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Church of the Living Spirit This week’s Speaker is Linda Ward. Church services are held every Sunday in the Assembly Hall on Cleveland Avenue in Lily Dale. Service time is 10:30 a.m. to noon and consists of a spiritual talk, a hands-on healing, a message demonstration, music, meditation and prayer. The public is invited to attend and there is no gate fee through June. Visit the website at www.livingspiritlilydale.org and/or the Facebook page for more information concerning church services. Rev. George Buchanan to speak at Unitarian Universalist The Unitarian Universalist ...

Changing course

New Year’s resolutions are usually starting to fail by now. We see something in our lives that we would like to change and the beginning a of new year has become the traditional time to try to do that. We start with all kinds of good intentions, but in a short time we find ourselves falling back into our old ways. We get frustrated and decide that we can’t do it now, but we will try again sometime. As that is the way of all humans, we Christians have to admit that we are no better. The greatest thing in our lives that we want to change is our disobedience to God; otherwise known as ...

Art Start creating a community of creativity

Art Start is inviting local community members to explore their creative side with free art instruction. A full slate of classes is returning for the first session in 2020, including watercolor, decorative acrylic, knitting, card making, calligraphy, and scrapbooking classes. “No matter what your level of experience or interests,” states Art Start organizer and watercolor artist Ronnie Lafferty, “Art Start has something for anyone looking to explore their creative side.” Art Start is a ministry of Fredonia First United Methodist Church and has a threefold purpose: creativity, ...

Meals on Wheels highlight random acts of sharing

Dunkirk-Fredonia Meals on Wheels is blessed to operate in a community where sharing is a way of life. During Subaru’s Share the Love Event (November 14 through January 2) we invite everyone to Share the Love with our homebound neighbors during what might otherwise be a lonely time of year ...

Hospice & General Physician PC announce bereavement collaboration

Chautauqua Hospice & Palliative Care and General Physician PC have announced their collaboration to sponsor a support group for parents who have lost a child. HOPE Grief Support Group will meet the third Monday of each month from 6-8 p.m. at the General Physician, PC’s Dunkirk office, 3898 ...

Anstaett Gift Tree Fund bolsters Interfaith Caregivers program

With the help of $1,721 in support from the Carroll and Dolores Anstaett Gift Tree Fund at the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation, the Interfaith Caregivers Gift Tree program was again able to give disadvantaged area families a brighter Christmas this year. Each year the Gift Tree ...