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PACE 10A THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2008 Church UPCOMING THIS WEEK Baptist Tabernacle Church will host the following events: Saturday, Nov. 15. a benefit Bar-B-Que and stew for Elaine Baker. Pick-up will be from noon to 4 p.m. All proceeds will go to Miss Baker. For more information, call Keith Seagraves at 706-658-6498 or Kim Kesler at 706-247-1370. Sunday. Nov 16, benefit singing for Elaine Baker at 6 p.m. The “Resurrections" will be featured. For more information, call pastor Tom Watson at 706-335-7080. The church is located off 441 South. 2 miles out of Com merce on the lett • Unity Christian Church. Maysville. will hold a fish fry Saturday. Nov. 15. from 4 to 6 p.m. The menu will include fried catfish, chicken strips, fries, hush puppies, slaw, des sert and tea. Ail donations will go toward the church building fund. The church is located at 70 Unity Church Circle. For more information, call 706-652-3183 The First Baptist Church of Commerce crafts group will hold their annual art and crafts fair Friday and Saturday. Nov. 15 and 16. from 9 a.m. to 4 pm. The fair will be held at the group ' craft house, located on Scott Street across from the church. All proceeds will go to sup port church missions “Come pin us and get your Christmas shopping done early this year." urges Nancy Stancil. a member of the group The church is located at 1.345 South Elm Street. Community Baptist Church. Ila. will hold a sing ing tilled “A Day With The Meyers Family" Sunday. Nov. 16. at the 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. worship services. For more information, call 706-255-0656 or visit www. yourcbc.com. The church is located on Hwy. 174. New Faith and Arren- dall Methodist Church. Commerce, will celebrate its "Youth Day” Sunday. Nov. 16, at 11 a.m. The theme will be "Remem ber Thy Creator In The Days of Thy Youth." The guest speaker will be the Rev. Kenneth Sims, asso ciate pastor of Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church. Commerce. Adie Burley will sing the National Anthem. Everyone is invited to at tend. The church is located at 402 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The Rev. Frank Earls is pastor. UPCOMING NEXT WEEK Berea Community Center ■s the relay center for "Opera tion Christmas Child." a minis try of Samaritan's Purse. Gift-filled shoe boxes can be dropped off Monday through Thursday. Nov. 17-20. from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday and Sat urday. Nov. 21 and 22. from 12 to 7 p.m. and Sunday. Nov. 23. from 1 to 4 p.m. For more information, call David Hawks at 706-335-6024 or Shirley Minish at 706-335-2602 or Joanne Sor row at 706-335-5846 and jsor- row@uga.edu. For other information and drop off locations, visit www. samaritanspurse.org or call 1-800-353-5949 The center is located 4.5 miles south of Commerce on Hwy. 334. New Beginning Worship Center. Commerce, will hold a pre-Thanksgiving service Tuesday. Nov. 18. at 7 p.m. The Rev. James Singleton and St. James CMS Church will be guests. The pastor is the Rev Rex;hard White The church is located at 41 State Street. RECEIVING AWARD Tho Mended Hearts chapter at Northeast Georgia Medical Center recently received an award. Shown (L-R) are: Lynne Allen, director, Volunteer Servic es; Richard Sandoval, Judy Dube, Mended Hearts Chapter 302 visiting chair; Peter Rocco, president. Mended Hearts Chapter 302; Doug Steingraber, assistant regional director, Mended Hearts, Inc.; Peggy Vardeman, Gertrud Rocco, Mended Hearts Chapter 302 secretary. NGMC received award ML Calvary Missionary Baptist Church. Commerce, will hold a pre-Thanksgiving dinner and service Wednesday. Nov. 19. in the Horace Wit liams fellowship hall. The dine-in hours will be from 5 to 7 p.m. with the ser vice beginning promptly at 7 p.m. The special guest will be the Rev. Rochard White and New Beginning Worship Center. Commerce. The church is located at 95 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. For more information, cal' 706-335-8283. UPCOMING EVENTS Homer Presbyterian Church will hold its annual "Fali Bazaar” Saturday. Nov. 22. from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be handmade crafts, a “white elephant" sale and a "secret Santa" shop where children can shop for Christmas gifts a: SI per item, gift-wrap included. Barbeque sandwich