Helping Hands Ministries holiday efforts set
Friday, Nov. 9, Helping Hands Ministry presents the Holiday Tasting at First Baptist Church Son building. HHM will have a large selection of great food, buy now merchandise geared towards the holiday season, and a silent cake auction! Tickets are $10.00 each and are available at all participating churches or you can pay at the door. To go plates will be available as well. The festivities begin at 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Silent cake auction will be from 11:30-12:30. Please come support our ministry as we strive to improve lives in our community!
Our Angel Tree ministry is kicking off this week in an attempt to provide gifts for the impoverished families of our ministry as well the elderly in our community. Last year Helping Hands Ministry provided gifts for over 200 local children and 107 residents at the Attala County Nursing Home. They are striving to do the same this year but need our communities help. Angels can be picked up at either Citizens National Bank. Helping Hands is also looking for a few more businesses or churches to sponsor angel trees to the Angels for easier access. If you know of any businesses that would be interested in that please let us know.
CHCS honors veterans
Central Holmes Christian School will be holding a salute to military veterans on Thursday, Nov. 8, beginning at 9:30 a.m. They would like to invite any and all veterans. If a veteran wishes to attend, please RSVP to the school by calling 662-834-2097. All members of the public are invited to attend as well.
REPM meeting set
The Attala County Unit of the Retired Education Personnel of Mississippi (REPM) will meet on Monday, Nov. 12, at noon. The meeting will be at Oprah Winfrey Boys & Girls Club. All REPM retirees are encouraged to attend. The program, refreshments and door prizes will be provided by the November Team.
Kosciusko Tractor Supply to host farmers' market
The Kosciusko Tractor Supply Company store is hosting a Farmers' Market on Nov. 10. From 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., local farmers will be selling locally grown, fresh produce, along with other seasonal products.
"This is a great opportunity for members of our community to support local farmers while also getting to enjoy deliciously fresh food," said Mike Benenati, manager of the Kosciusko store. "As a company, we believe in fostering community relationships and this event allows us to do just that."
Shoppers can expect to find many goods for sale including local produce, canned goods and honey.
Participating vendors will have tables set up at the tented space by the storefront where they will showcase their goods.
This event is open to the public and will take place at 180 Highway 12 W. For more information, please contact the Kosciusko Tractor Supply store at 662-289-2262.
DAV meeting
Disabled American Veterans and Auxiliary will meet November 5 at 5 p.m. in the Extension Building on Fairground Rd.
Attala County Library closed
The Attala County Library will be CLOSED Monday, Nov. 12, for Veterans Day.
Historical Highlight luncheon at French Camp Nov 13
French Camp's November 13 Historical Highlight speaker, Steinreed Jones, is one of the "Legendary Jones Boys" who came to French Camp in the early 1950s at a time when French Camp was on the verge of closing its doors.
There were 7 brothers from Coxburg, whose mother had died of cancer and whose father was a partially blind sharecropper. They lived in a one-room uninsulated hut and had very little money for food or clothes. Five of the boys were taken to French Camp when Steinreed was 11 years old. He, along with 4 of his brothers, Matt, Garnett, Oscar and Lewis, were warmly welcomed and quickly received an outpouring of love, money and clothes. Steinreed said, "After getting accustomed to a full stomach, a comfortable bed, shoes, and clothes, I figured maybe French Camp was heaven. Before I went to FCA, I thought poverty was the way we were supposed to live. We didn't know we were poor."
The Jones brothers helped give Sam Patterson, the President of French Camp at the time, a fresh vision that continues to shape French Camp Academy's ministry to young people from difficult family situations. "Mr. Pat" began taking the boys with him when he spoke to churches and other groups about the ministry of French Camp Academy. Steinreed said, "We were hard evidence that FCA was making a difference in the lives of children in tough circumstances."
Dec. 11 will be a Christmas luncheon and feature music by FCA choir members.
Historical Highlight Luncheons are held the second Tuesday of each month at French Camp Presbyterian Church, featuring a speaker who shares some aspect of French Camp history and a delicious, home-cooked meal for a $2 donation. The public is invited. RSVP for the luncheon by contacting Mary Nell Coblentz at marynellcoblentz@gmail.com.or 803-984-0679.
Dancing Rabbit Genealogical and Historical Society
The Dancing Rabbit Genealogical and Historical Society is pleased to welcome Ernie Dorrill, craftsman of Gothic-style metalwork, which spanned the 12th through the 16th centuries, will share its history and the techniques used to create beautiful and useful objects at the meeting on Nov. 14. The meeting will be held in the Leake County Library at 1 p.m.
Diabetes classes
The Diabetes Care Management Team of Premier Medical Group will only hold one class each month for Nov. and Dec. Classes will be at 10 a.m. on Nov. 8 and Dec. 13 in the conference room at Premier Medical Group, Kosciusko.
Grief program
“GriefShare: Surviving the Holidays” Seminar will be Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 6:30 p.m. at French Camp Presbyterian Church, 323 School Street, French Camp.
Are you dreading the thought of having to face this holiday season without a loved one who has died? The Surviving the Holidays seminar will help you prepare for the challenges that can make this time of year so difficult for those who are grieving, and find the strength, comfort and hope you will need to make it through Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s, and every other day. To learn more about the seminar and find other helpful resources, please visit www.griefshare.org/holidays.
We encourage grieving families to attend this event together. Teens will view the seminar video with adults, then break into a separate group during our discussion time.
The seminar is free. A “Holiday Survival Guide” will be available for $5 for those interested. This workbook contains a note-taking outline, helpful articles and practical tools to help those in grief.
To register, contact Mary Sorensen at 662-547-7259, 662-792-7424 or msorensen@frenchcamp.org. Please indicate how many will be coming and if you are interested in purchasing a workbook.
Note: Even if you do not register in advance, you are welcome to come!
Remember: You are not alone! Receiving support, encouragement and advice from other Christians who have “been there” may be the best holiday gift you can give yourself and your family this year! Please join us; you will be really glad that you came!
Exchange Club
Exchange Club of Kosciusko will have its weekly lunch meeting on Wednesday at noon at the Baptist Attala Hospital. Chartered 66 years ago, Exchange is America’s service club. It is made up of men and women who are community-minded and working together to make its town, state, and nation better places to live through service programs.
KAP events
Thursday, Nov. 29 - Tree lighting ceremony followed by KHS concert held on Court Square.
Monday, Dec. 3 - Kosciusko Christmas Parade around Court Square. The theme for the parade is Christmas movies.
