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Listings in Cumming Events are free and available to nonprofit organizations
sponsoring free or low-cost events for the public. Groups may submit notices
by fax at (770) 889-6017 or via e-mail at events@forsythnews.com.
ARTS
Gypsy the Musical
will be presented by
BK Productions at the
Cumming Playhouse at
8 p.m.Thursdays,
Fridays and Saturdays
and 3 p.m. Sundays
through Nov. 9. For
tickets, call the box
office at (770) 781-9178
or visit playhousecum
ming.com.
DONATIONS
Treat the Troops
Southern Style,
which provides com
fort foods for our
deployed soldiers, will
have packing events at
7 p.m. Nov. 20 at the
VFW Post 9143, 1045
Dahlonega Hwy.,
Cumming. Please bring
homemade cookies
(six per twist-tie bag
gie), candy, individual
servings of packable
food, travel-size toilet
ries and letters or
cards of appreciation.
Tax-deductible postage
donations are needed.
For more information,
email lktjones@bell
south.net, or go online
at www.treatthetroops.
org.
Ninth District
Opportunity is
accepting applications
in Forsyth County for
the weatherization
assistance program.
These free services
help eligibie low
income residents
reduce energy cost as
well as address health
and safety issues. To
apply, call (770) 889-
9420.
Meal sponsors are
needed for specific
Wednesday Noon Day
Meals in 2014. If your
group is interested in
providing a meal for
about 100 residents
and serving and clean
ing up, call Sandy or
Ruth atThe Place of
Forsyth County at (770)
887-1098.T0 place
orders, email orders@
forsythcountycac.org.
For more information,
visit www.forsythcoun
tycac.org.
Cumming Home
Ministries Thrift
Store invites you to
bring in donations of
all kinds to its new
location. Come see the
expanded space in the
old National Guard
building, 429 Canton
Road, across the street
from the Ingles shop
ping center. CHM helps
men with transitional
housing. Donations
will directly help those
in your community.
Call (470) 239-3423 for
furniture pick-up, or
stop by the store from
10-5:30 Tuesday
through Saturday. For
more information, call
(678) 456-5544 or visit
www.cumminghome
ministries.org.
Helping Hands
Partners opened a
second thrift store at
4230 Canton Hwy. to
complement the store
at 523 Veterans
Memorial Blvd.
Donations of house
hold items, food, cloth
ing and furniture are
needed.The store in
Cumming is open
seven days a week. The
Canton Highway loca
tion is closed Sunday
and Monday. For more
information or to
schedule a pickup, call
(404) 545-5721 or (678)
341-8075.
PIER Thrift and
Consignment Center
is accepting lightly
Listings in Church Events are free and available to religious organizations sponsor
ing free or low-cost events for the public. Churches may submit notices by fax at
(770) 889-6017 or via e-maii ai events@forsythnews.com.
p.m. Nursery care is
provided during all wor
ship services.The
church is at 1171 Atlanta
Hwy., Cumming. For
more information, call
(770) 887-0184 or visit
www.livingfaithluther
an.com.
Saints Raphael,
Nicholas, and lrene
Greek Orthodox
Church, 3074
Bethelview Road, will
have beer-battered tila
pia, fresh hushpuppies,
fries and coleslaw every
Friday from 4:30 to 7:30
p.m. Greek pastries will
also be available. All
proceeds benefit the
church’s outreach minis
tries and new parish life
center.
Christ the King
Lutheran Church wel
comes guests to its
Watch and Wait
radio ministry with
Joey Heard is from
2-2:30 p.m. Sundays
onWGTJ, 1330 AM or
www.Gloryl33o.com.
For more information,
contact Heard at
watchandwaitminis
try @rocketmail.com or
(678) 947-9850.
Living Faith
Lutheran Church,
Missouri Synod wel
comes everyone to
Sunday school,
Confirmation classes
and Bible studies at 9
a.m. Worship services
are at 10:15 a.m. and
12:30 p.m. (in Korean)
every Sunday.
Wednesday ministry
begins with a light sup
per at 6 p.m. and chil
dren’s classes,
Confirmation classes
and Bible studies at 7
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learning center is at
3410 Ronald Reagan
Blvd., Cumming, build
ing A, Room 250.
Classes are free.
Registration will take
about 2.5 hours. For
more information or to
make an appointment,
call (770) 781-6987,
eglenn@laniertech.edu
or mbond@|aniertech.
edu.
