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4B I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, May 23,2018
ChurchEvents, cont.
Etowah River Church of
Christ invites you to Sunday
Bible Study at 9:30 a.m. Worship
is at 10:30 a.m. Sunday and 7
p.m. Wednesday. For more infor
mation, call (706) 265-8834 or
visit www.etowahriverchurchof-
christ.org.
Abba House is a Christian
church with a ministry for
women with addiction or mental
health problems. After an orien
tation period, women who
receive ministry can bring their
young children to live and heal
with them. Local churches and
companies that partner with AH
will have collection days where
individuals can bring food, cloth
ing, baby items and furniture to
help support the ministries. Local
churches will provide vouchers
that can be redeemed at Abba's
Treasures, a store Abba House
has opened at 6800 Dahlonega
Highway in Silver City. All dona
tions are approved by the IRS as
tax deductible. For information,
call (678) 208-2000.
Grace-ln-A-Box offers free take-
home meals every Thursday
afternoon from 3 to 6 p.m. Food
is offered at the Good Shepherd
Clinic at 45 Medical Center Dr.,
Dawsonville, behind Burger
King.
Godly Play, a Christian educa
tion program for children three
years through the sixth grade, is
being taught from 11 a.m. to
noon each Sunday through May
27 at Grace Presbyterian Church.
For more information, call (706)
216-7747.
Hymnspiration at New Life
Church is a time of fellowship,
singing and sharing a meal
together. Join us on the first
Wednesday of each month,
September through May, begin
ning at 10:30 a.m.There is a $5
suggested donation for lunch.
Please R.S.V.R to (706) 265-3811
and let us know you are coming.
Feel free to leave a message after
hours.
The Christ Fellowship Church
Food Center is open. Hours of
operation will be from 4 to 7 p.m.
onThursdays. Residents of
Dawson and surrounding coun
ties are welcome.The church is at
139 Hightower Pkwy., just off of
Hwy. 53 East, one half mile from
Hwy. 400. For more information,
contact info@cfchurch.tv.
The Unshakable Word
Church will be holding a cruise
in and swap meet from noon
until 6 p.m. every fourth
Saturday.The church is at 775
Hwy. 9 N in Dawsonville, next to
RIC-Rack. For more information,
call Radford Brownlee at (770)
633-3905.
Christ the Redeemer Catholic
Church invites everyone to
attend weekly Mass services.
Saturday Vigil Masses are at 5
p.m. and Sunday Masses are at 9
a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Weekday
Masses are held at 9 a.m. on
Mondays, Wednesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays.
Confessions are from 5 to 6 p.m.
on Wednesdays and 3:30 to 4:30
p.m. on Saturdays.The church is
at 991 Kilough Church Rd.,
Dawsonville. For more informa
tion, call (706) 265-1361.
Dawsonville United
Methodist Church has open
ings in its preschool programs.
Drop-in child care is also avail
able Monday through Friday and
on Saturdays for parents' day
out. For more information, call
(706) 429-8433 or visit www.daw-
sonumcpreschool.com.
Rest in the Storms, a program
open to anyone and their family
struggling with any type of
addiction and needing inspira
tion for and during time of recov
ery, is held at 7 p.m. each
Monday night in the basement of
Spirit Baptist Church, 6910 Nix
Rd., Dawsonville.Teaching is by
Michael Holbrook and light
refreshments are served. For
more information, call Barry
Payne at (770) 633-8684.
Dawsonville United
Methodist Church welcomes
you to join its fellowship meal
the last Sunday of each month.
The gathering offers music, food,
fun and fellowship. For more
information, contact Pastor Sean
Smith at (706) 429-4747.
Dawson Events
Listings in Dawson Events are free and available to nonprofit organizations
sponsoring free or low-cost events for the public. Groups may submit notices
by fax at (706) 265-3276 or via email at editor@dawsonnews.com.
