Wednesday, October 11, 2006 · Page 23 On Sept. 29, Anita and Don Leschied and The Friends of Woodslee hosted a first ever barn dance/pig roast/potluck/ silent and live auction plus Celtic band music and hayride at the Leschied's farm called A Little Bit Of Heaven in Woodslee. It was a huge success and well attended, bringing together many families and canvassing politicians. The assumption that it should become an annual event prevails and the proceeds will be forwarded to The Friends of Woodslee to continue community projects. We congratulate and thank the Leschied's for opening up their country home and property for this event. The Friends of oodslee are very appreiative. We would also like to hank Tina Bendig and the ive auctioneer, Marty nholzer along with his rother Larry for doing uch an entertaining and ively job. The potluck was ut of this world and the ength of the barn was filled ith food and desserts. Look for this event next year in the month of September. It will get bigger and better every year as with any great and successful occasion where there is plenty of down to earth family fun. Potluck, Friday, Oct. 13 at 5:30 p.m. at the Millen Centre. Bring dinner plate and silverware. Golden Links card game winners for Friday, Oct. 6 were: Cecile St. Denis, George Diesbourg, Thomas Allison, Madeline Diesbourg, Mary Demars, Lloyd Dewhirst, Ethel Allison, Bob Matthew. Door prize to Garnet Galloway and Don McMurren. Next game: Fri., Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m. Woodslee United Thank you to Rev. Don Hansford, who joined us on Sunday to celebrate the Sacrament of Holy Communion. The Christmas Cantata rehearsal will begin Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. Members of Belle River United Church are invited to join us for a joint celebration on December 24th (a.m. service at Woodslee). Rehearsals will be held every Thursday from 7 - 8 p.m. Leamington United is holding a youth retreat on the weekend of October 20 to 22 at Gesstwood Camp. Teens in Grades 8 to 12 are invited to come and meet other youth in our Presbytery. Contact Melodee Lovering at 3269461 for details. "Introduction to Pastoral Counselling Part II Saturday Mornings, Oct. 14 to Nov. 25, 9 a.m. - 12 noon, Iona College. Offered by The Rev. Colin Swan. To register call 519-973-7039. Evening of Music, Friendship & Refreshments at Wheatley United Church, Sunday, Oct. 15, 7 p.m. For tickets contact the church office 519-825-4257 or get them at the door. Woodslee Bazaar, Saturday, Nov. 4 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Crafts, bake table, jams and jellies, sewing, and many more gift items. A hot lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lots of volunteers will be needed to make this event another successful one. Please consider helping in some way. Belle River Bazaar, Saturday, Nov. 11 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Cabbage rolls, meat pies and much more! Tuesday, 7.30, Home League for all ladies. Thursday, 7 p.m., Band Practice. Home League Luncheon Oct. 27, 11 to 1.30, $6.00 Eleven children are going to Junior Youth Councils on Oct. 14. We pray that they will have a good weekend. Essex Retirees Social Club Card winners for the week of Oct. 2 were as follows: Monday Pepper winners were first with high score Mary Lou Chibi, second Vera Rupert, most Peppers Walter Gerard, door prize Ruby Robertson. Tuesday Pepper winners were first with high score Evelyn Vivier, most Peppers Julia Drouillard and Cecile St. Denis tied, door prize Lawrence Renaud. Wednesday Pepper winners were high score Louise Perrault, most Peppers Barb Chevalier, door prize Cecile St. Denis. Bridge winners were first Kathleen Gurbin, second Floyd Cascadden. If you want to learn how to play Bridge call 776-6689 to sign up. The first Friday of each month we go as a group by school bus to the Windsor Raceway. Everyone is welcome. We appreciate the help of the community in delivering Meals On Wheels. Essex Gospel Tabernacle always do a fantastic job during the months of Nov. and May. For those who don't play cards we have other activities. For more information call 776-6689. Essex United Sunday, Oct. 15 Special Anniversary Service with guest