plates will be served for $5 and in clude a sandwich, chips, slaw and a drink. A silent auction will be held featuring a handmade doll house donated by Mark and Christine Lusik. local artisans. The church is located on Historic Homer Hwy. Commerce First United Methodist Church will host the "6th Annual Thanksgiving Meal" Thursday. Nov. 27. The First Baptist Church of Com merce will provide the meal delivery service. The meal will include turkey and ail the trimmings. Fruit bags will also be delivered with the meals. Donations of food, money and time are being accepted. Canned good donations can be left at the church anytime between now and Wednesday. Nov. 26. Cooked items should be brought to the church's fam ily life center before 10 a.m. on Thursday. Nov, 27 To participate, call Gina Hagan at 706-335-2920 or the church at 706-335-4018. The church is located at 54 Cherry Street. Visit www. CommcrccFUMC.org for more information. Lula Assembly jf Praise Church will serve Thanksgiv ing dinner as a free gift to the community Thursday. Nov. 27. from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Traditional lhanksgiving fa vorites will be served. Everyone in the community is invited. “We would also love to have those who work in law enforcement, fire and emer gency services and other ar eas Qf public service to be our guests and let us serve you." leaders said. The church is located at 6158 Carter Street. For more infor mation. call 770-869-7632. Church News Policy All church news is subject to editing for content and length. AH church news must contain the church's address, contact phone number date and name of the event and where the church is located. Fax items to 706-387- 5419 or e-mail to church- news® mainstreetnews.com. For questions, call Suzanne at 706-387-5401. Early deadline set for holiday Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the deadline for sub mitting church news to The Rankz County News has been moved to Friday, Nov. 21. at 5 p.m. Any items received after the deadline may not be pub lished. The newspaper offices will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27 for the Thanksgiving holi day. The offices will be open on Friday. Nov. 28. On a typical production week, the deadline to sub mit church items is noon on Mottdtjm Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) was recently recognized with an award from Mended Hearts. Inc. Last month Doug Stein graber. regional director for Mended Hearts, presented the hospital with an award honoring its support of the organization. Mended Hearts is a national cardiac support group that helps and encour ages heart disease patients and their families. NGMC received the award Law enforcement and re tailers across the country are reporting an increase in shop lifting and expect the amount of theft to continue to rise over the course of the holiday season. For retailers looking to thwart shoplifters, the Bet ter Business Bureau is offer ing guidance. The National Retail Fed eration estimates that retail theft now accounts for more than $40 billion per year in losses. The NRF also recently surveyed retailers and found that nearly all were in agree ment that shoplifting was on the rise this year. While in the past shoplifters were stealing pricey items to perhaps sup port a drug habit, some law enforcement agencies are because Mended Hearts Chapter 302. the Medical Center's Mended Hearts Chapter, nominated it for best hospital supporting the or ganization. Each year, more than 100 Mendeu Hearts hos pitals across the country are nominated for top honors. NGMC was first runner up for the honor. For more information about the Mended Hearts chapter in Hall County, call 770-535-3394. now reporting spikes in losses when it comes to the everyday basics, such as groceries. “It is estimated that shop lifters are caught only once for every 48 times they steal, so it is important for business es to take a serious approach to discouraging and thwarting thieves the very first time the individual walks into their store." said Fred T. Elsberry. Jr.. President & CEO of the BBB Serving Metro Atlanta. Athens & Northeast Georgia. “Otherwise, the shoplifter will come hack again and -gain because they know the risk of getting caught is low." For advice or. protecting small businesses this holiday season, vir.it BBB online at w ww.bbb org. BBB offers shoplifting tips