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2011 – December

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  • Thru December 24 - Salvation Army Bell Ringing – Volunteers needed, call 756.7271 for more information.
  • December 1 thru 2 – “Around the Table” Advent Retreat with Author Sarah Miles and Rev. Paul Fromberg  – Sara Miles was raised an athiest,and lived a life as a writer, surrounded by family and food. One morning, she wandered into St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco. “I was certainly not interested in becoming a Christian,” she writes. However, as she took part in the Eucharist, eating bread, sipping wine, she left radically transformed. Her book Take This Bread, is a reflection on her transformation, which led her to establish The Food Pantry.  <MORE>
  • December 2 & 3 - Mission Waco’s Jubilee Theater Presents: Friday’s Kinfolk- a stage play by Waco’s own Alfreda Love <MORE>
  • December 4 –  Mission Waco’s Jubilee Theater Presents: The Royce Montgomery Variety Show <MORE>
  • December 8 – McLennan County Hunger Coalition (MCHC) meeting <MORE>
  • December 9 thru 11 – Mission Waco’s Jubilee Theater Presents: The Whipping Man- a Texas World Premier directed by Stevie Walker-Webb <MORE>
  • December 10 – Wheels of Sharing Mobile Food Pantry at Paul Quinn Campus <MORE>
  • December 12 thru 16 – Goodwill Job Opportunity Boot Camp <MORE>
  • December 13 – Recording artist David Phelp’s Christmas Show helps Mission Waco <MORE>
  • December 13 – Holiday Celebration for Seniors at the Lion’s Den. 10:00 – 1:00 pm. Open to the community; tickets will be available in December. For more information, email Libby Bellinger (CTSMMOW@aol.com) at Central Texas Senior Ministries.
  • December 14 – The Waco-McLennan County Public Health District in partnership with Walgreens Pharmacy and the Extraco Event Center will be holding a FREE flu shot clinic on Wednesday, December 14th from 9 am – 1 pm in the Fine Arts Building of the Extraco Event Center. The clinic is for all non-insured and under-insured people ages 7 and older.It is not too late to get a flu shot. The flu season typically does not peak until February. Now is the time to get vaccinated, before the peak season begins. For more information, contact the Waco-McLennan County Public Health District at (254) 750-5450.
  •  December 15 – Urban Gardening Coalition Monthly Meeting <MORE>
  • December 16 – Heart of Texas Homeless Coalition Meeting <MORE>
  • December 16 - Live Toys for Tots Drop off at KWTX Studios. Call 756.7271 for more information.
  • December 17 – Fair Trade Items for Sale at Farmer’s Market – As Waco’s largest retailer of Fair Trade items, Christmas sales are brisk in the World Cup Café. But to add to the shopping opportunities and promote the unique role of “fair trade” for the world’s poor, Mission Waco staff and volunteers will be on site with hundreds of items at the new downtown Farmer’s Market (University Parks Drive)from 9:00 – 1:00. So grab a shopping friend and come on down!
  • December 18 – WesleyKids Advent Program <MORE>
  • December 21-22 - Toys for Tots Distribution- volunteers needed. Call 756.7271 for more information.
  • December 25 - Salvation Army Christmas Lunch and Dinner- Volunteers and Donations needed (Donated turkeys and hams needed by 12/19, pumpkin and pecan pies needed by 12/22). Call 756.7271 for more information.
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