speaker Normalie Voakes and Jeff Gorick sharing his gift of music. Saturday, Oct. 14 is the annual pork barbeque. Dinner served from 4.30 on. Tickets available from the church office or at the door. Friday, Oct. 27 and Saturday Oct. 28 will be the fall yard sale. Articles for the sale can be left at the church from 9.00 am till noon Monday to Friday. Holy Name Youth Ministry News: Life Night Sunday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. following Mass. The Edge Trip to Silver Tee Mini Golf on Oct. 18. Middle Earth Begins Wed. Oct. 11 for kids in grades 5 and 6. South County COR VIII Friday, Oct. 27 to Sunday, Oct. 29, Cardinal Carter Secondary School. Must be 16 to 21 years old. Call Claire for info, 776-8483. CWL Living Rosary, Wed. Oct. 11, 6:30 p.m. 60 people needed. Mass at 7 p.m. followed by General Meeting. K of C Fish Fry Friday, Oct. 13, 4:30 to 7 p.m. in Parish Hall. Take out available. CWL Twilight Retreat Friday, Oct. 27. St. Vincent de Paul Society Clothing Drive October 14 and 15. Their truck will be here before and after all Masses. Bereavement Support Program 6-week program begins Tues. Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. in Meeting Room B. For information contact Judy Wirch at 726-6313. Drivers are needed to take cancer patients to their appointments. Call Elsie Chevrier at 776-5128. Pig roast dinner, Essex U.C., Sat. Oct. 14, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. GessTwood has challenged us to see how large we can make $10 grow! Hazel and Jerry Farough are going to make individual-size meat (beef) pies for sale starting Sun. Oct. 15 for the low price of $2 each. Order today! GessTwood camp fall colour walk, Sun. Oct. 22, 1 to 5 p.m. Family BBQ. Free will offering only. Falltastic Celebration! Sunday, Oct. 29. Dress down and wear your fall colours, a fall costume, or your favourite fall activity clothes (hunting, fishing, hiking, leaf raking, etc.). Fall treats and sundaes after Sunday School. Treat bags for the kids and best outfit prizes for the adults. A banquet in his honour is this Saturday, Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. at Holy Name of Jesus Parish Hall. He is a man well deserving of this honour. Saturday, Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. First Baptist Church, Leamington, is hosting a guest speaker, Pastor Saint Ange from Haiti. Refreshments will follow the service. The Gideon Banquet will be held on Saturday, Nov. 4 at 6 p.m. at the Essex Gospel Tabernacle. For tickets, call 733-2795. Christian Reformed Join us on Sunday at 10 a.m. for worship with Pastor Fred Heslinga. Sunday school for children 3-5 yrs. Nursery is provided. Alpha Series continues at 6 p.m. GEMS and Cadets meet Mondays from 7-8:30 p.m. Coffee Break Ladies Bible Study meet Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. Nursery is provided. Church office hours are Thurs. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Fri. 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information call 776-5071. Salvation Army Our Special Guest on Sunday was Nathaniel Homewood, enjoyed by all. = SAVE GROCERY TAPES, CELL PHONES, PRINTER CARTRIDGES Here at Essex Community Services, we accept Zehrs & Sadlers Foodland tapes, used cell phones & used printer cartridges as part of our fundraising efforts. We issue tax receipts for cash donations over $10.00, as we are a non-profit charitable organization. Due to financial cutbacks, donations are especially important at this time, in order to continue to offer our many programs and services to the public, such as the Care-A-Van, Foot Care clinic, Community Information and more. ARE YOU A SENIOR LIVING ALONE? Feeling isolated? The Security Reassurance Program can help. Our friendly staff will phone you regularly to check on your well-being and comfort. Choose the day, time and frequency of calls. In the event that we cannot reach you, we alert relatives, neighbors, or emergency services. The goal of this free program is to allow seniors to live safely in their own homes. Funding for this program is provided by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. COATS FOR KIDS the annual campaign is now on. Every year a network of