FUNDRAISERS
The third annual
Ernie Johnson
Memorial Golf
Tournament will be
Monday at the Polo
Golf and Country Club.
Registration, continen
tal breakfast and prac
tice will be from 9 to
10:15 a.m., balloon
release ceremony will
be at 10:30 a.m. and a
shotgun start will be at
11 a.m. Box lunches
will be served on the
course. An awards
reception will follow
the end of play. Cost is
$l5O per person.The
tourney benefits the
American Cancer
Society. For more
information, email
erniejohnsonmemori
al@gmail.com or visit
www.relayforlife.org/
erniejohnsontourney.
The second annual
Redneck Bash will be
at 6 p.m. Nov. 2 at the
Forsyth Conference
Center.The event will
benefit the American
Cancer Society Relay
for Life. Jeff Foxworthy
will be the entertain
ment. There will be
food by Jim n’ Nick’s,
entertainment by a
bluegrass band.
Redneck attire is
encouraged. For more
information visit www.
relayforlife.org/ernie
johnsontourney or
email erniejohnsonme
morial@gmail.com.
Pooches on the
Patio, a fundraiser for
the Humane Society of
Forsyth County, will be
held from 5 to 9 p.m.
today atThe Ridge
Great Steaks &
Seafood, 1035 Turner
Road. Patrons can
used items from 10
a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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Browns Bridge Ruad.
For more information,
go online at www.pier
foundation.org.
EDUCATION
Pinecrest Academy,
a private, PreK-12, col
lege-preparatory
Catholic School, is
holding an open house
from 1 to 3 p.m. Nov.
9. Pinecrest is a 2014
National Blue Ribbon
School and has been
recognized by the
Catholic School Honor
Roll as a School of
Excellence for eight
consecutive years. The
school is at 955
Peachtree Pkwy. in
Cumming. For more
information, visit www.
pinecrestacademy.org
or call (770) 888-4477.
The local chapter of
the National
Alliance on Mental
lliness will present a
free class for family
and friends of adults
living with mental ill
ness. The Family-to-
Family program will be
held for 11 consecutive
weeks at 6:30 p.m.
Mondays through Nov.
17. For more informa
tion, go to www.nam
ifdl.org or call Ovie
Hughie at (678) 341-
9414.
Lanier Technical
College is holding
GED preparation class
es 9 a.m.-8 p.m.
Monday through
Wednesday and 9 a.m.-
5 p.m.Thursday.
Registration for the
preparation will be
between 9 am.-5 p.m.
Mondays and
Tuesdays. The adult
ter is in the CHM
Ministry Center, on the
lower level of the CHM
building, formerly the
National Guard
Armory. For more
information, call (678)
456-5561, email news
ongchurch @bellsouth.
net or visit www.news
ongweb.org.
Concord Senior
Adult Luncheon will
be at 11:30 a.m.
Tuesday. The gospel
group “Georgia” will
be entertaining. Good
food, door prizes and
fellowship will be
enjoyed. A hot meal is
$6. Call church for res
ervations at {770) 887-
9482.
Orange United
Methodist Church
will have its annual
fish fryat3to 7 p.m.
Saturday.The menu
will include the follow
ing: fried fish, pota
toes, hush puppies,
cole slaw, iced tea and
dessert. Cost per per
son is $lO. Dine-in and
carry-out orders avail
able. Drinks not includ
ed in carry-out orders.
Sunday services, held at
Bam.,9am.and 1
a.m., with Sunday
school and fellowship at
10 a.m.The church is at
1125 Bettis-Tribble Gap
Road. For more infor
mation, call (770) 889-
5328.
Cumming First UMC
offers three worship
services on Sunday
mornings ranging from
traditional to contempo
rary. Service times can
be viewed on our web
site, www.cfumcga.
com, as well as other
upcoming events.
Please call (770) 887-
2900 for more informa
tion.
New Song
Community Church
invites you to the new
worship center at 429
Canton Road. The cen-
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2014
Cumming. To learn
more about the guild
visit www.piecemak
ersga.net. The goal is
educating and pro
moting the art of
quilting. All quilters
are welcome. For
more information,
call Jill Schneider
(770) 889-0710.
MEETINGS
The Will Rogers
Indian Club will be
meeting at 11 a.m.
today in the Chadwick
Community Building.