COMMUNITY
The Georgia Racing
Hall of Fame invites the
public to the 9th annual
Memorial Day Car Show
and Heritage Festival from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday,
May 26 (rain date May 27
or May 28). Registration
for vehicles begins at 8
a.m.The fee is $20, and
there are 23 trophies to be
awarded. Set-up for
Heritage Day Vendors
begins at 7:30 a.m. with a
fee of $20 (food vendors
call for pricing). Anyone
with Heritage Items to
demonstrate or show will
not be charged a fee. For
car show information, call
Benny at (706) 864-4026
or Linda at (770) 560-3167;
for Heritage Day
Information, call Sandra at
(706)864-4026 or Faye at
(770)893-8230. Contact the
museum at (706)216-7223.
The Bowen Center for
the Arts is hosting a
month-long exhibit featur
ing glass art work from
over 20 instructors and
students from Dunwoody's
Spruill Center for the Arts.
The exhibit is open
through May 25. All
Bowen exhibits are free
and open to the public.The
Bowen Center for the Arts
is located at 334 Hwy. 9
North in Dawsonville, just
north the historic square
next to LanierTech.
Visit www.BowenArts.
org or call (706) 216-
ARTS(2787) for more infor
mation.
Dawson County Library
is hosting a summer read
ing program "Libraries
Rock!" Registration begins
at 10 a.m. June I.The
library will have free week
ly programs for children
and teens every
Wednesday (except July
4).The more you read, the
more chances to win some
great prizes.The program
ends on July 31. Visit the
library website for more
information: www.chestat-
eelibrary.org.The library is
located at 342 Allen Street
in Dawsonville.
The Bowen Center for
the Arts will host a
Critters Juried Art Show,
exhibiting from June 1
through June 29. An open
ing awards reception will
be held from 5 p.m. to 7
p.m. June 1. A Critters
Festival will be held from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 2 at
the Bowen, featuring the
Dawson County Humane
Society with animal adop
tions on site, as well as
boutique pet supplies,
handmade arts and crafts,
food and fun and more.
Vendors are welcome-
apply by May 19. For juried
art show and vendor
entries contact director®
bowenarts.org.The Bowen
is located at 334 Hwy. 9
North in Dawsonville.
The Bowen Center for
the Arts is taking reserva
tions for their annual Artful
Cork wine tasting, set for
Saturday, June 9.The
event will be held from
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at
the Chestatee Golf Club,
located at 777 Dogwood
Way in Dawsonville.
Tickets are $45 per person
and wines will be provided
by Talk of theTable.There
will also be heavy hors
d'oeurves and a silent auc
tion. RSVP by May 26.
Reserve online at www.
bowenarts.org or call
(706)216-ARTS (2787).The
Bowen is located at 334
Hwy. 9 North in
Dawsonville.
The Dawson County
Humane Society cordial
ly invites the public to an
open house to celebrate its
10 th anniversary from 2-4
p.m. Sunday, June 10.The
celebration will include
tours of the updated facili
ties, adoptions, refresh
ments and at 3 p.m. a cer
emony to dedicate the
newly purchased shelter
land and bless the rescue
animals.The shelter is
located at 633 Martin
Road, Dawsonville, adja
cent to Rock Creek Park.
The Dawson County
Library will host Snakes
Alive from 11 a.m. to 12
p.m. June 13. Smithgall
Woods Interpretive
Specialist will bring lots of
slithering friends.The
event is free.The library is
located at 342 Allen St. in
Dawsonville.
The Amicalola Regional
Farmers Market is open
from 3:30 to 7 p.m. each
Friday at Veterans
Memorial Park, 186
Recreational Road in
Dawsonville. If you are
interested in becoming a
vendor email Clark
MacAllister, county exten
sion agent, at clarkmac@
uga.edu.
MEETINGS/SUPPORT
GROUPS
Dawson County Friends
of Recovery (DFOR)
meets monthly at 2 p.m.
on the thirdTuesday at the
Dawson County Library.
