• First Free Will Baptist Church and Manna Food Bank will be held from 12-2 p.m. Thursdays, Nov. 17 and Dec. 15 at 259 Tusquittee Street. Bring you bags or boxes.
• Hayesville Presbyterian Church hosts “Wonderful Wednesday” every Wednesday at 11 a.m. followed by lunch. There is a new DVD study each week. There will be a Christmas Eve candlelight service at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 24.
• Union Hill Cemetery Committee will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8 at the church on Burnt Schoolhouse Road. For details call Eddie Burch (828) 389-3365.
• The New Life Church Youth are hosting a Trunk or Treat and Fall Festival from 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30 at 34 Sunrise Place in Hayesville. There will be lots of candy, hayrides, hamburgers and hotdogs, face painting, games and more. Bring your children and enjoy some fun and fellowship. Call (828) 389-7094 for details.
• If you like to make a donation to the Moss Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery fund, mail to PO Box 1198, Hayesville, N.C. 28904. Make checks to Moss Cemetery Fund.
• Mountain Synagogue, in Franklin, N.C., conducts services the first Friday and third Saturday of each month. For information, visit: www.mountainsynagoguewnc.com; email: mountainsynagogue@gmail.com or call (828) 634-1312.
•Truett Conference Center and Camp, 177 Truett Lane, Hayesville events are Forced Man Camp, Nov. 4-6 and Worship Leader Training, Nov. 17-19. For details email: kadcock@truettcamp.org; call (828) 389-8828 ext. 5904 and visit: www.truettcamp.org. Owned and operated by the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.
• Soaking Prayer is held at 6:30 p.m. every second and fourth Monday at Meadow Grove Baptist Church, 19 Meadow Grove Lane. In the healing ministry it has become apparent that the deeper the need is for healing, the more prayer time the healing usually requires. Soaking prayer is listening to, loving and praying for longer periods of time. It is a beautiful opportunity to wait restfully in the Lord’s presence while the prayer ministers quietly intercede on your behalf. Our hope is that you will encounter Jesus, the Healer and Redeemer, in a deep and healing way.
• Truett Memorial First Baptist Church offers a study of Southern Baptist doctrine. Materials for the class are $20. Contact the church (828) 389-1053 to reserve your place.
• Are you troubled by someone’s drinking? Al-Anon Family Groups meet at 12 p.m. every Tuesday at Sharpe Memorial Methodist Church, 1114 Main St. Room 105, Young Harris, Ga. For details call (404) 687-0467 or visit: www.ga-al-anon.org.
• Broken Shells Ministry is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday at 115 Tennessee Street in Murphy. Divorce Care, a support group that features practical information and teaching for recovering from divorce and\or separation meets from 6:30-8 p.m. every Monday. For details on all classes call (828) 837-8777.
• Awake America meetings are held at 11:59 a.m. at different locations: first Thursdays: Blairsville City Hall, Blairsville, Ga.; second Thursdays: Blue Ridge City Park, Blue Ridge, Ga.; Towns County Civic Center, Hiawassee, Ga. (currently meeting at City Park Gazebo adjacent to City Hall) and Community Partners Realty, Winder, Ga.
• The Hayesville Buddhist Meditation Group meets every Wednesday at Iona Integrative Health; 1091 US-64 W, Suite 1 Hayesville. Seated meditation begins at 6:30 p.m. Anyone who would like instruction is welcome to come early at 6 p.m. For details email: hayesville.meditation@gmail.com.
• An Antiochian Orthodox Mission is now forming in Blue Ridge, Ga. Initially, services are being held at 3 p.m. on the second and fourth Sundays of the month at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 7 Ewing Street, Blue Ridge, Ga. For those of the Orthodox Faith as well as those interested in the original church as established by Jesus Christ, all are invited to visit and experience formal worship in a loving atmosphere. For details email: OrthodoxBlueRidge@yahoo.com or call (706) 455-8903.