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CHURCH IN AURORA

Offering envelopes for 2008 are available on the card table in the Great Hall. Circle D will not meet in January.

The Women's Guild will meet today (Jan. 9) at 11:30 a.m. for its annual soup and salad lunch. Cost is $4 each. The Rev. Kevin Horak will speak about his extensive Ward's and Sears catalog collection.

The Nutcracker Sweets organizational meeting will be tonight (Dec. 9) at 7. Anyone interested in making the arts/crafts festival a reality is welcome to attend.

Orders are being taken on Sundays in January for the workcampers' sub sandwich sale. Sandwiches will be available on Super Bowl Sunday.

The 3H Evening Group will meet Jan. 10 at 6:30 p.m. in the Stephen Ministry Room to work on afghans and prayer shawls. Chapters 9 and 10 of Beth Moore's book "Believing God" will be discussed.

A memorial service for Bob Albright will be Jan. 10 at 1 p.m. A counting committee meeting will be Jan. 20 at 12:15 a.m.

Fifteen shopping bags of food and three bags of stuffed animals were collected for needy families by the fifth- and sixth-grade girls and boys church school classes.

PARKSIDE CHURCH

The Women's Essence Ministry will present the "Hearth and Home" series Jan. 12, 19 and 26 from 9 to 11 a.m. The areas to be covered are cooking, fashion and decorating. Refreshments will be available, and all women are welcome.

The Journeymen's Men's Ministry will present a series of topical talks titled "Sex, Money, Power" Jan. 14 and 21 from 7 to 9 p.m. Cost is $5 at the door. Refreshments will be provided and all men are welcome.

Single Moms will begin its winter-spring session Feb. 7 and will meet each Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Room 224. Child care and materials will be provided. For details, call Theresa Brown at 216-659-7324.

"Dealing With Divorce" is a six-week seminar running Feb. 7 to March 13 on Thursdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. There is no charge, but advanced registration is requested. For details, call Jacque Platek at 440-543-1212.

"Biblical Counseling Basics: Course One" seminar will be Jan. 18 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. and Jan. 19 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Instructor will be Pastor Joe Propri.

Cost for the seminar is $50 per person, and payment by credit card is accepted. Payment also is possible when checking in Jan. 18 or online at www.parksidechurch.com.

For details, call the Biblical Counseling Institute at 330-527-4205.

OUR LADY CATHOLIC

The volunteer appreciation dinner will be Jan. 11, with hors d'oeuvres at 6:45 p.m. and dinner at 7:15. The "Appreciation Deal," based on "Deal or No Deal," will be played.

A confirmation session will be Jan. 13 at 6 p.m. A retreat for parents and children will be Jan. 16 and the Sacrament of Reconciliation will be administered Jan. 23.

Bishop George V. Murry will be the celebrant and homilist for the 10th annual Mass for Life on Jan. 19 at noon at St. Dominic Parish in Youngstown. A free spaghetti luncheon will follow. For details, call 330-744-8451.

The next Retrouvaille program will be Feb. 22-24. For details, call 1-800-470-2230 or visit www.retrouvaille.org.

Coming events are: Jan. 10 -- small faith community at 9:45 a.m., Spirited Seniors at noon and choir practice at 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 13 -- religious education for grades 6-8 at 8:45 a.m., RCIA at 9:40, and religious education for preschool and K-1, co-op nursery and children's liturgy of the word at 10:30.

Jan. 14 -- religious education for grades K-5 at 3:15 p.m. and Bible study at 7; Jan. 15 -- Adoration of Blessed Sacrament from 9:30 a.m. to 6:20 p.m., Bible study at 9:45, religious education for grades K-5 at 3:15 p.m. and religious education for grades K-6 at 6:30.

LORD OF LIFE LUTHERAN

The church will participate in the Chagrin Valley Council of Churches' pulpit exchange Jan. 20.

The Rev. Rob Henderson will go to Federated Church and the Rev. Hamilton Throckmorton will visit LOL. It will be part of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity from Jan. 18 to 25.

LOL's theater group will visit Chagrin Valley Little Theatre on Jan. 25 to see "Laughing Stock." The group plans to meet at Cowboy Food & Drink before the show and Arabica in Bainbridge afterward.

The church will host Bainbridge Christian Preschool's annual art show Jan. 30 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

A women's retreat will be Feb. 2 at Christ the King Lutheran in Twinsburg. For details, call Marilyn Spena at 440-543-9384 or e-mail mjnbs@aol.com.

A winter rally day will be Feb. 3 between 9:30 and 10:45 a.m. Games, inflatables, popcorn and refreshments will be featured.

A new adult forum is under way Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m. It started Jan. 6 and will continue until Feb. 10. It focuses on Paul's understanding of the Gospel.

The Junior Youth Ministry will meet Jan. 16 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. to hear a story from Acts 12, do a set-free friends activity and play rope walk and watched a movie.

Seventh- and eighth-graders will gather Jan. 9, 23 and 30 to study the 10 commandments and baptism.

Snow camp will be Feb. 8 to 10 in New York. Cost is $105, and registration forms are available in the office.

The church's annual meeting will be Jan. 27 at 9:30 a.m. to examine plans for 2008, elect council members and approve the budget.

KOL CHADASH

Dan Nichols, a popular Jewish musician, will lead a song session-concert following a short Shabbat service Jan. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the congregation at 6545 SOM Center Road in Solon. It is free and open to the community.

UNITED METHODIST

Sunday school is offered at 9:15 a.m., and worship begins at 10:30. Residents who need transportation for services can call the church office at 330-562-7866 on Tuesdays to Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

A mom's day out will be Jan. 19. Anyone can take their children to the church any time between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Cost is $10 for one child and $20 for a family. Call the church for further details.

HOPE LUTHERAN

Items of the month for donation to the Volunteers of America are toothpaste, mouthwash, mints, candy canes and tea. A bin is located inside the church's front door for donations.

"An In-Depth Look at the Psalms" is the adult Bible class topic on Sundays at 9:15 a.m. Services are at 8:15 and 10:15 a.m. on Sundays and at 10:30 a.m. Fridays at Independence Village.

For information on the young family/parents Bible study contact Brian Welsh. For details on the couples and links Bible study contact Ralph or Linda Williams.

Women's Bible study meets on the first and third Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. For details, call Donna Mattmuller at 330-562-6641.

VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN

The Ruth Circle will meet tonight (Jan. 9) at 7:30 in the church library. For details, call Annette Seredick at 440-338-4250.

Acolyte training and practice will be Jan. 13 at noon in the sanctuary. Children in grades 3 and higher are invited to participate.

The designated pastor search committee consists of the following members: George Weemhoff, Marilyn Rodenhausen, Scott Olsen, Tanya Fouts, Sam Cregar, Mike Esposito and Carol Ferguson.

Some coming events are: Wednesdays -- Valley Bells at 6:45 p.m. ad AA group at 8:30 p.m.; Thursdays -- men's prayer breakfasts at 7 a.m. and chancel choir practice at 7:30 p.m.; Fridays -- HOV at 8:30 a.m.; Saturdays -- AA group at 8 p.m.; Tuesdays -- HOV at 8:30 a.m.