11/24/03

Published 12:00 am Monday, November 24, 2003

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Clubs

Vicksburg Kiwanis Noon Tuesday, Maxwell’s; Clergy Appreciation Day, speaker, Charles Riles.

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TRIAD 2 p.m. Wednesday, City Hall Annex; Judge Allen Derivaux will speak on the municipal court judicial system.

Lions Club. Meeting canceled this week

Civitan Club Noon Wednesday, Shoney’s; Donny Weaver will speak on office safety.

Public programs

Senior Center Tuesday: 9:30 a.m., intermediate exercise and intermediate bridge; 10:30-noon, quilting; 10:30-12:30 p.m., open use of computers; 1, piano; 2, dulcimer class, chicken foot and dominoes.

Patient’s Choice Hospice and Palliative Care Memorial Service 6 tonight, Trinity Baptist Church, 3365 Porters Chapel Road; to celebrate the life and honor the memory of each hospice patient served in 2003; reception to follow; 638-8308.

Public Library 10:30 a.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, preschool and toddler story time and a craft; library will close at noon Wednesday and will be closed Thursday.

Make-A-Wish Foundation Volunteer Luncheon Noon Tuesday, community room at Pemberton Square mall; orientation session for those interested in becoming a volunteer, 11:45; free; Jane Walsh, 800-819-4072.

Community CPR 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, The Street Clinic, conference room; to enroll, 619-3826.

Epilepsy Support Group 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, River Region West, administrative conference room.

River City Rescue Mission Feeding the needy, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Thursday, 3705 Washington St.; no takeouts; donations accepted.

Community First Aid Held per request at River Region Medical Center; 619-3826.

Churches

Belmont M.B Thanksgiving praise service, 7:30 tonight; pastor, Phillip Burks.

Eagle Lake Baptist Combined Thanksgiving dinner with Eagle Lake Methodist, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Eagle Lake Baptist.

Friendship M.B. Community harvest Thanksgiving fellowship; 7:15 tonight-Wednesday, 103 Williamson Ave.; different speaker each night; pastor, Bobby Burks.

Mount Zion Baptist No. 1 Pre-Thanksgiving service, 7 p.m. Wednesday, 920 Fifth North; speaker, the Rev. Larry Nicks; music by the Triumph M.B. Church Choir; refreshments served; J.B. Johnson, 638-1832.

Westminster Presbyterian Thanksgiving eve worship and Communion, 6 p.m. Wednesday, 3601 Halls Ferry Road; pastor, Scott Reiber; 636-4292.

Clover Valley M.B. Thanksgiving service, 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Mississippi 27; pastor, the Rev. Johnny L. Williams.

Warren County Baptist Association United Thanksgiving service, 11 a.m. Thursday, Locust Grove Baptist on Stenson Road; speaker, the Rev. Willie White; pastor, the Rev. Robert Miller.

Combined Thanksgiving Eve Services St. James, Calvary and Mercy Seat M.B. churches; 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, St. James on Pearl St.; music by combined choirs; speaker, the Rev. Charlie Blackmore.

Benefits

Open Dart Tournament and Barbecue 6 tonight, The World in Delta, La.; to benefit Angel Tree; 633-9791.

Silent Auction Today through Nov. 30, Peterson’s Art and Antiques, 1400 Washington St.; reception, 4-6 p.m. Nov. 30; to view auction online, www.allsaintsweb.com; Bobbie Marascalco, 636-7210 or paa@canufly.net to place bids; to benefit All Saints’ Episcopal School.