• The Jacksonville Exchange Club’s pecan sale is underway. Pecans can be purchased at the following banks: Regions, Wachovia, Cheaha, F&M, Compass and Fort McClellan Credit Union. Cost is $8 for plain and $10 for chocolate. All proceeds go to charity.
• On Sunday night, Dec. 20, at 5 p.m. West Side Baptist Church will have its annual Caroling Around The Tables service. This special service is built around both the event of Jesus’s birth and modern day Christmas songs with puzzles and puppets. This event would be a casual way for the community to worship during the Christmas Season.
• On Thursday afternoon, Dec. 24 West Side Baptist Church will host its annual Christmas Eve Service of Carols and Candles at 5 p.m. The service will feature the story of Christmas, a brief meditation on Christmas and the Lord fs Supper. The public is cordially invited to participate in this special Christmas event.
• The 4th Annual Christmas Toy Exchange benefiting the Marine Toys for Tots will be at through Dec. 15th. Bring in a new unwrapped toy in exchange for $10 in Christmas cash good toward the purchase of services or gift cards of $25 or more.
• “Waiting Families,” a military support group will meet December 17th at Jacksonville’s Community Center from 6:30p.m. to 8p.m. This will be the second meeting and we hope to support our troop’s families and friends.
• The New Life Sunday Schoolclass of Jacksonville First United Methodist invites you to a study of “A Case for a Creator” by Lee Strobel. The book is based on the author’s belief that his road to atheism was paved by science..but, ironically so was his later journey to God. The class meets each Sunday morning at 9:45 on the 2nd floor of the Sunday School wing. The study group offers information, support and fellowship that will enhance Christian growth with the goal being to educate, network and apply their beliefs using relevant and challenging Bible-based materials.
• Glenloch Baptist Church on Glenloch Road in Heard County (Ga.), just off Highway 27 south of Carrollton, will present its walking tour of Bethlehem on the night Jesus was born. Enjoy a reenactment of the true Christmas story and experience “One Night in Bethlehem.” It will be at Dec. 17-20 from 6:30 .m. to 9 p.m. (EST). Admission is free and refreshments are provided. For more information contact Judy Miller at 706-302-0961.
• Belly Dancing classes started Nov. 30th. For more information call Brenda Callahan at 435-2405 after 4:30 or call 435-8115.
• Urban Dance classes for ages 8-13 and 15 and up. If more information is needed, please come by the community center or call 256-435-8115.
• Art classes for childrenbeginning soon at the Jacksonville Community Center! For more information call 256-435-8115.
• The Senior Adult Wellness Program at JSU. For more information and costs of classes, please contact Abby Fleetwood @ 782-5523 or by email afleetwood@jsu.edu.
• Thursdays are fundays at The Jacksonville Parks and Recreation Department is hosting every Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Jacksonville Community Center. Residents are encouraged to bring their favorite board game to share.
• The Public Library Board of Trustees meets the third Wednesday of each month at 3:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 200 Clinton S.E. Anyone needing accommodations is asked to contact librarian Barbara Rowell at 435-6332.
• The Jacksonville High School Golden Eagle Band is looking for donations to their Clyde Cox Memorial Fund. This fund goes directly to the purchase of instruments for students to use. All donations are tax-deductible. You can send donations to JHS Band Boosters, PO Box 208, Jacksonville, Ala. 36265. Please mark them for the Clyde Cox fund. For more information, call the JHS band room at 782-8834.
• A senior dance for those 55 years young is held at the Senior Center from 6:30-9:30 p.m. the second Friday night of each month- so make plans to attend!!! Music, fun, friends, and food make the evening really good!!! The Fun Tyme Band will be there to provide the music. $5 per couple, $3 for single.
• Alcoholics Anonymous meets at noon each Thursday at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 400 Chinabee Ave., just off the Square. Call 847-0909 for more information.
• The Friday Night Opry Show is presented Friday nights from 6:30-9:30 at the Golden Saw Music Hall in the Williams community. For more information call 435-4696.
• A Narcotics Anonymous group meets from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at First United Methodist Church behind McDonald’s. For more information call 435-4881.
• The Calhoun County Stamp Club meets at 7 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays in Room 327 Stone Building, Jacksonville State University, corner of Church Avenue and 11th Street. Business, APS sales books and sharing items of philatelic interest take place during the first meeting; program and discussion, review of APS sales books during the second. Visitors and new members are welcome. Call 782-8044, 782-5604 or 435-7491 for more information.
• Celebrate Recovery, a Christ-centered 12 step program, meets every Friday night at First Baptist Church in Jacksonville. Dinner is served at 5:30. Large group meetings with worship and praise bands and guest speakers begin at 6:30. Small share/support groups meet after that at 7:30 followed with cake and fellowship. Call 225-2492 for more information.
• A thrift store, God’s Abundance, is open at 5818 McClellan Blvd., in the Lenlock Shopping Center. The store helps support men and women who have been incarcerated because of drug and alcohol problems. Donations are taken during open hours only. Call operational manager Jackie Tettleton at 205-706-6048 for more information.
• Countryside Hospice will now be providing a free community Grief and Bereavement Support Group in the Gadsden area. This free service is an outreach to aid people in the community, who have lost friends and loved ones, with the grieving process. The group is open to anyone that is interested, not solely family and friends served by a hospice organization. The group will be at in the education room at the TakeCare Health Systems facility, located at 851 Goodyear Ave. Gadsden AL, 35903. Groups will be on the 2nd Tuesday of the Month (October 12th, November 9th, and December 14th of 2009) from 2pm to 3pm. For more information please feel free to contact Countryside Hospice at (256) 782-3560 or 1-888-235-3909.
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