community agencies across Windsor-Essex County work together to distribute winter coats to children and families in need. We rely on the community to donate gently used coats to this program. Coats can be dropped off at any participating dry cleaner displaying the Coats for Kids sign, or at Essex Community Services, until Oct 31. I hope everyone had a safe and Happy Thanksgiving. Essex Deanery A.C.W. Quiet Day on Wed. Oct. 18 at 9 a.m. at Christ Church in Colchester. Rev. Jane will be speaking on Patterns for Living. Morning tea/coffee and muffins provided, bring a bag lunch. Soup Days at Redeemer are Oct. 15 and Nov. 19 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. No soup day in December. Workshop at St. Stephen's on Tues. Oct. 17 from 7-9 p.m. for anyone interested in the prayer chain ministry. Anglican Fellowship of Prayer presents a workshop on Sat. Oct. 28 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Scrapbooking weekend Fri. Oct. 27 from 5-12 p.m. and/or Sat. Oct. 28 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 7767846. Youth Group meets on Oct. 15 at 6:30 p.m. at St. Stephen's. Seedlings for children 49 yrs. will be held at Redeemer on Sat. Oct. 21. Congratulations to Jay and Renee (Janisse) Evans on the birth of a son, brother to Joshua and Jacob. Close Enough will be performing at Church of the Redeemer on Sat. Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available from Arlie or at the door. The photo directories have arrived. See Carson or Heidi after church to pick up your copy. Bible Study continues on Wed. evening, 7 to 8:15 p.m. The Joint Social Committee of BethelMaidstone and Gesto is planning on putting a float in the Essex Santa Claus parade on Nov. 25. The theme is "Christmas in Candy Cane Lane". Donations needed: old white sheets (non-returnable), old rags, tin foil, brown craft paper, poster paints (red, white and green), paint brushes - all sizes, white spray paint, fishing line, wide plastic red riboon, old tree ornaments, tinsel, etc. and 2000 small candy canes in wrappers. We are down in our Mission and Service and Outreach donations to reach our 2006 goal. Please consider giving a little more in the next few months. Trinity Anglican Friday, Oct. 13, St Paul's Pasta Dinner, starting at 5:30 pm. Concert and Silent Auction Wednesday, Nov. 1. Doors open at 6:30 pm, Fireflies Concert from 7:30-8:30 pm. Tickets available at office (St. Paul's) and It's a Wrap. Auction to follow concert. Happy Birthday this week to Conner Rousseau, Arla Blakely, Lewis Rodrigues and Dylan Zimmerman. We enjoyed a beautiful Thanksgiving weekend with weather just like summer. The farmers have been combining their soya beans. I think we all have had enough rain to do us for a while. Out thanks to Bev, Mary and Mary Jean for the beautifully decorated sanctuary that depicted the bountiful harvest we have enjoyed in this part of the country. Erin Jones spent Thanksgiving weekend with her parents, Steve and Kim. Our congratulations to Ib Fynbo who has been named Citizen of the Year. Weather in our area over the Thanksgiving weekend was gorgeous. The farmers ended up in the fields harvesting soybeans before the weather changes this week. I hear snow showers are in the forecast for later this week. Who's ready for snow? Happy birthday wishes on Friday the 13th to Pete DeVries and a dear cousin Nancy Baker in California; on Saturday to Howie Hanson; on Tuesday to my favourite and only daughter Donna Hanson as she celebrates another year. Happy anniversary wishes on Friday the 13th to Evert and Joyce Van Doorn as they celebrate #33 that day; to Stan and Lorna Olson as they celebrate 68 yrs.and to my favourite son and daughter-in-law Glen and Sherry Baker as they celebrate 22 yrs. on the 19th. The Pleasant Valley Community Club held their Pepper party last Tuesday and the winners were Bud Elwood, Elaine Taylor, Marie Elwood, John Neufeld, Doug Fields and Helen Slavik. Come join in Tuesday for a 7:30 p.m. start. On Saturday evening at the euchre game the winners were George Diesbourg, Nina Towle, Keith Dresser, Maxine Knight and Edna Teskey. Door prizes to Don Ames and Elaine Taylor. Everyone is welcome on Saturday for a 7:30 p.m. start.