Community Dinner set for Saturday

By Cindy Sheets
Contributing Writer

Local residents are invited to attend the annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner Saturday, Nov. 21, at the First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall.

The event will be held from 5: 30 to 7 p.m. and no admission will be charged.

The dinner started in 1990 as a free dinner for the community, Susan Blubaugh, church secretary, said.

“We thought there was a need for a Thanksgiving meal for some members of the community who are in need,” Blubaugh, who co-chairs the church’s Neighborhood Ministry committee with Trisha Cobb, said. “We usually serve between 250-300 people.”

The committee decided to change the dinner menu this year, Blubaugh said.

“Instead of traditional Thanksgiving dinner, we’re going with homemade turkey and noodles,” she said. “We will still include our famous Methodist Cranberry Salad, homemade rolls and all our wonderful desserts.

“Anyone’s invited. It’s free. We always have plenty of food.”

Any donations received at the dinner will benefit the church’s missions program.

Thanksgiving Baskets

First United Methodist Church will also distribute Thanksgiving baskets to needy families Monday evening, Nov. 23.

The baskets are a function of the church’s Community Food Pantry, which is operated yearround.

Blubaugh said the church usually gives out between 50- to-60 Thanksgiving baskets each year.

“The baskets include everything they need for a nice Thanksgiving dinner,” she said.

Families who would like to receive a Thanksgiving dinner basket must sign up ahead of time so the pantry can prepare the baskets.

For more information about the Thanksgiving baskets or the FUMC food bank, call (405) 547-2481.

Thanksgiving Day Meal

Away from family and friends this Thanksgiving? Love to enjoy a delicious home cooked meal with friendly people? The Christian Church of Perkins, at the corner of 1st and East Stumbo in Perkins, invites you to join them for a Thanksgiving dinner on Thanksgiving Day, November 26th, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. This second annual dinner and holiday camaraderie is free to all. Individuals and families, adults and children, are all welcome. For more information, call David Massey at (405) 547-2004.

Community Thanksgiving Service Sunday

Perkins area churches will join together this Sunday November 22nd at 6 PM for the annual Community Thanksgiving service sponsored by the Perkins Ministerial Alliance. The service this year will be hosted by the First Baptist Church family, located at 500 E. Knipe Street, Perkins. The speaker will be Max Rudd, Pastor of the Lost Creek United Methodist Church, Stillwater. Along with congregational singing, music will be shared by the First United Methodist Hand-Bell Choir, a community orchestra, and a community choir.

An offering received each year goes to the emergency fund operated by the Ministerial Alliance. Through the years, this fund has continued to help Perkins area residents with utility payments, food and transportation. Community and area residents are invited to come together and attend this special service of Thanksgiving.

This is part of the November 19, 2009 online edition of The Journal.

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