
camps and other services
for children with disabili
ties.
ESP will honor those fam
ilies and volunteers whose
love, support and special
children helped build the
organization over the past
25 years.
“Twenty five years is such
a huge milestone, and it’s
really remarkable to see how
far we have come and how
many lives ESP has touched
in that time,” said Laura
Whitaker, executive direc
tor of Extra Special People.
“We want to celebrate
properly, and that means
more than just celebrat
ing the work a few people
have done, or the work that
goes on today - we want
to make sure every fam
ily, every camp counselor,
every donor ever involved
with ESP has an opportuni
ty to reminisce and rejoice
together and look toward
the next 25 years.”
ESP’s first program was
camp, started in 1986 to
address a lack of social,
recreational and therapeu
tic services for 55 children
with disabilities. The next
year, ESP gained 501(c)(3)
status and has been expand
ing ever since, hosting camp
for 150 children in Summer
2011, and making plans for
future growth that will help
it reach every family that
wants and needs ESP’s ser
vices.
Families and individu
als with ties to ESP can
contact the organization
via extraspecialpeople.com
or on Facebook, at fb.me/
extraspecialpeople.
IRS seeks volunteers for tax preparation
The IRS and its partners are
seeking volunteers to help pre
pare simple federal tax returns
for free for people whose
incomes are $50,000 or less.
“People of all ages and
backgrounds are welcome to
volunteer,” said Mark Green,
a spokesperson for the IRS.
“There is a role for anyone
who is interested and wants
to help.”
Volunteers can help in three
separate capacities: Return
preparer, site coordinator (site
supervisor or site manager)
and greeter. Site coordinators
(supervisors) may also prepare
returns. Greeters will generally
also answer simple questions
and distribute forms.
Training is usually held
between November and
January, and volunteers gen
erally study online with Link
& Learn Taxes to obtain then-
volunteer certification.
The Link & Learn program
is an interactive course that
teaches all of the basics needed
to prepare simple income tax
returns accurately for individu
als. Classroom training may
also be available.
Once certified, volunteers
spend as little as three to four
hours per week volunteer
ing between the months of
February and April.
Each year, millions of people
receive assistance through the
programs. In Georgia, more
than 1,405 volunteers through
the IRS’ Volunteer Income Tax
Assistance (VITA) and Tax
Counseling for the Elderly
(TCE) programs helped more
than 70,000 Georgia taxpay
ers. To volunteer, send an
e-mail to taxvolunteer@irs.
gov or contact Joci Padrutt,
IRS-SPEC Atlanta Territory at
404-338-8387. For more infor
mation about the IRS volunteer
tax preparation programs, visit
www.IRS.gov, keywords Tax
Volunteer.
for Hope to be held Nov. 19
Vineyard Run
The Second Annual Vineyard
Run for Hope 10.2 K, 5K and
IK Tot Trot will be held at
Chateau Elan, Braselton, on
Saturday, Nov. 19, with all pro
ceeds benefiting the Gwinnett
Children's Shelter.
The 10.2 K will start at 7:30
a.m., the IK Tot Trot starts at
9 a.m. and the 5K begins at
9:30 a.m.
Along the way, participants
will enjoy views of the vine
yards at Chateau Elan, stables,
golf courses and estate houses.
Entry fees are discounted for
those who register in advance.
The advance registration fee
for the IK Tot Trot is $15, the
fee is $30 for the 5K and the
fee is $40 for the 10.2K.
The Gwinnett Children’s
Shelter — which annually
serves more than 200 young
people residentially — grew
out of a volunteer effort involv
ing PTA, business and commu
nity leaders who recognized a
need for services for abused
and abandoned children.
The shelter depends on com
munity donations to provide
its services, and the annual
Chateau Elan Tour of Homes
event and now the Vineyard
Run for Hope have been
among their largest fundraisers
for several years. Over the past
nine years, the Chateau Elan
community has welcomed
thousands of visitors and raised
more than $1 million for the
charity. For more information,
or to register, visit www.vine-
yardrunforhope.com.
‘A Winter Wonderland’ is theme for festivities
The Celebrate the Holidays in Braselton
committee has announced that this year's fes
tival and parade theme will be “A Winter
Wonderland.”
Festivities will begin on Saturday, Nov.
12, at 5:30 p.m. at the Braselton Brothers
Store (Braselton Antique Mall) as the Town
Christmas Tree is lit amongst singing, dancing
and prize drawing for all attendees. The store is
located at the intersection of Ga. Hwy. 124 and
Ga. Hwy. 53 in downtown Braselton.
