Lord’s Acre canceled this year
McCORDSVILLE — Organizers of the local Lord’s Acre Family Festival at McCordsville United Methodist Church have canceled this year’s festival and fish fry.
“We thank everyone for their support and look forward to serving our great food again in 2021,” reads a post on the church’s website.
The church service that closes the festival weekend is still on.
“We will still celebrate the spirit of Lord’s Acre on Sunday, September 13,” the post read.
Supply drive to help areas hit by hurricane
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The church is having a supply drive that lasts through Wednesday. Items can be brought to the church from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Wednesday.
Of greatest need are tarps, generators and non-perishable food.
Other items needed are cases of water and Gatorade, toiletries, cleaning supplies, heavy-duty trash bags, small window air conditioners, mosquito spray, 1×2 wood strips, visqueen plastic (thickest possible), wet wipes, masks, flashlights with batteries, 2- and 3-inch screws, baby wipes, hand sanitizer and gas cans.
Information: 317-608-8590
Eden church offers breakfast
EDEN — Eden United Methodist Church will serve breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. Saturday (Sept. 5) at the church, 2122 Eden Road.
Blood drive is Sept. 21
GREENFIELD — Bradley United Methodist Church will play host to a blood drive from 3 to 6:15 p.m. Sept. 21.
The Versiti Bloodmobile will be in the parking lot at the southwest corner of Main and Pennsylvania streets, across from the church.
Schedule your donation at http://bit.ly/BradleyUMC-BloodDrive-9-21-20.
The COVID-19 antibody test will be performed on all successful blood donations as part of Versiti’s standard testing.
New FDA guidelines have lifted or relaxed restrictions on previously deferred donors; to find out if you are now eligible, call 877-232-4376.
AWANA resumes Sept. 14 at Hancock Reformed Baptist
GREENFIELD — Hancock Reformed Baptist Church will resume its AWANA program for children on Sept. 14.
The groups will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Mondays at the church, 944 E. Davis Road, Greenfield. Ages are 3 years through sixth grade.
Information: hrbchurch.org
Electronics recycling set at Mt. Lebanon UMC
GREENFIELD — Dispose of unwanted household electronics at a recycling event this month.
Technology Recyclers will accept items from 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 19 at Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Church, 3447 S. State Road 9.
CRT monitors, tube TVs, LED or LCD monitors, and LCD displays can be disposed of for $20 each.
For other items, the event is free, but donations will be accepted. Accepted items include computers, laptops, office copiers, small kitchen appliances, lawn equipment, speakers, VCRs, cables and wires, medical electronics, batteries, printers, fax machines, PDAs, DVD players, stereos, cell phones, lab equipment, microwaves, game systems and more.
Items that will not be accepted include clothing, furniture, paint, toxic chemicals, wood and tires.
For more information, call the church at 317-462-1313 and leave a message.
Information: 317-462-1313; 1-800-237-3887; www.tech-recyclers.com
Women’s study explores ‘Nice’ book
GREENFIELD — Greenfield Christian Church is offering a book/Bible study from 9:15 to 10:30 a.m. Thursdays beginning Sept. 10 and ending Oct. 22.
The selected book for this study is “Nice — Why We Love to be Liked and How God Calls Us to More” by Sharon Hodde Miller. Its premise is that women have been socialized to be nice with comments like “that isn’t nice” or “be a nice girl.” In their desire to be liked, women often are nice, being silent, less than genuine, or even compromising themselves to be liked.
Nedra Everett, licensed marriage and family therapist with a private practice in Carmel, will lead this study. In her 29 years of practice, she has seen the cost of this well-meaning message to “be nice” result in confusion about how to hold onto themselves and have a voice in their church, their marriage, their community, and their friendships. Building on the metaphor of a “better tree,” she will blend content, discussion, and creative activities to create space, common ground, for each woman to cultivate her own “better tree” wherever she is in her walk of faith.
This ministry is open to all women in the Greenfield area, particularly for women with young and elementary age children. Book, handouts, creative project materials will be provided at no cost.
Call the office at 317-462-6346 or email [email protected] to register. Those with questions can contact Everett at 630-408-8382 or [email protected].
Bible institute offers classes
GREENFIELD — Evangel Bible Institute, part of Evangel Church in Greenfield, offers four eight-week terms per school year. Each term can lead to six credit hours if you should choose to earn a degree.
For more information, send email to [email protected] or call 317-679-4106.