A potluck lunch will
be provided. The
public is invited.
The next meeting
of the Georgia
Chapter of the Trail
of Tears Association
will be held at 10:30
a.m. Saturday at the
Old Newnan Train
Depot in Newnan.The
speaker will be for
mer Georgia TOTA
president Jeff Bishop
who is also the cur
rent director of the
NCHS. The meetings
are free and open to
the public. For further
information about the
meeting, call Tony
Harris at harris7627@
bellsouth.net.
The Forsyth County
Retired Educators
Association invites
all retired educators
in the area to a meet
ing at 10:30 a.m. Nov.
7. This meeting will be
held at the Academies
of Creative Education
building, located
directly behind the
Forsyth County Board
of Education
Administration build
ing at 1120 Dahlonega
Hwy. in Cumming.The
program for the .
month will be Mayor
H. Ford Gravitt pro
claiming Retired
Educators Day. State
Rep. Mark Hamilton will
be here to inform the
group of recent legisia
tive news. For more
information, call Linda
Lang, membership chair,
at (770) 889-3106 or
lindaglang @bellsouth.
net.
bring their well
behaved dogs on
leashes to enjoy dinner
.+ and fun activities. A $5
““cover per person will
be donated to the
Humane Society, as
well as 10 percent of
food sales and $1 from
each beverage sale.
LEISURE
VFW Post 9143, 1045
Dahlonega ‘Hwy., will
hold a turkey shoot
(target competition) at
1 p.m. every Saturday
through the last
Saturday before
Christmas. No experi
ence needed. Safety
comes first. Hot dogs,
hamburgers and drinks
will be provided by the
post case. The VFW is a
nonprofit organization
accepting new mem
bers. This fundraiser
supports programs
that improve the lives
of veterans and service
personnel, their fami
lies and communities.
The Humane Society
of Forsyth County
No-Kill Shelter holds
adoption events for
cats and dogs at noon
every Saturday and
Sunday at Petco on
Market Place
Boulevard in
Cumming. Cat adop
tions are also held at
Rucker on Keith
Bridge Road. Please
check the adoption
and event calendar
on the HSFC website
for confirmed dates,
times and locations.
The calendar also
includes information
about HSFC rabies/
microchip clinics, vol
unteer orientation
sessions, general
membership meet
ings and other
events. Vist www.for
sythpets.org for more
information.
The Piecemakers
Quilt Guild meets on
the second and fourth
Tuesday of each
month from 12:30 to
4 p.m. at Christ the
King Lutheran
Church, 1125 Bettis-
Tribble Gap Road,
First Baptist
Cumming will have a
fall bazaar from 9 a.m.-
3 p.m. Saturday at the
church, 1597 Sawnee
Dr. Breakfast and lunch
will be available. For
more information, call
(770) 887-2428.
Grace Baptist
Church welcomes
everyone to Sunday
school is at 9:45 a.m.
and worship service at
11 a.m. Sunday. The
church is at 3775 Spot
Road, Cumming.
Randy Smith is the
pastor. For more infor
mation, visit www,
gracebcc.com. *
First Christian
Church will have wor
ship service for
adults and kingdom
kids for the children
is held each Sunday
at 10:30 a.m. with
discipleship groups
for all ages at 9:30
a.m. Everyone is wel
come. Visit www.
fccga.org for more
information about
First Christian and all
upcoming events and
activities.
The church is at 220
Orange Church Circle,
Canton (off Hwy. 20
East in the community
of Lathemtown, mid
way between Canton
and Cumming). Call
(770) 886-9662 to pur
chase tickets or for fur
ther information.
Singing at Antioch
Baptist Church in
Cumming on Sunday at
6 p.m. Nov. 2 featuring
“The Whisnants” and
“The Bridgemans.” For
more information, call
(770) 887-6900 or www.
welcometoantioch.org.
The Good Life Club
at North Lanier :
Baptist Church wel
comes you to join its
senior adult lunch pro
gram at 11:30 Nov. 6.
Award-winning,
Southern gospel duet,
The Bridgemans, will
entertain. Doors open
at 11 a.m.; lunch is
served at 11:30 a.m.
Cost is $6 per person.
For reservations or
more information, call
(770) 781.5433.The
church is at 829 Atlanta
Hwy., Cumming.