• Turbo Fitness classes are now at Jacksonville’s Community Center! Come break a hard sweat in 30-minute sessions using a variety of workouts. Classes are every Tuesday and Thursday at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. For $40 a month, you can get an extreme workout twice a week! Sign up today!
• West Side Baptist Church has enjoyed a good response to the new Cafe’ Style Worship Service on Sunday mornings in the Youth Center (formerly the fellowship Hall) located at 713 Mountain St. NW at 8:30 a.m. the past several weeks. The church extends to the community a renewed invitation to come an experience this service. The service features a relaxed acoustic style worship featuring rotating acoustic worship leaders and Biblical based messages that are relevant to daily life. There will be coffee, hot chocolate, hot tea and donuts available beginning at 8:00 a.m. when the Youth Center is opened for the morning experiences at West Side. Child care will be available and Bible study small groups will follow at 9:30 a.m. The church also invites couples aged 19 to 35 to come and experience a new Bible study class on Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m. beginning this Sunday, March 21, 2010. There are classes for children of the young couples during this Bible Study time too. For more information please call the church office at 435-6111 on Monday through Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Bill Caudle, pastor, invites you to join us for these new experiences at West Side.
• Jacksonville Fire Department is looking for information and items relating to the history of the department. If you have anything to share, call David Bell at 310-8961.
• Free Beginner Knitting Classes all day every Wednesday at HomePlace Farm Yarns at Yvie’s in Alexandria. Come join us to Sip, Sit and Knit at Yvie’s, 7534 US Highway 431, Alexandria, AL. Questions call Diane at 452-5206.
• Tax Counseling for the Elderly provides free tax assistance in the community. RSVP Volunteers help people with basic tax returns. This service is available to everyone with priority given to the elderly. There is no charge for this service. Help will be available at the Jacksonville Community Center Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• The White Plains “Over the Hill Gang” now has DVDs available of the Coach Richard Madden Celebration and Basketball Court Dedication ceremony held on Nov. 14, 2009. For more information contact Alvin Robertson at 256-236-8780.
• The New Life Sunday School class 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.
• 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 children beginning 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.
• 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, AL 36265. Please mark them for the Clyde Cox fund. For more information, call the JHS band room at 782-8834.
• 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.
• 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 held 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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