The group strives to
increase public awareness
of the programs and bene
fits of Drug Court, DUI
Court, HELP Court and
FamilyTreatment Court.To
get more information, con
tact CarlaTurner at (931)
273-9323.
AARP meets at 3 p.m. the
firstTuesday of every
month, except July and
August, at the Senior
Center.
AL-ANON, a support
group for families and
friends of alcoholics, has
changed locations.
Meetings are every
Thursday from 6:30 p.m.
to 7:30 p.m. at the Church
of the Apostles located on
32 Grant Road W. in
Dawsonville. For more
information, call (855) 254-
3414.
Alcoholics Anonymous
meets in Dawsonville at
the following times and
locations: Church of the
Apostles on Grant Road at
6 p.m. Monday,
Wednesday and Friday;
Trinity Evangelical Church
on SteveTate Highway at 8
p.m. on Monday, 7 p.m. on
Friday; Grace Presbyterian
Church in downtown
Dawsonville at 8 p.m.
Tuesday,Thursday and
Saturday. For information,
call (706) 265-3514.
A support group for kin
ship families, grandpar
ents and other relatives
caring for children meets
from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on
the third Wednesday of
each month at Saint
Elizabeth's Episcopal
Church, 1188 Hamp Mill
Road, Dahlonega. Children
are welcome. For more
information, call Jocelyn
(706) 864-2768.
Alzheimer's Association
Caregiver Support
Group for Dawson and
Pickens counties meets at
1 p.m. the second Monday
of each month atTrinity
Evangelical Church, 2685
SteveTate Highway,
Marble Hill.The meeting is
held in a downstairs gath
ering room at the rear of
the building. Call facilitator
Ada Holley at (404)625-
3694 or email alcholley@
gmail.com for more infor
mation.
Dawson County
Democratic Party meets
at 6 p.m. the second
Thursday of each month at
the Dawson County
Library. Committee meet
ings are every other
month. Anyone interested
is invited to attend.
Dawson Against
Substance Abuse meets
at 3 p.m. the fourth
Thursday of each month at
Etowah Water and Sewer
Authority's conference
room.The public is invited.
For more information, call
(706) 265-1981.
Dawson County
Historical and
Genealogical Society
meets at 5:30 p.m. the
fourthTuesday of each
month, except for
December, at the Dawson
County Library. Dawson
County Heritage and
Pictorial books, as well as
cemetery books, are avail
able through the society.
Narcotics Anonymous
meets at 8 p.m. every
Saturday night at Bethel
United Methodist Church,
100 Lumpkin Campground
Road. Meetings are also
held at noon each
Thursday, at 7 p.m. each
Friday and at 5 p.m. each
Saturday. Women's group
meets at 7:30 p.m. each
Thursday and at 7 p.m.
each Sunday at Dawson
County Counseling, 30
Industrial Park Road, Suite
200. For more information,
call (800) 837-4239.
No One Alone (NOA),
the domestic violence
shelter serving Lumpkin
and Dawson counties, con
ducts weekly support
groups from noon to 1
p.m. everyTuesday for
women and children to
give victims the opportuni
ty to process current abuse
and the emotions accom
panying domestic violence
situations. Childcare is pro
vided. For more informa
tion, call (706) 864-1986.
NOA is also collecting old
cellular phones.To donate
an old phone to help a vic
tim of domestic violence,
call (706) 864-1306.
Prevent Child Abuse
Dawson meets at 3:30
p.m. the lastTuesday of
each month at Kilough
Elementary School.The
public is encouraged to
help reduce child abuse in
our community. For more
information, call (706) 216-
5801, ext. 1809.
Sex Addicts
Anonymous meets at
7:30 p.m. most Thursdays.
The group is a fellowship
of men and women who
share their experience,
strength and hope to
recover from compulsive
sexual behavior.There are
no dues or fees for mem
bership and all adults
(over 21) seeking personal
recovery are welcome.This
is a 12-step program for
people in the Dawsonville
and Gainesville area. Call
for location and more
meeting information, (770)
883-9254.
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