The event will also include a special guest
“to create nostalgia for all who attend and
some very exciting surprises,” according to
organizers. After the tree lighting, there will
be a free showing of “Cars 2” in the Braselton
Park. On Saturday, Nov. 19, booths will be
open in the Braselton Park from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m., with the parade scheduled for 10:30 a.m.
“Come watch our Winter Wonderland
Princess, as she travels down the parade route
on Highway 53,” according to organizers. “She
will be escorting our special grand marshals
and casting winter spells all over the Braselton
kingdom. Prepare for a wintry good time.”
Organizers are also seeking businesses
and groups to be presented in the parade.
Guidelines and registration forms are avail
able at the Braselton Town Hall and Northeast
Georgia Bank.
There is no entry fee for those who par
ticipate in the parade. Three cash prizes will
be awarded to the best floats. All registration
forms must be received by Monday, Nov. 14.
No day of parade entries will be allowed.
There will be entertainment on the stage in
the park all day with a special safari petting
zoo, balloon animals and face painting free
for the kids. The Swing Daddies will be on
stage from 1:30-4:30 p.m. performing all the
classics. Cookies with Santa, a paid admission
event, still has a few tickets left.
Full schedules of all events are available at
www.BraseltonFestivals.com or by contacting
Jennifer Dees, town manager, at 706-654-5720
or jdees@braselton.net.
Braselton collecting donations for food pantries
The Town of Braselton is
collecting canned goods, as
part of the Gwinnett Municipal
Association’s (GwMA) “CAN”
Do effort.
The “CAN” Do project is
part of the GwMA’s ongoing
project to fight hunger in local
communities by filling the
shelves of local food pantries.
Cities in Gwinnett County are
teaming together to meet the
needs of hungry families.
The goal is to support local
food co-ops and pantries by
collecting canned foods and
dry grocery staples at munici
pal events throughout the year.
Essential items needed
through the “CAN” Do effort
include: Canned goods and
dry foods, such as rice and
beans; canned meats (luncheon
meat, spam, tuna); personal
hygiene items including tooth
paste, brushes, shampoo, soap,
deodorant; paper goods; and
cleaning products, such as dish
and laundry detergents. Donors
are asked not to give any glass
container items that may break
or items that are beyond their
expiration date.
Collection containers are
located at the Braselton Town
Hall, located at 4982 Highway
53, and collection drives will
occur during the month of
November at the Holidays in
Braselton events on Nov. 12
and Nov. 19.
For more information,
contact Jennifer Dees, town
manager, at 706-654-5720 or
jdees@braselton.net.
AARP group to meet Nov. 9 in Athens
The Athens Chapter of
the AARP will meet on
Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 10:30
a.m. to discuss dementia.
The group will meet in
the meeting room of the
Athens First Bank and Trust,
located at 150 West Hancock
Avenue, Athens.
The speaker will be Sharon
Conley of the Arbor Terrace
Assisted Living and Memory
Care for Seniors in Athens.
She’ll discuss and answer
questions dealing with what
is dementia, how to detect it,
treatment for the condition,
what causes it and other top
ics relating to the condition.
Non-AARP members are
welcome at the meeting,
according to James Mullis,
president of the Athens
Chapter of AARP.
Looking ahead, the speak
er for the Dec. 14 meeting of
the Athens Chapter of AARP
is Delene Porter, CEO and
president of the Athens Area
Community Foundation, as
well as a member of the staff
at UGA’s Fanning Institute.
She’ll talk about improving
quality of life and economic
well-being of individuals
and the entire Athens area.
For more information
about the Athens Area
Chapter of AARP, call 706-
340-9418.
Barrow County Area
CHURCH DIRECTORY
16879
First United
Methodist
Church
280 N Broad St • Winder, GA
770-867-4594
wwwWinderFUMC.com
Traditional Worship...8:45 & 10:55am
Children's Sunday School 9:45am
Adult & Youth Sunday School.. .1 Oam
Contemporary Worship 11 am
Visit us this Sunday!
BETHLEHEM FIRST
UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH
709 Christmas Avenue
Bethlehem, Georgia
770-867-3727
http://www.bigwhitechurch.com
Sun. School 9:30 a.m. & 11 a.m.
Holy Communion Worship Service 8:30 a.m.
Contemporary Worship Service 9:30 a.m.
Traditional Worship Service 11:00 a.m.
Worship with us on Channel 1211:00 a.m.
Holy Communion
Every First Sunday
CHAPEL CHRISTIAN
CHURCH
776 Chapel Church Road
Winder, GA 30680
770-867-2937
James W. Stephens, Pastor
Come and Worship With Us!
Sunday
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Worship 11:00 a.m.
Bible Study 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday
Youth 6:30 p.m.
Choir Practice 7:30 p.m.
“No Creed But Christ, No Book But The Bible”
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