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SATURDAY
VFW Music Night
VFW Post 5019, 1320 Wartrace Pike (Depot Street), will hold its monthly third-Saturday music night Saturday, Dec. 17. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., with the event from 6-9:30 p.m. James Smotherman & Friends will be featured but other acoustic musicians and singers are welcome. Admission is $3, and there will be a potluck meal. No alcohol or outside beverages are permitted. For more information, call 931-607-3149 or 931-684-2523.
SUNDAY
Food giveaway
St. Paul Church, Highway 41A North between Unionville and Rover, will hold a food giveaway at noon Sunday, Dec. 18.
DEC. 25
Food giveaway
The Johnson Family Food Giveaway will be held Christmas Day from noon-2 p.m. at Chili’s, North Main Street. Call or text 931-735-0301 or 662-380-6522 for delivery or questions.
ONGOING
Meals on Wheels
Shelbyville Senior Citizens Center is in need of Meals on Wheels volunteers to deliver meals to the homebound of Shelbyville. For more information, call 684-0019 and ask for Amy Wilson.
Soup kitchen
Shelbyville Community Soup Kitchen serves meals from 3:30-5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at 336 S. Cannon Blvd. (corner of South Cannon and Pickle Street). Donations may be made to Shelbyville Community Soup Kitchen, P.O. Box 2259, Shelbyville, TN 37162, and are tax deductible under its 501c3 non-profit designation.
Boxed non-perishables are available. Takeouts are no longer distributed.
Head Start
Bedford County Head Start Centers are currently taking applications. For more information or to complete an application contact any Head Start Center. Phone numbers are: Wartrace 931-389-6406, Harris Head Start 931-773-0033, North Side Head Start Center 931-773-0141, and Bedford Early Head Start 931-685-0876. Head Start is a free child development program for children 6 weeks to 3 years and their families. Early Head Start enrolls pregnant women for monthly prenatal educational visits.
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Baptist
Calvary Baptist Church’s message Sunday by Bro. Tyler Shoemaker will be will be “Coming Home,” from Matthew 2:13-23. The service will be livestreamed.
“The Heart of Christmas Is Love” from Galatians 4:4-5 will be pastor Jimmy West’s message at Edgemont Baptist Church.
The choir at Grace Baptist Church will present the Christmas music: “It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year” at 10 a.m. Sunday. Services will be held at 6 p.m. Christmas Eve and 10 a.m, Christmas Day.
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
“The Angel & Joseph,” from Matthew 1:18-25, will be the message Sunday at First Christian Church. The Christmas Eve service at 4 p.m. Dec. 24 will feature carols, candles, communion and the message “When You Follow a Star and Find a Stable.”
Church of Christ
The “Songs of the Season” series continues at Fairlane Church of Christ with the sermon “Rudolf, the Red Nose Reindeer” from 1 John 4:7-12. The service will be livestreamed and broadcast on WLIJ (98.7 FM/1580 AM/wlijradio.com).
Southside Church of Christ’s message Sunday morning will be “Famous Last Words” from Mark 16:15-16. A study of James continues Wednesday night. Sunday morning and Wednesday evening services are livestreamed at cofcsouthside.com.
Methodist
Rev. Abe Zimmerman’s sermon at First United Methodist Church will be “The Wonder of a Manger” from Luke 2:6-7. The 10 a.m. service will be livestreamed on Facebook and broadcast on WLIJ (98.7 FM/1580 AM).
Presbyterian
The message for the fourth Sunday of Advent at First Presbyterian Church by Rev. Jim Moran will be from Isaiah 7:10-17. All services are streamed live on Facebook.
