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Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 2203 Parallel, will hold a fall dinner from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, in the Family Center. There will be a turkey dinner with the trimmings. There also is a fundraiser planned.
“Scripture Study, Bible Sharing and Reflection, Lectio and Journaling,” a regular weekly series facilitated by pastoral minister, Heather Neds, is offered at Keeler Women’s Center, 2220 Central Ave., Kansas City, Kan., from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays. This weekly Bible study group is based on the upcoming scripture readings from the Common Lectionary. There will be time for reflection, sharing and journaling. Call 913-906-8990 to register.
Keeler Women’s Center, 2220 Central Ave., Kansas City, Kan., will offer “Holy Woman, The Salvadoran Martyrs,” presented by Sister Loretta McGuire, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13. Call 913-906-8990 to register.
Open Door Baptist Church, 3033 N. 103rd Terrace, is planning its Second Sunday potluck dinner immediately following the 10:30 a.m. morning worship service Nov. 9 in the dining room-gym area. Open Door is holding a raggedy doll ministry Christmas project workshop from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday evenings, Nov. 18 and Dec. 2, in Room 128. The craft day and raggedy doll workshop will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, in the Open Door dining room. No sewing experience is necessary to make a doll. For information on materials to bring, contact Open Door, 913-334-7777.
Veterans, family members and friends are invited to attend a flag-raising ceremony and tribute at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, m. at the Veterans Memorial at Resurrection Cemetery, 83rd and Quivira Road., Lenexa, Kan. The American Legion Band will provide a patriotic musical prelude at 1:30 p.m. The brief ceremony will include the flag-raising, patriotic music, a tribute to veterans, prayer, a 21-gun salute and playing of taps. American Legion Post 370 will be the color guard. Small flags will be available for gravesite decorations. Chaplain, Lt. Col. James E. Ludwikoski will pay tribute to veterans during the program. Father Ludwikoski is pastor of Good Shepherd Parish, Shawnee, Kan. The Veterans Memorial at Resurrection Cemetery features monuments and flags representing the five branches of the Armed Forces and the Merchant Marines. Family members and friends can remember and honor veterans by arranging to have their names engraved on the granite walls adjoining the monuments. Adjacent to the memorial is a section dedicated for burial of veterans and their spouses.
The StoreHouse at Stony Point Christian Church, 149 S. 78th St., will be open at 6 p.m. Nov. 19. The StoreHouse includes a clothing and food pantry. Stony Point is planning an all-church Thanksgiving dinner at 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, in the Cole Activity Center. Families will bring a side dish or dessert.
The Rev. Jennifer Thomas, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church in the Westport community of Kansas City, Mo., will be the guest clergywoman at 10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1300 N. 18th St.